Latest Delaware Headlines
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Delaware Insurance Commissioner Advises Residents in Case of Hurricane Matthew
Oct 6 2016 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart is encouraging Delaware residents to take action now to prepare for potential damages and interruptions from Hurricane Matthew. Although it is too early to predict the...
Insurance Company Wants Out of Delaware Child Porn Defamation Suit
Sep 29 2016 // A federal judge has ruled that an insurance company is obligated to defend the ex-wife of serial political candidate Richard Korn in a defamation lawsuit he filed against her. Liberty Mutual argued that a homeowner’s...
More Than $500K Donated to Delaware Officials to Address Rising Opioid Deaths
Sep 20 2016 // As the number of overdose deaths from prescription painkillers has soared in recent years, pharmaceutical companies that manufacture opioid painkillers, and allied advocacy groups, have donated more than $500,000 to state...
Woman Dies After Falling 35 Feet From Zip Line at a Delaware State Park
Sep 19 2016 // Delaware State Police say a woman who died after tumbling from a zip line ride fell from a platform about 35 feet off the ground. Authorities say 59-year-old Tina Werner of Felton was waiting to descend on the zip line at...
Court Allows Banana Farmers’ Toxic Pesticide Claims Against Fruit, Chemical Firms
Sep 7 2016 // Hundreds of banana farmers from Central America and South America will again have their day in court, after a U.S. appeals court on Friday revived six lawsuits accusing several big fruit and chemical companies of sickening...
Fire Causes $100K in Damage to Delaware Home
Sep 6 2016 // Delaware officials said an accidental fire caused $100,000 in damage to a home in Wilmington. The Delaware Office of the State Fire Marshal said in a statement that the Cranston Heights Fire Company responded to a fire in...
Woman Dies After Falling 35 Feet From Zip Line Ride at a Delaware State Park
Aug 29 2016 // Delaware State Police say a woman who died after tumbling from a zip line ride fell from a platform about 35 feet off the ground. Authorities say 59-year-old Tina Werner of Felton was waiting to descend on the zip line...
Former Delaware Administrative Officer’s Defamation Suit To Move Forward
Aug 22 2016 // A judge says New Castle County, Delaware’s former chief administrative officer can proceed with a defamation suit over his firing last year by County Executive Tom Gordon. While dismissing David Grimaldi’s...
Delaware Passes Ridesharing Regulations
Aug 22 2016 // Delaware Governor Jack Markell has signed legislation that establishes insurance requirements for transportation network companies and their drivers, according to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America...
Fire Destroys Delaware Diner, Pharmacy
Aug 12 2016 // Authorities are investigating the cause of a fire that destroyed a diner and a pharmacy in Milton, Dela. Milton police said officers responded to the fire after observing heavy smoke coming from the structure that...
Delaware Passes Ridesharing Regulations
Aug 12 2016 // Delaware Governor Jack Markell has signed legislation that establishes insurance requirements for transportation network companies and their drivers, according to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America...
Court Rejects Wal-Mart Shareholders’ Claim of Directors’ Liability for Mexican Bribes
Jul 25 2016 // Wal-Mart Stores Inc. executives and directors persuaded a federal appeals court on Friday to reject shareholder claims that they permitted and then covered up pervasive bribery by officials at the world’s largest...
Insurance Office of America Acquires Hornung Agency in Delaware
Jun 30 2016 // Insurance Office of America (IOA) of Longwood, Florida, has acquired Thomas J. Hornung & Associates, an independent insurance agency in the Wilmington, Delaware area. Thomas J. Hornung, who founded the agency in 1997,...
Judge: Delaware’s Aggressive Abandoned Property Practices Violate Due Process
Jun 30 2016 // A federal judge this week blasted Delaware’s practice of collecting abandoned property, issuing a ruling that could have dire budget consequences for the state. U.S. District Court Judge Gregory Sleet said...
Delaware Judge Says State Farm Off the Hook in Paintball Injury Suit
Jun 10 2016 // Be careful with that thing. It could put someone’s eye out. That’s the upshot from a Sussex County, Delaware, judge’s ruling that State Farm doesn’t have to indemnify a policyholder in a paintball...
Highmark, Aetna Request Substantial Rate Hikes in Delaware
Jun 3 2016 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart announced Thursday that she has received rate request filings from Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware, Aetna Inc. and Aetna Life for individual and small group...
Delaware Fines Insurers for Market Misconduct
May 23 2016 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart has fined insurance companies a total of $83,300 during the first quarter of 2016 for violating state insurance regulations. Fines generally result from a market conduct...
Delaware Gov. Supports Tougher Penalties for Texting While Driving
May 6 2016 // Delaware Gov. Jack Markell is pledging his support for a bill to toughen penalties for texting or otherwise using a handheld phone while driving. After experiencing a virtual reality demonstration May 3 of the potentially...
Delaware Fines Insurers $83K for Market Misconduct
Apr 29 2016 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart has fined insurance companies a total of $83,300 during the first quarter of 2016 for violating state insurance regulations. Fines generally result from a market conduct...
Delaware: Former Coventry Policyholders Entitled to Unclaimed Funds
Apr 8 2016 // The Delaware Department of Insurance said several consumers have recently contacted the department’s Consumer Services Division regarding a letter they received in the mail from “Aetna, Treasury Services –...
