Latest Delaware Headlines
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Del. Regulators Advise Homeowners to Create Detailed Home Inventory
Mar 20 2012 // Delaware insurance regulators say failing to create a detailed home inventory can put homeowners at risk for inadequate home insurance coverage, should severe weather strike. The regulators pointed to a recent survey from...
Judge Urges Los Angeles Dodgers, Beaten Fan to Reach Settlement
Mar 7 2012 // The Los Angeles Dodgers and the family of a baseball fan who was badly beaten at a game last year were encouraged by a bankruptcy judge to discuss a settlement of a negligence lawsuit. The family of Bryan Stow wanted U.S....
Tokio Marine Buyout of Insurer Delphi Allowed to Proceed
Mar 7 2012 // A Delaware court on Tuesday denied a request to block the $2.7 billion sale of insurer Delphi Financial Group to Tokio Marine Holdings Inc., brought by pension-fund investors who claim that Delphi’s CEO was unjustly...
Judge in Philadelphia Hears Arguments Over Secret Arbitration
Feb 15 2012 // A group advocating open government told a federal judge last week that a Delaware law allowing Court of Chancery judges to preside over secret arbitrations in business disputes is unconstitutional. Judge Mary McLaughlin...
N.Y. Attorney General Sues Banks in Foreclosure Effort
Feb 6 2012 // New York’s attorney general on Friday, Feb. 3, accused some of the nation’s largest banks of deceit and fraud in using an electronic mortgage registry that he said puts homeowners at a disadvantage in...
Del. Regulator Offers Advice on Healthcare Options for Early Retirees
Jan 24 2012 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart expressed concern for soon-to-retire Baby Boomers (those born between 1946 and 1964), many of whom will face the uncertain prospect of finding alternative health...
Financial, Legal Woes Dogged Breast Implant Company
Dec 27 2011 // Signs of legal problems and financial losses surrounding the French breast implant manufacturer at the heart of a scandal affecting hundreds of thousands of women worldwide can be traced back as far back as 2003,...
Pennsylvania, Delaware Agent Groups Part Ways With PIA National
Nov 21 2011 // Two independent agent associations in the northeast said in November they will discontinue their affiliations with the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA). The Insurance Agents & Brokers of...
Workers’ Comp Results Deteriorated for Northeastern States
Nov 7 2011 // Most states in the northeastern region reported deteriorating workers’ compensation underwriting results last year, according to A.M. Best. Pennsylvania’s direct premiums written fell 8.6 percent last year. New...
Pennsylvania, Delaware Agent Groups Part Ways With PIA National
Nov 2 2011 // Two independent agent associations in the northeast said they will discontinue their affiliations with the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA). The Insurance Agents & Brokers of Pennsylvania...
Group Challenges Secret Court Arbitration in Delaware
Oct 27 2011 // An open-government group on Tuesday, Oct. 25, challenged a law that allows members of Delaware’s Court of Chancery to preside over secret arbitration proceedings in business disputes. The Delaware Coalition for Open...
Delaware Regulators Recovered $1.8M for Consumers, Commissioner Says
Oct 25 2011 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart said through Department of Insurance interventions, Delawareans recovered $1,827,923 in the first nine months of 2011. The breakdown of the restituted funds consists of...
Workers’ Comp Results Deteriorated for Northeastern States Last Year
Oct 20 2011 // Most states in the northeastern region reported deteriorating workers’ compensation underwriting results last year, according to latest data from A.M. Best. Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maine and Rhode Island...
Allstate, Encompass Fined for Violating Delaware Auto Law
Oct 17 2011 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart has fined Allstate Insurance Co. and its subsidiary Encompass Insurance Co. a total of $50,000 for violations of Delaware insurance law. The Allstate consent order...
Penn.-based Insurance Agents & Brokers Hires Brinjac
Oct 14 2011 // Insurance Agents & Brokers Services Group in Pennsylvania appointed Lauren Brinjac as government affairs director. In her role, Brinjac will oversee legislative advocacy efforts of the organization throughout...
Federal Disaster Assistance Extended to Additional New York Counties
Oct 7 2011 // New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced this week that federal disaster assistance is now available for homeowners, renters, small businesses, and municipalities in additional counties as a result of damages incurred by...
Allstate, Encompass Fined for Violating Delaware Insurance Law
Sep 30 2011 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart has fined Allstate Insurance Co. and its subsidiary Encompass Insurance Co. a total of $50,000 for violations of Delaware insurance law. The fines are contained in two...
Judge Orders Insurers to Pay in Delaware Diocese Bankruptcy
Sep 12 2011 // A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Friday ordered insurance companies to pay their share of a settlement with priest sex abuse victims that is the foundation of the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington’s reorganization plan,...
Insurers in Delaware Diocese Bankruptcy Balk at $15 Million Payout
Sep 8 2011 // A dispute over insurance payments is threatening to blow up the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington’s bankruptcy reorganization plan. Under the plan, the diocese, its parishes and affiliated entities, would be released...
Hurricane Irene Update: 50 Million People Could Be Affected
Aug 26 2011 // Parts of the southeastern United States were already experiencing dangerous swells and rip tides Thursday as Hurricane Irene exited the Bahamas. On Friday afternoon, ahead of Hurricane Irene’s forecasted arrival in...
