Latest Delaware Headlines
All the headlines from our Delaware Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Cigna’s CEO and Board Sued for ‘Black-Ops-Style’ Tactics to Kill Merger with Anthem
Nov 24 2020 // Cigna Corp.’s chief executive officer and board used “black-ops-style” tactics in a covert campaign to “blow up” a $48 billion merger with rival insurer Anthem Inc., Cigna investors claim in a...
Delaware Elects Incumbent Insurance Commissioner Navarro to Second Term
Nov 5 2020 // Delaware’s incumbent insurance commissioner Trinidad Navarro has been elected to a second term, beating out opponent Dr. Julia Pillsbury with roughly 60% of the votes, according to New York Times data. Pillsbury was...
Two Dead in Industrial Accident in Delaware
Nov 4 2020 // Two men installing an antenna on a water tower in Delaware were killed Monday when a strong wind tipped over the lift that was holding them, authorities said. State police said the men were installing an antenna on a water...
Navarro, Pillsbury Eye Election as Delaware’s Next Insurance Commissioner
Nov 2 2020 // Delaware is set to elect its next insurance commissioner tomorrow. Dr. Julia Pillsbury is the candidate for the Republican party, while current Delaware Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro is running for re-election...
Delaware Workers’ Comp Rates Drop for Fourth Year in a Row
Oct 29 2020 // Delaware workers’ compensation insurance rates will decrease for the fourth year in a row, effective December 1, 2020. This comes as the voluntary market is seeing yet another double-digit decrease in loss costs,...
Narragansett Bay Insurance Expands into Delaware, Maryland
Oct 2 2020 // Narragansett Bay Insurance Company (NBIC) began writing property and casualty insurance in Delaware and Maryland, effective Oct. 1, 2020. The two states mark the seventh and eighth states where the company provides...
A.J. Gallagher Alleges Alliant’s Poaching ‘Playbook’ Has Cost It Employees, Clients
Sep 25 2020 // California-based insurance broker Alliant is again being sued over an alleged poaching scam, this time by rival Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Gallagher claims Alliant, with assistance and capital from its private equity...
Three Injured in Public Transit Bus Crash in Delaware
Sep 17 2020 // Three people were hurt when a public transit bus broke through a fence and a retaining wall, then landed in a parking lot after crashing into at least two other vehicles. The News Journal reports that a DART bus crashed...
Delaware Joins List of States and Localities Suing Big Oil
Sep 14 2020 // Delaware has joined the list of state and local governments that have sued the petroleum industry in an attempt to hold oil producers accountable for costs related to climate change. The attorney general’s office...
McDonald’s Alleges Ex-CEO Duped Directors, Seeks to Claw Back $37 Million Severance
Aug 31 2020 // McDonald’s Corp. told a judge that ex-CEO Steve Easterbrook lied about four alleged sexual relationships with subordinates to dupe directors into letting him leave with stock awards as part of his severance. The fast...
Anbang, Andy Bang, $1 Trillion in Claims. Ritz-Carlton Mystery Gets Its Day in Court.
Aug 24 2020 // When a 26-year-old Uber driver walked into a California deeds office two years ago, it was the real-estate equivalent of a butterfly flapping its wings and causing a tsunami half a world away. Hired by an elderly Chinese...
Weather Service Says Delaware Tornado Set Distance Record
Aug 11 2020 // A single tornado cut a record 29-mile swath of damage through Delaware as Tropical Storm Isaias pelted the mid-Atlantic region with high winds and heavy rains earlier this week, according to the National Weather...
Delaware Issues Insurance Reminders After Tropical Storm Isaias
Aug 7 2020 // Tropical Storm Isaias produced tornado activity, heavy rain and flooding, hail and strong winds throughout Delaware, causing significant destruction in several Delaware communities, according to a press release issued by...
Officials Say Delaware Fire Caused $400K in Damage, Displaced Six
Aug 5 2020 // Authorities are investigating a fire in Delaware that heavily damaged a home and displaced six people. Five adults and one child fled from the home in Wilmington early Sunday morning when the blaze erupted, the State Fire...
Delaware Urges Residents to Prepare for Tropical Storm Isaias
Aug 4 2020 // As Tropical Storm Isaias approaches Delaware, residents are urged to prepare for dangerous winds of more than 55 miles per hour and up to six inches of rain. Storm surges, localized flooding, tree damage, power outages and...
Man Arrested in Connection with Delaware Church Fire Causing $250K in Damages
Jul 29 2020 // A Delaware man has been accused of setting multiple fires inside a church sanctuary. The Delaware State Fire Marshal’s office arrested Thomas Loftis III in connection with the blaze that erupted at Reach Church, news...
Delaware Judge Upholds Dismissal Call in Softball Injury Lawsuit
Jul 27 2020 // A Delaware judge has refused to overturn her decision to toss a lawsuit by a paralegal who said he was targeted for retaliation after being injured while playing on his law firm’s softball team and filing a...
Fire Marshal Says Delaware Church Fire Causing $250K in Damages Was Arson
Jul 23 2020 // A fire inside the sanctuary of a Delaware church was started by an act of arson, authorities said. State Fire Marshal Chief Deputy Robert Fox said multiple fires were started inside Reach Church, in Glasgow, news outlets...
Judge Sanctions Mountaire in Delaware Wastewater Lawsuit
Jul 6 2020 // A Superior Court judge has ordered an Arkansas poultry processing company and two Delaware subsidiaries to pay more than $28,000 in sanctions for repeatedly refusing to provide information to plaintiffs suing the company...
Delaware to Close Bars in Beach Towns Due to Virus Outbreak
Jul 2 2020 // Bars in certain Delaware beach towns will close ahead of the Fourth of July holiday to limit the spread of the coronavirus, the state’s governor said. The new order from Delaware Governor John Carney announced...
