Latest Wyoming Headlines
All the headlines from our Wyoming Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Wyoming Representatives Reject Bill to Raise Vehicle Liability Coverage Limits
Feb 12 2009 // The Wyoming House of Representatives has defeated a bill that would have increased the financial minimum limits on personal automobile liability coverage. If it had passed, HB 168, the Motor Vehicle Financial...
Wyoming Introduces Workers’ Comp Legislation
Feb 3 2009 // Legislation has been introduced in the Wyoming House that could hold oil and gas operators liable for their own negligence resulting in injuries and fatalities on their job sites in the state. House Bill 273, introduced by...
Wyoming and Montana Say Fire Season Below Normal
Oct 27 2008 // Favorable weather conditions help put a damper on the wildfire seasons in Wyoming and Montana this past summer. Fire officials in both states report that while the number of fire starts was about normal, the fires were...
Wyoming Unemployment Falls to 3.3%
Oct 23 2008 // Wyoming’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell from 3.9 percent in August to 3.3 percent in September. It remained slightly higher than its September 2007 level of 2.9 percent, according to the state Department...
Wyoming Lawmakers Say Workers’ Comp Benefits Need Increase
Sep 22 2008 // Some Wyoming lawmakers say it’s time to increase many of the benefits given to injured workers under the state’s workers’ compensation program. The Joint Labor, Health and Social Services Committee...
Wyoming Lawmakers Discuss Changing Workers’ Comp System
Sep 22 2008 // Wyoming lawmakers are discussing several possible changes to the state’s workers’ compensation program amid complaints about the system. One proposal is to hire an ombudsman to help workers get any assistance...
Wyoming Unemployment Increase Up To 3.6%
Aug 19 2008 // Wyoming’s Department of Employment, Research & Planning announced that the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased from 3.2 percent in June to 3.6 percent in July. The rate has been slowly...
McDevitt Named Wyoming Insurance Industry Person of the Year
Jun 27 2008 // Art McDevitt, vice president of the Energy Division of U.S. Risk Insurance Group Inc., a managing general agency and surplus lines wholesaler, was named Insurance Industry Person of the Year by the Association of Wyoming...
Wyoming County Requiring Event with Alcohol To Have $1M in Insurance
Jun 26 2008 // Anyone serving or selling alcohol on property owned by Carbon County, Wyo., had better have $1 million in liability coverage. County commissioners say the purpose of requiring liability insurance is to shield the county...
Wyoming Court: Use Only Worker’s Income in Figuring Comp Benefits
Jun 16 2008 // The Wyoming Supreme Court ruled that the state Workers’ Compensation Division erred when it denied a worker benefits because it included his wife’s income in calculating the “household income”...
Crane Company: Shifting Earth May Have Caused Wyo. Accident
Jun 10 2008 // A top official for the company that owns the crane that collapsed on May 31, 2008, in an accident that injured three workers at a Wyoming coal mine said that it appears the earth shifted under the crane. Lampson...
Wyoming Court: Use Only Worker’s Income in Figuring Comp Benefits
Jun 5 2008 // The Wyoming Supreme Court ruled that the state Workers’ Compensation Division erred when it denied a worker benefits because it included his wife’s income in calculating the “household income”...
New Markets
Apr 21 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Liquor Liability Coverage Nuts &...
Judge OKs Class Action Pension Suit against Soda Ash Producer
Apr 9 2008 // A federal judge has authorized a class-action lawsuit against a Wyoming soda ash company over alleged cuts in workers’ pension benefits. U.S. Judge Alan Johnson of Cheyenne in February authorized the class-action...
New Markets
Apr 7 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Liquor Liability with Assault and...
Wyoming To Study Workers’ Compensation
Mar 21 2008 // Wyoming’s Joint Labor, Health and Social Services Interim Committee is set to study Wyoming’s workers’ compensation program this year. According to the state legislature, the committee will conduct a...
Wyo. Lawyers Say Changes Needed for Benefits Delivery in WC Program
Jan 25 2008 // Legal advocates in Wyoming say they plan to press for changes in the way the state’s workers’ compensation program distributes benefits to people injured on the job. The state program paid out about $121...
Wyoming Occupational Injury Rates Decline
Nov 4 2007 // The rate of nonfatal occupational injury and illnesses in Wyoming is on the decline, according to a Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses conducted by the Wyoming Department of Employment, Research and Planning,...
News Currents
Nov 4 2007 // Wyoming may revisit malpractice debate A state senator says he expects debate in Wyoming over medical malpractice reform, without focusing on capping damage awards in malpractice cases. “We are looking for something...
Scott: Wyoming May Revisit Malpractice Debate
Oct 26 2007 // A state senator says he expects another debate in Wyoming over medical malpractice reform, this time without focusing on capping damage awards in malpractice cases. “We are looking for something that is different...
