Latest Wyoming Headlines
All the headlines from our Wyoming Topic Page, ordered by recency.
University of Wyoming Offers Workshop to Help Reduce Agricultural Risk
Mar 6 2006 // Workshops focusing on energy crops, manure and irrigation management, and risk management and insurance products will be offered this month to producers in Pine Bluffs, Casper, Riverton and Powell, Wyo. The programs,...
Wyoming litigation legislation could hurt consumers
Mar 6 2006 // Wyoming legislation designed to allow unprecedented insurance-related lawsuits in the state would significantly increase fraud, lawsuits and insurance costs for Wyoming consumers, according to the Property Casualty...
Wyo. Litigation Legislation Would Hurt Consumers, PCI Says
Feb 23 2006 // Wyoming legislation designed to allow unprecedented insurance-related lawsuits in the state would significantly increase fraud, lawsuits and insurance costs for Wyoming consumers, according to the Property Casualty...
Preston, Kipper Named Deputy Commissioners at LDI
Dec 2 2005 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Robert Wooley announced that Clarissa A. Preston has been named deputy commissioner of the Louisiana Department of Insurance Office of Property and Casualty, and Scott Kipper is now deputy...
Oilfield Anti-Indemnity Acts and Their Impact on Insurance Coverage: A Comparative Analysis
Aug 22 2005 // In the oilfield, operators typically enter into Master Service Agreements with various contractors who supply services and materials needed in connection with the many and varied oilfield operations. The Master Service...
Oilfield Anti-Indemnity Acts and Their Impact on Insurance Coverage
Aug 22 2005 // In the oilfield, operators typically enter into Master Service Agreements with various contractors who supply services and materials needed in connection with the many and varied oilfield operations. The MSAs usually...
Oilfield Anti-Indemnity Acts and Their Impact on Insurance Coverage: A Comparative Analysis
Aug 22 2005 // In the oilfield, operators typically enter into Master Service Agreements with various contractors who supply services and materials needed in connection with the many and varied oilfield operations. The Master Service...
PROPOSAL TO CATCH UNINSURED DRIVERS:
Aug 8 2005 // A legislative panel is considering new proposals aimed at reducing the number of uninsured motorists in Wyoming. Vehicle owners in Wyoming are required to have insurance, but some drop it shortly after registering their...
News Briefs
Aug 8 2005 // National Poll Reveals Americans’ Views on Aging: A poll by the MetLife Mature Market Institute conducted by Zogby International shows that 60 percent of Americans believe “old” is age 71 and over, but...
News Briefs
Jul 18 2005 // WASH. WORK COMP BENEFITS SEE INCREASE OF 0.6%: Workers currently receiving Washington workers’ compensation time-loss or pension benefits will receive a 0.6 percent cost-of-living increase effective immediately....
Wyoming’s First Lady Backs Repeal of Insurance Law
Jul 15 2005 // First lady Nancy Freudenthal says a law allowing insurance companies to withhold coverage for injuries resulting from drug or alcohol use should be repealed. Because of the law, she said, doctors and nurses are less likely...
Wyoming Panel Considering Changes to Catch Uninsured Drivers
Jul 8 2005 // A legislative panel is considering new proposals aimed at reducing the number of uninsured motorists in Wyoming without creating a lot more work for insurance companies and the state. Vehicle owners in Wyoming are required...
WYO. WORKERS’ COMP RATES TO STAY THE SAME FOR NOW:
Jul 4 2005 // Wyoming officials have declined to change the amount businesses pay for workers’ compensation insurance for the time being. An administrator at the Employment Tax Division warned that the issue has not completely...
News Briefs
Jul 4 2005 // ACIC OPPOSES CREDIT BILL: The Association of California Insurance Companies is opposing legislation which would eliminate rather than regulate credit-based insurance scoring, according to ACIC President Sam Sorich. The...
News Briefs
Jul 4 2005 // ACIC OPPOSES CREDIT BILL: The Association of California Insurance Companies is opposing legislation which would eliminate rather than regulate credit-based insurance scoring, according to ACIC President Sam Sorich. The...
Workers’ Comp Changes Worry Wyoming Businesses
Jun 14 2005 // Owners of small businesses say they worry that their insurance rates would increase under a proposed change to Wyoming’s workers’ compensation law. But larger employers say the change would end their subsidy of...
The Doctors Company’s Rates Increase in Wyoming
May 20 2005 // The Doctors Company, which provides medical malpractice insurance to Wyoming physicians, has received approval from the state for a 7.3 percent base rate increase for medical malpractice insurance premiums. To be approved,...
Wyoming Legislator: Tort Reform Defeat ‘A Huge Mistake’
Apr 27 2005 // Wyoming voters erred when they defeated the proposed constitutional amendment in November to allow the state to cap medical malpractice damage awards, Rep. Barbara Cubin said. “I think that was a huge mistake,”...
Wyoming Considers Health Care Savings Accounts
Mar 31 2005 // The Wyoming Healthcare Commission is looking at setting up a “Wyo-Care” health care savings account system to help insure workers. The goal is to reduce the number of workers not covered by employer-provided...
Wyoming Governor Signs Medical Review Panel Bill
Mar 17 2005 // Gov. Dave Freudenthal has signed into law a bill that will create a medical review panel in Wyoming despite voicing reservations that it will succeed in reducing frivolous medical malpractice lawsuits. The medical review...
