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Massachusetts Voters Allow Uber, Lyft Drivers to Unionize

Massachusetts voters on Tuesday approved a ballot measure that would allow ride-share drivers to unionize, becoming the first U.S. state to allow drivers for app-based companies like Uber and Lyft to do so. With 94% of precincts reporting, 53.9% of …

Navarro Wins Delaware Insurance Commissioner Reelection

Trinidad Navarro will retain his role as Delaware insurance commissioner. Navarro, the state’s Democratic incumbent, defeated Republican nominee Ralph Taylor in Tuesday’s election. More than 95% of the vote was in at press time, and Navarro carried 58% of the …

Georgia Auto Rates Top Issue in Insurance Commissioner Race

Auto insurance costs have become the central issue in the election for Georgia’s next insurance commissioner. John King, the Republican incumbent appointed by Gov. Brian Kemp, says he’s looking for ways to protect consumers but also strike a balance to …

Rosendale Leads Laslovich for Montana Insurance Regulator Office

Update: Rosendale got 53 percent of the vote to defeat Laslovich with all precincts reporting in. Lindeen got 41 percent of the vote in a lost bid for the office of Secretary of State to Corey Stapelton, who won with …

California Commissioner Announces Bid for State Attorney General

California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced via a mass email late Thursday that he’s running for the office of California Attorney General in a little over two years. “I am very excited at the prospect of working to make California’s …

Insurance Agent One of 4 Democrats Vying for Vacant Texas House Seat

Voters in western San Antonio are choosing a successor for state Rep. Jose Menendez, who left office in February to become a Texas senator. Four Democratic candidates squaring off are former San Antonio City Council member Delicia Herrera, ex-Bexar County …

Industry Exec Elected Insurance Commissioner in Kansas

Kansas voters have elected Republican Ken Selzer, an executive managing director at reinsurance broker Aon Benfield, as the state’s new insurance commissioner. He defeated Democrat Dennis Anderson by a vote of 62 percent to 38 percent, according to the Kansas …

California Voters Reelect Jones, Soundly Reject Props. 45 and 46

Californians voted against two measures opposed by the insurance industry, and reelected incumbent Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones. Election results from Tuesday show the Democrat Jones won reelection with 56.3 percent of the vote. He defeated Republican challenger Ted Gaines, who …

Agents Group to Hold Forum for Kansas Insurance Post Candidates

The candidates for Kansas insurance commissioner are having a forum in October in Wichita. The event is Oct. 17 at the Wichita Marriott hotel and is sponsored by the Kansas Association of Insurance Agents. The forum is part of an …

Oklahoma Insurance, Commerce Commissioners to Be Decided in Primary

Voters in the Republican primary in Oklahoma will decide who will be the state’s next regulators of both the insurance industry and a wide range of other businesses overseen by the three-member Oklahoma Corporation Commission, including the important oil and …