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Selbyville Fire
Date Posted: March 19, 2024

Delaware Department of Health and Social Services, Gov. Carney Announce Further Child Care Investments and Initiatives
Date Posted: March 19, 2024

Middle and High School Students Invited to Compete in Digital Mapping Technology Contest
Date Posted: March 19, 2024

Emergency Sirens Test on April 2 and Potassium Iodide Event on April 4 in Middletown
Date Posted: March 19, 2024

Governor Carney Seeks Applications for Governor’s Summer Fellowship Program
Date Posted: March 19, 2024

Delaware to Open Upstate Trout Season With Youth-Only Fishing Day Set for April 6
Date Posted: March 19, 2024

First State Food System Program Opens Third Grant Application Cycle
Date Posted: March 18, 2024

Cynthia Karnai Confirmed As Director Of Delaware State Housing Authority
Date Posted: March 18, 2024

Governor’s Outstanding Volunteer Service Award Honorees to Be Recognized at April 4 Ceremony
Date Posted: March 18, 2024

DNREC’s DuPont Nature Center to Reopen April 3
Date Posted: March 18, 2024

Georgetown Fire
Date Posted: March 17, 2024

AG Jennings’ statement on Senate passage of Senate Bill 2
Date Posted: March 14, 2024

Lt. Gov. Hall-Long Applauds Passage of Senate Bill 2(S) Gun Safety Legislation
Date Posted: March 14, 2024

Governor Carney’s Statement on the Passage of Senate Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 2
Date Posted: March 14, 2024

Volunteers Sought to Join Concord Pond Cleanup April 13
Date Posted: March 14, 2024

Prosecutors secure conviction against Jordan Ellerbe’s murderer
Date Posted: March 14, 2024

Governor Carney’s Statement on Senate Confirmation of Cynthia Karnai as Director of State Housing Authority
Date Posted: March 13, 2024

State of Delaware Seeking Third Consecutive Year of Record Hiring: Job Fair for Students and Skilled Workers
Date Posted: March 13, 2024

Nominations Open for State of Delaware Compassionate Champion Awards
Date Posted: March 13, 2024

DOJ secures over seven life sentences, habitual offender status for Keith Gibson after violent killing spree
Date Posted: March 13, 2024

Delaware Department of Agriculture Opens Request for Applications for Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program
Date Posted: March 12, 2024

With gun safety in Court, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania AGs stand for common sense
Date Posted: March 11, 2024

The Office of the Marijuana Commissioner released additional sections of the informal draft regulations for review.
Date Posted: March 11, 2024

Lt. Governor, Partners Raise Awareness of Infant Formula Distribution Program
Date Posted: March 11, 2024

Severe Weather Awareness Week March 11-15, 2024
Date Posted: March 9, 2024

DPH Reports High Levels of Lead in Certain Cinnamon Products
Date Posted: March 8, 2024

Governor Carney Orders Lowering of Flags
Date Posted: March 8, 2024

Maiss Hussein to Represent Delaware in 2024 Poetry Out Loud National Finals
Date Posted: March 7, 2024

DNREC’s Mosquito Control Section Set to Spray Woodland Pools
Date Posted: March 7, 2024

Governor Carney’s Statement on Senate Confirmations
Date Posted: March 6, 2024

Get Involved in Earth Month: Register Now for the April 13 Christina River Watershed Cleanup
Date Posted: March 6, 2024

Governor Carney Delivers 2024 State of the State Address
Date Posted: March 6, 2024

Change Your Clocks, Check Your Batteries
Date Posted: March 6, 2024

Parks Plans Wind Transmission Line Informational Event
Date Posted: March 4, 2024

Celebrating Delaware’s Trailblazers: Women’s Hall of Fame Art Exhibition in Partnership with the University of Delaware
Date Posted: March 1, 2024

DNREC Announces Changes to 2024 Summer Flounder and Scup Recreational Fishing Regs
Date Posted: March 1, 2024

Mary and Charles Vinson sentenced to over 150 years in serial child abuse case
Date Posted: February 29, 2024

The Office of the Marijuana Commissioner (OMC) has released additional sections of the informal draft regulations.
Date Posted: February 29, 2024

Delaware Division of the Arts Encourages Arts Philanthropy Through Do More 24 Delaware
Date Posted: February 29, 2024

The Mezzanine Gallery to Exhibit “Unspoken Trajectories” by Aaron Keith Hoffer
Date Posted: February 29, 2024

DNREC Opens Youth Environmental Summit
Date Posted: February 29, 2024

Major Cybersecurity Event Impacting Health Care, Pharmacy Operations
Date Posted: February 29, 2024

Delaware State Parks Fee Season Begins March 1
Date Posted: February 29, 2024

DOJ secures over a dozen convictions for violent gun offender following nine-month manhunt
Date Posted: February 28, 2024

Students Win Big at State Educators Rising Event
Date Posted: February 28, 2024

DNREC to Close The Point at Cape Henlopen for Beach-nesting Season
Date Posted: February 28, 2024

Claymont Fire
Date Posted: February 27, 2024

Newark Fire
Date Posted: February 27, 2024

AG Jennings Announces Appeal Of Superior Court Voting Ruling, Vows Support For Constitutional Amendment
Date Posted: February 27, 2024

Delaware Division of the Arts Announces 12 Finalists for Delaware’s 2024 Poetry Out Loud State Finals
Date Posted: February 27, 2024

Controlled Burn at Brandywine Creek State Park Aims to Boost Native Wildlife and Plant Growth
Date Posted: February 27, 2024

Four-Legged Assistant Helps Change Lives Canine Companions Facility Dog Joins Delaware State Fire Commission
Date Posted: February 26, 2024

DNREC to Close Mulberry Landing Boat Ramp in Sussex County Temporarily for Expansion and Paving of Parking Lot
Date Posted: February 26, 2024

DOJ secures guilty pleas, prison time in fatal shooting case
Date Posted: February 23, 2024

Children’s pastor arrested on child pornography charges
Date Posted: February 23, 2024

DNREC to Offer Feb. 28 Webinar on Living Shoreline Cost Share Program for Home and Property Owners
Date Posted: February 23, 2024

Delaware State Fire Commission K9 Ajax To Get Donation of Body Armor.
Date Posted: February 23, 2024

DOJ secures felony conviction in first of several cases related to abuses of the 2022 Delaware Relief Rebate Program
Date Posted: February 22, 2024

Delaware, New Jersey, Illinois lead multistate coalition supporting PA gun safety law
Date Posted: February 22, 2024

Delaware State Fire Commission Updates Fire Regulations.
Date Posted: February 20, 2024

GACEC Hosts Celebration for Disability History and Awareness Month Poster Contest
Date Posted: February 20, 2024

Governor Carney Announces Delaware State Housing Authority Nomination
Date Posted: February 20, 2024

Treasurer Davis Honored for Delaware EARNS
Date Posted: February 20, 2024

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Highmark Requests 2018 Health Insurance Rate Increase of 33.6%

Insurance Commissioner | News | Date Posted: Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Dover, DE – The Delaware Department of Insurance (“DOI”) has received a proposed rate increase request from Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware (“Highmark BCBSD”) for 33.6% for its 2018 individual Marketplace business. This requested rate increase assumes that the cost-sharing subsidies and individual mandate will not be in place for 2018. Highmark BCBSD’s […]

Department of Insurance Launches Internet Chat Support for Consumers and Agents

Insurance Commissioner | News | Date Posted: Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Dover, DE—The Delaware Department of Insurance has added a live chat support feature to its website. The chat box offers online users a quick and convenient way to connect with a department specialist who can answer basic insurance inquiries. The live chat feature launched Monday, June 12th and was free to implement. “It’s our job […]

Just in Time for Hurricane Season, Delaware’s Department of Insurance Streamlines Emergency Catastrophic Adjusters Licensing Requirements

Insurance Commissioner | News | Date Posted: Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Dover, DE—Delaware Insurance Commissioner, Trinidad Navarro, has taken steps to streamline the licensing process for insurance adjusters who come to Delaware to immediately help consumers who have filed a claim due to an emergency or catastrophe. Issued on June 5, 2017, Revised Agents Bulletin No. 18, requires Emergency CAT Adjusters to use online services to […]

Delaware Medicare Assistance Bureau Releases Delaware Medicare Supplement Insurance Shopper’s Guide 2017

Insurance Commissioner | News | Date Posted: Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Dover, DE—The Delaware Medicare Assistance Bureau (DMAB) is pleased to announce that the 2017 Delaware Medicare Supplement Insurance Shopper’s Guide is now available in print. This popular guide is updated annually and includes price comparisons and toll-free telephone numbers for all Medigap policies sold in Delaware. Medicare supplement insurance, also called Medigap, is private insurance […]

Aetna Exits ACA Exchange in Delaware for 2018

Insurance Commissioner | News | Date Posted: Thursday, May 11, 2017

Dover, DE – On Wednesday, May 10, 2017, Aetna, Inc. (“Aetna”), informed the Delaware Department of Insurance that it would not be participating in the Health Insurance Marketplace (“Marketplace”) in Delaware for 2018. As a main reason for their exit, Aetna cited an approximate $700 million loss for individual policies between 2014 and 2016, and […]