Allstate Insurance Co. is focusing on the mid-Atlantic region, specifically Maryland and Virginia, as the location to open 60 new agencies this year.

Newark, Del., has started a program to help its residents with the high cost of prescription drugs by distributing free discount cards.

The Delaware Department of Insurance recently announced the re-domestication of Marathon Financial Insurance Co. from South Carolina as the state’s latest captive insurer.

The Maryland Insurance Administration fined a number of companies $10,000 late last year for failing to include required fraud disclosure statements in forms and applications issued last year, records show.

Delaware state workers will start paying more for infertility treatments as of July 1, due to a cut in benefits recently approved by the state’s employee benefits committee.

A bill penalizing insurers for denying coverage of medically necessary tests is moving forward in the Delaware House of Representatives with the support of state insurance regulators.

A bill mandating health insurers to increase their coverage of orthotic and prosthetic devices has cleared one legislative hurdle in Delaware.

The chairman of the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee is expanding his investigation into health insurance companies’ policies on covering medically necessary care.

Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart defended staffing the state’s new captive insurance bureau without requesting bids or conducting a formal search before a joint legislative panel.

Amid a wave of criticism focused on her and the state’s insurance office, Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart has announced a meeting to focus on denials of medically necessary tests by insurers.