Latest Maryland Headlines
All the headlines from our Maryland Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Brethren Mutual Hires Foltz as Personal Lines Underwriting Manager in Maryland
Dec 22 2015 // Kimberly Foltz The Brethren Mutual Insurance Company in Hagerstown, Maryland, has hired Kimberly Foltz as Personal Lines underwriting manager. Foltz brings 26 years of insurance experience in property/casualty marketing...
Maryland Commissioner to Meet With Local Farmers to Discuss P/C Insurance
Dec 21 2015 // Maryland Insurance Commissioner Al Redmer, Jr. and Secretary of Agriculture Joe Bartenfelder will hold a joint meeting to promote awareness of insurance products available to the state’s agricultural community. The...
People – East
Dec 21 2015 // Markel Corp. in Richmond, Virginia, reported that Thomas S. Gayner, president and chief investment officer, and Richard R. Whitt III, president and co-chief operating officer, will serve as co-chief executive officers of...
Former Insurance Exec Gets 37 Years for $100M Premium Fraud in Maryland
Dec 13 2015 // A Maryland businessman who prosecutors say stole more than $100 million in insurance premiums to live a life of luxury has been sentenced to 37 years in prison. Forty-year-old Jeffrey Brian Cohen of Reisterstown, Maryland,...
Maryland Issues Bulletin on Commercial Policy Termination Notices
Dec 7 2015 // Property/casualty insurers writing commercial policies in Maryland are no longer required to file the cancellation or nonrewal notices they send out to insureds for approval, the Maryland Insurance Administration (MIA)...
Morrow Joins Maryland Insurance Administration as Associate Commissioner
Nov 24 2015 // Robert D. Morrow, Jr. Maryland Insurance Commissioner Al Redmer, Jr. announced Tuesday the appointment of Robert D. Morrow, Jr. as the state’s associate insurance commissioner for Hearings. As associate commissioner,...
Maryland Issues Bulletin on Commercial Policy Cancellation Notices
Nov 19 2015 // Property/casualty insurers writing commercial policies in Maryland are no longer required to file for approval the cancellation or nonrewal notices they send out to insureds, the Maryland Insurance Administration announced...
People – East
Nov 16 2015 // The Hilb Group, a middle market insurance agency based in Richmond, Virginia, hired David Hobbs as president and chief operating officer. The title of president was previously held by Chief Executive Officer Robert Hilb...
Maryland’s Chesapeake Employers Promotes 3 to Vice President
Nov 4 2015 // Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company, Maryland’s largest writer of workers’ compensation insurance, announced the following promotions: Carmine D’Alessandro was promoted to vice president of...
Insurance Agents & Brokers in Penn. Announces Newly Elected Directors
Oct 29 2015 // The fall marks a new administrative year for Insurance Agents & Brokers Service Group in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, and its partnership of agents’ associations in Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania. The...
AssuredPartners Acquires Moscker Insurance Agency in Maryland
Oct 6 2015 // AssuredPartners Inc. announced that its subsidiary, AssuredPartners of New Jersey, has acquired Moscker Insurance Agency Inc. in Severna Park, Maryland. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Moscker Insurance Agency...
People – East
Oct 5 2015 // Specialty program manager Victor O. Schinnerer & Company Inc. promoted Brian Hanuschak to president. Hanuschak will be based in the firm’s Chevy Chase, Maryland, headquarters and report to Rob Byler, CEO of The...
Maryland Welcomes 7 New Insurers
Oct 5 2015 // The Maryland Insurance Administration (MIA) announced on Sept. 14 that seven new insurance companies have been approved to offer workers’ compensation and life insurance products in Maryland. “Our goal is to...
Former Maryland Commissioner Goldsmith Joins Law Firm Hogan Lovells
Sep 22 2015 // Law firm Hogan Lovells announced that former Maryland Insurance Commissioner Therese Goldsmith has joined firm’s Health practice and the Insurance Industry sector group as a partner in the Baltimore office. Goldsmith...
IA&B in Pennsylvania Announces Officers for 2015-16 Administrative Year
Sep 18 2015 // The fall marks a new administrative year for the Insurance Agents & Brokers Service Group (IA&B) in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, and its partnership of agents’ associations. The following directors have...
Maryland Insurance Administration Welcomes 7 New Insurers to Marketplace
Sep 14 2015 // The Maryland Insurance Administration (MIA) today announced seven new insurance companies are approved to offer workers’ compensation and life insurance products in Maryland. “Our goal is to increase options...
Maryland’s Chesapeake Employers Promotes Johnson to Director
Aug 21 2015 // Tammy Johnson Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company, the largest writer of workers’ compensation insurance in Maryland, promoted Tammy Johnson to director of the Strategic Business Unit. In this position,...
Alliant Hires VanOrsdel as Employee Benefits Group VP in Maryland
Aug 18 2015 // Alliant Insurance Services, a specialty insurance brokerage based in Newport Beach, California, hired Reed VanOrsdel as vice president of Employee Benefits Group. VanOrsdel is based in Alliant’s Bethesda, Maryland,...
People – East
Aug 17 2015 // ACE Limited, which announced plans to acquire Chubb for $28 billion in July, has designated a post-merger leadership team for the North American insurance operations of the combined company. The North America leadership...
Union Insurance Group Acquires The McLaughlin Co. in Maryland
Aug 6 2015 // Union Insurance Group, a Chicago-based commercial insurance agency specializing in property/casualty and professional liability products for labor organizations, announced that it has acquired The McLaughlin Company, an...
