Latest Maryland Headlines
All the headlines from our Maryland Topic Page, ordered by recency.
New Markets
Mar 24 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Contractors Nuts & Bolts: Lemac &...
New Markets
Mar 24 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Contractors Nuts & Bolts: Lemac &...
Maryland Urged to Study If Hybrid Cars Pose Danger to Blind Pedestrians
Mar 24 2008 // Concerns from blind people that super-quiet hybrid vehicles pose a safety danger to pedestrians who can’t see has gotten the attention of Maryland lawmakers. The Senate voted last Friday to give preliminary approval...
Maryland Senate Revives Ban on Cell Phones, Texting While Driving
Mar 20 2008 // A cell phone driving ban that has been rejected many times by Maryland lawmakers — as recently as last week — is alive again and headed for approval in the Maryland Senate. But it’s still unclear whether this is...
Maryland Weighs Premium Installments for High Risk Drivers
Mar 10 2008 // Lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund, the insurer of last resort for many motorists, to accept installment payments like private companies. Advocates say the proposal...
New Markets
Mar 10 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Blanket Accident Insurance Nuts &...
Maryland Considers Hiring Own Lead Inspector for Toys
Feb 29 2008 // Maryland would hire inspectors to monitor toys for lead content under a bill headed for approval in the House of Delegates. The chamber agreed unanimously this week to agree to a preliminary version of a bill to hire two...
Maryland May Relieve High Risk Drivers of Premium Financing Cost
Feb 28 2008 // State lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund, the insurer of last resort for many motorists, to accept installment payments like private companies. Advocates say the...
Fire Causes $1M Damage to Maryland Strip Mall
Feb 25 2008 // Montgomery County, Md. fire officials say a two-alarm fire that started in a chicken restaurant did significant damage to a strip mall in Wheaton. Fire and Rescue Service spokesman Pete Piringer estimates that the blaze...
$500K Grant Goes to Assist Maryland ID Theft, Crime Victims
Feb 25 2008 // A crime victim’s assistance group will help those harmed by identity theft and fraud under a $500,000 grant announced Thursday. The Maryland Crime Victims Resource Center plans to use the money to provide direct...
$30M Suit Filed In Md. Hotel Carbon Monoxide Deaths
Feb 21 2008 // A Lebanon, Pa., woman whose husband and 10-year-old daughter were killed by a carbon monoxide leak at an Ocean City, Maryland motel room has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against four companies. The lawsuit seeking $30...
Maryland Can’t Stop Allstate Plan to Refuse New Coastal Business
Feb 11 2008 // Maryland Insurance Commissioner Ralph S. Tyler today accepted Allstate Insurance Co.’s decision to refuse new homeowners’ policies in coastal areas. Tyler said his agency’s hands were effectively tied...
CBIZ Acquires Md.-Based NAIS
Feb 6 2008 // CBIZ Inc. announced the firm has acquired substantially all the assets of NAIS Inc. effective Feb. 1, 2008. NAIS provides innkeepers insurance programs marketed through James Wolf Insurance and Old Line Insurance. NAIS,...
Maryland County Proposal Calls for Contracts for Domestic Workers
Feb 1 2008 // Lawmakers in a suburban Washington, D.C. county said this week that domestic workers and their employers should be required to sign contracts to ensure the workers receive fair wages, overtime and other protections against...
Pa., Del., Md. Agent Group Offers Members Human Resources Tool
Jan 28 2008 // Independent insurance agents in Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania now have access to a five-component, Web-based resource created to simplify agency management. The HR Solution includes an audit survey, employee handbook...
Maryland Gov. O’Malley Wants to Restrict Chesapeake Bay Development
Jan 23 2008 // Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley’s administration is expected to propose legislation this week amending the state’s 25-year-old Critical Area Law to further restrict development along the Chesapeake...
Former Md. Deputy to Serve Home Detention for Arson
Jan 18 2008 // A former Frederick County Sheriff’s Deputy will avoid jail time for setting fire to his girlfriend’s sport utility vehicle in alleged insurance scheme. Thirty-eight-year-old Theodore Randolph Dorsey of...
Solar Panels Would Get Legal Protection under Md. Bill
Jan 16 2008 // As Maryland lawmakers look for ways to boost energy conservation, one Democrat wants a law to give rooftop solar panels legal protection. House Democratic Leader Kumar Barve of Montgomery County has proposed a measure...
Maryland Anti-Fraud Efforts Net $450K in Restitution
Jan 11 2008 // Nineteen insurance fraud cases were adjudicated in Maryland in the last three months of 2007, resulting in nearly $450,000 in restitution ordered paid, the state’s Insurance Administration said. The prosecutions were...
Study: Maryland Doctor Shortage Worst in Specialist Fields, Rural Areas
Jan 8 2008 // A new study of Maryland’s physician workforce shows that the state has a growing shortage of doctors in clinical practice, and concludes it could become dire for patients, especially those in need of medical...
