Latest Maryland Headlines
All the headlines from our Maryland Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Investigation Continues into Burning of Md. $750K Vacant House
Jan 3 2008 // Maryland fire marshals say they’re still investigating the burning of a vacant house in Washington County worth $750,000. Fire marshal Ed Ernst told The (Hagerstown) Herald-Mail Monday morning that they still...
Maryland Employers with Illegal Workers Could Be Fined
Jan 3 2008 // Frederick County, Md. Commissioner Charles Jenkins is calling for penalties for local businesses that hire illegal immigrants. He is talking to the county attorney about a plan to audit local businesses that receive...
Maryland County Pulls Plug on Earthquake Hotline
Dec 31 2007 // Maryland’s Howard County has pulled the plug on its earthquake hotline. County Fire Department Captain Ryan Miller says the county now has other ways for residents to report and receive information during a disaster....
Top Insurance Stories in 2007 in East
Dec 31 2007 // New leaders tackled old issues and the region battled fire and rain. 1. No day at the beach Insurance markets for coastal properties continued to challenge insurers, agents, policymakers and property owners, despite an...
Bond Insurer ACA Financial Submits to Maryland Regulatory Control
Dec 27 2007 // In more fallout from the troubled credit market, ACA Capital Holdings Inc. has agreed to let the Maryland Insurance Administration and Commissioner Ralph S. Tyler assume control of much of its bond insurance division, ACA...
Md. Insurer to Return $100 Million to Doctors, State
Dec 23 2007 // A major medical liability insurer will return nearly $100 million to the state of Maryland and local doctors, in a deal announced by state officials. Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley and Insurance Commissioner Ralph S....
Fire Damages Maryland Shopping Center
Dec 18 2007 // Fire officials say a fire in Mill Creek, Md. has caused heavy damage at a strip shopping center on Kirkwood Highway. The fire west of Mill Creek was reported shortly after midnight Monday in the 5900 block of Kirkwood...
Medical Mutual Returning $100M to Maryland, Local Physicians
Dec 17 2007 // A major medical liability insurer will return nearly $100 million to the state of Maryland and local doctors, in a deal announced by state officials. Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley and Insurance Commissioner Ralph S....
Maryland Names Sammis Deputy Insurance Commissioner
Nov 7 2007 // Maryland Insurance Commissioner Ralph S. Tyler has appointed Elizabeth Sammis as deputy insurance commissioner. Sammis is currently vice president for Government Affairs, Mid-Atlantic Region, for United Healthcare, and she...
Md.-Pa.-Del. Agents Group Highlights Delaware Merger, Elects Officers
Oct 26 2007 // The Insurance Agents & Brokers Service Group held its annual meeting Oct. 17, marking a year that included the inception of the Delaware Association of Insurance Agents & Brokers Inc. into its organization. The...
Md. Workplace Fatalities Rises in 2006
Oct 24 2007 // Statistics show the number of fatal work injuries in Maryland rose to 105 last year, an increase of 10 from the year before. The figure also represents the highest annual total since the U.S. Department of Labor’s...
Maryland Malpractice Insurer Told Its $69 Million Dividend Belongs to State
Oct 9 2007 // Maryland’s largest medical malpractice insurer should return its entire $68.6 million dividend to the state, instead of the $32.5 million it has proposed as part of its exit from a subsidy program designed to lower...
