Latest Maryland Headlines
All the headlines from our Maryland Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Previously-Rejected Cell Phone Ban on Redial in Maryland Legislature
Jan 25 2007 // A cell phone ban for Maryland drivers has been considered — and rejected — many times by state lawmakers. However, two new plans before lawmakers have some asking if this is the year Maryland will join Washington, D.C....
Aon to Cut 500 Jobs in N.Y., Texas, Maryland
Jan 22 2007 // Insurance brokerage firm Aon Corp. said last week it would lay off 550 workers at its facilities in New York, Texas and Maryland. Aon spokesman Rahsaan Johnson said the Chicago-based company was consolidating its...
U.S. Appeals Court Upholds Dismissal of Maryland’s Wal-Mart Mandate
Jan 18 2007 // The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has affirmed a lower court decision that federal ERISA law invalidates a Maryland law that would have required giant retailer Wal-Mart to offer a certain level of...
Prosecutors Seek Severance Paid Former Md. Insurance Fund Chief
Jan 14 2007 // Federal prosecutors pursuing public corruption charges against former Maryland state Sen. Thomas Bromwell are trying to seize the $400,000 buyout he received when he stepped down as head of the state’s largest...
Robinson Named Director of Md. Insurance Government Relations
Jan 12 2007 // Maryland Insurance Commissioner R. Steven Orr has appointed Kimberly Yvette Robinson as director of government relations at the Maryland Insurance Administration. Robinson succeeds Brett Lininger who resigned the agency in...
Outgoing Md. AG Curran Interested in Workers’ Comp Fund Job
Jan 2 2007 // Outgoing Attorney General Joseph Curran said he would be interested in temporarily heading the Injured Workers’ Insurance Fund while the agency’s board looks for a permanent president. Former state Sen. Thomas...
Ex-Md. Lawmaker Facing Charges Steps Down from Workers’ Comp Fund
Dec 28 2006 // Former Maryland state Sen. Thomas Bromwell has agreed to step down at the end of the year as head of the Injured Workers’ Insurance Fund under a separation agreement announced by the organization’s board of...
2006: Mother Nature and political deals made 2006 an unsettling year
Dec 25 2006 // From Maine to Virginia, agents and adjusters helped property owners dig out from damaging floods. High waters seemed to hit a new state every week. Meanwhile, these same agents had to worry about whether their income was...
Top 10 Stories of the Year – East
Dec 24 2006 // From Maine to Virginia, agents and adjusters helped property owners dig out from damaging floods. High waters seemed to hit a new state every week. Meanwhile, these same agents had to worry about whether their income was...
Allstate Adds Maryland Coast to Its ‘No New Business’ List
Dec 22 2006 // Citing concerns that a warmer Atlantic Ocean will lead to more strong hurricanes hitting the region, Allstate Corp. will stop writing homeowners’ policies in coastal areas of Maryland. Starting in February, the...
Maryland’s Biggest Malpractice Insurer to Cut Premiums 8%
Dec 18 2006 // The largest medical malpractice insurer in Maryland is looking to drop premiums by 8 percent for next year in what would be its first rate reduction since at least 1992. The potential premium cuts by Medical Mutual...
Declarations
Dec 11 2006 // Contingent commission ban “Many industries — not just the insurance industry — rely on performance-based compensation, which is legal, honest and brings many benefits to the insurance marketplace, as it...
Md. Court Upholds Fellow Employee Exclusion in Commercial Auto Policy
Nov 22 2006 // The Maryland Court of Appeals has held that a fellow-employee exclusion in a commercial automobile liability policy is valid and enforceable above the minimum statutory liability limits. The court found that a business...
Md. Deputy Sheriff Indicted on Arson Charge
Nov 22 2006 // A Frederick County, Maryland sheriff’s deputy has been indicted on a charge of second-degree arson for allegedly burning his girlfriend’s sport-utility vehicle in what investigators have said was an insurance...
People and Places
Nov 20 2006 // Greg Thompson, president and chief executive officer of Thomco, is the new president of the Target Markets Program Administrators Association, a national organization serving program managers. Thomco, headquartered in...
News Currents
Nov 20 2006 // Newly elected Democratic governors in Massachusetts, New York and Maryland are expected to name their own insurance commissioners, although it’s to early to know who the successors might be, according to insurance...
People
Nov 19 2006 // Greg Thompson, president and chief executive officer of Thomco, is the new president of the Target Markets Program Administrators Association, a national organization serving program managers. Thomco, headquartered in...
With new governors could come new commissioners in Mass., Md., N.Y.
Nov 19 2006 // Newly elected Democratic governors in Massachusetts, New York and Maryland are expected to name their own insurance commissioners, although it’s to early to know who the successors might be, according to insurance...
Rossano Joins William Gallagher in Maryland
Nov 10 2006 // Insurance and benefits broker William Gallagher Associates reports that Lyn Rossano has joined the Maryland office as senior vice president in the Property & Casualty area. She brings 20 years of risk advisory...
Industry Expects New Commissioners in Mass., Md., N.Y.
Nov 9 2006 // Newly-elected Democratic governors in Massachusetts, New York and Maryland are expected to name their own insurance commissioners, although the identity of any successors is unknown at this time, according to insurance...
