Latest Maryland Headlines
All the headlines from our Maryland Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Maryland Tornado Losses Top $30 Million
Oct 1 2001 // The damage to public and private property from the tornado which ravaged Prince George’s and Howard Counties last week has been preliminarily estimated at $31.7 million. No indications have yet been made concerning...
Attorney General Indicts Baltimore Man on Insurance Fraud Charges
Jul 31 2001 // Maryland Attorney General J. Joseph Curran Jr., announced the filing of criminal insurance fraud charges against Lewis Mulitz, president of PICO Industries of Baltimore. In a three count criminal indictment filed in the...
American Skyline Receives Maryland License
Jul 5 2001 // The Maryland Insurance Administration has granted a license to Baltimore’s American Skyline Insurance Co. to commence business in the State. Skyline, a property/casualty insurer specializing in home and automobile...
Ponzied Insurance Premiums
Jun 18 2001 // This is the tale of what the Court of Appeals of Maryland—the state’s highest court—called a modified insurance “Ponzi scheme.” The case, decided earlier this year, is Insurance Company of North...
Md. Governor Signs AIA’s Workers’ Comp Bill
May 24 2001 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) reported that legislation allowing undisputed workers’ compensation claims to be handled out-of-state was signed recently by Governor Parris Glendening (D). SB 592, which was...
Maryland House Passes Workers’ Comp Bill
Mar 29 2001 // Legislation allowing undisputed workers’ comp claims to be handled out of state was passed earlier this week by the Maryland House of Delegates. HB 1223, which would abolish an outdated rule requiring workers’...
Progressive Expands Product Offering to Maryland Agents
Jan 22 2001 // Progressive Corp. will make its homeowners insurance product available to be sold exclusively by independent agents in Maryland effective today. Initially, the product is being offered exclusively through independent...
Maryland Judge Rules on GAMHC Assets
Dec 11 2000 // Cole County Circuit Judge Thomas J. Brown issued an order setting rules on how to distribute $1.2 billion in proceeds from the sale of General American Mutual Holding Co.’s (GAMHC) assets to MetLife. As a mutual...
HRH Acquires Maryland Agency
Sep 25 2000 // Hilb, Rogal and Hamilton Co. announced the signing of a definitive agreement to purchase all of the outstanding stock of Insurance One, Inc., a full-service insurance agency in Rockville, Maryland. The transaction is...
Farmers Ins. to Close Maryland Phone Center, Eliminate 114 Jobs
Aug 4 2000 // Farmers Insurance Group will close an insurance call center in Timonium, Maryland by the end of this year, a company official said. The move, done for financial reasons according to Carol Siegfried, Farmers’...
Maryland Reaches Agreement with Allstate to Revise ‘Do I Need An Attorney” Literature
Jul 26 2000 // Maryland Insurance Commissioner Steven B. Larsen and Allstate Insurance Company, one of the state’s top-selling insurers, reached an agreement in which Allstate will modify its “Do I Need An Attorney?”...
Taparanskas Appointed Associate Commissioner at Maryland Ins. Administration
Jul 20 2000 // Maryland Insurance Commissioner Steven B. Larsen has named Wendy J. Taparanskas, Ph.D., Associate Commissioner for Life and Health. Dr. Taparanskas will replace Donna B. Imhoff who left the agency in June. Dr. Taparanskas...
Maryland Governor Signs Commercial Lines Dereg Bill
May 22 2000 // Maryland Gov. Parris Glendening signed legislation last week removing form filing requirements for commercial insurers and sophisticated clients. Senate Bill 598 exempts some large commercial policyholders from obtaining...
Maryland Fines HMOs $1.6 Million
Apr 28 2000 // Citing numerous violations in a wide range of categories, the Maryland Insurance Administration entered into consent agreements with four of Maryland’s major health plans and a private review agent that total more...
