Latest Maryland Headlines
All the headlines from our Maryland Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Alera Group Acquires Maryland’s FNL Insurance Group
Aug 21 2020 // Alera Group, a national employee benefits, property and casualty, retirement services and wealth management firm, has acquired FNL Insurance Group, effective August 1, 2020. For more than 40 years, FNL Insurance Group has...
One Dead, Seven Rescued After Gas Explosion Levels Baltimore Homes
Aug 12 2020 // A natural gas explosion destroyed three row houses in Baltimore on Monday morning, killing a woman and trapping other people in the debris. At least seven people were seriously injured, and firefighters were searching for...
PSA Insurance and Financial Services Acquires Maryland’s H.U. Dove & Company
Aug 3 2020 // PSA Insurance and Financial Services (PSA), an independent insurance brokerage firm, has acquired H.U. Dove & Company, a 175 year old Baltimore-based company. The acquisition was final as of April 1, 2020. To better...
Derwart Named Chief of Staff for Maryland Insurance Administration
Jul 20 2020 // Maryland Insurance Commissioner Kathleen A. Birrane has named Gregory M. Derwart as chief of staff for the Maryland Insurance Administration (MIA). Derwart has experience in state government. From 2015 to 2019, he was...
Maryland Governor Announces $501M Unemployment Insurance Fraud Case
Jul 17 2020 // Maryland uncovered a massive criminal enterprise involving identity theft and more than 47,500 fraudulent unemployment insurance claims in the state adding up to more than $501 million, Governor Larry Hogan said Wednesday,...
Maryland’s Frederick Mutual Promotes Stenbjorn to Chief Information Officer
Jul 16 2020 // Frederick Mutual, a Frederick, Md.-based insurance company, has promoted Paul Stenbjorn to chief information officer. Stenbjorn has been a technology management professional for more than 25 years. He has previously held...
Maryland Auto Executive Director McCurdy Retires, Reflects on 38-Year Career
Jul 15 2020 // When Mark McCurdy informed Maryland Auto Insurance’s Board of Trustees in July 2019 of his intention to retire this year, he never imagined that the few months ahead of his retirement would involve leading the...
Ten-Year-Old Charged with Arson in Maryland Garage Fire Causing $14K in Damage
Jul 14 2020 // A 10-year-old boy faces arson charges after a garage fire near Union Mills Thursday, the Office of the State Fire Marshal said. Firefighters responded to the garage fire in the 3500 block of Littlestown Pike in Westminster...
Sanity Trial in Maryland Newspaper Shooting Postponed Amid Pandemic
Jul 9 2020 // Court proceedings to determine criminal sanity for a man who pleaded guilty to killing five people at Maryland newspaper have been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. Jarrod Ramos’ pre-trial hearings have...
Maryland Insurance Commissioner Birrane Sees State as Leader in Tech Innovation
Jul 2 2020 // Maryland Insurance Commissioner Kathleen Birrane has been in her new role for nearly two months, and she already has big plans for the state to establish itself as a leader in the tech space. “I’d like to see...
Police Say Maryland Man Charged in Church Arson Case
Jun 29 2020 // A Maryland man faces multiple arson-related charges after police say he confessed to setting fires at a church where investigators found a Molotov cocktail in a vestibule. David Francis Creager, 47, was detained Friday and...
Maryland Home Builder to Pay More Than $700K for Violating Consumer Protection Laws
Jun 26 2020 // Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh has announced that his Consumer Protection Division issued a final order finding that Clark P. Turner and Clark Turner Homes LLC of Harford County violated Maryland’s Consumer...
Maryland Moves into Phase Two of Coronavirus Reopening Plan
Jun 9 2020 // Maryland further eased restrictions imposed to stop the spread of the coronavirus by allowing businesses to reopen Friday, but some of the state’s largest jurisdictions are waiting to enter Phase 2 of the...
Basketball Players Lose Copyright Infringement Bid Over ‘Fortnite’ Dance
Jun 3 2020 // A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit in which two former University of Maryland men’s basketball players accused makers of the “Fortnite” video game of misappropriating a dance move that the...
Maryland Attorney General Says Closed Mill is Still Polluting the Potomac
Jun 1 2020 // Maryland’s attorney general says byproducts from a closed paper mill are continuing to pollute the Potomac River. The Baltimore Sun reports that AG Brian Frosh made the claims in a federal lawsuit that was filed...
Maryland P/C Insurance Consumers to Receive More Than $250M in Premium Relief
May 22 2020 // Maryland property and casualty insurance consumers will receive more than $250 million in premium relief during the COVID-19 State of Emergency, according to a Maryland Insurance Administration (MIA) press release. As of...
Maryland, Virginia, D.C. Intend to Sue EPA on Bay Pollution
May 20 2020 // Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia filed a notice of intent to sue the Environmental Protection Agency for failing to require two other states to implement plans to cut pollution in the Chesapeake Bay,...
Redmer Reflects on Time as Maryland Insurance Commissioner, Talks Future Plans
May 14 2020 // Maryland Insurance Commissioner Al Redmer Jr. will leave his regulatory role and step into his new position as executive director of Maryland Auto Insurance on Monday, bringing with him a legacy as Maryland’s longest...
Governor Hogan Appoints New Maryland Insurance Commissioner
May 5 2020 // Maryland Governor Larry Hogan announced Friday he has appointed Kathleen Birrane to be Maryland’s insurance commissioner. Hogan announced the appointment to replace Al Redmer, who has been appointed executive...
Redmer to End Tenure as Insurance Commissioner, Join Maryland Auto Insurance
May 5 2020 // Maryland Insurance Commissioner Al Redmer Jr. has been named executive director of Maryland Auto Insurance. Redmer will leave his position as Maryland Insurance Commissioner to join Maryland Auto Insurance on May 18,...
