Latest Maryland Headlines
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Maryland Construction Company Owner Pleads Guilty in $1.7M Fraud Plot
Aug 27 2019 // A Maryland construction company owner has pleaded guilty to engaging in a scheme to defraud a customer out of more than $1.7 million. U.S. Attorney Robert Hur’s office said in a news release that 65-year-old Ivan...
Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company Appoints Madden to Board of Directors
Aug 21 2019 // Martin G. Madden, a former senior advisor to Maryland Governor Larry Hogan from 2015 to 2017, was appointed to the board of directors of Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company, effective June 1, 2019. Madden will...
2 Maryland Men Charged with Stealing $8M in Disaster Aid Funds
Aug 8 2019 // A federal grand jury has indicted two Maryland men on charges they stole the identities of natural disaster victims and fraudulently registered for millions of dollars in life-saving relief funds. Federal prosecutor Robert...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Maryland’s The Novick Group
Jul 29 2019 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Rockville, Md.-based The Novick Group Inc. Founded in 1987, The Novick Group is a retail property and casualty broker focused on providing insurance products and services to...
Maryland Agency Outlines Response to Cybersecurity Incident
Jul 8 2019 // The Maryland Department of Labor has started notifying about 78,000 customers about potential unauthorized activity in two of its database systems. The department said Friday that while some personally identifiable...
How Insys Bankruptcy Case Could Alter Fate of Thousands of Opioid Lawsuits
Jun 28 2019 // The fate of thousands of lawsuits seeking to hold drugmakers responsible for fueling the U.S. opioid epidemic hinges in part on a thorny legal question: Can a company can use a bankruptcy to stop lawsuits from cities and...
Couple Suing Maryland Town for Negligence Over Tram Accident
Jun 27 2019 // A Maryland woman who says a tram dragged her along the Ocean City boardwalk is suing the popular vacation town for negligence. Mona and Gregory Jones are seeking $75,000 in response to the September 2017 accident. Court...
Maryland’s Frederick Mutual Promotes Showalter to Vice President
Jun 14 2019 // Frederick Mutual, a Frederick, Md.-based insurance company, has promoted Jill Showalter to vice president and chief insurance operations officer. Showalter initially joined Frederick Mutual on October 2, 2017, as its new...
Amazon Not Liable for Selling Product that Allegedly Caused $300K in Fire Damage
Jun 4 2019 // The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has ruled that Amazon.com Inc. is not responsible under Maryland law for products liability claims due to a defective product purchased on its website from a...
Officials Assess Damage After Tornado Confirmed in Maryland
Jun 3 2019 // The National Weather Service says a tornado touched down in Howard County, Maryland. The Baltimore Sun reported Friday that weather service meteorologists plan to survey the area to assess the damage. There were reports of...
Maryland Businessman Pleads Guilty to Stealing Up to $1.5M in Wine
May 16 2019 // A Maryland man pleaded guilty Tuesday to embezzling up to $1.5 million in upscale wine from customers who paid him to store the bottles, which he sold without their knowledge. A plea agreement calls for William Lamont...
Maryland Police Search for Survivors of Helicopter Crash
May 7 2019 // Rescue workers searched for survivors Saturday after a helicopter with two people aboard crashed into the Chesapeake Bay. The helicopter crashed into the water about a half-mile off Bloody Point, on the southern end of...
Board Faults Utility’s Equipment in Fatal 2016 Explosion in Maryland
Apr 25 2019 // A gas company’s faulty equipment is the most likely cause of an explosion at a suburban Maryland apartment complex that killed seven people in 2016, according to federal report issued Tuesday. The explosion and fire...
Car Sharing Lobbyists Battle Car Renting Lobbyists, Driving State Lawmakers Crazy
Apr 19 2019 // The bill that turned Illinois into the focal point of a bitter debate over car-sharing last year started as a proposal about what happens when a rental car is stolen. The legislation, which would allow rental companies to...
Redmer Reappointed for Another Term as Maryland Insurance Commissioner
Apr 9 2019 // The Maryland Insurance Administration has announced that the Maryland State Senate voted to confirm Al Redmer Jr. for another term as Maryland’s Insurance Commissioner, where he will oversee the independent...
Coface Appoints Haigley as Vice President in Maryland
Mar 27 2019 // Coface, a global credit insurer, has appointed Paul C. Haigley III as its vice president of broker and financial institutions relationship management in the U.S., based in the firm’s Maryland office. In this new...
State Farm to Cut Rates in Maryland for Second Time in Two Years
Mar 19 2019 // State Farm Insurance Companies will cut its rates in Maryland for the second time in two years. As a result, its overall personal auto rate will drop by 1.4 percent. The total state-wide expected impact for State Farm by...
Underwriting and Rating Tools Under Attack in State Legislatures
Mar 18 2019 // California, a bellwether state in many ways, rang in 2019 with a regulation banning the use of gender in auto insurance underwriting and rating. Prior to this regulation, insurers used gender in California for more than 30...
Hub International Limited Acquires The Insurance Exchange in Maryland
Mar 11 2019 // Hub International Limited has acquired The Insurance Exchange Inc. Based in Rockville, Md., The Insurance Exchange is an independent insurance agency that provides employee benefits consulting, commercial property and...
Marsh & McLennan Agency Acquires Maryland’s Employee Benefits Group
Mar 5 2019 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA), the middle market agency subsidiary of Marsh, has acquired Employee Benefits Group Inc. (EBG), a Bethesda, Md.-based independent insurance agency specializing in employee benefits and...
