Latest Maryland Headlines
All the headlines from our Maryland Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Study: Reforms Targeting Physician-Dispensed Drugs Have Mixed Results
Jul 24 2017 // A new study has found that state reforms to control the costs of prescription drugs by targeting reimbursements for physicians dispensing them are having some effect but that physician-dispensing still accounts for a large...
States See Mixed Results from Reforms Targeting Physician-Dispensed Drugs: WCRI
Jul 12 2017 // A new study has found that state reforms to control the costs of prescription drugs by targeting reimbursements for physicians dispensing them are having some effect but that physician-dispensing still accounts for a large...
Ex-Executive in Maryland Sentenced for Stealing $4.5M from Firm
Jun 28 2017 // A former executive for a national construction company who, federal prosecutors say, stole $4.5 million from her employer and spent it on expensive cars and restaurant meals has been sentenced. Forty-six-year-old Wendy...
XL Catlin Expands Inland Marine Business, Hires Klein in Maryland
Jun 27 2017 // XL Catlin is continuing to expand its inland marine field operations with the recent addition of Maria Klein as a senior underwriter in Baltimore, Md. “For the last several years, we’ve been expanding our...
Maryland’s Frederick Mutual Insurance Company Promotes Roso
Jun 13 2017 // Frederick Mutual Insurance Company (FMIC), a Frederick, Md.-based provider of insurance coverage to homeowners and businesses in the states of Maryland and Pennsylvania through a network of independent agents, has promoted...
Insurance Broker MD Jensvold Adds Zurich’s Rhodes in Houston
Jun 7 2017 // MD Jensvold has hired David Rhodes to manage the brokerage department for the Houston-based managing general agency and surplus lines insurance broker. Rhodes joins Jensvold from Zurich Energy & Marine where he was the...
Diversified Insurance Industries is Relocating to New Office Space in Maryland
Jun 1 2017 // Diversified Insurance Industries (DII) has announced that it is relocating to new office space in Hunt Valley, Md., on June 26. The 14,500-square-foot space is located at 307 International Circle. DII’s 75-person...
Bus Carrying 26 Pennsylvania Students on Field Trip to D.C. Overturns on I-95
May 17 2017 // A bus carrying dozens of Pennsylvania eighth-graders to Washington, D.C., for a field trip overturned on Interstate 95 in northeastern Maryland on Monday, state police said. Officials said one child and one teacher were...
Driving Drunk: Bishop Who Killed Cyclist in Maryland is Denied Parole
May 15 2017 // A former Episcopal bishop who struck and killed a cyclist in Baltimore, Md., while driving drunk will remain in prison after the Maryland Parole Commission rejected her plea for early release. Heather Cook, once the...
Hub International Limited Acquires Maryland’s Rossmann-Hurt-Hoffman
May 4 2017 // Hub International Limited (Hub), a global insurance brokerage, has acquired Rossmann-Hurt-Hoffman Inc. (RHH). Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Based in Ellicott City, Md., RHH is a multi-lines insurance...
Massive Maryland Fire Leads to Estimated $39M Loss
Apr 26 2017 // Firefighters were still dousing hot spots Tuesday after a massive fire at a seven-story apartment building under construction near the University of Maryland. News outlets reported that firefighters were working to keep...
Maryland Policyholders Affected by Penn Treaty, American Network Liquidation
Apr 20 2017 // Maryland Insurance Commissioner Al Redmer, Jr. has announced that more than 1,700 Marylanders have been affected by the Penn Treaty liquidation that occurred in Pennsylvania. However, the Maryland guaranty association...
Maryland Insurance Commissioner Named to Board of Directors of the NIPR
Apr 19 2017 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) announced that its Executive Committee recently selected Maryland Insurance Commissioner, Al Redmer, Jr., as a board member for its non-profit affiliate, the...
Maryland to Move Flammable Materials Stored Under Bridges
Apr 7 2017 // Transportation officials in Maryland plan to move flammable materials stored under bridges after a raging fire caused part of a busy interstate to collapse in downtown Atlanta. The Maryland Department of Transportation...
Texas MGA MD Jensvold Adds Louisiana Office, New Team Members
Apr 6 2017 // Texas-based full service independent managing general agency and surplus lines broker, MD Jensvold & Co. Inc., has opened a location Shreveport, Louisiana, and added three new members to its team. John Hellyer joins...
Maryland’s Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Reappoints 2 to Board
Mar 31 2017 // Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company, a Towson, Md.-based writer of workers’ compensation insurance, has reappointed Leonard Schuler Jr. as a member to the board of directors for a term of four years,...
Maryland-Based Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company Promotes Adelman
Mar 22 2017 // Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company, a Towson, Md.-based provider of workers’ compensation insurance, has promoted Joan Adelman to vice president of legal services. In her new role, Adelman is responsible...
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Mar 6 2017 // Henderson Brothers Inc., a Pittsburgh, Pa.-based independent broker, has hired Jeremy Taggart as a financial analyst in the employee benefits department. In his new role, Taggart will use his three years of industry...
Maryland Insurance Commissioner Appoints Associate Commissioner for Hearings
Feb 9 2017 // Maryland Insurance Commissioner Al Redmer, Jr. has appointed Victoria August as Associate Commissioner for Hearings, in which she will have management responsibility for all quasi-judicial hearings, including appeals of...
Melania Trump’s $150 Million Libel Suit Claims Lost Business Opportunities
Feb 8 2017 // First Lady Melania Trump is suing a British newspaper, saying a defamatory article it later retracted deprived her of the chance to launch a lucrative brand of clothing, shoes, jewelry and perfume. The $150 million suit...
