Latest Maryland Headlines
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IA&B Service Group Announces New Officers in Del., Md., Penn.
Nov 11 2013 // The fall marks a new administrative year for Insurance Agents & Brokers Service Group and its partnership of agents’ associations in Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania. The following directors have been...
Md.-Based Victor O. Schinnerer & Co. Names Senior Underwriting Manager
Nov 4 2013 // Chevy Chase, Md.-based underwriting manager Victor O. Schinnerer & Company Inc. has named Steve Cohen as senior underwriting manager for its management liability programs. In his new role, Cohen will oversee the...
Maryland’s Chesapeake Employers: Business as Usual for Policyholders, Agents
Nov 1 2013 // Maryland’s largest writer of workers’ compensation insurance and the insurer of last resort adopted a new name and a new corporate structure in October. The 99-year-old Injured Workers’ Insurance Fund...
For Western Maryland, Last Year’s Sandy Blizzard Was a Painful Lesson
Oct 28 2013 // The mountain dwellers of far western Maryland know a lot about snow, but a crippling blizzard spawned last year by Superstorm Sandy taught them a painful lesson in emergency preparedness. Scattershot planning and outdated...
Maryland’s Chesapeake Employers Promotes Dreher to Director of Underwriting
Oct 24 2013 // Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company, formerly IWIF, recently announced that Joanne Dreher has been promoted to director of underwriting.Joanne DreherIn this new position, Dreher is responsible for the operational...
USI Insurance Acquires Richard J. Princinsky & Associates in Maryland
Oct 8 2013 // USI Insurance Services announced the closing of the acquisition of Richard J. Princinsky & Associates Inc., located in Hunt Valley, Maryland. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 1976, Richard J....
Maryland’s IWIF Converts to Chesapeake Employers
Oct 7 2013 // On Oct. 1, the Injured Worker’s Insurance Fund (IWIF), Maryland’s largest provider of workers’ compensation insurance, launched a new name and corporate structure as a private, not-for-profit company. As...
Obamacare Day 3: High Demand, Enrollment Glitches Persist
Oct 4 2013 // Americans trying to find out how much health coverage will cost under Obamacare endured a third day of limited access to new online health insurance exchanges on Thursday, leading to a growing backlog of people waiting to...
Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund Launches Installment Payment Program
Oct 3 2013 // The Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund (MAIF) — the auto insurance market of last resort in Maryland — said its Installment Payment Plan went online on Oct. 1. This new option, which was passed and signed into law...
Obamacare Day 1: Exchanges Struggled With High Demand; Fixes Promised
Oct 1 2013 // The Obamacare insurance exchanges struggled to handle a flood of consumer interest that closed the U.S. website for much of the day, and caused start up delays for most of the marketplaces run by the states. In New York,...
Maryland’s IWIF to Convert to Private, Not-for-Profit Insurer on Oct. 1
Sep 24 2013 // On Oct. 1, IWIF, Maryland’s largest provider of workers’ compensation insurance, will launch a new name and corporate structure as a private, not-for-profit company. As a result of legislation passed by the...
WCRI Study of Penn., Md. Finds Vicodin Much Costlier When Dispensed by Doctors
Sep 9 2013 // A new study from the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) says the average price paid for physician-dispensed Vicodin — a commonly dispensed narcotic pain medication in Pennsylvania and Maryland — was...
MAIF Drops Proposal Seeking to Gain Policy Rights
Sep 9 2013 // The Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund (MAIF) — the auto insurance market of last resort in Maryland — last month withdrew its proposal to gain “sole and exclusive property” rights to all MAIF policies. The...
A Roundup of Maryland’s New Insurance Laws From 2013 Legislative Session
Aug 21 2013 // The Maryland Insurance Administration issued a bulletin this week summarizing new insurance legislation from the Maryland General Assembly’s 2013 session that have been signed into law by Gov. Martin O’Malley....
Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund Withdraws Proposal to Gain Policy Rights
Aug 19 2013 // The Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund (MAIF) — the auto insurance market of last resort in Maryland — last week withdrew its proposal to gain “sole and exclusive property” rights to all MAIF...
Commentary: Contributory Negligence Remains the Law in Maryland
Aug 6 2013 // On July 9, 2013, Maryland’s highest appellate court, the Court of Appeals, declined to abandon the longstanding common law doctrine of contributory negligence, which is a complete bar to recovery for any plaintiff...
Md. Regulators Issue First-Ever Civil Fraud Orders
Aug 5 2013 // The Maryland Insurance Administration issued on July 23 its first administrative orders under newly granted authority to pursue civil cases of insurance fraud. The authority took effect last October following passage of...
Maryland Court: Bars Not Liable for Patrons’ Accidents
Jul 29 2013 // Maryland’s highest court says bars can’t be held responsible for accidents their patrons cause after they leave. The Court of Appeals ruled on July 25 in the case of a 2008 drunken driving crash in Montgomery...
Maryland Insurance Administration Issues First-Ever Civil Fraud Orders
Jul 24 2013 // The Maryland Insurance Administration on Tuesday issued its first administrative orders under newly granted authority to pursue civil cases of insurance fraud. The authority took effect last October following passage of...
IA&B Survey: Agencies Report Slight Decrease in Commercial Carrier Satisfaction
Jul 23 2013 // Insurance Agents & Brokers (IA&B) — a partnership of three agents’ associations serving Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware — said its latest survey shows its members’ overall satisfaction...
