Latest Maryland Headlines
All the headlines from our Maryland Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Maryland Hospital Settles Stent Claims for $1.8 Million
Aug 12 2011 // The Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, Maryland has agreed to settle allegations that it failed to take action to prevent medically unnecessary cardiac stent procedures by a physician who had privileges...
Julio C. Shaik Joins Maryland’s IWIF as Chief Investment Officer
Aug 2 2011 // Julio C. Shaik, CFA, recently joined IWIF Workers’ Compensation Insurance as assistant vice president of investments and CIO. A Chartered Financial Analyst, Shaik manages IWIF’s investment portfolio and advises...
Maryland Casino Construction Site Collapse Kills Worker
Aug 1 2011 // Anne Arundel County officials say one construction worker was killed and another was injured when a 30-foot wall collapsed at the site of a casino being built at Arundel Mills Mall. Rescue workers were called to the site...
Good Morning NRRA! Home State Scenarios for Affiliated Groups
Jul 21 2011 // Welcome to the magical mystery tour of Home State taxation and regulation under Nonadmitted Insurance and Reinsurance Reform Act of 2010 (NRRA). The NRRA went live at 12:01 a.m., July 21, 2011, in all time zones. You may...
Maryland Jury Awards $1.5B Verdict over Gas Leak
Jul 1 2011 // A Maryland jury in Maryland awarded plaintiffs suing Exxon Mobil more than $1.5 billion for a 2006 leak at a gasoline station, the Baltimore Sun reports. The Sun, quoting a source who had viewed the verdict, said the jury...
People
Jun 20 2011 // Willis has appointed Jana Rucker director of marketing for Willis Commercial Network – North America, where she will lead promotional marketing, communications and industry relations activities. She joins Willis from...
Goldsmith Named Maryland Insurance Commissioner
May 31 2011 // Therese Goldsmith has been appointed as Maryland’s insurance commissioner. She most recently served as commissioner of the Public Service Commission of Maryland. She was previously a partner in the law firm Hogan...
Maryland Official Files $21 Million Libel Suit Against Blogger
May 13 2011 // Baltimore Councilwoman Belinda Conaway is suing a political blogger and his publisher for $21 million for libel and defamation over a column that alleged she did not live in the city. The suit alleges an Examiner.com...
Clothes Dryer Blamed for Maryland House Explosion
May 6 2011 // Authorities say an improperly installed clothes dryer caused an explosion that destroyed a Maryland home and seriously injured two people. Montgomery County fire officials blamed the early Wednesday morning blast on the...
Maryland Weighs Prohibition on Insurers’ Use of Credit Scores
Apr 4 2011 // Maryland lawmakers are weighing whether to prohibit insurers from using credit scores to rate auto insurance policies — a move insurers say is a bad idea. The economic matters committee of the House of Delegates recently...
Maryland Weighs Prohibition on Insurers’ Use of Credit Scores
Mar 22 2011 // Maryland lawmakers are weighing whether to prohibit insurers from using credit scores to rate auto policies — a move insurers say is a bad idea. The economic matters committee of the House of Delegates recently held an...
Maryland Gov. Pushes $100M Tax Credit Program for Insurers
Jan 26 2011 // Gov. Martin O’Malley is pushing for a $100 million initiative to promote high-tech industry in Maryland. O’Malley made the “Invest Maryland” program a part of his legislative agenda on Monday. The...
Mina Named Managing Partner for Willis of Maryland
Nov 10 2010 // John Mina has been appointed managing partner at Willis of Maryland, Inc. Mina will be responsible for business development for Willis’ Washington, D.C.-based insurance brokerage operations. He will be based in...
Maryland Court Upholds State Cap on Lawsuit Payouts
Oct 4 2010 // Maryland’s highest court has upheld a state law that limits the amount of money people can receive for suffering in lawsuits. Judges on the Court of Appeals ruled against the parents of a 5-year-old boy who drowned...
Maryland Couple Sues over Bedbugs in Apartment
Sep 30 2010 // A Maryland couple has filed a $500,000 lawsuit over a bedbug infestation in an Ellicott City apartment. Orville and Rebecca Brown say they were forced to move out of their apartment and throw away most of their...
Maryland Court Upholds State Cap on Lawsuit Payouts
Sep 28 2010 // Maryland’s highest court has upheld a state law that limits the amount of money people can receive for suffering in lawsuits. Judges on the Court of Appeals ruled against the parents of a 5-year-old boy who drowned...
Settlement Reached in Maryland Bridge Crash Lawsuit
Sep 24 2010 // Attorneys have reached a settlement in a lawsuit over a fatal crash on the Bay Bridge in the summer of 2008. Fifty-seven-year-old John Short died after he swerved his tractor-trailer to avoid hitting Candy Baldwin’s...
People
Sep 6 2010 // Aon Consulting has named Shelly Blackstone as vice president of business development in its Richmond, Virginia office. In her new role, Blackstone will develop new products and services clients in Central and Southern...
IA&B Groups Elects New Officers and Directors
Aug 27 2010 // The Insurance Agents & Brokers, a partnership of agents’ associations in Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania has elected new directors. Chairman David Rosenkilde, of ABCO/ICS Insurance Services Inc., in...
Westfield Expands in Maryland
Aug 12 2010 // Ohio-based Westfield Insurance said it has expanded its commercial operations in Maryland, with new accounts being serviced from the company’s Pennsylvania office. The firm said its existing surety accounts in...
