Latest Maryland Headlines
All the headlines from our Maryland Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Lawsuits Against Restaurants at Center of Md. Debate Over Disabilities Act
Sep 6 2007 // Jeri Wasco, who has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair, visited a Hyattsville, Maryland shopping center recently and found curb ramps that were too steep and no elevators going to the second floor. She filed a federal...
Maryland Officials to Explain Good Faith P/C Damage Filings
Sep 6 2007 // The Maryland Insurance Administration (MIA) will conduct a workshop to explain how it will implement newly enacted legislation that authorizes the award of enhanced damages against property and casualty insurance companies...
Insurer Doesn’t Have to Pay for Miss. Pastor’s Sex Charge Defense
Sep 6 2007 // State Farm Insurance Co. does not have to pay to defend the Rev. Jeffery Stallworth of Jackson, Miss., from a civil lawsuit filed by a Maryland woman who accused him of sexually assaulting her in 2001 in her home, a...
Md. Gov. O’Malley Names Tyler as Insurance Commissioner
Sep 6 2007 // Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley this morning named attorney and long-time advisor Ralph S. Tyler to be the state’s insurance commissioner responsible for overseeing the regulation of Maryland’s $26 billion...
Maryland’s IWIF Promotes Beck to CFO
Aug 24 2007 // IWIF Workers’ Compensation Insurance in Maryland has promoted Paige Beck to the position of executive vice president and chief financial officer. In this position, Beck oversees all financial activities for the...
Maryland Man Who Lost Family in Fire Sues Over Lack of Smoke Alarms
Aug 22 2007 // Alleging that a Baltimore apartment building’s management failed to install smoke detectors in the their where his fiancee and child died in a fire, a man has sued the manager for $52.3 million. The suit was filed in...
People
Aug 6 2007 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America has named Deputy Secretary of Commerce David A. Sampson to serve as the association’s president and chief executive officer. Sampson takes over the reins of PCI...
Steel Workers’ Families Win $3.97 Million in Md. Asbestos Case
Jul 23 2007 // The families of three former Bethlehem Steel workers were awarded $3.97 million in a Maryland asbestos case the plaintiffs’ attorney said was the first of hundreds such cases. The plaintiffs had sued General Electric...
Tri-Star Mining Cited in April Deaths of Two Maryland Coal Miners
Jul 11 2007 // Federal mining regulators cited a western Maryland coal operator Monday for failing to ensure the safety of two workers who died when the side of an open-pit mine collapsed in April, burying the men beneath 93,000 tons of...
Agent Pleads Guilty in Maryland Auto Fund Fraud, AG Reports
Jun 29 2007 // A former insurance agent and former owner of the Culpepper Insurance Agency in Baltimore has pleaded guilty in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County to felony insurance fraud, according to Maryland Attorney General...
Motorcycle Deaths Renew Calls for Safety Measures in Maryland
Jun 13 2007 // Just having them pass you can be scary — groups of high-speed motorcyclists darting through traffic at speeds that make even lead-foot drivers wince. Called “bullet bikes” and “crotch rockets,”...
Police Say Aggressive Driving on the Rise in D.C.- Maryland
Jun 5 2007 // Aggressive driving is on the rise in the Washington area as motorists grapple with longer commutes, worsening road congestion and busier lives, law enforcement officials say. Three recent altercations on Maryland highways...
Md. Claims Adjuster Pleads Guilty to Stealing Workers’ Comp Checks
Jun 5 2007 // Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler reports that Natalie L. Mack, a former insurance claims adjustor with CompManagement, Inc., pled guilty in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City to stealing approximately...
Maryland law targets staging accident fraudsters
Jun 4 2007 // Maryland became only the second state to make staging a car accident to steal insurance money a specific crime when Gov. Martin O’Malley signed a bill into law recently. According to the Coalition Against Insurance...
Marshall Joins Iroquois Group as Md.-Va.-D.C. Regional Manager
May 30 2007 // The Iroquois Group reported that Erin M. Marshall has joined Iroquois as a regional manager to serve member agents in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. Marshall has almost 20 years experience in property and...
Detailed Database of Global Terrorism Attacks Now Available Online
May 25 2007 // What researchers say is the world’s largest unclassified database of terrorism attacks is now available online for general use by researchers, policy-makers, media and the general public. The Global Terrorism...
New Maryland Law Targets Staging Accidents for Insurance Money
May 22 2007 // Maryland became only the second state to make staging an car accident to steal insurance money a specific crime when Gov. Martin O’Malley signed a bill into law last week. According to the Coalition Against Insurance...
Investigations Begin into Fatal Western Md. Mine Collapse
Apr 26 2007 // The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration has launched a formal investigation into last week’s accident in a Maryland open pit coal mine that killed two men. “We evaluate all aspects of the mine...
Maryland Neighborhoods Embracing ‘Traffic Calming’ Bumps and Circles
Apr 24 2007 // Baltimore area residents, worried about speeding and other dangerous driving in their neighborhoods, have started to demand so-called “traffic calming” programs such as speed bumps and traffic circles. Steve...
News Currents
Apr 23 2007 // Maryland agents get notice relief Maryland insurance agents are applauding the General Assembly for relieving them of liability in the delivery of notices about flood and homeowners insurance. The Senate and House of...
