Latest Maryland Headlines
All the headlines from our Maryland Topic Page, ordered by recency.
From New England to Virginia, Courts Made Insurance Headlines in 2005
Dec 30 2005 // From Maine to Virginia, many of the insurance headlines in 2005 dealt with compensation and reinsurance probes, just as they did across the country, casting the industry’s reputation in a bad light. But much of the...
Maryland Physicians with Complaints Could Face Tougher Review
Dec 20 2005 // When Maryland’s physician quality board comes up for review during the next legislative session, some are calling for tougher measures to deal with doctors who are the subject of multiple complaints. Until 2003,...
Md.’s Johns Hopkins Leads Effort on Disaster, Terror Response
Dec 8 2005 // How governments can best prevent, prepare and respond to mass casualties, whether from natural events such as Hurricane Katrina or a terror attack, is the mission of a new center led by Johns Hopkins University. A $15...
PIA Names Eppstein as Director of State Affairs
Nov 25 2005 // The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) has named David M. Eppstein Director of State Affairs. In his new position, he will be working with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners...
Md. Hospital Sued by Kin of Postal Worker Exposed to Anthrax; Hospital Sues Feds
Nov 23 2005 // The widow of a Clinton, Md. postal worker who died after being exposed to anthrax in 2001 is suing the hospital that treated him, claiming it ignored signs that he suffered from the effects of the deadly spores until it...
Md. Court Reverses $3M Asbestos Jury Award for Paper Mill Worker
Nov 22 2005 // Maryland’s second-highest court has reversed a $3 million jury verdict won by a former paper mill worker who alleged his lung cancer stemmed from asbestos exposure at the plant in western Maryland. The Court of...
Md. Cop on the Wrong Side of the Law; Convicted of Insurance Fraud
Nov 12 2005 // Maryland Attorney General J. Joseph Curran, Jr., announced the conviction of a seven year veteran of the Prince George’s County Police Department for insurance fraud. Jermaine Ayala, 30, of Lanham, received an 18...
Mid-Atlantic States Form Regional Hazard Response Consortium
Oct 25 2005 // A number of Mid-Atlantic states are forming what they are calling the All Hazards Consortium to increase preparedness by enabling emergency management participants to share strategies and integrate planning. The AHC, a...
Md. Sedan Owners Lose Drive to Halt 52% Rate Hike
Oct 24 2005 // The Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund has prevailed over a challenge to its most recent 52.8 percent rate increase by sedan owners. The Maryland Insurance Administration upheld the increase in an order signed by Acting...
Md. Workers Comp Insurer Retains CEO Bromwell Despite Indictments
Oct 23 2005 // Former State Sen. Thomas Bromwell will retain his position as president and chief executive officer of Maryland’s largest workers’ compensation insurer despite his indictment in an alleged racketeering scheme...
Former Md. Senator, Workers Comp Fund CEO Facing Federal Charges
Oct 20 2005 // A once-powerful former Maryland state senator and head of the state’s largest workers’ compensation provider was indicted this week on federal charges of influence-peddling in exchange for free contracting work...
Maryland Auto Task Force Meets
Oct 18 2005 // The Maryland Insurance Administration is convening its Auto Insurance Task Force to Study Rates in Urban Areas today, Oct. 18, at Prince George’s Community College, Largo Student Center, Conference Room 2. The task...
Insurers Urge Md. to Attack Costs, Trim Mandates to Lower Urban Rates
Oct 18 2005 // Insurance companies are urging Maryland officials looking for ways to reduce urban auto insurance rates to focus on curbing the underlying costs, reducing the required benefits package and encouraging insurers to expand in...
Redmer Resigns as Maryland Chief to Take Health Insurer Position
Oct 12 2005 // Maryland Insurance Commissioner Alfred W. Redmer is leaving his state job to become chief executive officer of Coventry Health Care, a Delaware-based health insurance company. “It’s just a perfect...
Redmer Reassures Public Over Katrina’s Impact on Md. Prices
Sep 15 2005 // Maryland Insurance Commissioner Alfred W. Redmer, Jr. attempted to reassure consumers today by telling them that they should not fear dramatic changes to the insurance market or insurance premiums in Maryland in the wake...
Pair of Former Md. Insurance Administration Employees Convicted
Sep 13 2005 // Maryland Attorney General J. Joseph Curran, Jr. announced that two former Maryland Insurance Administration Agent Enforcement Officers, William E. Unkle and Joseph E. Wolfe, pleaded guilty to criminal charges in the...
News Briefs
Sep 5 2005 // MASSACHUSETTS Fed Probe Firing of MassMutual CEO: Federal prosecutors are investigating the conduct that led to the firing of former MassMutual Insurance Comany chief executive Robert J. O’Connell, the company...
MED-MAL PAYOUTS DROPPING:
Sep 5 2005 // Payouts in medical malpractice awards in Maryland dropped last year after several years of big increases, prompting the state’s largest insurance carrier to keep the rates it charges doctors level in 2006. The...
News Briefs
Aug 22 2005 // MASSACHUSETTS Health Insurance Rates Rising: The state’s largest health insurers say most Massachusetts companies and their workers will see increases of 10 percent or more in their health insurance premiums...
Md. Cop Nabbed in Fraud Case
Aug 19 2005 // Maryland Attorney General J. Joseph Curran, Jr., announced the filing of criminal insurance fraud charges against Jermaine Ayala, a police officer employed by the Prince Georges County Police Department. The indictment...
