Latest Maryland Headlines
All the headlines from our Maryland Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Md. Insurer Raises Rates for 6,000 Doctors
Nov 16 2004 // In what state legislators call a looming medical malpractice insurance crisis, the debate has focused on trial lawyers and incompetent doctors. Less attention has been paid to the Medical Mutual Liability Insurance Society...
Md. Commissioner to Host Regional Meeting Nov. 29
Nov 11 2004 // In light of what his agency says was the success of an initial round of regional meetings throughout various parts of the state, Maryland Insurance Commissioner Alfred W. Redmer, Jr., announced that the Maryland Insurance...
Some Maryland Doctors, Irked by Costs, Consider Going ‘Bare,’ Shifting Liability to Hospitals
Nov 1 2004 // Doctors at several Maryland hospitals who are fed up with rising medical malpractice insurance costs are considering doing without the coverage, or “going bare.” The strategy, used by thousands of Florida...
Md. Gov.’s Med-Mal Plan Gets Frosty Reception from Senate Leader Miller; Special Session in Doubt
Oct 28 2004 // Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller this week blasted Gov. Robert Ehrlich’s latest medical malpractice plan as “a work of fiction” and “a completely different bill” from the one he, the...
Md. Governor Files Med-Mal Measure
Oct 27 2004 // Legislation that would offer doctors immediate relief from increases in malpractice insurance premiums and hold the line on future rate hikes was presented to the Maryland General Assembly leaders this week by Gov. Robert...
States Battle Resentment Over Red-Light Safety Cameras
Oct 25 2004 // Maryland Sen. Alex Mooney (R-Frederick) fought a ticket for running a red light last year despite film showing his car blowing through an intersection. A judge accepted proof that a car thief, not Mooney, was behind the...
MD. REPORT BACKS ISABEL VICTIMS:
Oct 25 2004 // Problems within the federal flood insurance agency have kept victims of Tropical Storm Isabel from getting adequate settlements for storm damage, according to a report by a flood insurance activist. The report, released by...
Maryland Receives NAIC Accreditation
Oct 22 2004 // The Maryland Insurance Administration received an accreditation award under the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Financial Regulation Standards and Accreditation Program at the 2004 NAIC fall...
Greater New York Open for Business in Maryland
Oct 22 2004 // Maryland Insurance Commissioner Alfred W. Redmer has welcomed the Greater New York (GNY) Insurance Companies to the Maryland. Warren W. Heck, GNY’s chairman and chief exexcutive fofficer announced the companies...
Md. Leaders Optimistic Over Med-Mal Session
Oct 18 2004 // Maryland Gov. Robert Ehrlich and top legislative leaders emerged from a meeting in the governor’s mansion last Thursday, holding out hope of a special legislative session next month to deal with a medical malpractice...
MD. DOCS HALT SURGERY IN PROTEST:
Oct 11 2004 // Physicians in northwest Maryland plan to halt non-emergency surgeries for at least two weeks to protest a 33 percent increase in malpractice premiums. The Maryland Insurance Administration approved the increase for 2005...
Md. Docs Postpone Surgery Slowdown
Oct 6 2004 // Four Washington County, Maryland doctors have agreed to an indefinite delay of their plan to halt non-emergency surgery to protest a 33 percent increase in medical malpractice insurance premiums. After a meeting with Gov....
Five Charged in Md. Auto Accident Scam
Oct 6 2004 // Maryland Attorney General J. Joseph Curran, Jr. announced the filing of felony insurance fraud, felony theft and conspiracy charges against Michael Horner, former owner of Contemporary Auto in Harford County, and four...
Md. Report Faults FEMA for Failing Isabel Victims
Oct 1 2004 // Problems within the federal flood insurance agency have kept victims of Tropical Storm Isabel from getting adequate settlements for storm damage, according to a report by a flood insurance activist. The report, which...
Md. Docs to Stop Surgery to Protest Med-Mal Hike
Sep 28 2004 // Physicians in northwest Maryland plan to halt non-emergency surgeries for at least two weeks to protest a 33 percent increase in malpractice insurance premiums. The Maryland Insurance Administration on Sept. 14 approved...
ARSONIST SUSPECTED IN D.C., MD., VA.:
Sep 20 2004 // Members of the Arson Task Force are investigating a recent Fairfax County house fire to see if it was the work of the Washington region’s serial arsonist. Firefighters were called to a single family home in the...
DOCS SUPPLY POLITICAL POST CARDS:
Sep 20 2004 // Maryland patients are being encouraged by their doctors to get involved in the political debate over rising medical malpractice premiums. Doctors across Maryland have begun handing out to their patients preprinted...
MD.’S REDMER TO HOST MEETINGS:
Sep 20 2004 // Maryland Insurance Commissioner Alfred W. Redmer Jr., announced that the Maryland Insurance Administration would host an initial round of eight informational meetings at four locations in various regions throughout the...
Maryland Approves 33% Med-Mal Hike
Sep 15 2004 // Maryland Insurance Commissioner Alfred W. Redmer, Jr. has approved a 33 percent medical malpractice rate increase for Medical Mutual Liability Insurance Society of Maryland and its subsidiary, Professionals Advocate...
Advocate, MD Insurance of the Southwest Enters Texas Malpractice Insurance Market
Sep 8 2004 // Announcing its entrance into the Texas malpractice insurance market, Advocate, MD Insurance of the Southwest said its improved coverage options and excellent rates are proof that tort reform efforts ushered in last year...
