Latest Maryland Headlines
All the headlines from our Maryland Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Flood, Credit Rank Among Top 2004 Maryland Issues as Session Ends
Apr 5 2004 // As the 2004 Maryland legislative session draws to a close, a myriad of property/casualty insurance bills reportedly benefiting consumers in providing disaster relief and fair underwriting and rating practices are...
N.D. Offers Comp Fund Job to Former Md. Chief
Apr 1 2004 // The former head of the Maryland’s workers’ compensation fund has been offered the job to run North Dakota’s insurance program. Thomas Cleary was offered the position to become the new executive...
Md. Governor Signs Isabel Relief Fund Into Law
Mar 30 2004 // Governor Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr. yesterday signed into law emergency legislation to provide housing relief for Maryland victims of Hurricane Isabel. The legislation establishes a new emergency housing program, Hurricane...
Sen. Mikulski Airs Maryland’s Concerns with Flood Plan
Mar 30 2004 // Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) testified at a Senate Committee hearing about the problems many Marylanders experienced with National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) in the aftermath of Hurricane Isabel. The Senate...
Maryland Citizens for Asbestos Reform Urges State House Judiciary Committee to Close Loophole By Passing HB 1346
Mar 23 2004 // On Tuesday, the Maryland Citizens for Asbestos Reform (MCAR) urged the House Judiciary Committee to favorably consider House Bill 1346. The bill would amend the cap on the state’s non-economic damages law to...
Maryland Chief Presses for Changes to Flood Program
Mar 22 2004 // Driven by complaints from victims of Hurricane Isabel, Maryland insurance officials have called for changes in the way the nation’s flood insurance program is run. “We have seen first hand the loss of homes,...
Flood Program Agrees to Review Maryland Complaints
Mar 18 2004 // Maryland’s insurance commissioner has forwarded dozens of complaints from Tropical Storm Isabel victims to the head of the National Flood Insurance Program, and both men said the agency will review those files and...
Customer Survey Gives IWIF High Marks
Mar 15 2004 // Maryland’s Injured Workers’ Insurance Fund announced the results of a recent survey, which gave the organization high marks for its services, especially from agents and brokers, 97 percent of whom said they...
Delaware Mulls Dissolving CareFirst Affiliation with Blue Cross
Mar 12 2004 // Delaware’s insurance commissioner moved a step closer to dissolving the existing affiliation between CareFirst and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware. Commissioner Donna Lee Williams presided over a hearing to...
Tort Reformers Look to Score in States after Washington Strikes Out
Mar 8 2004 // Last fall at a University of Virginia Law School forum on tort reform, some of the nation’s top tort experts agreed there were no easy answers on how to solve the nation’s longstanding love-hate relationship...
Maryland Seeks Flood Program Changes
Mar 8 2004 // Fueled by the complaints from victims of Hurricane Isabel, Maryland insurance officials have issued a report calling for changes in the way the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is administered and sold. “We...
AIA Urges Md. Senate Finance Committee to Improve Viability of Workers’ Comp System By Passing SB 466
Mar 2 2004 // On Tuesday, the American Insurance Association (AIA) testified before the Maryland Senate Finance Committee in support of critical workers’ compensation legislation that would reportedly enable Maryland – like...
Md. Man Jailed for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Feb 20 2004 // The Injured Workers Insurance Fund (IWIF), Maryland’s largest workers’ compensation writer, noted that Terry Hedges of Baldwin, Md. was found guilty of insurance fraud against IWIF and was sentenced to one year...
PCI Notes Md. Credit Study Shows No Adverse Impact on Minorities
Feb 17 2004 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America has issued a bulletin noting that a recent report, issued by the Maryland Insurance Administration (MIA) on the use of credit-based insurance scoring, found no basis...
MD. DOCTORS PROTEST MED MAL RATES:
Feb 9 2004 // Leaders from MedChi, Maryland’s state medical society, Gov. Ehrlich and other elected officials, joined AMA President Donald J. Palmisano, as he spoke to thousands of Maryland physicians in front of the state capitol...
PCI to Testify at Md. Hurricane Claims Briefing
Jan 26 2004 // The Property and Casualty Insurers Association of America and two of its member companies are scheduled to testify at Tuesday’s legislative briefing in Maryland on insurance aspects related to Hurricane Isabel. PCI...
AMA Calls for Medical Liability Reform at Maryland Rally
Jan 22 2004 // The American Medical Association called for medical liability reform to stem the tide of Maryland’s growing medical liability crisis at a rally held in front of the State Capitol in Annapolis yesterday. Joining...
IWIF Forms New Risk Management Division, Lighthouse Risk Solutions
Nov 24 2003 // The Injured Workers’ Insurance Fund (IWIF) announced the creation of a new division, Lighthouse Risk Solutions. The risk management division will focus on the growing risk management needs of medium to large...
Md. Commissioner Urges Agents to Attend National Flood Insurance Workshops
Nov 21 2003 // Maryland Insurance Commissioner Alfred Redmer, Jr., is encouraging Maryland agents to take advantage of the free two-hour workshops being offered by the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) on Nov. 24-25. The workshops...
Model Credit Bill Scores Big
Sep 8 2003 // Six months ago Insurance Journal presciently asked whether a consensus model credit-insurance scoring bill devised by the National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) with the cooperation of producers, carriers and...
