Latest Maryland Headlines
All the headlines from our Maryland Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Model Credit Bill Scores Big
Sep 8 2003 // Six months ago it was uncertain whether a consensus model credit-based insurance scoring bill devised by the National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) with the cooperation of producers, carriers and consumer...
Alliant Resources Group Acquires Franey, Parr & Muha, Colonail Healthcare
Aug 11 2003 // Alliant Resources Group, Inc. (Alliant) has acquired Maryland-based Franey, Parr & Muha, Inc. (FPM) and Colonial Healthcare, Inc. (CHC). Headquartered in Lanham, Md., with offices in Chantilly, Va., FPM was founded in...
Md. Society Says Steep Med-Mal Rate Hike Will Disrupt Care
Aug 7 2003 // A proposed steep increase in malpractice insurance rates affecting most Maryland physicians quickly will cause some medical practices to limit their ability to provide care, according to MedChi, The Maryland State Medical...
Md. Man Jailed for Attempted Fraud
Jul 24 2003 // Calvin Gregory, aka Calvin Green, was sentenced to one year in jail with all but 86 days suspended and one year probation for attempted insurance fraud against IWIF, Maryland’s largest workers’ compensation...
O’Brien Joins IIABA as Lobbyist
Jul 22 2003 // Patrick O’Brien has joined the Capitol Hill office staff of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (IIABA) as the new lobbyist/grassroots coordinator. O’Brien has spent the past four years...
Alliance, AIA Commend Md. DOI on Mold Regs Rollback
Jul 3 2003 // Maryland’s recently appointed Insurance Commissioner, Al Redmer, won praise from both the Alliance of American Insurers and the American Insurance Association for his recent action in rescinding a previous order,...
MD Commissioner Steven Larsen Joining Law Firm’s Baltimore Office
May 30 2003 // The Philadelphia-based law firm, Saul Ewing LLP, announced that Maryland’s soon to be former Insurance Commissioner, Steven B. Larsen, will join its Baltimore office as a partner in its Insurance practice...
IWIF Hosts Free Md. Workers’ Comp Seminars
May 30 2003 // Maryland-based Injured Workers’ Insurance Fund (IWIF) is hosting free policyholder seminars around the state from June through November. The half-day seminars feature a multi-media format that focuses on safe working...
Md. Man Pleads Guilty to Fraud
May 30 2003 // Robert Mister, a Leonardtown, Maryland carpenter, pleaded guilty to insurance fraud when he admitted to unlawfully collecting workers’ compensation insurance benefits from IWIF, Maryland’s largest...
Report Alfred Redmer Favored as New MD Insurance Commissioner
May 20 2003 // A report in The Baltimore Sun indicates that Alfred W. Redmer Jr., currently a member of the Maryland Assembly and a sales executive with Benefit Mall, a health insurance provider, has the inside track to be named as the...
Md. Legislative Session at Halfway Point
Feb 21 2003 // The 2003 Maryland legislative session is at the halfway point, with a crop of insurance-related bills still working their way through the process, including legislation on no pay/no play, insurers’ use of credit,...
Pa. Independent Agent Associations Merge
Dec 5 2002 // Members of two Pennsylvania independent agent associations, The Independent Insurance Agents of Pennsylvania (IIAP) and the Pennsylvania members of Professional Insurance Agents Association (PIA) of Pennsylvania, Maryland...
AAI Discourages Md. Mold Coverage Mandate
Nov 8 2002 // The Alliance of American Insurers (AAI) pressed the Maryland Insurance Administration not to establish coverage mandate, arguing that such a mandate would destabilize the state’s homeowners insurance...
Md. Commissioner Modifies Ban on Credit Scoring
Aug 21 2002 // Maryland Insurance Commissioner Steven Larsen announced the issuance of a bulletin affecting the implementation of a new state law, HB 521, that bans insurers from using credit scoring to rate and underwrite homeowners and...
NAII Says Territorial Rating Ban Would Increase Premiums for Most Md. Drivers
Mar 7 2002 // In yet another attempt to limit an insurer’s ability to accurately assess risk in Maryland, the House Economic Matters Committee is considering eliminating the use of geographic location as a rating factor in...
Maryland Seeks Federal Aid for Tornado Cleanup
Oct 4 2001 // In an effort to receive Federal assistance, Maryland Governor Parris Glendening asked that Prince George’s and Howard Counties be declared disaster areas following the extensive damages caused by a tornado last...
Maryland Tornado Losses Top $30 Million
Oct 1 2001 // The damage to public and private property from the tornado which ravaged Prince George’s and Howard Counties last week has been preliminarily estimated at $31.7 million. No indications have yet been made concerning...
Attorney General Indicts Baltimore Man on Insurance Fraud Charges
Jul 31 2001 // Maryland Attorney General J. Joseph Curran Jr., announced the filing of criminal insurance fraud charges against Lewis Mulitz, president of PICO Industries of Baltimore. In a three count criminal indictment filed in the...
American Skyline Receives Maryland License
Jul 5 2001 // The Maryland Insurance Administration has granted a license to Baltimore’s American Skyline Insurance Co. to commence business in the State. Skyline, a property/casualty insurer specializing in home and automobile...
Ponzied Insurance Premiums
Jun 18 2001 // This is the tale of what the Court of Appeals of Maryland—the state’s highest court—called a modified insurance “Ponzi scheme.” The case, decided earlier this year, is Insurance Company of North...
