Latest Maryland Headlines
All the headlines from our Maryland Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Maryland Woman Charged with Insurance Fraud After Setting Fire to Her House
Dec 17 2020 // After a lengthy investigation, deputies of the Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office have charged a Caroline County woman for intentionally setting fire to her house. The fire was reported to 911 by a passer-by around...
Maryland’s Westminster American Insurance Company Hires Whelan
Nov 30 2020 // Westminster American Insurance Company (WAIC) has hired David Whelan as vice president of underwriting. In this new role, Whelan brings 31 years of commercial lines experience to the team. He joins WAIC from GNY Insurance...
Pfizer Reports 95% Success Rate in COVID-19 Vaccine Final Trial
Nov 18 2020 // Final results from Pfizer Inc.’s COVID-19 vaccine trial showed its shot had a 95% success rate and two months of safety data, paving the way for the drugmaker to apply for an emergency U.S. authorization within days,...
Hanover Insurance Enters Maryland Personal Lines Insurance Market
Oct 27 2020 // The Hanover Insurance Group Inc. (THG) has expanded its business in Maryland to include personal lines insurance and appointed a group of independent agents in the state to serve its growing customer base. The Hanover has...
Ensurise Merges with Maryland’s American Heritage Insurance Agency
Oct 27 2020 // Independent insurance agency Ensurise LLC has merged with the property and casualty insurance brokerage operations of American Heritage Insurance Agency Inc. The merger was effective October 1, 2020. American Heritage...
BenefitMall Adds Poli as Mid-Atlantic Market Director Based in Maryland
Oct 20 2020 // BenefitMall, a provider of next-generation broker services, has added Robert Poli as the new Mid-Atlantic market director. Bringing more than 30 years of experience in the health insurance industry, Poli will report to...
Maryland Auto Insurance Launches New Auto Insurance Fraud Initiative
Oct 16 2020 // Maryland Auto Insurance has launched an initiative aimed at combatting auto insurance fraud in Maryland. This comes as the FBI projects insurance fraud accounts for more than $40 billion in costs annually, according to a...
The Hilb Group Acquires Maryland’s Insurance Solutions
Oct 15 2020 // The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired Maryland-based Insurance Solutions (ISI). The transaction became effective on October 1, 2020. Founded in 1989, ISI is a full-service employee benefits agency with expertise in group...
Hub International Limited Acquires Assets of Maryland’s Bernstein Insurance
Oct 7 2020 // Global insurance brokerage Hub International Limited has acquired the assets of Bernstein Insurance LLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Bernstein Insurance’s principal owner, Jennifer Bernstein, was...
Narragansett Bay Insurance Expands into Delaware, Maryland
Oct 2 2020 // Narragansett Bay Insurance Company (NBIC) began writing property and casualty insurance in Delaware and Maryland, effective Oct. 1, 2020. The two states mark the seventh and eighth states where the company provides...
HDI Global Specialty Names Inter Hannover’s Barenthein as MD of Scandinavian Branch
Sep 30 2020 // HDI Global Specialty SE has appointed Thomas Barenthein as the managing director of its Scandinavian Branch. Barenthein joins the specialty lines insurer from Inter Hannover where he was managing director, Sweden. The...
Lawsuit Claims EPA Has Failed to Enforce Chesapeake Bay Pollution Caps
Sep 16 2020 // The Environmental Protection Agency has failed to ensure that Pennsylvania and New York are doing enough to reduce pollution that flows from farms and cities into the Chesapeake Bay, according to a lawsuit filed on...
Governor Hogan Asks for Federal Disaster Declaration in Three Maryland Counties
Sep 10 2020 // Maryland Governor Larry Hogan requested a major disaster declaration from the federal government to help communities in three counties hit by Tropical Storm Isaias last month. If granted, it would provide financial help to...
Governor Hogan Says All Maryland Businesses Can Open Friday
Sep 3 2020 // All businesses in Maryland will be able to open later this week as the state enters the third phase of its coronavirus recovery plan, Governor Larry Hogan announced Tuesday. Movie theaters and performing arts centers will...
Maryland County Washing Away, Residents Face Hard Choices
Aug 25 2020 // High tides surging from a narrow creek destroyed the car Kathy Blake once parked in her gravel driveway here. Over the past two decades, the water has ruined half a dozen of them. Since October, when one of those floods...
Alera Group Acquires Maryland’s FNL Insurance Group
Aug 21 2020 // Alera Group, a national employee benefits, property and casualty, retirement services and wealth management firm, has acquired FNL Insurance Group, effective August 1, 2020. For more than 40 years, FNL Insurance Group has...
One Dead, Seven Rescued After Gas Explosion Levels Baltimore Homes
Aug 12 2020 // A natural gas explosion destroyed three row houses in Baltimore on Monday morning, killing a woman and trapping other people in the debris. At least seven people were seriously injured, and firefighters were searching for...
PSA Insurance and Financial Services Acquires Maryland’s H.U. Dove & Company
Aug 3 2020 // PSA Insurance and Financial Services (PSA), an independent insurance brokerage firm, has acquired H.U. Dove & Company, a 175 year old Baltimore-based company. The acquisition was final as of April 1, 2020. To better...
Derwart Named Chief of Staff for Maryland Insurance Administration
Jul 20 2020 // Maryland Insurance Commissioner Kathleen A. Birrane has named Gregory M. Derwart as chief of staff for the Maryland Insurance Administration (MIA). Derwart has experience in state government. From 2015 to 2019, he was...
Maryland Governor Announces $501M Unemployment Insurance Fraud Case
Jul 17 2020 // Maryland uncovered a massive criminal enterprise involving identity theft and more than 47,500 fraudulent unemployment insurance claims in the state adding up to more than $501 million, Governor Larry Hogan said Wednesday,...
