Latest Maryland Headlines
All the headlines from our Maryland Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Maryland Resort, Family Settle Lawsuit Over Electric Shock Incident
Dec 9 2019 // A lawsuit filed by the family of a girl who suffered a brain injury after she was shocked by an electrified handrail at a resort near the nation’s capital has been resolved. The Washington Post reports that court...
Bookkeeper Charged in Maryland with Embezzling $1M from Employers
Nov 7 2019 // A woman who worked as a bookkeeper has been charged in Maryland with fraudulently obtaining approximately $1 million from her employers. Lisa Fore was charged Monday in federal court with four counts of mail fraud and one...
Maryland Business Owner Convicted for Defrauding Insurer of More Than $15M
Nov 4 2019 // A Maryland business owner has been convicted after a trial on federal charges for conspiring to burn down his business in order to obtain insurance proceeds. A federal jury convicted Demetrios ‘Jimmy’...
NI Holdings Agrees to Purchase Maryland’s Westminster American Insurance Company
Oct 31 2019 // NI Holdings Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to purchase 100 percent of the issued and outstanding stock of Westminster American Insurance Company from private shareholders. Westminster American is headquartered in...
Maryland’s Attorney General Sues Kushner Apartment Company
Oct 29 2019 // Maryland’s attorney general on Wednesday sued a real estate company once run by President Donald Trump’s son-in-law over allegedly illegal and harmful rental practices, including the kind of rodent infestations...
Ex-Maryland Lawyer Gets Probation for Role in Insurance Scam
Oct 24 2019 // Authorities say a former Maryland attorney who pleaded guilty to insurance fraud has been sentenced to two years of probation. State Attorney General Brian Frosh’s office said in a news release Tuesday that Baltimore...
Maryland’s B.F. Saul Insurance Hires Raphael as Senior Vice President
Sep 27 2019 // B.F. Saul Insurance Inc., a Bethesda, Md.-based insurance brokerage and risk advisory firm, hired Lanie Raphael as senior vice president on September 16, 2019. Raphael will be the practice leader for Personal Insurance...
World Insurance Associates Acquires Maryland’s American Insurance Marketing
Sep 25 2019 // World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) acquired American Insurance Marketing Corp. (AIMC) of Prince Frederick, Md., on September 1, 2019. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1976, AIMC provides quality...
JGS Insurance Acquires Maryland’s John Manougian Insurance Agency
Sep 19 2019 // Jacobson, Goldfarb & Scott Inc. (JGS Insurance) has acquired the John Manougian Insurance Agency (JMI) located in Silver Spring, Md. Following the acquisition, JMI Founder John Manougian will remain as a consultant,...
Maryland Auto Insurance’s FineFix Program Launches Statewide
Sep 4 2019 // A new state program in Maryland will help eligible residents reduce their outstanding uninsured auto fines, eliminating a hurdle to registering and insuring their vehicles. FineFix is a partnership between the Uninsured...
Insurance Agents & Brokers Announces New Directors, Officers
Sep 4 2019 // September marks a new administrative year for the Insurance Agents & Brokers (IA&B) Service Group and its partnership of agents’ associations in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware. The following independent...
More Tesla Solar Panel Claims Emerge; 2 Home Insurers Allege Negligence
Aug 29 2019 // One evening last year, David Burek noticed charred wood and a burning smell in his attic, near his young sons’ bedroom. He climbed a ladder and saw a melted connector wire from the solar panels installed on the roof...
Maryland Construction Company Owner Pleads Guilty in $1.7M Fraud Plot
Aug 27 2019 // A Maryland construction company owner has pleaded guilty to engaging in a scheme to defraud a customer out of more than $1.7 million. U.S. Attorney Robert Hur’s office said in a news release that 65-year-old Ivan...
Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company Appoints Madden to Board of Directors
Aug 21 2019 // Martin G. Madden, a former senior advisor to Maryland Governor Larry Hogan from 2015 to 2017, was appointed to the board of directors of Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company, effective June 1, 2019. Madden will...
2 Maryland Men Charged with Stealing $8M in Disaster Aid Funds
Aug 8 2019 // A federal grand jury has indicted two Maryland men on charges they stole the identities of natural disaster victims and fraudulently registered for millions of dollars in life-saving relief funds. Federal prosecutor Robert...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Maryland’s The Novick Group
Jul 29 2019 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Rockville, Md.-based The Novick Group Inc. Founded in 1987, The Novick Group is a retail property and casualty broker focused on providing insurance products and services to...
Maryland Agency Outlines Response to Cybersecurity Incident
Jul 8 2019 // The Maryland Department of Labor has started notifying about 78,000 customers about potential unauthorized activity in two of its database systems. The department said Friday that while some personally identifiable...
How Insys Bankruptcy Case Could Alter Fate of Thousands of Opioid Lawsuits
Jun 28 2019 // The fate of thousands of lawsuits seeking to hold drugmakers responsible for fueling the U.S. opioid epidemic hinges in part on a thorny legal question: Can a company can use a bankruptcy to stop lawsuits from cities and...
Couple Suing Maryland Town for Negligence Over Tram Accident
Jun 27 2019 // A Maryland woman who says a tram dragged her along the Ocean City boardwalk is suing the popular vacation town for negligence. Mona and Gregory Jones are seeking $75,000 in response to the September 2017 accident. Court...
Maryland’s Frederick Mutual Promotes Showalter to Vice President
Jun 14 2019 // Frederick Mutual, a Frederick, Md.-based insurance company, has promoted Jill Showalter to vice president and chief insurance operations officer. Showalter initially joined Frederick Mutual on October 2, 2017, as its new...
