Latest Maryland Headlines
All the headlines from our Maryland Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Insurance Agents & Brokers Announces Directors and Officers Elections
Sep 8 2017 // Membership of the independent insurance agents’ associations in Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania recently held elections for volunteer and leadership positions, with terms that began Sept. 1. Larry Wilson of S.T....
Maryland Libraries Are Training Staff to Administer Overdose Antidote
Aug 22 2017 // Some library workers in Maryland are learning how to administer an opioid overdose antidote. The Baltimore Sun reports that library systems in Harford, Carroll and Anne Arundel counties have begun offering training to...
Maryland’s Frederick Mutual Insurance Company Promotes Pelletier
Aug 17 2017 // Frederick Mutual Insurance Company (FMIC), a Frederick, Md.-based provider of insurance coverage for homeowners and businesses, has promoted Bob Pelletier from assistant vice president and claim manager to vice president...
Maryland Insurance Administration Names Associate Commissioner of Compliance
Aug 10 2017 // The Maryland Insurance Administration has appointed Erica J. Bailey as its associate commissioner of compliance and enforcement. Bailey brings 15 years of experience to the team, including the last ten investigating...
Maryland’s Chesapeake Employers Elects Gonzalez as Board Chairman
Aug 8 2017 // Members of Chesapeake Employers Insurance’s Board of Directors elected V. Rocky Gonzalez as chairman, effective immediately. Gonzalez succeeds Charles Dankmeyer as chairman, who is now serving as a member of the...
Maryland Highway Construction Worker Dies from Injuries
Aug 1 2017 // A highway construction worker has died from injuries he received when he was hit by a truck. Local media report that Walter I. Gonzales-Lopez, a 56-year-old Baltimore resident, died Sunday. He and a co-worker were struck...
Maryland County to Host Disaster Assistance Center
Jul 31 2017 // A Maryland county is hosting a disaster assistance center in response to damage from last week’s tornado. The Queen Anne’s County Department of Emergency Services opened Thursday, July 27, and will stay open...
Maryland Plans Lawsuit Against EPA Under Clean Air Act
Jul 24 2017 // Republican Gov. Larry Hogan’s administration announced plans Thursday to sue the Environmental Protection Agency, if the agency doesn’t respond to Maryland’s request to make sure power plants in...
Study: Reforms Targeting Physician-Dispensed Drugs Have Mixed Results
Jul 24 2017 // A new study has found that state reforms to control the costs of prescription drugs by targeting reimbursements for physicians dispensing them are having some effect but that physician-dispensing still accounts for a large...
States See Mixed Results from Reforms Targeting Physician-Dispensed Drugs: WCRI
Jul 12 2017 // A new study has found that state reforms to control the costs of prescription drugs by targeting reimbursements for physicians dispensing them are having some effect but that physician-dispensing still accounts for a large...
Ex-Executive in Maryland Sentenced for Stealing $4.5M from Firm
Jun 28 2017 // A former executive for a national construction company who, federal prosecutors say, stole $4.5 million from her employer and spent it on expensive cars and restaurant meals has been sentenced. Forty-six-year-old Wendy...
XL Catlin Expands Inland Marine Business, Hires Klein in Maryland
Jun 27 2017 // XL Catlin is continuing to expand its inland marine field operations with the recent addition of Maria Klein as a senior underwriter in Baltimore, Md. “For the last several years, we’ve been expanding our...
Maryland’s Frederick Mutual Insurance Company Promotes Roso
Jun 13 2017 // Frederick Mutual Insurance Company (FMIC), a Frederick, Md.-based provider of insurance coverage to homeowners and businesses in the states of Maryland and Pennsylvania through a network of independent agents, has promoted...
Insurance Broker MD Jensvold Adds Zurich’s Rhodes in Houston
Jun 7 2017 // MD Jensvold has hired David Rhodes to manage the brokerage department for the Houston-based managing general agency and surplus lines insurance broker. Rhodes joins Jensvold from Zurich Energy & Marine where he was the...
Diversified Insurance Industries is Relocating to New Office Space in Maryland
Jun 1 2017 // Diversified Insurance Industries (DII) has announced that it is relocating to new office space in Hunt Valley, Md., on June 26. The 14,500-square-foot space is located at 307 International Circle. DII’s 75-person...
Bus Carrying 26 Pennsylvania Students on Field Trip to D.C. Overturns on I-95
May 17 2017 // A bus carrying dozens of Pennsylvania eighth-graders to Washington, D.C., for a field trip overturned on Interstate 95 in northeastern Maryland on Monday, state police said. Officials said one child and one teacher were...
Driving Drunk: Bishop Who Killed Cyclist in Maryland is Denied Parole
May 15 2017 // A former Episcopal bishop who struck and killed a cyclist in Baltimore, Md., while driving drunk will remain in prison after the Maryland Parole Commission rejected her plea for early release. Heather Cook, once the...
Hub International Limited Acquires Maryland’s Rossmann-Hurt-Hoffman
May 4 2017 // Hub International Limited (Hub), a global insurance brokerage, has acquired Rossmann-Hurt-Hoffman Inc. (RHH). Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Based in Ellicott City, Md., RHH is a multi-lines insurance...
Massive Maryland Fire Leads to Estimated $39M Loss
Apr 26 2017 // Firefighters were still dousing hot spots Tuesday after a massive fire at a seven-story apartment building under construction near the University of Maryland. News outlets reported that firefighters were working to keep...
Maryland Policyholders Affected by Penn Treaty, American Network Liquidation
Apr 20 2017 // Maryland Insurance Commissioner Al Redmer, Jr. has announced that more than 1,700 Marylanders have been affected by the Penn Treaty liquidation that occurred in Pennsylvania. However, the Maryland guaranty association...
