Latest Maryland Headlines
All the headlines from our Maryland Topic Page, ordered by recency.
The Woodlands Financial Group Opens Branches in Florida, Maryland
May 5 2009 // Texas-based The Woodlands Financial Group Inc. (TWFG), a retail and managing general agency specializing in property/casualty and life/ health insurance, and financial planning, announced the opening of new branch...
Commissioner Says Insurers Violated Maryland Regulations
May 4 2009 // A year-long investigation by the Maryland Insurance Administration has found that 67 of the state’s 119 car insurers underpaid claims, Commissioner Ralph S. Tyler said. State regulators have fined the companies a...
Maryland Yard Tractor Sparks Fire that Causes $400K in Damage
May 1 2009 // Maryland officials say a lawn tractor’s hot engine started a fire that destroyed a house in Mount Airy. Deputy Fire Marshal Ed Ruck says no people were injured in the fire Wednesday afternoon on Catoctin View Court,...
Fireman’s Fund Launches “Green” Homeowners Insurance in Maryland
Apr 29 2009 // Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. has introduced its ‘green’ insurance product for homeowners in Maryland. The coverage, which is available in 32 states, includes 5 percent discounts for homeowners who already...
Fatal Maryland Crash Prompts $19M Lawsuit
Apr 27 2009 // Relatives of three men killed on the Bay Bridge in 2007 after a trailer detached from an SUV have filed a $19 million lawsuit against the SUV driver, a state agency and others. James H. Ingle, 44, Randall R. Orff, 47, and...
Insurers Violated Maryland Regulations
Apr 17 2009 // A year-long investigation by the Maryland Insurance Administration has found that 67 of the state’s 119 car insurers underpaid claims, Commissioner Ralph S. Tyler said State regulators have fined the companies a...
Maryland Woman Sentenced in Hurricane Katrina Theft
Apr 15 2009 // The U.S. Attorney’s Office says a former Maryland resident has been sentenced for stealing $60,200 in Hurricane Katrina disaster relief benefits. Forty-two-year-old Schewanda Baptiste, formerly of Waldorf, was...
Maryland Suit Claims Restaurant Drink was Cleaning Chemical
Feb 6 2009 // A Baltimore woman says when she ordered an iced tea at a local McDonald’s restaurant last year, employees gave her a cup containing a cleaning chemical. Caryl Jones has filed a $100,000 lawsuit in Baltimore City...
Maryland to Join National System to Prevent Auto Fraud
Feb 3 2009 // The U.S. Department of Justice says Maryland must soon implement a national computer system that warns buyers if a vehicle was stolen or previously damaged. Officials say the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System...
Maryland Governor Pushes Hike in Age for Teen Drivers
Jan 28 2009 // Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley will push state legislators to raise the minimum age for teen drivers and strengthen penalties for those who repeatedly drive under the influence of alcohol or drugs, he announced...
Maryland Lawyers Debate Future Wages in Bias Suit
Jan 27 2009 // A Salisbury, Maryland woman who was awarded $300,000 after she was fired by a pesticide company and lawyers for that company were in court over economic damages. Jean Scott was fired in 2005 for complaining about gender...
Three Charged in $700K Maryland Arson
Jan 22 2009 // Police in Pocomoke City, Maryland have made three arrests in connection with an October fire that caused more than $700,000 damage to a municipal building. Twenty-two-year-old Nicholas Depaolis, his 19-year-old brother...
Two Dead after Snowy, 40-Vehicle Highway Crash in Maryland
Jan 21 2009 // A pileup of 35 cars and five tractor-trailers on a snowy Maryland highway killed two people Monday and seriously injured at least a dozen, state police said. Seventy-one people, including infants and the elderly, were...
Top Regional Stories of 2008
Dec 21 2008 // West California Passed Agent-Broker Law The most notable bill affecting California agents was AB 2956, which clarifies the duties of an insurance agent versus a broker. Prior to the new law, confusion existed within the...
Panel to Hear Appeal in Maryland Mine Collapse
Dec 17 2008 // The Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is scheduled next month to hear Tri-Star Mining’s appeal of three citations and $180,000 in fines that were imposed after two workers were killed at the Barton...
Maryland’s Rep. Cummings Seeks Details on AIG ‘Retention Payments’
Dec 12 2008 // Congressman Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.), a senior member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and a member of the Joint Economic Committee, wants more information on employee retention payments being...
Maryland Insurance Department Hosts Regulatory Interns from China
Dec 5 2008 // The Maryland Insurance Administration is hosting of two international interns from China through the National Association of Insurance Commissioner (NAIC)’s International Internship Program. From the China Insurance...
Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund Withdraws Rate Change Request
Nov 30 2008 // National Economic Climate Cited as Reason for Dropping 5 Percent Rate Cut Proposal The Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund (MAIF) has withdrawn its filing to reduce its private passenger automobile insurance rates,...
Debate Continues in Maryland Over Ambulance Transport Fees
Nov 30 2008 // Montgomery County, Maryland Executive Ike Leggett is pushing council members to revive a plan to create an ambulance transport fee. Leggett maintains that fees ranging from $300 to $800 would go directly to insurance...
Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund Withdraws Rate Change Request
Nov 20 2008 // The Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund (MAIF) has withdrawn its filing to reduce its private passenger automobile insurance rates, according the Maryland Insurance Administration. The MAIF filed a plan back in June to...
