Latest Maryland Headlines
All the headlines from our Maryland Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Suspect Pleads Guilty in Maryland Housing Development Arson Case
Jun 6 2006 // One of the men accused of setting a series of fires at an upscale housing development under construction in the Washington suburbs two years ago has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit arson. Michael McIntosh Everhart,...
Maryland Workers Comp Costs Rising But Average Claim Typical
May 24 2006 // Workers’ compensation costs per claim in Maryland grew very rapidly in the most recent year studied, according to a new study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). A major factor driving these costs...
Maryland Adopts Some, Not All, Ideas to Aid Urban Auto Insureds
May 12 2006 // Maryland is moving to address the higher costs of insurance for urban drivers, with passage of recent legislation requiring insurers to regularly review their rating territories and streamlining the process for protesting...
Maryland Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Auto Insurance Fraud, AG Reports
Apr 4 2006 // A Gaithersburg man has been sentenced in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County after having pleaded guilty to felony insurance fraud last October, according to Maryland Attorney General J. Joseph Curran, Jr. The...
Md. Commissioner Orr Defends GEICO Against Unfair Underwriting Charges
Mar 29 2006 // In a letter to the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) and to the New Jersey Citizens United Reciprocal Exchange (CURE), Maryland Insurance Commissioner R. Steven Orr dismissed allegations by those organizations that...
Maryland’s Beall, Former U.S. Senator, Congressman, Insurance Agent, Dies
Mar 27 2006 // J. Glenn Beall Jr., a prominent Republican officeholder and successful insurance agent, died at the age of 78. Beall served in the Maryland House of Delegates and the U.S. House of Representatives. In 1970, he was elected...
Catching up with region’s insurance politics
Mar 20 2006 // In the Northeastern and Atlantic states, elected politicians are in the thick of deciding on legislation that could affect insurers, insurance agents and their insureds. New Jersey lawmakers are considering restoring...
Md. Jurors Deadlocked in Arson Case
Mar 16 2006 // Jurors in Greenbvely, Maryland deliberating the federal arson case of two men accused of setting fires to a Charles County housing development said Monday that they are deadlocked on both defendants. After deliberating...
Maryland Weighs Longer Filing Period for Child Abuse Lawsuits
Mar 14 2006 // Witnesses who had been sexually abused as children offered what Maryland House Speaker Michael Busch described as “gut wrenching” testimony in Annapolis on behalf of legislation that would extend the cutoff...
Suspicious Fires Worry Md. Neighbors; $500,000 in Damages
Mar 9 2006 // A home under construction that was hit by a fire in July burned again in what Marylanders investigators believe is the latest in a series of suspicious blazes in the neighborhood. The pre-dawn fire did about $500,000 in...
Insurers Urge Maryland to Adopt Fire-Safe Cigarette Law
Mar 7 2006 // Lawmakers in Annapolis are considering legislation to mandate that cigarettes sold in Maryland meet tough new fire safety requirements. The insurance industry is backing the measure (HB 1300) that is now before the House...
Md. Water Taxi Insurer Sues Coast Guard, Citing Too Many Passengers
Feb 21 2006 // Insurers for the company that ran the water taxi that capsized in the Inner Harbor, killing five people, sued the U.S. Coast Guard on Friday, claiming the military branch certified the taxi for too many passengers. The...
Retailers challenge benefit mandates in Md., N.Y.
Feb 20 2006 // A group of retailers has filed suits challenging laws in Maryland and New York that were enacted to pressure employers to spend a minimum amount on their employees’ health benefits. The Retail Industry Leaders...
Retailers File Suits Against ‘Fair Share’ Mandates in Md., N.Y. Courts
Feb 8 2006 // A group of retailers has filed suits challenging laws in Maryland and New York that were enacted to pressure employers to spend a minimum amount oin employees’ health benefits. The Retail Industry Leaders Association...
M&T Buys Maryland’s Hess Egan
Feb 7 2006 // M&T Insurance Agency, Inc. has acquired Hess Egan Hagerty & L’Hommedieu, Inc., a commercial insurance and surety brokerage agency based in Chevy Chase, Maryland, with additional offices in Pennsylvania and...
WELDERS WIN MARYLAND POLLUTION RULING
Feb 6 2006 // Maryland’s highest court has handed a victory to the welding industry by ruling that the scope of the pollution liability exclusion in a business insurance policy does not encompass welding rod liability. In...
Delaware seeks new workers’ comp classes
Feb 5 2006 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matt Denn has asked Delaware businesses to submit requests for classification changes for workers’ compensation. According to Denn, some business owners have said they have been...
Md. Pair Nabbed in Benefits Scam
Feb 2 2006 // Maryland Attorney General J. Joseph Curran, Jr. reported that George and Barbara Meekins of Cambridge, Maryland have been arrested after being charged with felony theft and conspiracy to commit felony insurance fraud and...
Wal-Mart may challenge Md. law on health benefits
Jan 22 2006 // Maryland became the first state to pass legislation requiring retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to spend a minimum amount on health care for its employees or pay the difference in taxes as the Democrat-controlled...
