Latest Maryland Headlines
All the headlines from our Maryland Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Maryland Court Rules with Welders in Limiting Scope of Pollution Exclusion
Jan 19 2006 // On Jan. 6, Maryland’s highest court 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...
Northeast Winds Topple Trees, Power Lines from Mass. to Maryland
Jan 18 2006 // Usually snow and ice are the culprits this time of year in the Northeast for problems with the weather. Wednesday, though, proved to be Mother Nature offering a different problem for residents. Winds, in some cases...
Wal-Mart Weighs Legal Challenge to Md. Benefits Law
Jan 15 2006 // Wal-Mart Stores Inc., faced with a new Maryland law designed to pressure the retail chain into spending more money on health insurance for its employees, is considering a challenge to the groundbreaking legislation. Sarah...
Maryland Approves Bill Forcing Wal-Mart to Boost Health Plan
Jan 13 2006 // Maryland became the first state to pass legislation requiring 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 legislature overrode...
Md. Governor Names Orr as Insurance Commissioner
Jan 6 2006 // Maryland Governor Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr., has selected R. Steven Orr to serve as Maryland Insurance Commissioner. He succeeds Alfred W. Redmer, who resigned in October 2005 to join the private sector. Orr, 53, most...
Md. Revisits Bill Pressuring Wal-Mart to Improve Employee Benefits
Jan 5 2006 // A proposed Maryland law that attempts to pressure Wal-Mart to provide better health care benefits for its employees would violate federal law, the Maryland Chamber of Commerce said. The business group issued a report just...
From New England to Virginia, Courts Made Insurance Headlines in 2005
Dec 30 2005 // From Maine to Virginia, many of the insurance headlines in 2005 dealt with compensation and reinsurance probes, just as they did across the country, casting the industry’s reputation in a bad light. But much of the...
Maryland Physicians with Complaints Could Face Tougher Review
Dec 20 2005 // When Maryland’s physician quality board comes up for review during the next legislative session, some are calling for tougher measures to deal with doctors who are the subject of multiple complaints. Until 2003,...
MAIF Employee Sentenced for Felony Insurance Fraud After Jury Verdict
Dec 19 2005 // Maryland Attorney General J. Joseph Curran, Jr. reported that Deborah J. Odum of Annapolis, was sentenced for felony insurance fraud after having been found guilty on Nov. 21, following a jury trial in the Anne Arundel...
Md.’s Johns Hopkins Leads Effort on Disaster, Terror Response
Dec 8 2005 // How governments can best prevent, prepare and respond to mass casualties, whether from natural events such as Hurricane Katrina or a terror attack, is the mission of a new center led by Johns Hopkins University. A $15...
PIA Names Eppstein as Director of State Affairs
Nov 25 2005 // The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) has named David M. Eppstein Director of State Affairs. In his new position, he will be working with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners...
Md. Hospital Sued by Kin of Postal Worker Exposed to Anthrax; Hospital Sues Feds
Nov 23 2005 // The widow of a Clinton, Md. postal worker who died after being exposed to anthrax in 2001 is suing the hospital that treated him, claiming it ignored signs that he suffered from the effects of the deadly spores until it...
Md. Court Reverses $3M Asbestos Jury Award for Paper Mill Worker
Nov 22 2005 // Maryland’s second-highest court has reversed a $3 million jury verdict won by a former paper mill worker who alleged his lung cancer stemmed from asbestos exposure at the plant in western Maryland. The Court of...
Md. Cop on the Wrong Side of the Law; Convicted of Insurance Fraud
Nov 12 2005 // Maryland Attorney General J. Joseph Curran, Jr., announced the conviction of a seven year veteran of the Prince George’s County Police Department for insurance fraud. Jermaine Ayala, 30, of Lanham, received an 18...
Mid-Atlantic States Form Regional Hazard Response Consortium
Oct 25 2005 // A number of Mid-Atlantic states are forming what they are calling the All Hazards Consortium to increase preparedness by enabling emergency management participants to share strategies and integrate planning. The AHC, a...
Md. Sedan Owners Lose Drive to Halt 52% Rate Hike
Oct 24 2005 // The Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund has prevailed over a challenge to its most recent 52.8 percent rate increase by sedan owners. The Maryland Insurance Administration upheld the increase in an order signed by Acting...
Md. Workers Comp Insurer Retains CEO Bromwell Despite Indictments
Oct 23 2005 // Former State Sen. Thomas Bromwell will retain his position as president and chief executive officer of Maryland’s largest workers’ compensation insurer despite his indictment in an alleged racketeering scheme...
Former Md. Senator, Workers Comp Fund CEO Facing Federal Charges
Oct 20 2005 // A once-powerful former Maryland state senator and head of the state’s largest workers’ compensation provider was indicted this week on federal charges of influence-peddling in exchange for free contracting work...
Maryland Auto Task Force Meets
Oct 18 2005 // The Maryland Insurance Administration is convening its Auto Insurance Task Force to Study Rates in Urban Areas today, Oct. 18, at Prince George’s Community College, Largo Student Center, Conference Room 2. The task...
Insurers Urge Md. to Attack Costs, Trim Mandates to Lower Urban Rates
Oct 18 2005 // Insurance companies are urging Maryland officials looking for ways to reduce urban auto insurance rates to focus on curbing the underlying costs, reducing the required benefits package and encouraging insurers to expand in...
