Latest Maryland Headlines
All the headlines from our Maryland Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Maryland’s IWIF Offering Free Young Workers Safety Kit to Employers
Jun 17 2005 // In recognition of IWIF’s Safety Saves Week, which runs June 19-25, Maryland’s IWIF has created a young worker safety kit for employers. Called Safety Rules, the free kit contains information and tools employers...
FEMA, Insurers, Adjusters Charged in Md. Lawsuit by Isabel Flood Victims
Jun 9 2005 // More than 140 victims of the 2003 tropical storm Isabel are suing Homeland Security Undersecretary Michael Brown, David Maurstad, who runs the National Flood Insurance Program, 17 insurance companies and others charging...
DOCTORS’ MED-MAL CHECKS MAILED:
Jun 6 2005 // Doctors in high-risk specialties whose malpractice premiums increased as much as 33 percent this year are getting some financial relief from malpractice legislation passed by the General Assembly last December. Medical...
News Briefs
Jun 6 2005 // MASSACHUSETTS Workers Comp Rates Up 3%: Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Julianne Bowler has approved a 3.0 percent overall average rate reduction in workers’ compensation rates, a savings of $32.6 million in...
AIA Praises Veto of Maryland Bill Involving Surety Bonds
May 24 2005 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) on Tuesday praised Maryland Gov. Robert Ehrlich (R) for vetoing legislation that would have reportedly set bad public policy for the state. SB 324 would have exposed the state of...
News Briefs
May 23 2005 // MASSACHUSETTS Safe Driver Plan Revised: Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Julie M. Bowler has approved changes in the way drivers receive discounts and surcharges to their auto insurance policies based on their driving...
News Briefs
May 23 2005 // MASSACHUSETTS Safe Driver Plan Revised: Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Julie M. Bowler has approved changes in the way drivers receive discounts and surcharges to their auto insurance policies based on their driving...
Md. Set to Release Med-Mal Subsidy Funds to Doctors
May 17 2005 // Almost five months after the Maryland General Assembly passed legislation to reduce malpractice premiums for doctors in high-risk specialties, the Ehrlich administration is ready to release state funds that will be used to...
Md. Woman Sues Vioxx Maker Over Husband’s Death
May 16 2005 // A Frederick County woman is suing the maker of Vioxx, claiming the pain reliever that was later taken off the market caused her husband’s death. The suit seeks $10 million in compensatory damages and $20 million in...
Md. Doctors Frustrated Over Delay in Med-Mal Subsidy Funds
May 9 2005 // Maryland doctors may not see any medical malpractice insurance rate relief for several months, even though the General Assembly approved an emergency remedy more than four months ago. A series of delays has prompted...
NAMIC Commends Md. Legislative Focus on Teens; Other Bills Discussed
May 5 2005 // Resisting efforts to impose new regulatory mandates, the Maryland legislature’s enactment of seven bills to enhance the state’s teen driver graduated licensing statutes and provide stricter provisions for...
Md. Man’s Auto Scam Results in 21-Count Indictment
May 5 2005 // Maryland Attorney General J. Joseph Curran, Jr. announced that Darryl R. Hardy of Forest View Place in Montgomery County has been arrested after being charged with several counts of felony insurance fraud and felony...
AIA Commends Md. Legislature for Forceful Response to Epidemic of Teen Auto Crashes
Apr 13 2005 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) on Wednesday commended the Maryland legislature for passing of a host of bills targeting teen driver safety. The bills include HB 393, which bars novice teen drivers from carrying...
NAIC, Md.’s Redmer Press for Flood Program Review
Apr 8 2005 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners has formed a working group to examine issues with the National Flood Insurance Program in light of Hurricane Isabel complaints and experiences with other recent storms by...
Insurers Warn in Study: Unprofitable Del. Auto Insurance Market Could Face Reduced Competition
Apr 6 2005 // Even after investment income is considered, underwriting private passenger automobile insurance in Delaware has been unprofitable for the past five years, according to a study done by the Property Casualty Insurers...
Md. Med-Mal Refunds in the Works
Apr 5 2005 // A measure correcting some flaws in last year’s medical malpractice reform legislation in Maryland, the subject of an emergency legislative session, has been allowed to go into effect by Gov. Robert Ehrlich. The...
Md. Winds Down Urban Insurer American Skyline with St. Paul’s Help
Apr 4 2005 // Having decided last year to end its support after four years and $30 million, The St. Paul Travelers Cos. has now agreed to funnel funds one last time into a Maryland insurer it helped start as a model to serve urban...
Maryland Corrects Med-Mal Subsidy Program
Mar 25 2005 // The Maryland House of Delegates this week passed a bill to enable doctors to get refunds on their malpractice insurance premiums. The action corrects the medical malpractice reform law approved in a special session last...
Maryland House Advances Teen Driving Bills
Mar 22 2005 // The House of Delegates gave its preliminary approval this week to a package of bills that tightens rules governing young drivers, in an attempt to cut down the number of grisly teen crashes. “This is not a silver...
Maryland’s NAIS Partners with GE Insurance Solutions for its Nationwide Innkeepers Program
Mar 22 2005 // GE Insurance Solutions recently launched an insurance program for innkeepers with its newest program partner, NAIS, Inc. The comprehensive policy covers the inn, the owner, and the guest. The program is active in 48 states...
