Maryland News

Atlantic Specialty Lines of Florida Announces Asset Acquisition of Gary Markel Surplus Lines Brokerage

(Clearwater, FL and Richmond, VA) …Robert M. Bryant, President, and Martin H. Kanipe, Executive Vice President of Atlantic Specialty Lines of Florida, Inc. (ASL – FL) and Paula Ross, Executive Vice President, Gary Markel Surplus Lines Brokerage, Inc. (GMSL), today …

Atlantic Specialty Lines of Fla. Acquires Gary Markel

Atlantic Specialty Lines of Florida, Inc. has acquired the assets of Gary Markel Surplus Lines Brokerage, Inc. ASL-FL is a member of the Atlantic Specialty Lines, Inc. group of companies with offices in Virginia, Illinois, Florida, Maryland and Pennsylvania. ASL …

Study: St. George, Utah Ranked Most Secure Place To Live

According to the third annual “Most Secure U.S. Places to Live” rankings from Farmers Insurance Group of Companies, the most secure location to live in the United States is St. George, Utah. The rankings, compiled by database experts at www.bestplaces.net, …

Zurich Agrees to Terms to Close Multi-State Bid-Rigging Probe

Ten states, led by Texas and its Attorney General Greg Abbott, have come to terms with Zurich American, closing their probe into the insurer’s involvement in alleged bid-rigging and unfair compensation practices in the commercial insurance market. The multi-state settlement …

OneBeacon Purchases National Marine Underwriters

OneBeacon Insurance Group has acquired ownership of National Marine Underwriters, a yacht-specialty managing general agent with a 20-year history of writing recreational marine business. National Marine Underwriters will become a part of International Marine Underwriters (IMU), a division of OneBeacon …

Argonaut’s Great Central Expands Family Grill and Pub Coverage

Great Central Insurance Company, a member of the Select Markets segment of Argonaut Group Inc., announced the expansion of its Great Protector II Series of coverage forms for Family Grills and Pubs in 12 additional states, Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, …

Regulators Install Management Committee for Interstate Compact

The Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Commission created by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners installed its Management Committee and elected a Committee chair, vice-chair and treasurer recently during the Commission’s inaugural annual meeting in Lansdowne, Va. The Commission elected Pennsylvania …

Md. Court Upholds Fellow Employee Exclusion in Commercial Auto Policy

The Maryland Court of Appeals has held that a fellow-employee exclusion in a commercial automobile liability policy is valid and enforceable above the minimum statutory liability limits. The court found that a business auto insurance policy that contains a fellow …

Md. Deputy Sheriff Indicted on Arson Charge

A Frederick County, Maryland sheriff’s deputy has been indicted on a charge of second-degree arson for allegedly burning his girlfriend’s sport-utility vehicle in what investigators have said was an insurance scam. Sgt. Theodore Randolph “Randy” Dorsey, 37, has an initial …

Declarations

Economic windfall “It could be an economic windfall for the entire region. It’s something I think will have major ramifications in terms of resource distribution.” Darrell West, a political science professor at Brown University in Rhode Island, commenting on Democrats …