Maryland News

PGI Expands Habitational Program into 11 Additional States

PGI Commercial (PGIC) of Morristown, N.J. has expanded the geographic reach of its habitational facility with Praetorian Financial Group. The program is now available in D.C., Ill., Ind., Md., Mich., N.J., N.Y., Ohio., Pa., Texas, and Wis., as well as …

Maryland Orders Allstate Return $17.5M to Auto Insureds

Maryland Insurance Commissioner R. Steven Orr has ordered Allstate Insurance to return $17.5 million to 20,571 of its auto policyholders in Maryland whom he says were improperly charged. This restitution is in addition to a $100,000 administrative penalty Allstate agreed …

Pa., Del., Md. Agents Name Board Members

The Insurance Agents and Brokers of Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland announced its new board members for the upcoming 2006-07 term at its annual board meeting in Baltimore. In addition to appointing board members to oversee the service group, chair and …

ProLawyer Offers Lawyer Liability Market in Del., Md., Pa,

ProLawyer Insurance, LLC in Newtown, Pa., announced it has a managing general agent appointment with an A.M. Best “A” rated carrier for lawyers professional liability in Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania. This is an admitted product designed for law firms with …

California Leads Nation in Hybrid Ownership; Travelers Offers Discount

Travelers is now offering a 10 percent discount on auto insurance for California owners of Hybrid vehicles. According to the company, Californians registered 52,619 new hybrid vehicles in 2005. At a distant second, Florida registered 10,470 hybrids, followed by Texas, …

ProLawyer Insurance, LLC Announces MGA Appointment for an Admitted Lawyers Professional Liability Product in DE, MD & PA

Newtown, PA – ProLawyer Insurance, LLC is pleased to announce their Managing General Agent appointment with an A.M. Best “A” (Excellent) rated carrier for Lawyers Professional Liability in Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania. This is an admitted product designed for law …

Supreme Court Rejects W.R. Grace Asbestos Clean-Up Appeal

W.R. Grace & Co. lost its bid to the Supreme Court Tuesday to get out from under a $54 million bill to clean up asbestos in the Montana mining town of Libby. Justices rejected without comment Columbia, Md.-based Grace’s appeal …

Declarations

Civil justice “If the criminal system is not going to follow through and make them accountable, the only thing we have left is the civil system.” James Gahan, whose 21-year-old son, Jimmy, died in The Station nightclub fire in Rhode …

People and Places

Ernie Csiszar, the Romania-born former South Carolina regulator who two years ago was named president and chief executive officer of the then newly-formed Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, resigned from PCI effective Sept. 30. Csiszar indicated that he plans …

Declarations

Coordinated research needed “Hurricanes, by far, cause more economic damage to a more widespread area than any other natural disaster. This bill takes sound, scientific recommendations and builds from them a foundation for better, more coordinated research. Given the enormous …