Salisbury, Md.-based Consumer Specialties Insurance Co. (CSI), a risk retention group serving chemical manufacturer and distributor members of the Consumer Specialty Products Association (CSPA), announced that it has extended the limits of its commercial general liability coverage from $5 million …
Los Angeles-based Heritage General Agency’s personal lines facility has added a new admitted market for homeowner coverage. Program features include full cost replacement for both the home and personal property with no deduction for depreciation. Other covered structures include unattached …
Maryland Insurance Commissioner Ralph S. Tyler wants to review a large medical malpractice insurance dividend payment before it goes out. Newly-appointed Tyler said he will hold a hearing next month to review a plan by Medical Mutual Liability Insurance Society …
At least some injured workers and the lawyers who help pursue their claims remain dissatisfied with West Virginia’s workers’ compensation system since it became the private, for-profit BrickStreet Insurance Co. Legislators fielded complaints from both groups during their three-day series …
Jeri Wasco, who has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair, visited a Hyattsville, Maryland shopping center recently and found curb ramps that were too steep and no elevators going to the second floor. She filed a federal lawsuit last week …
The Maryland Insurance Administration (MIA) will conduct a workshop to explain how it will implement newly enacted legislation that authorizes the award of enhanced damages against property and casualty insurance companies that fail to settle first party claims in good …
State Farm Insurance Co. does not have to pay to defend the Rev. Jeffery Stallworth of Jackson, Miss., from a civil lawsuit filed by a Maryland woman who accused him of sexually assaulting her in 2001 in her home, a …
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley this morning named attorney and long-time advisor Ralph S. Tyler to be the state’s insurance commissioner responsible for overseeing the regulation of Maryland’s $26 billion insurance industry. Tyler currently serves as chief legal counsel for the …
U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters announced that 17 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and four territories will receive more than $109 million under a federal program to encourage and enforce seat belt use. “Having a strong seat …
Environmental Casualty Coverage Nuts & Bolts: USAssure Insurance Services provides enhancements such as general liability, automobile, workers’ compensation, owners and contractors protective liability, as well as umbrella/excess coverage. Our target market includes, but is not limited to: environmental contractors, consultants …
