All the headlines from our Maryland Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 16 2021 // The Hilb Group brought PSA Insurance & Financial Services into its portfolio, further strengthening its presence in the Mid-Atlantic region as well as building on its range of employee benefits, commercial and personal...
Dec 16 2021 // A former Maryland public adjuster has been sentenced for theft and insurance fraud.Tashoia Starr Grant, of Street, Maryland, was sentenced on two counts of theft scheme with a value between $10,000 but less than $100,000,...
Dec 13 2021 // Oriole Park at Camden Yards will test a new security technology during the upcoming baseball season that uses 3D imaging and artificial intelligence to detect concealed weapons.The Maryland Stadium Authority announced...
Dec 10 2021 // Consistent with Governor Larry Hogan’s commitment to address and mitigate the effects of climate change, the state of Maryland has joined the Sustainable Insurance Forum (SIF) of the United Nations Development...
Dec 9 2021 // Maryland Insurance Commissioner Kathleen A. Birrane is warning Marylanders, particularly small transportation business owners, that Bethesda-based Phillip Johnson Family Insurance Agency LLC (PFI) and its lead agent...
Dec 8 2021 // A Maryland home was accidentally burned to the ground by an owner trying to get rid of a snake infestation, officials said.The homeowner in Poolesville, a town about 25 miles outside of Washington D.C., was attempting to...
Nov 29 2021 // Maryland’s attorney general filed a lawsuit Tuesday against chemical company Monsanto and two spinoffs, alleging that chemicals Monsanto manufactured harmed the state’s waters, fish and wildlife and seeking to...
Nov 8 2021 // A propane gas explosion caused about $200,000 in damage to western Maryland home, but a woman who was home at the time wasn’t hurt, fire investigators said.The explosion occurred in the basement furnace room of the...
Nov 3 2021 // Fire investigators in Maryland are asking the public for help figuring out who set three fires over the weekend at a mobile home park on the Eastern Shore. A news release from the Maryland State Fire Marshal says the fires...
Oct 25 2021 // A U.S. Army veteran in Maryland is facing federal charges for falsely claiming to be a paraplegic to obtain more than $1 million in government disability benefits.A federal criminal complaint charged William Rich of...
Oct 19 2021 // Maryland Insurance Commissioner Kathleen A. Birrane named Linwood Floyd as director of fiscal services for the Maryland Insurance Administration (MIA).Floyd comes to the MIA after more than 13 years with the Maryland...
Oct 4 2021 // This edition of International People Moves includes appointments at the first sustainable insurer, Parhelion; at brokers Piiq Risk Partners and Gallagher; and at Optio Group’s Nuclear MGA Northcourt.A summary of...
Sep 23 2021 // Two men were hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after a fall from a second-story balcony at a Maryland home, authorities said.Montgomery County Fire and Rescue spokesperson Jason Blake said the men fell at a...
Sep 22 2021 // A federal district court in Baltimore, Maryland, unsealed an indictment charging a Maryland couple with conspiracy to commit insurance fraud and related charges for money laundering, filing false tax returns and identity...
Sep 21 2021 // The U.S. Department of Labor has filed an administrative complaint against ABM Janitorial Services after a compliance evaluation by the department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs alleged systematic...
Sep 10 2021 // FineFix, Maryland’s uninsured motorist fine forgiveness program, officially ended on July 31, 2021. The FineFix program was a partnership between the Uninsured Division of Maryland Auto Insurance and the Maryland...
Sep 3 2021 // The National Weather Service tentatively confirmed the touchdown of a tornado in Maryland’s Anne Arundel County early Wednesday afternoon as the remnants of Hurricane Ida moved across the state.Meteorologist Ray...
Aug 20 2021 // Six Maryland law enforcement officers are facing federal indictment for charges related to schemes to defraud financial institutions and insurance companies.A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging an...
Jul 28 2021 // Three fires just days apart at homes on the same street on the Eastern Shore were set intentionally, Maryland fire investigators said.The first fire broke out Wednesday on Nokomis Avenue in Salisbury and two more broke out...
Jul 26 2021 // A $2.3 million payment to a group of Black and Latino police officers to settle their workplace discrimination lawsuit against a Maryland police department is the latest effort toward reforms within the department, a...