Latest Maryland Headlines

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Family of Maryland Football Player Who Died Gets Settlement

Feb 1 2021 // After a two-year-long process, a family will be awarded a $3.5 million settlement from Maryland after their son, Jordan McNair, died during a university football practice.The Board of Public Works voted unanimously during...

Parents of Maryland Teen Who Died in Class File Lawsuit

Jan 27 2021 // The parents of an autistic Maryland teenager who died in class after choking on a glove have filed a lawsuit against school officials, saying negligence led to their son’s death.Bryan and Tanya Levy, the parents of...

Maryland Insurance Agencies Accuse Erie Insurance of Discriminatory Practices

Jan 21 2021 // Three Maryland independent insurance agencies contracted with Erie Insurance have filed complaints with the Maryland Insurance Administration alleging Erie engaged in discriminatory practices against low-income and...

High Street Insurance Partners Acquires Maryland’s Day, Deadrick & Marshall

Jan 12 2021 // Lower-middle-market private equity firm Huron Capital’s full-service insurance brokerage platform, High Street Insurance Partners, has acquired Day, Deadrick & Marshall Inc (DDM).Beltsville, Md.-based DDM is a...

Maryland Woman Charged with Insurance Fraud After Setting Fire to Her House

Dec 17 2020 // After a lengthy investigation, deputies of the Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office have charged a Caroline County woman for intentionally setting fire to her house.The fire was reported to 911 by a passer-by around...

Maryland’s Westminster American Insurance Company Hires Whelan

Nov 30 2020 // Westminster American Insurance Company (WAIC) has hired David Whelan as vice president of underwriting.In this new role, Whelan brings 31 years of commercial lines experience to the team. He joins WAIC from GNY Insurance...

Pfizer Reports 95% Success Rate in COVID-19 Vaccine Final Trial

Nov 18 2020 // Final results from Pfizer Inc.’s COVID-19 vaccine trial showed its shot had a 95% success rate and two months of safety data, paving the way for the drugmaker to apply for an emergency U.S. authorization within days,...

Hanover Insurance Enters Maryland Personal Lines Insurance Market

Oct 27 2020 // The Hanover Insurance Group Inc. (THG) has expanded its business in Maryland to include personal lines insurance and appointed a group of independent agents in the state to serve its growing customer base.The Hanover has a...

Ensurise Merges with Maryland’s American Heritage Insurance Agency

Oct 27 2020 // Independent insurance agency Ensurise LLC has merged with the property and casualty insurance brokerage operations of American Heritage Insurance Agency Inc. The merger was effective October 1, 2020.American Heritage...

BenefitMall Adds Poli as Mid-Atlantic Market Director Based in Maryland

Oct 20 2020 // BenefitMall, a provider of next-generation broker services, has added Robert Poli as the new Mid-Atlantic market director.Bringing more than 30 years of experience in the health insurance industry, Poli will report to Barb...

Maryland Auto Insurance Launches New Auto Insurance Fraud Initiative

Oct 16 2020 // Maryland Auto Insurance has launched an initiative aimed at combatting auto insurance fraud in Maryland.This comes as the FBI projects insurance fraud accounts for more than $40 billion in costs annually, according to a...

The Hilb Group Acquires Maryland’s Insurance Solutions

Oct 15 2020 // The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired Maryland-based Insurance Solutions (ISI). The transaction became effective on October 1, 2020.Founded in 1989, ISI is a full-service employee benefits agency with expertise in group...

Hub International Limited Acquires Assets of Maryland’s Bernstein Insurance

Oct 7 2020 // Global insurance brokerage Hub International Limited has acquired the assets of Bernstein Insurance LLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Bernstein Insurance’s principal owner, Jennifer Bernstein, was...

Narragansett Bay Insurance Expands into Delaware, Maryland

Oct 2 2020 // Narragansett Bay Insurance Company (NBIC) began writing property and casualty insurance in Delaware and Maryland, effective Oct. 1, 2020.The two states mark the seventh and eighth states where the company provides...

HDI Global Specialty Names Inter Hannover’s Barenthein as MD of Scandinavian Branch

Sep 30 2020 // HDI Global Specialty SE has appointed Thomas Barenthein as the managing director of its Scandinavian Branch. Barenthein joins the specialty lines insurer from Inter Hannover where he was managing director, Sweden.The...

Lawsuit Claims EPA Has Failed to Enforce Chesapeake Bay Pollution Caps

Sep 16 2020 // The Environmental Protection Agency has failed to ensure that Pennsylvania and New York are doing enough to reduce pollution that flows from farms and cities into the Chesapeake Bay, according to a lawsuit filed on...

Governor Hogan Asks for Federal Disaster Declaration in Three Maryland Counties

Sep 10 2020 // Maryland Governor Larry Hogan requested a major disaster declaration from the federal government to help communities in three counties hit by Tropical Storm Isaias last month. If granted, it would provide financial help to...

Governor Hogan Says All Maryland Businesses Can Open Friday

Sep 3 2020 // All businesses in Maryland will be able to open later this week as the state enters the third phase of its coronavirus recovery plan, Governor Larry Hogan announced Tuesday.Movie theaters and performing arts centers will...

Maryland County Washing Away, Residents Face Hard Choices

Aug 25 2020 // High tides surging from a narrow creek destroyed the car Kathy Blake once parked in her gravel driveway here. Over the past two decades, the water has ruined half a dozen of them.Since October, when one of those floods...

Alera Group Acquires Maryland’s FNL Insurance Group

Aug 21 2020 // Alera Group, a national employee benefits, property and casualty, retirement services and wealth management firm, has acquired FNL Insurance Group, effective August 1, 2020.For more than 40 years, FNL Insurance Group has...