All the headlines from our Maryland Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 14 2020 // A 10-year-old boy faces arson charges after a garage fire near Union Mills Thursday, the Office of the State Fire Marshal said. Firefighters responded to the garage fire in the 3500 block of Littlestown Pike in Westminster...
Jul 9 2020 // Court proceedings to determine criminal sanity for a man who pleaded guilty to killing five people at Maryland newspaper have been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.Jarrod Ramos’ pre-trial hearings have...
Jul 2 2020 // Maryland Insurance Commissioner Kathleen Birrane has been in her new role for nearly two months, and she already has big plans for the state to establish itself as a leader in the tech space.“I’d like to see...
Jun 29 2020 // A Maryland man faces multiple arson-related charges after police say he confessed to setting fires at a church where investigators found a Molotov cocktail in a vestibule.David Francis Creager, 47, was detained Friday and...
Jun 26 2020 // Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh has announced that his Consumer Protection Division issued a final order finding that Clark P. Turner and Clark Turner Homes LLC of Harford County violated Maryland’s Consumer...
Jun 9 2020 // Maryland further eased restrictions imposed to stop the spread of the coronavirus by allowing businesses to reopen Friday, but some of the state’s largest jurisdictions are waiting to enter Phase 2 of the...
Jun 3 2020 // A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit in which two former University of Maryland men’s basketball players accused makers of the “Fortnite” video game of misappropriating a dance move that the...
Jun 1 2020 // Maryland’s attorney general says byproducts from a closed paper mill are continuing to pollute the Potomac River.The Baltimore Sun reports that AG Brian Frosh made the claims in a federal lawsuit that was filed...
May 22 2020 // Maryland property and casualty insurance consumers will receive more than $250 million in premium relief during the COVID-19 State of Emergency, according to a Maryland Insurance Administration (MIA) press release.As of...
May 20 2020 // Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia filed a notice of intent to sue the Environmental Protection Agency for failing to require two other states to implement plans to cut pollution in the Chesapeake Bay,...
May 14 2020 // Maryland Insurance Commissioner Al Redmer Jr. will leave his regulatory role and step into his new position as executive director of Maryland Auto Insurance on Monday, bringing with him a legacy as Maryland’s longest...
May 5 2020 // Maryland Governor Larry Hogan announced Friday he has appointed Kathleen Birrane to be Maryland’s insurance commissioner.Hogan announced the appointment to replace Al Redmer, who has been appointed executive director...
May 5 2020 // Maryland Insurance Commissioner Al Redmer Jr. has been named executive director of Maryland Auto Insurance. Redmer will leave his position as Maryland Insurance Commissioner to join Maryland Auto Insurance on May 18,...
May 4 2020 // Maryland Insurance Commissioner Al Redmer Jr. has warned consumers to watch for insurance scams related to the COVID-19 pandemic.Reports of pandemic-related fraud are increasing around the country, according to a press...
Apr 30 2020 // The Maryland Insurance Administration has reviewed and approved a filing from its authorized workers’ compensation rating organization, the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI), regarding a temporary...
Apr 28 2020 // The Maryland Insurance Administration is participating in an apprenticeship program designed to attract talent to the insurance industry.The program is led by Invest, which is affiliated with the Independent Insurance...
Apr 20 2020 // A new apprenticeship program aimed at attracting and developing talent in the independent agency system is being rolled out by an insurance education organization that celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.Invest, the...
Apr 16 2020 // Alera Group, a national employee benefits, property and casualty, retirement services and wealth management firm, has acquired Georgetown Insurance Service Inc., effective March 1, 2020.The Georgetown Insurance team will...
Apr 7 2020 // Participants in FineFix, Maryland’s auto fine forgiveness program, will be allowed to pause their payment plans during the current state of emergency in Maryland. The Uninsured Division of Maryland Auto Insurance is...
Mar 31 2020 // RCM&D, an independent risk management, insurance and employee benefits firm, has hired Matthew Kahn as the new Commercial Division director.Kahn will be working alongside current Commercial Division Director Bill Kable...