All the headlines from our Maryland Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 6 2020 // NI Holdings Inc. has completed its previously announced acquisition of Westminster American Insurance Company from private shareholders on January 1, 2020.The acquisition of Westminster further diversifies NI...
Jan 3 2020 // A Maryland man has died after a construction accident in northern Virginia.Nelson Aguilar-Salamanca, 55, was working for a subcontractor on a construction site near the new Capital One headquarters in McLean, Fairfax...
Dec 16 2019 // Frank Winston Crum Insurance FWCI has an enterprise philosophy of philanthropy with a primary focus on helping people who cannot help themselves. FWCI has supported the Tampa Bay community for more than a decade with a...
Dec 13 2019 // Insurance Agents & Brokers (IA&B) opened an office in Annapolis, Md., on December 1. The organization also operates an office outside of Harrisburg, Penn. The location allows access to the Maryland State House, as...
Dec 9 2019 // A lawsuit filed by the family of a girl who suffered a brain injury after she was shocked by an electrified handrail at a resort near the nation’s capital has been resolved.The Washington Post reports that court...
Nov 7 2019 // A woman who worked as a bookkeeper has been charged in Maryland with fraudulently obtaining approximately $1 million from her employers.Lisa Fore was charged Monday in federal court with four counts of mail fraud and one...
Nov 4 2019 // A Maryland business owner has been convicted after a trial on federal charges for conspiring to burn down his business in order to obtain insurance proceeds.A federal jury convicted Demetrios ‘Jimmy’ Stavrakis,...
Oct 31 2019 // NI Holdings Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to purchase 100 percent of the issued and outstanding stock of Westminster American Insurance Company from private shareholders.Westminster American is headquartered in...
Oct 29 2019 // Maryland’s attorney general on Wednesday sued a real estate company once run by President Donald Trump’s son-in-law over allegedly illegal and harmful rental practices, including the kind of rodent infestations...
Oct 24 2019 // Authorities say a former Maryland attorney who pleaded guilty to insurance fraud has been sentenced to two years of probation.State Attorney General Brian Frosh’s office said in a news release Tuesday that Baltimore...
Sep 27 2019 // B.F. Saul Insurance Inc., a Bethesda, Md.-based insurance brokerage and risk advisory firm, hired Lanie Raphael as senior vice president on September 16, 2019. Raphael will be the practice leader for Personal Insurance...
Sep 25 2019 // World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) acquired American Insurance Marketing Corp. (AIMC) of Prince Frederick, Md., on September 1, 2019. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Founded in 1976, AIMC provides quality...
Sep 19 2019 // Jacobson, Goldfarb & Scott Inc. (JGS Insurance) has acquired the John Manougian Insurance Agency (JMI) located in Silver Spring, Md.Following the acquisition, JMI Founder John Manougian will remain as a consultant,...
Sep 4 2019 // A new state program in Maryland will help eligible residents reduce their outstanding uninsured auto fines, eliminating a hurdle to registering and insuring their vehicles.FineFix is a partnership between the Uninsured...
Sep 4 2019 // September marks a new administrative year for the Insurance Agents & Brokers (IA&B) Service Group and its partnership of agents’ associations in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware.The following independent...
Aug 29 2019 // One evening last year, David Burek noticed charred wood and a burning smell in his attic, near his young sons’ bedroom. He climbed a ladder and saw a melted connector wire from the solar panels installed on the roof...
Aug 27 2019 // A Maryland construction company owner has pleaded guilty to engaging in a scheme to defraud a customer out of more than $1.7 million.U.S. Attorney Robert Hur’s office said in a news release that 65-year-old Ivan...
Aug 21 2019 // Martin G. Madden, a former senior advisor to Maryland Governor Larry Hogan from 2015 to 2017, was appointed to the board of directors of Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company, effective June 1, 2019. Madden will...
Aug 8 2019 // A federal grand jury has indicted two Maryland men on charges they stole the identities of natural disaster victims and fraudulently registered for millions of dollars in life-saving relief funds.Federal prosecutor Robert...
Jul 29 2019 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Rockville, Md.-based The Novick Group Inc.Founded in 1987, The Novick Group is a retail property and casualty broker focused on providing insurance products and services to...