Latest Maryland Headlines

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NI Holdings Completes Acquisition of Maryland’s Westminster

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...

Maryland Man Dies at Northern Virginia Construction Site

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...

Special Report: The Charity Issue – Photos of Giving

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...

Insurance Agents & Brokers Opens New Office in Maryland

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...

Maryland Resort, Family Settle Lawsuit Over Electric Shock Incident

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...

Bookkeeper Charged in Maryland with Embezzling $1M from Employers

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...

Maryland Business Owner Convicted for Defrauding Insurer of More Than $15M

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,...

NI Holdings Agrees to Purchase Maryland’s Westminster American Insurance Company

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...

Maryland’s Attorney General Sues Kushner Apartment Company

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...

Ex-Maryland Lawyer Gets Probation for Role in Insurance Scam

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...

Maryland’s B.F. Saul Insurance Hires Raphael as Senior Vice President

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...

World Insurance Associates Acquires Maryland’s American Insurance Marketing

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...

JGS Insurance Acquires Maryland’s John Manougian Insurance Agency

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,...

Maryland Auto Insurance’s FineFix Program Launches Statewide

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...

Insurance Agents & Brokers Announces New Directors, Officers

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...

More Tesla Solar Panel Claims Emerge; 2 Home Insurers Allege Negligence

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...

Maryland Construction Company Owner Pleads Guilty in $1.7M Fraud Plot

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...

Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company Appoints Madden to Board of Directors

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...

2 Maryland Men Charged with Stealing $8M in Disaster Aid Funds

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...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Maryland’s The Novick Group

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...