All the headlines from our Maryland Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Jul 8 2019 // The Maryland Department of Labor has started notifying about 78,000 customers about potential unauthorized activity in two of its database systems.The department said Friday that while some personally identifiable...
Jun 28 2019 // The fate of thousands of lawsuits seeking to hold drugmakers responsible for fueling the U.S. opioid epidemic hinges in part on a thorny legal question: Can a company can use a bankruptcy to stop lawsuits from cities and...
Jun 27 2019 // A Maryland woman who says a tram dragged her along the Ocean City boardwalk is suing the popular vacation town for negligence.Mona and Gregory Jones are seeking $75,000 in response to the September 2017 accident. Court...
Jun 14 2019 // Frederick Mutual, a Frederick, Md.-based insurance company, has promoted Jill Showalter to vice president and chief insurance operations officer.Showalter initially joined Frederick Mutual on October 2, 2017, as its new...
Jun 4 2019 // The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has ruled that Amazon.com Inc. is not responsible under Maryland law for products liability claims due to a defective product purchased on its website from a...
Jun 3 2019 // The National Weather Service says a tornado touched down in Howard County, Maryland.The Baltimore Sun reported Friday that weather service meteorologists plan to survey the area to assess the damage. There were reports of...