All the headlines from our Maryland Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 9 2018 // Two teenage boys have been charged with arson that destroyed a century-old home on Maryland’s Kent Island. The Office of the State Fire Marshal in Maryland reported that the two teens, age 14 and 15, pulled old...
Feb 9 2018 // The Maryland Joint Insurance Association left data about some of its customers exposed online, but there’s no evidence it was accessed improperly.The Baltimore Sun reported Wednesday that a California-based...
Feb 7 2018 // For the calendar year 2017, Maryland Insurance Commissioner Al Redmer Jr. authorized civil orders and criminal charges totaling $466,261 in fines, penalties and restitution to 77 citizens charged with committing insurance...
Feb 6 2018 // Trident Insurance Group Inc., based in Dunkirk, Md., has hired surety professional William Sohn to its organization.With more than 25 years of experience as an underwriter in the contract surety business, Sohn will...
Jan 9 2018 // A Maryland company has filed a lawsuit against companies tied to The Greenbrier resort in West Virginia for failure to pay for services and equipment claims.The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports Select Event Group Inc. filed...
Jan 5 2018 // A state of emergency was in effect on parts of Maryland’s Eastern Shore in response to a coastal winter storm.Gov. Larry Hogan issued the declaration late Wednesday night for the Lower Shore, including Somerset,...
Dec 28 2017 // Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company, a Towson, Md.-based workers’ compensation specialist, has hired Danielle Quinn as a pharmacist case manager.In this role, Quinn is responsible for managing the Pharmacy...
Dec 22 2017 // Frederick Mutual Insurance Company has appointed Shad Collins as senior vice president and chief information officer. Collins has relocated to the company’s headquarters in Frederick, Maryland, to take on his new...
Dec 20 2017 // Fire officials say a Maryland woman has been charged with setting a fire that destroyed her trailer home and injured her adult son.The Office of the State Fire Marshal says in a news release that fire marshals served a...
Dec 8 2017 // Risk Strategies Company, a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired Delmarva Surety in a move that extends its Mid-Atlantic footprint while adding specialized contract surety...
Dec 7 2017 // A house was flattened and others were damaged when a fire and explosion rocked the structure in a Baltimore suburb.Baltimore County fire officials say no one was hurt in the explosion. Investigators say the house in...
Dec 5 2017 // Hub International Limited (Hub), a global insurance brokerage, has acquired the assets of Contractor’s Services Inc. (CSI) and Surety Services LLC (SS). Terms of the acquisitions were not disclosed.Headquartered in...
Dec 4 2017 // A Maryland court is weighing whether to give workers sickened by asbestos exposure more time to sue their employers, a move that could open the door to new lawsuits.The Baltimore Sun reports Maryland law currently allows...
Nov 7 2017 // The Brethren Mutual Insurance Company has hired Bob Glass as its new director of underwriting.Glass brings more than 30 years of insurance experience in property and casualty underwriting, marketing and product development...
Oct 24 2017 // A fire at a large apartment building in suburban Maryland has displaced as many as 1,500 people. Fire officials said damage to the building was estimated at $1 million.The Washington Post reported that the Saturday morning...
Oct 3 2017 // Maryland is suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for failing to act on a petition requiring power plants in five upwind states to reduce pollution, the state’s attorney general and an official in Gov. Larry...
Sep 11 2017 // In Maryland, which historically has ducked many of the worst storms of the last 50 years, the question is increasingly not if, but when the next big one will strike. And while some believe the state has often been spared...
Sep 11 2017 // B.F. Saul Insurance, a Bethesda, Md.-based regional insurance brokerage and risk advisory firm, announced that Jason Jones has joined the firm as president.Jones will oversee an expansion of the company’s platform...
Sep 8 2017 // Membership of the independent insurance agents’ associations in Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania recently held elections for volunteer and leadership positions, with terms that began Sept. 1.Larry Wilson of S.T....
Aug 22 2017 // Some library workers in Maryland are learning how to administer an opioid overdose antidote.The Baltimore Sun reports that library systems in Harford, Carroll and Anne Arundel counties have begun offering training to staff...