All the headlines from our Maryland Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 15 2017 // A former Episcopal bishop who struck and killed a cyclist in Baltimore, Md., while driving drunk will remain in prison after the Maryland Parole Commission rejected her plea for early release.Heather Cook, once the...
May 4 2017 // Hub International Limited (Hub), a global insurance brokerage, has acquired Rossmann-Hurt-Hoffman Inc. (RHH). Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.Based in Ellicott City, Md., RHH is a multi-lines insurance...
Apr 26 2017 // Firefighters were still dousing hot spots Tuesday after a massive fire at a seven-story apartment building under construction near the University of Maryland.News outlets reported that firefighters were working to keep the...
Apr 20 2017 // Maryland Insurance Commissioner Al Redmer, Jr. has announced that more than 1,700 Marylanders have been affected by the Penn Treaty liquidation that occurred in Pennsylvania. However, the Maryland guaranty association...
Apr 19 2017 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) announced that its Executive Committee recently selected Maryland Insurance Commissioner, Al Redmer, Jr., as a board member for its non-profit affiliate, the...
Apr 7 2017 // Transportation officials in Maryland plan to move flammable materials stored under bridges after a raging fire caused part of a busy interstate to collapse in downtown Atlanta. The Maryland Department of Transportation...
Apr 6 2017 // Texas-based full service independent managing general agency and surplus lines broker, MD Jensvold & Co. Inc., has opened a location Shreveport, Louisiana, and added three new members to its team.John Hellyer joins...
Mar 31 2017 // Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company, a Towson, Md.-based writer of workers’ compensation insurance, has reappointed Leonard Schuler Jr. as a member to the board of directors for a term of four years,...
Mar 22 2017 // Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company, a Towson, Md.-based provider of workers’ compensation insurance, has promoted Joan Adelman to vice president of legal services. In her new role, Adelman is responsible...
Mar 6 2017 // Henderson Brothers Inc., a Pittsburgh, Pa.-based independent broker, has hired Jeremy Taggart as a financial analyst in the employee benefits department.In his new role, Taggart will use his three years of industry...
Feb 9 2017 // Maryland Insurance Commissioner Al Redmer, Jr. has appointed Victoria August as Associate Commissioner for Hearings, in which she will have management responsibility for all quasi-judicial hearings, including appeals of...
Feb 8 2017 // First Lady Melania Trump is suing a British newspaper, saying a defamatory article it later retracted deprived her of the chance to launch a lucrative brand of clothing, shoes, jewelry and perfume.The $150 million suit...
Jan 24 2017 // Fire officials have shuttered a long-running rehearsal space for musicians in West Baltimore, Md. The Baltimore Sun reports that Studio 14 was shut down Thursday due to safety violations and operating without a...
Jan 19 2017 // Maryland state’s Motor Vehicle Administration is advocating legislation that would transfer regulatory power of self-driving cars to the agency and the state police, saying the change may improve safety on Maryland...
Jan 10 2017 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., an international insurance brokerage and risk management services firm headquartered in Itasca, Ill., has announced the acquisition of Construction Risk Solutions LLC (CRS) in Hunt Valley,...
Jan 4 2017 // With cyber attacks at an all-time high, PSA Insurance & Financial Services (PSA), a Baltimore, Md., headquartered independent firm specializing in risk management, personal insurance and employee benefits, has added an...
Jan 3 2017 // The Andrew Agency, a Richmond, Va., headquartered insurance broker, has acquired Wallace & Wallace, a Cabin John, Md., based provider of commercial and personal lines property and casualty insurance for high net worth...
Dec 30 2016 // Maryland-based Kite Technology Group and Wisconsin-based AIS Technology are merging their operations effective Jan. 2, 2017. The merged company will operate under the name Kite Technology Group.Nick Oliver, owner and...
Dec 27 2016 // Uber and Lyft drivers in Maryland won’t have to submit their fingerprints for background checks after the ride-hailing companies complained about the proposal. The Maryland Public Service Commission announced...
Dec 22 2016 // The R Street Institute, a nonprofit public policy research organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., has found that Vermont has the best insurance regulatory environment in the U.S. for the third straight year in its...