Latest Maryland Headlines

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Maryland’s Chesapeake Employers Promotes 3 to Vice President

Nov 4 2015 // Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company, Maryland’s largest writer of workers’ compensation insurance, announced the following promotions:Carmine D’Alessandro was promoted to vice president of Legal...

Insurance Agents & Brokers in Penn. Announces Newly Elected Directors

Oct 29 2015 // The fall marks a new administrative year for Insurance Agents & Brokers Service Group in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, and its partnership of agents’ associations in Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania. The...

AssuredPartners Acquires Moscker Insurance Agency in Maryland

Oct 6 2015 // AssuredPartners Inc. announced that its subsidiary, AssuredPartners of New Jersey, has acquired Moscker Insurance Agency Inc. in Severna Park, Maryland. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Moscker Insurance Agency...

People – East

Oct 5 2015 // Specialty program manager Victor O. Schinnerer & Company Inc. promoted Brian Hanuschak to president. Hanuschak will be based in the firm’s Chevy Chase, Maryland, headquarters and report to Rob Byler, CEO of The...

Maryland Welcomes 7 New Insurers

Oct 5 2015 // The Maryland Insurance Administration (MIA) announced on Sept. 14 that seven new insurance companies have been approved to offer workers’ compensation and life insurance products in Maryland.“Our goal is to...

Former Maryland Commissioner Goldsmith Joins Law Firm Hogan Lovells

Sep 22 2015 // Law firm Hogan Lovells announced that former Maryland Insurance Commissioner Therese Goldsmith has joined firm’s Health practice and the Insurance Industry sector group as a partner in the Baltimore office.Goldsmith...

IA&B in Pennsylvania Announces Officers for 2015-16 Administrative Year

Sep 18 2015 // The fall marks a new administrative year for the Insurance Agents & Brokers Service Group (IA&B) in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, and its partnership of agents’ associations. The following directors have...

Maryland Insurance Administration Welcomes 7 New Insurers to Marketplace

Sep 14 2015 // The Maryland Insurance Administration (MIA) today announced seven new insurance companies are approved to offer workers’ compensation and life insurance products in Maryland.“Our goal is to increase options for...

Maryland’s Chesapeake Employers Promotes Johnson to Director

Aug 21 2015 // Tammy Johnson Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company, the largest writer of workers’ compensation insurance in Maryland, promoted Tammy Johnson to director of the Strategic Business Unit. In this position,...

Alliant Hires VanOrsdel as Employee Benefits Group VP in Maryland

Aug 18 2015 // Alliant Insurance Services, a specialty insurance brokerage based in Newport Beach, California, hired Reed VanOrsdel as vice president of Employee Benefits Group. VanOrsdel is based in Alliant’s Bethesda, Maryland,...

People – East

Aug 17 2015 // ACE Limited, which announced plans to acquire Chubb for $28 billion in July, has designated a post-merger leadership team for the North American insurance operations of the combined company.The North America leadership...

Union Insurance Group Acquires The McLaughlin Co. in Maryland

Aug 6 2015 // Union Insurance Group, a Chicago-based commercial insurance agency specializing in property/casualty and professional liability products for labor organizations, announced that it has acquired The McLaughlin Company, an...

Maryland’s Chesapeake Employers Announces New Chairman of Board

Aug 6 2015 // Charles Dankmeyer Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company, the largest writer of workers’ compensation insurance in Maryland, announced the appointment of Charles Dankmeyer as chairman of the Board after having...

NCCI Proposes Decrease for Workers’ Comp Loss Costs in Maryland

Aug 4 2015 // The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) recently delivered a workers’ compensation loss cost filing to the Maryland Insurance Administration.NCCI stated in its July 28 filing that based on its review of...

Maryland Bulletin Clarifies Commission Sharing

Aug 3 2015 // The Maryland Insurance Administration (MIA) recently issued a bulletin clarifying that an insurer or its appointed producer would be permitted to offer, in exchange for a referral of an insurance applicant, a referral fee...

Maryland Issues Clarification on Commission Sharing for Producers

Jul 22 2015 // The Maryland Insurance Administration (MIA) recently issued a bulletin explaining that, in exchange for a referral of an insurance applicant, an insurer or its appointed producer may provide a referral fee, commission...

Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund Launches Rebranding Campaign

Jul 20 2015 // The Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund, a state-created entity that provides auto insurance to motorists who can’t get private-market coverage, announced a new advertising campaign, a rebrand and its headquarters...

Maryland Appeals FEMA Denial of Millions in Riot Disaster Aid

Jul 20 2015 // Maryland is appealing the federal government’s denial of disaster aid to help the state and Baltimore recover millions of dollars in riot-related costs.The Federal Emergency Management Agency denied Maryland’s...

Maryland to Appeal FEMA Denial of Millions in Riot Disaster Aid

Jul 8 2015 // The state of Maryland says it will appeal the federal government’s denial of disaster aid to help the state and Baltimore city recover millions of dollars in riot-related costs. A spokesman for Republican Gov. Larry...

All Risks in Maryland Hires Korn as Brokerage Underwriter

Jun 29 2015 // Independent insurance wholesaler All Risks Ltd. hired Stu Korn as brokerage underwriter in the Non-Standard Homeowners unit. In this role, Korn will be responsible for cultivating and growing personal lines business,...