All the headlines from our Maryland Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 18 2015 // Tropical Storm Bill wrung out almost 12 inches of rain over parts of eastern Texas, was downgraded to a depression and then handed off from the National Hurricane Center to the Weather Prediction Center.That doesn’t...
Jun 12 2015 // AEGIS London has named David Croom-Johnson as its new managing director. The firm has also announced a series of promotions within its senior management team.Croom-Johnson, Syndicate 1225’s active underwriter since...
Jun 11 2015 // Maryland Insurance Commissioner Al Redmer, Jr., announced the appointment of Lynn Dickerson as the Maryland Insurance Administration’s (MIA) new associate commissioner, Property and Casualty.Dickerson brings years of...
Jun 11 2015 // AssuredPartners Inc. announced its acquisition of WorkforceTactix Inc., an independent employee benefits and HR professional services consulting firm with offices in Sparks and Salisbury, Maryland. Terms of the transaction...
Jun 3 2015 // Alliant Insurance Services, a specialty insurance brokerage based in Newport Beach, California, hired David C. Moylan for its Construction Services Group as managing director of International Surety. In his new role,...
May 21 2015 // NFP, a New York City-based provider of employee benefits, property/casualty insurance, retirement and wealth management services, announced it has acquired Horenberg Insurance Services Inc., an independent agency in...
May 18 2015 // Some 140 vehicle fires, more than a dozen structural fires and nearly 200 arrests were reported in the wake of Baltimore riots that shook the city in late April. And more than 200 businesses were damaged during the riots,...
May 13 2015 // The Brethren Mutual Insurance Company in Hagerstown, Maryland, announced the following new hires and promotions.Jeff Borkowski joined Brethren Mutual as vice president of underwriting and marketing. He oversees the...
May 11 2015 // The Maryland Insurance Administration (MIA) issued a data call for property/casualty insurers, the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund (MAIF), the Joint Insurance Association (JIA), and surplus lines brokers in the state to...
May 6 2015 // Some 140 vehicle fires, more than a dozen structural fires and nearly 200 arrests were reported in wake of the Baltimore riots that shook the city last week. And more than 200 businesses were damaged during the riots,...
May 4 2015 // The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed a lawsuit against the Maryland Insurance Administration (MIA), alleging that Maryland’s insurance regulatory agency paid its women investigators and...
May 1 2015 // Richard Sung Kang’s American dream came crashing down in a shower of broken glass.His West Baltimore liquor store and bar, the Oxford Tavern, was hit by looters during a riot over the police-involved death of...
Apr 23 2015 // Matthew Kletzli Specialty underwriting manager Victor O. Schinnerer & Company hired Matthew Kletzli as senior vice president and Management Liability Practice leader. Kletzli will be based in the firm’s Chevy...
Apr 20 2015 // The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed a lawsuit against the Maryland Insurance Administration (MIA), alleging that Maryland’s insurance regulatory agency paid its women investigators and...
Apr 16 2015 // An eleventh-hour bill in Maryland addressing the regulation of rideshare companies like Uber and Lyft is being hailed by stakeholders on both sides of the meter.In the waning hours of the Maryland legislative session on...
Apr 14 2015 // Texas doesn’t have the worst score in a recent ranking of state building code systems but it’s pretty close to the bottom, according to a national organization committed to improving the ability of properties...
Apr 10 2015 // Authorities announced that a Hagerstown, Maryland, woman pleaded guilty in the Circuit Court for Washington County to one count of felony insurance fraud having a value of $300 or more.Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh...
Apr 6 2015 // The Maryland Insurance Administration (MIA) said “crash and buy” auto insurance schemes are a growing trend in the state. When an uninsured driver crashes, buys insurance, then claims the accident happened...
Apr 3 2015 // Maryland State Police are cracking down on distracted driving this month.During April, the agency says that troopers from all 22 barracks statewide will conduct additional patrols to identify distracted drivers. They say...
Mar 31 2015 // Maryland misallocated $28.4 million in federal money for its flawed health care exchange and should pay the money back, according to a federal audit released on March 27.The audit marked the first time the inspector...