All the headlines from our Maryland Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 24 2013 // On Oct. 1, IWIF, Maryland’s largest provider of workers’ compensation insurance, will launch a new name and corporate structure as a private, not-for-profit company.As a result of legislation passed by the...
Sep 9 2013 // A new study from the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) says the average price paid for physician-dispensed Vicodin — a commonly dispensed narcotic pain medication in Pennsylvania and Maryland — was...
Sep 9 2013 // The Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund (MAIF) — the auto insurance market of last resort in Maryland — last month withdrew its proposal to gain “sole and exclusive property” rights to all MAIF policies.The...
Aug 21 2013 // The Maryland Insurance Administration issued a bulletin this week summarizing new insurance legislation from the Maryland General Assembly’s 2013 session that have been signed into law by Gov. Martin O’Malley....
Aug 19 2013 // The Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund (MAIF) — the auto insurance market of last resort in Maryland — last week withdrew its proposal to gain “sole and exclusive property” rights to all MAIF...
Aug 6 2013 // On July 9, 2013, Maryland’s highest appellate court, the Court of Appeals, declined to abandon the longstanding common law doctrine of contributory negligence, which is a complete bar to recovery for any plaintiff...
Aug 5 2013 // The Maryland Insurance Administration issued on July 23 its first administrative orders under newly granted authority to pursue civil cases of insurance fraud. The authority took effect last October following passage of...
Jul 29 2013 // Maryland’s highest court says bars can’t be held responsible for accidents their patrons cause after they leave.The Court of Appeals ruled on July 25 in the case of a 2008 drunken driving crash in Montgomery...
Jul 24 2013 // The Maryland Insurance Administration on Tuesday issued its first administrative orders under newly granted authority to pursue civil cases of insurance fraud.The authority took effect last October following passage of...
Jul 23 2013 // Insurance Agents & Brokers (IA&B) — a partnership of three agents’ associations serving Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware — said its latest survey shows its members’ overall satisfaction...
Jul 11 2013 // An asbestos company is not liable for an illness suffered by a woman who became exposed to the hazardous material while doing her grandfather’s laundry in the 1960s, Maryland’s highest court ruled Monday.The...
Jul 11 2013 // Maryland’s highest court on Tuesday upheld a law that says people cannot recover damages from an injury in a negligence case if they are found to be partly at fault.In a 5-2 ruling, the Court of Appeals declined to...
Jun 17 2013 // Southport Lane, Imperial Fire & CasualtySouthport Lane, a New York City-based private equity firm, has completed its acquisition of Louisiana-based Imperial Management Corp., along with its largest subsidiary,...
Jun 13 2013 // Injury lawyers in Maryland now have what may be the legal profession’s equivalent of a rap sheet.Byron B. Warnken has created a website that collects data from the state’s circuit courts and compiles it into...
May 29 2013 // Willis of Maryland, a unit of Willis Group Holdings plc, acquired accounts and certain personnel formerly associated with T.E. Burke & Associates Inc., an employee benefits insurance broker based in Rockville,...
May 20 2013 // Maryland has enacted a new law requiring insurers that write homeowners policies in the state with anti-concurrent causation clauses to explain these clauses to their policyholders on an annual basis.Maryland Gov. Martin...
May 6 2013 // Maryland has enacted a new law requiring insurers that write homeowners policies in the state with anti-concurrent causation clauses to explain these clauses to their policyholders on an annual basis.Maryland Gov. Martin...
May 3 2013 // More Maryland homeowners will avoid a costly trap by predatory contractors thanks to a new law, the Washington, D.C.-based Coalition Against Insurance Fraud said.Maryland Senate Bill 736 was signed into law by Gov. Martin...
May 1 2013 // The Maryland Insurance Administration on Tuesday issued a consumer advisory explaining the basics of umbrella insurance and how consumers may benefit from the coverage.Maryland regulators explained in its advisory that an...
Apr 26 2013 // Maryland’s General Assembly has passed a bill this month that would allow the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund (MAIF) to offer installment payment option for policyholders.MAIF, the insurer of last resort, was...