All the headlines from our Maryland Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 23 2007 // The families of three former Bethlehem Steel workers were awarded $3.97 million in a Maryland asbestos case the plaintiffs’ attorney said was the first of hundreds such cases.The plaintiffs had sued General Electric...
Jul 11 2007 // Federal mining regulators cited a western Maryland coal operator Monday for failing to ensure the safety of two workers who died when the side of an open-pit mine collapsed in April, burying the men beneath 93,000 tons of...
Jun 29 2007 // A former insurance agent and former owner of the Culpepper Insurance Agency in Baltimore has pleaded guilty in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County to felony insurance fraud, according to Maryland Attorney General...
Jun 13 2007 // Just having them pass you can be scary — groups of high-speed motorcyclists darting through traffic at speeds that make even lead-foot drivers wince.Called “bullet bikes” and “crotch rockets,”...
Jun 5 2007 // Aggressive driving is on the rise in the Washington area as motorists grapple with longer commutes, worsening road congestion and busier lives, law enforcement officials say.Three recent altercations on Maryland highways...
Jun 5 2007 // Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler reports that Natalie L. Mack, a former insurance claims adjustor with CompManagement, Inc., pled guilty in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City to stealing approximately...
Jun 4 2007 // Maryland became only the second state to make staging a car accident to steal insurance money a specific crime when Gov. Martin O’Malley signed a bill into law recently.According to the Coalition Against Insurance...
May 30 2007 // The Iroquois Group reported that Erin M. Marshall has joined Iroquois as a regional manager to serve member agents in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. Marshall has almost 20 years experience in property and...
May 25 2007 // What researchers say is the world’s largest unclassified database of terrorism attacks is now available online for general use by researchers, policy-makers, media and the general public.The Global Terrorism Database...
May 22 2007 // Maryland became only the second state to make staging an car accident to steal insurance money a specific crime when Gov. Martin O’Malley signed a bill into law last week.According to the Coalition Against Insurance...
Apr 26 2007 // The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration has launched a formal investigation into last week’s accident in a Maryland open pit coal mine that killed two men.“We evaluate all aspects of the mine...
Apr 24 2007 // Baltimore area residents, worried about speeding and other dangerous driving in their neighborhoods, have started to demand so-called “traffic calming” programs such as speed bumps and traffic circles.Steve...
Apr 23 2007 // Maryland agents get notice reliefMaryland insurance agents are applauding the General Assembly for relieving them of liability in the delivery of notices about flood and homeowners insurance. The Senate and House of...
Apr 23 2007 // Doug Eden has joined Main Street America Group as senior vice president, field operations. Eden will be a member of the company’s senior management team based at its corporate headquarters in Jacksonville, Fla., and...
Apr 5 2007 // The board of directors of IWIF Workers’ Compensation Insurance has appointed of Thomas Phelan, CPA, to the position of president and chief executive officer. Phelan previously served as IWIF’s executive vice...
Apr 4 2007 // Maryland insurance agents are applauding the General Assembly for relieving them of liability in the delivery of notices about flood and homeowners insurance.The Senate and House of Delegates unanimously passed companion...
Mar 28 2007 // The Public Employees Insurance Agency in West Virginia has denied two protests of its decision to award a multimillion-dollar management contract to a Maryland company.Humana Inc. and Highmark Health Insurance Co. filed...
Mar 23 2007 // West Virginia’s selection of a Maryland company to manage a new health insurance program for retired public workers is being challenged by two other companies that sought the work.The Public Employees Insurance...
Mar 22 2007 // Maryland has decided not to require home insurers to cover all areas of the state, even coastal areas.The state Senate was considering a bill to require the insurance after state’s second-largest home insurer —...
Mar 19 2007 // Brett Lininger, formerly director of government relations for the Maryland Insurance Administration, has left that state agency to form his own government relations firm called Lininger & Associates. His office is...