All the headlines from our Maryland Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 1 2006 // Appointed agents of Montgomery Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, can now get faster and more precise quotes with the implementation this month of the Commercial IQ SmartRisk underwriting and pricing system for...
Aug 21 2006 // The problem of providing workers’ compensation insurance for jockeys and backstretch workers, such as grooms and exercise riders, in the horse racing industry is a complicated one. Only four states —...
Aug 21 2006 // The problem of providing workers’ compensation insurance for jockeys and backstretch workers, such as grooms and exercise riders, in the horse racing industry is a complicated one. Only four states —...
Aug 21 2006 // The problem of providing workers’ compensation insurance for jockeys and backstretch workers, such as grooms and exercise riders, in the horse racing industry is a complicated one. Only four states —...
Aug 17 2006 // The last of five people accused of setting fire to more than two dozen homes under construction in a Charles County, Maryland subdivision pleaded guilty Friday in U.S. District Court.Roy McCann, 23, of Waldorf, pleaded...
Aug 6 2006 // With Maryland’s groundbreaking Wal-Mart health care bill declared invalid by a federal judge, state officials are re-examining their options for providing medical care to many of the almost 800,000 people who have no...
Aug 3 2006 // Fewer Maryland children were found to have elevated blood lead levels, although six counties had small increases, according a recently released state study.Of the 99,148 children tested last year, 1.3 percent had elevated...
Jul 24 2006 // Government attempts to deter terrorism can backfire and promote invigorated reprisals and a cycle of violence, according to a new study by University of Maryland researchers.The study is based on a review of what the...
Jul 24 2006 // Maryland tends to alcohol trainingGroups offering state-mandated alcohol-awareness training to bartenders and liquor-store workers would have to provide at least three hours of instruction and give a state-approved test...
Jul 20 2006 // A first-of-its-kind state law that would have required Wal-Mart to spend more on employee health care in Maryland is invalid under federal law, a judge ruled Wednesday.The state law would have required non-governmental...
Jul 7 2006 // Government attempts to deter terrorism can backfire and promote invigorated reprisals and a cycle of violence, according to a new study by University of Maryland researchers.The study is based on a review of what the...
Jul 3 2006 // Wal-Mart and other retailers challenged Maryland’s new law requiring Wal-Mart to spend more on employee health care, arguing before a Baltimore judge recently that only the federal government may dictate health...
Jul 3 2006 // Wal-Mart and other retailers challenged Maryland’s new law requiring Wal-Mart to spend more on employee health care, arguing before a Baltimore judge recently that only the federal government may dictate health...
Jun 29 2006 // The deluge of rain that caused flooding in the nation’s capital and elsewhere in the East forced the evacuation of more than 2,200 people near a rising lake on Wednesday and washed out part of a four-lane highway. At...
Jun 28 2006 // In Washington, D.C., a city that always seems to be in a hurry, this week’s soggy weather forced almost everyone to slow down.Water and mudslides blocked highways. Commuter rail lines sputtered. Some federal office...
Jun 27 2006 // Maryland Attorney General J. Joseph Curran, Jr. reported the filing of felony insurance fraud and felony theft charges against Joseph J. Muehleison, an insurance agent and former president of Commercial Lines Corporation...
Jun 25 2006 // Wal-Mart and other retailers challenged Maryland’s new law requiring Wal-Mart to spend more on employee health care, arguing before a Baltimore judge last week that only the federal government may dictate health...
Jun 19 2006 // Maryland, seeking to address the higher costs of insurance for urban drivers, recently passed legislation to require insurers to regularly review their rating territories and streamline the process for protesting rates.But...
Jun 6 2006 // One of the men accused of setting a series of fires at an upscale housing development under construction in the Washington suburbs two years ago has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit arson.Michael McIntosh Everhart,...
May 24 2006 // Workers’ compensation costs per claim in Maryland grew very rapidly in the most recent year studied, according to a new study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). A major factor driving these costs...