All the headlines from our Maryland Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 16 2005 // A Frederick County woman is suing the maker of Vioxx, claiming the pain reliever that was later taken off the market caused her husband’s death.The suit seeks $10 million in compensatory damages and $20 million in...
May 9 2005 // Maryland doctors may not see any medical malpractice insurance rate relief for several months, even though the General Assembly approved an emergency remedy more than four months ago.A series of delays has prompted...
May 5 2005 // Resisting efforts to impose new regulatory mandates, the Maryland legislature’s enactment of seven bills to enhance the state’s teen driver graduated licensing statutes and provide stricter provisions for...
May 5 2005 // Maryland Attorney General J. Joseph Curran, Jr. announced that Darryl R. Hardy of Forest View Place in Montgomery County has been arrested after being charged with several counts of felony insurance fraud and felony...
Apr 13 2005 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) on Wednesday commended the Maryland legislature for passing of a host of bills targeting teen driver safety.The bills include HB 393, which bars novice teen drivers from carrying...
Apr 8 2005 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners has formed a working group to examine issues with the National Flood Insurance Program in light of Hurricane Isabel complaints and experiences with other recent storms by...
Apr 6 2005 // Even after investment income is considered, underwriting private passenger automobile insurance in Delaware has been unprofitable for the past five years, according to a study done by the Property Casualty Insurers...
Apr 5 2005 // A measure correcting some flaws in last year’s medical malpractice reform legislation in Maryland, the subject of an emergency legislative session, has been allowed to go into effect by Gov. Robert Ehrlich. The...
Apr 4 2005 // Having decided last year to end its support after four years and $30 million, The St. Paul Travelers Cos. has now agreed to funnel funds one last time into a Maryland insurer it helped start as a model to serve urban...
Mar 25 2005 // The Maryland House of Delegates this week passed a bill to enable doctors to get refunds on their malpractice insurance premiums.The action corrects the medical malpractice reform law approved in a special session last...
Mar 22 2005 // The House of Delegates gave its preliminary approval this week to a package of bills that tightens rules governing young drivers, in an attempt to cut down the number of grisly teen crashes.“This is not a silver...
Mar 22 2005 // GE Insurance Solutions recently launched an insurance program for innkeepers with its newest program partner, NAIS, Inc.The comprehensive policy covers the inn, the owner, and the guest. The program is active in 48 states...
Mar 22 2005 // Having decided last year to end its support after four years and $30 million, The St. Paul Travelers Cos. has now agreed to funnel funds one last time into a Maryland insurer it helped start as a model to serve urban...
Mar 21 2005 // New York is one of the worst; New Jersey is also poor; Virginia remains among the best; Massachusetts and Maryland are looking better and better; Connecticut is holding steady, while Pennsylvania has some catching up to...
Mar 8 2005 // Maryland Insurance Commissioner Alfred W. Redmer, Jr. today welcomed to Maryland Western General Insurance Company, a California-domiciled, property and casualty insurer, to the state. Western General will market...
Feb 25 2005 // A consultant hired by the Ehrlich administration estimates Gov. Robert Ehrlich’s new medical malpractice insurance bill would save doctors about six times as much money as the bill that was enacted over his veto by...
Feb 23 2005 // CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield has announced that it will absorb the 2 percent premium tax passed by the Maryland legislature in January to help pay for medical malpractice insurance assistance rather than pass along the...
Feb 10 2005 // Baltimore Mayor Martin O’Malley on Tuesday accused Gov. Robert Ehrlich administration of spreading false rumors that he had an extramarital affair.Hours later, Ehrlich fired a longtime employee. The mayor, a Democrat...
Feb 10 2005 // Maryland Insurance Administration Commissioner Alfred W. Redmer, Jr. announced today the formation of a task force to study and review auto insurance rates in urban areas of Maryland.“As a former legislator who...
Jan 27 2005 // As some had predicted, health insurers in Maryland plan to raise their rates to cover a newly enacted two percent tax on HMO premiums.The tax was a focal point of a bitter battle between Gov. Robert Ehrlich and state...