All the headlines from our Maryland Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 12 2004 // Delaware’s insurance commissioner moved a step closer to dissolving the existing affiliation between CareFirst and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware.Commissioner Donna Lee Williams presided over a hearing to...
Mar 8 2004 // Last fall at a University of Virginia Law School forum on tort reform, some of the nation’s top tort experts agreed there were no easy answers on how to solve the nation’s longstanding love-hate relationship...
Mar 8 2004 // Fueled by the complaints from victims of Hurricane Isabel, Maryland insurance officials have issued a report calling for changes in the way the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is administered and sold.“We...
Mar 2 2004 // On Tuesday, the American Insurance Association (AIA) testified before the Maryland Senate Finance Committee in support of critical workers’ compensation legislation that would reportedly enable Maryland – like...
Feb 20 2004 // The Injured Workers Insurance Fund (IWIF), Maryland’s largest workers’ compensation writer, noted that Terry Hedges of Baldwin, Md. was found guilty of insurance fraud against IWIF and was sentenced to one year...
Feb 17 2004 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America has issued a bulletin noting that a recent report, issued by the Maryland Insurance Administration (MIA) on the use of credit-based insurance scoring, found no basis...
Feb 9 2004 // Leaders from MedChi, Maryland’s state medical society, Gov. Ehrlich and other elected officials, joined AMA President Donald J. Palmisano, as he spoke to thousands of Maryland physicians in front of the state capitol...
Jan 26 2004 // The Property and Casualty Insurers Association of America and two of its member companies are scheduled to testify at Tuesday’s legislative briefing in Maryland on insurance aspects related to Hurricane Isabel.PCI...
Jan 22 2004 // The American Medical Association called for medical liability reform to stem the tide of Maryland’s growing medical liability crisis at a rally held in front of the State Capitol in Annapolis yesterday.Joining...
Nov 24 2003 // The Injured Workers’ Insurance Fund (IWIF) announced the creation of a new division, Lighthouse Risk Solutions. The risk management division will focus on the growing risk management needs of medium to large...
Nov 21 2003 // Maryland Insurance Commissioner Alfred Redmer, Jr., is encouraging Maryland agents to take advantage of the free two-hour workshops being offered by the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) on Nov. 24-25.The workshops...
Sep 8 2003 // Six months ago Insurance Journal presciently asked whether a consensus model credit-insurance scoring bill devised by the National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) with the cooperation of producers, carriers and...
Sep 8 2003 // Six months ago it was uncertain whether a consensus model credit-based insurance scoring bill devised by the National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) with the cooperation of producers, carriers and consumer...
Aug 11 2003 // Alliant Resources Group, Inc. (Alliant) has acquired Maryland-based Franey, Parr & Muha, Inc. (FPM) and Colonial Healthcare, Inc. (CHC).Headquartered in Lanham, Md., with offices in Chantilly, Va., FPM was founded in...
Aug 7 2003 // A proposed steep increase in malpractice insurance rates affecting most Maryland physicians quickly will cause some medical practices to limit their ability to provide care, according to MedChi, The Maryland State Medical...
Jul 24 2003 // Calvin Gregory, aka Calvin Green, was sentenced to one year in jail with all but 86 days suspended and one year probation for attempted insurance fraud against IWIF, Maryland’s largest workers’ compensation...
Jul 22 2003 // Patrick O’Brien has joined the Capitol Hill office staff of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (IIABA) as the new lobbyist/grassroots coordinator. O’Brien has spent the past four years...
Jul 3 2003 // Maryland’s recently appointed Insurance Commissioner, Al Redmer, won praise from both the Alliance of American Insurers and the American Insurance Association for his recent action in rescinding a previous order,...
May 30 2003 // The Philadelphia-based law firm, Saul Ewing LLP, announced that Maryland’s soon to be former Insurance Commissioner, Steven B. Larsen, will join its Baltimore office as a partner in its Insurance practice...
May 30 2003 // Maryland-based Injured Workers’ Insurance Fund (IWIF) is hosting free policyholder seminars around the state from June through November. The half-day seminars feature a multi-media format that focuses on safe working...