All the headlines from our Maryland Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 24 2001 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) reported that legislation allowing undisputed workers’ compensation claims to be handled out-of-state was signed recently by Governor Parris Glendening (D). SB 592, which was...
Mar 29 2001 // Legislation allowing undisputed workers’ comp claims to be handled out of state was passed earlier this week by the Maryland House of Delegates. HB 1223, which would abolish an outdated rule requiring workers’...
Jan 22 2001 // Progressive Corp. will make its homeowners insurance product available to be sold exclusively by independent agents in Maryland effective today. Initially, the product is being offered exclusively through independent...
Dec 11 2000 // Cole County Circuit Judge Thomas J. Brown issued an order setting rules on how to distribute $1.2 billion in proceeds from the sale of General American Mutual Holding Co.’s (GAMHC) assets to MetLife.As a mutual...
Sep 25 2000 // Hilb, Rogal and Hamilton Co. announced the signing of a definitive agreement to purchase all of the outstanding stock of Insurance One, Inc., a full-service insurance agency in Rockville, Maryland. The transaction is...
Aug 4 2000 // Farmers Insurance Group will close an insurance call center in Timonium, Maryland by the end of this year, a company official said. The move, done for financial reasons according to Carol Siegfried, Farmers’...
Jul 26 2000 // Maryland Insurance Commissioner Steven B. Larsen and Allstate Insurance Company, one of the state’s top-selling insurers, reached an agreement in which Allstate will modify its “Do I Need An Attorney?”...
Jul 20 2000 // Maryland Insurance Commissioner Steven B. Larsen has named Wendy J. Taparanskas, Ph.D., Associate Commissioner for Life and Health. Dr. Taparanskas will replace Donna B. Imhoff who left the agency in June. Dr. Taparanskas...
May 22 2000 // Maryland Gov. Parris Glendening signed legislation last week removing form filing requirements for commercial insurers and sophisticated clients. Senate Bill 598 exempts some large commercial policyholders from obtaining...
Apr 28 2000 // Citing numerous violations in a wide range of categories, the Maryland Insurance Administration entered into consent agreements with four of Maryland’s major health plans and a private review agent that total more...