All the headlines from our Maryland Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 14 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at QBE Re in the U.S., specialist broker MNK Re Group and MGA CFC Underwriting.A summary of these new hires follows here. QBE Re Names Barber Head of U.S....
Apr 12 2022 // Maryland lawmakers enter the last day of their legislative session on Monday with most high-profile measures already passed into law, including tax relief, a paid family leave program and an extensive measure aimed at...
Apr 8 2022 // Global insurance broker Hub International has acquired the assets of Marketing Management Associates, Inc. of Landover, Maryland.Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Marketing Management Associates is a commercial...
Apr 7 2022 // Maryland lawmakers passed a measure last week to create a paid family leave program, sending the legislation to Gov. Larry Hogan.The bill, approved by supermajority votes by Democrats who control the legislature, would...
Apr 7 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Willis Towers Watson (WTW), Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK), and HDI Global.A summary of these new hires follows here. WTW Names Aon’s Day as Head of...
Apr 4 2022 // Maryland lawmakers voted Friday to let voters decide whether to legalize recreational marijuana in November.The Maryland House voted 94-39 for a constitutional amendment already approved by the Senate. The House also voted...
Mar 17 2022 // Ensurise announced that Hershberger Insurance Agency has joined its agency network. Hershberger Insurance Agency will continue to operate from its Grantsville, Maryland location. Currently under the leadership of Frank J....
Mar 9 2022 // SILVER SPRING, Md. — An explosion and fire that destroyed a Maryland apartment building last week was accidental and caused by a maintenance worker who cut a gas line instead of a waste pipe, an official said...
Mar 9 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Willis Towers Watson, Optio Group and MS Amlin.A summary of these new hires follows here. WTW Hires MS Amlin’s Singh for Climate Analytics, Exposure...
Mar 4 2022 // Maryland lawmakers highlighted a package of measures Wednesday to tighten cybersecurity in the state.Maryland House Speaker Adrienne Jones noted that Baltimore County was one of about 50 school systems across the nation...
Feb 25 2022 // A Montana jury has awarded $36.5 million in damages to an Oregon man who suffers from lung disease because of exposure to asbestos while working at a vermiculite mine in Libby, a bellwether case that could affect hundreds...
Feb 11 2022 // World Insurance Associates said it acquired Allied Partners Insurance Inc. of Gaithersburg, Maryland on February 1, 2022. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Allied Partners Insurance, Inc. was established in...
Feb 7 2022 // A federal judge in Baltimore on Thursday dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit against Uber Technologies Inc. filed by the family of a rideshare driver who was killed by a passenger in 2019.U.S. District Judge Catherine Blake...
Feb 1 2022 // A Maryland coalition of insurance interests and trucking firms is hoping a House bill will put the brakes on towing companies that haul away big trucks after accidents and charge exorbitant fees.“It is not...
Jan 18 2022 // The disruption of Maryland’s reporting of COVID-19 data last month was caused by a ransomware attack, state officials said Wednesday.Chip Stewart, the state’s chief information security officer, said the state...
Jan 13 2022 // Maryland lawmakers are convening Wednesday for their 90-day legislative session.They will spend much of the session working on how to manage a huge, $4.6 billion budget surplus. That’s because of unexpectedly large...
Jan 7 2022 // Hub International, an insurance brokerage firm, announced it has acquired Maryland-based Raffa Financial Services, an insurance and benefits brokerage and consulting firm. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Raffa,...
Jan 3 2022 // Maryland officials resumed reporting coronavirus deaths Tuesday after a more than three week interruption amid an apparent cyberattack, adding more than 400 deaths to the state’s tally.At least 415 Marylanders died...
Dec 28 2021 // A seven-year-old boy who was critically injured in an apartment fire in a Baltimore neighborhood has died, authorities said Sunday.The Baltimore County Fire Department said in a news release that Clinton Chimobi Ezeamaka...
Dec 20 2021 // Two former Maryland football players have each reached $200,000 settlements in lawsuits accusing former coach DJ Durkin of running a program that subjected athletes to an abusive environment.The Maryland Attorney...