All the headlines from our Maryland Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 15 2024 // A federal appeals court has declined to intervene in state regulatory proceedings in Maryland involving allegations of redlining by Erie Insurance, despite Erie’s complaints that the regulator has already shown bias...
Jul 12 2024 // CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A judge approved a $1 million settlement Tuesday in a wrongful death lawsuit that accused West Virginia state police troopers of using excessive force on a Maryland man who was walking along a...
Jul 10 2024 // Ford Pro is expanding the availability of its commercial auto coverage, Ford Pro Insure, to Maryland and Minnesota. Ford Pro is underwritten by Ford Credit’s insurance subsidiary and powered by Pie...
Jul 2 2024 // Insurance brokerage Relation Insurance Services reports it has acquired the assets of York Insurance Services, Inc. in Forest Hill, Maryland. The transaction went into effect on May 31, 2024. Terms of the transaction were...
Jun 27 2024 // Maryland Governor Wes Moore has appointed an interim commissioner at the helm of the Maryland Insurance Administration (MIA).Moore named Joy Y. Hatchette as interim insurance commissioner at MIA. The current commissioner,...
Jun 26 2024 // Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced the indictment of a former state employee in two separate cases involving theft and insurance fraud.Shanell Angelia West, of Essex, was allegedly involved in a theft...
Jun 20 2024 // A federal appeals court has declined to intervene in state regulatory proceedings in Maryland involving allegations of redlining by Erie Insurance, despite Erie’s complaints that the regulator has already shown bias...
Jun 11 2024 // Seventy-six days after it was blocked by the collapse of the Key Bridge, the major shipping channel through the Port of Baltimore has been cleared of debris and restored to allow commercial maritime transit.The U.S. Army...
Jun 7 2024 // State agencies in Maryland will be required to submit a plan to help address climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, under an executive order signed by Gov. Wes Moore on Tuesday.The plan calls for all state...
Jun 7 2024 // LIVONIA, Mich. (AP) — A tornado killed a 2-year-old boy and injured his mother Wednesday when a tree fell on their house in suburban Detroit, while emergency workers in Maryland were responding to reports of collapsed...
Jun 3 2024 // Maryland plans to rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge in just over four years at an estimated cost between $1.7 billion and $1.9 billion, a state transportation official said.The state plans to build a new span by fall of...
May 31 2024 // Lenox Advisors, Inc., an affiliate of NFP, an Aon company, reports it has acquired Martin/Wight & Co., a Maryland-based insurance and financial services firm that specializes in serving medical professionals.Founders...
May 31 2024 // Researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore are assessing the country’s bridges to determine the likelihood of another disaster like the one that collapsed the Francis Scott Key Bridge.The team includes...
May 23 2024 // Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed a bill into law last Thursday to create a new statewide center to help prevent gun violence.The governor described the center as the first of its kind since the White House urged states to...
May 20 2024 // Hiscox, headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda, named Leigh Hellrung as chief operating officer in the U.S.Hellrung brings over 20 years of industry experience to the role. Before joining Hiscox, Hellrung was head of workplace...
May 13 2024 // Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed two measures into law on Thursday that are aimed at better protecting personal data online from Big Tech, including a bill making Maryland the second state to try to create strong limits on...
May 6 2024 // Maryland plans to rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge in just over four years at an estimated cost between $1.7 billion and $1.9 billion, a state transportation official said Thursday.The state plans to build a new span...
May 6 2024 // Savage River Lodge and Little Crossings will pay $150,000 and furnish equitable relief to settle federal charges that they discriminated against an employee because of her pregnancy and then fired her.The Frostburg,...
Apr 23 2024 // An explosion razed a home in suburban Baltimore, officials said, sending one person to the hospital for injuries and requiring aid from dozens of firefighters to douse the flames.Baltimore County fire officials said they...
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