Regional news: 
Maryland
The Society of Financial Service Professionals (SFSP) of Baltimore will hold its Annual Recognition Dinner Nov. 2 at the Baltimore Country Club, based in Baltimore, Md.
Coventry, pharmacies align on new Medicare drug plan alternative
A Maryland-based national health insurer is partnering with several big retail pharmacies to offer new Medicare prescription drug plan called First Health Value Plus.
A Utah man, the former president of an insurance agency, was ordered to pay up to $1 million in fines and penalties for insurance fraud.
Mid-Atlantic states among 28 getting more federal health reform money
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) granted a second round of awards totaling $109 million to 28 states and Washington, D.C., to further implement federal health reform.
‘Modest’ investment gains can’t offset P-C sector’s first-half losses
Net income for the U.S. property-casualty insurance sector fell 67% in the first half, sagging under the weight of catastrophic losses.
The Captive Insurance Council of the District of Columbia (CIC-DC) 10th annual conference, featuring a variety of sessions, including a look at how the health reform law will affect professional liability coverage, is scheduled for Oct. 24-25 at the Madison in Washington, D.C.
Harleysville Insurance and Nationwide merging operations
Pennsylvania-based Harleysville Mutual Insurance Co. and Harleysville Group are merging with Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.
Raymond James & Associates and Raymond James Financial Services agreed to pay restitution of $1.69 million after the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority found it charged unfair and unreasonable commissions.
R. Steven Orr joined IWIF Workers’ Compensation Insurance as senior vice president of information systems, after serving for nine months as a consultant to the Towson, Md.-based workers’ compensation insurer.
The Annapolis, Md.-based Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative announced it will join a national coalition of health groups with the mission to enroll uninsured people under the federal health care reform in 2014.
Obama to force insurers to give out birth control when employers won’t
Group representing 119 in Congress calls individual mandate illegal
Insurer fined for charging unapproved rates on students’ policies
Brokerage firm pays $3.3M for bad-mouthing insurance broker
Employee benefit offerings only as good as the discussion about them
Sponsors of 401(k)s adding features to boost participants’ investment
Mercury Insurance seeks agents, unveils new commercial auto product
Most, least expensive 2012 car models to insure announced
Two insurance agents allegedly stole $422,000 from family brokerage
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