Regional news: 
Maryland
The head of Lancaster, Pa.-based Eastern Insurance Holdings said he is pleased A.M. Best noted the performance of its subsidiaries in its recent ratings affirmation.
A.M. Best affirmed the financial strength … Read →
A program in Howard County, Md., providing low-cost health care for the uninsured is facing low enrollment numbers in its first seven months.
Peter L. Beilenson
Only about 200 people have … Read →
Maryland insurance regulators fined UnitedHealthcare of the Mid-Atlantic and its MAMSI subsidiaries $633,000 and ordered them to pay nearly $930,000 in restitution to hospitals and radiology companies for using non-compliant … Read →
Death of anti-fraud bill leaves Md. insurance commissioner ‘disappointed’
While a bill giving Maryland officials greater power to pursue Medicaid fraud died during this session of the General Assembly, the state’s insurance commissioner expects it to be revisited again … Read →
Maryland financial services executive named to national group
Randy Scritchfield, president of Montgomery Financial in Rockville, Md., has been named to the board of directors of the Insurance Marketplace Standards Association.
Randy Scritchfield
The IMSA is a national standards-setting … Read →
Noting its strong capitalization and financial support from parent company Berkshire Hathaway, A. M. Best has reaffirmed a pair of ratings for its Seaworthy Insurance Co. of Annapolis, Md.
The ratings … Read →
The federal government’s efforts to extend health benefits to the growing number of the unemployed have left benefits agencies and their clients scrambling to understand the ramifications.
As part of the … Read →
Managing general agency The Woodlands Financial Group opened a new branch location in Maryland.
TWFG, based in The Woodlands, Texas, specializes in property-casualty and life/health insurance and financial planning.
Ryan Moorhart opened … Read →
Lancaster, Pa.-based Eastern Alliance Insurance Group’s first alternative market program is now its largest association program.
EAIG is celebrating 10 years of partnering with the Pennsylvania Builders Association, for which it … Read →
The clock is ticking for CareFirst to come up with a better way to expand coverage in the District of Columbia before legislators enact one for the health insurer.
Either outcome … Read →
Lautenberg, Rubio want to cap TRICARE fees for military retirees
Health care cost at all-time high, despite lower rate of increase
Most insurance agencies seeing better results than last year
Life insurers sell shares in British tech firm to Pa. company
FINRA estimate for IA SROs excludes monetary, administrative details
Most insurance agencies seeing better results than last year
Pa. broker adds $181,000 commission to $2.1M false insurance invoice
A.M. Best rates Pa.-based insurer’s outlook ‘negative’
With five-year plan stuck, House passes new short-term NFIP extension
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