Beth Sammis, the acting Maryland insurance commissioner for nearly 18 months, ending in June, has taken a job at CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, one of the health insurance companies she regulated.

Beth Sammis, who last week was not appointed as insurance commissioner in Maryland, will remain at the Maryland Insurance Administration as a deputy commissioner.

Therese Goldsmith, a lawyer who has served on the Maryland Public Service Commission for the last two years, was named Maryland’s insurance commissioner, effective June 13.

Sixteen months after appointing Beth Sammis as acting Maryland insurance commissioner, Gov. Martin O’Malley has to make another appointment to the position.

The U.S. House voted 238-183 to strip the funding included in last year’s federal health reform law for states to establish health insurance exchanges.

Maryland’s acting insurance commissioner, Beth Sammis, approved the sale of Baltimore, Md.-based life insurance company to Harbinger Group.

Maryland I Day will be held April 5 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Conference Center at the Maritime Institute in Linthicum Heights, Md. The event is sponsored by the Independent Insurance Agents of Maryland, Insurance Women of Baltimore, and Maryland Chapter CPCU.

Maryland law may prohibit John Hancock Life Insurance Co. from raising rates on its existing long-term care insurance policies in the state by 40%.

The Baltimore chapter of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors will hold its annual legislative breakfast Thursday, Dec. 16, at the Radisson Hotel at Cross Keys in Baltimore, Md.

Maryland’s federally mandated health insurance exchange should be a public, government-run agency with a board tasked with overseeing its operations, according to a state task force.