A Finksburg, Md., man was put on probation for felony insurance fraud and was ordered to pay a $20,000 fine.

Arch Insurance Co., the bonding company for Equity Homes, a Fairfax, Va.-based home builder, has agreed to pay $460,000 to settle consumer claims regarding deposits on new homes.

While the People’s Insurance Counsel is ready to get back to work, a Maryland state delegate who proposed the elimination of the office still feels it is a “make-work program.”