Rather than requiring property-casualty insurers to offer coverage for damage caused by a water main break and other water discharge, the Maryland Insurance Administration will instead study how to best educate consumers.

A bill prohibiting specific uses of funds from the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund may not have been acted upon this year, but the anger by state legislators is likely to result in the matter being revisited in the next General Assembly session.

Beginning Jan. 1, Maryland residents will be paying more for auto insurance under a new measure signed into law by Gov. Martin O’Malley.

The American Insurance Association is giving Maryland lawmakers a mixed assessment of the recently completed 2010 General Assembly session.

Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley is now the deciding factor in whether the state raises its minimum liability limits on auto insurance by thousands of dollars.

Maryland’s Senate approved one measure to build off of federal health reform and rejected another to block its impact on state residents.

The Maryland General Assembly is being asked to referee a battle between CareFirst and a state doctor’s group over payment of claims.

The demise of a bill in the Maryland General Assembly banning insurers from using the credit history of an applicant to rate risk is being met with approval from a national property-casualty group that says such legislation hurts consumers.

Joining others states across the nation, a member of the Maryland House of Delegates has filed legislation to rebuke a federal requirement that all individuals secure health insurance by 2014.

With the ink and debate still fresh on health reform legislation in Washington, D.C., lawmakers in Maryland are making sure the state is involved in any immediate resolutions to help uninsured Americans.