Allstate Insurance Co. is looking for an additional 56 people to own insurance agencies in the mid-Atlantic region, where it plans to market itself more actively.

Four Philadelphia-area men were accused of operating “an elaborate financial fraud scheme,” targeting more than 215 senior citizens in Pennsylvania and stealing more than $700,000.

IWIF Workers Compensation Insurance is planning its third annual Maryland Workplace Health & Wellness Symposium for June 1.

The association representing Maryland’s doctors says legislation is necessary to prevent insurers from using what they describe as “tricks” on them.

GEICO is offering new, lower commercial auto rates in Maryland after implementing a new rating structure in the state implemented last year.

A Baltimore, Md., insurance broker pleaded guilty this month to stealing about $2.6 million from a New Jersey city school district and $216,495 from the city for a non-existent wellness program.

The Maryland General Assembly passed a bill in its waning hours April 9 that renames and repositions the Injured Workers Insurance Fund as a private company.

A national group fighting insurance fraud is asking Maryland’s governor to sign a bill that would impose large civil penalties and expand immunity for fraud fighters.

Independent Insurance Agents of Maryland, Insurance Women of Baltimore and the Maryland Chapter CPCU are sponsoring the 2012 Maryland I Day, scheduled for April 24 fro 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Conference Center at Sheppard Pratt in Towson, Md.

Savoy Associates, a full-service regional health insurance general agency, recently launched an Health Savings Account (HSA) banking initiative with The Bancorp Bank.