Farmers New Century Insurance Co. of Aurora, Ill., paid a $10,000 fine to the Maryland Insurance Administration for failing to properly modify its water damage coverage to meet a new law that took effect Oct. 1, 2008.

Paramount Insurance Co. had to reimburse 137 policyholders for failing to pay the $10 tag transfer fee required by Maryland law.

A Germantown, Md., woman had her insurance license revoked after she admitted to falsifying a certificate of liability insurance.

A former agent of the Government Employees Insurance Co. (GEICO) had her insurance license revoked for providing inaccurate information on her insurance application to obtain more favorable rates, according to the Maryland Insurance Administration.

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.”

Six months ago, Beth Sammis was named acting insurance commissioner of the Maryland Insurance Administration and she may hold that title for a bit longer.

The Maryland Insurance Administration is going to investigate if the Injured Workers Insurance Fund should pay premium taxes after the Towson, Md.-based workers’ compensation insurer’s attempt to convert to a nonprofit mutual insurance company failed.

Foremost Insurance Co. paid a $35,000 fine to Maryland insurance regulators to settle claims it improperly canceled more than 4,800 policies over a seven-year period.

Maryland insurance regulators have ordered American Trade Association and its subsidiaries to stop selling what they called bogus health insurance, according to an administrative order.

A Houston, Texas, insurance agency paid about $30,000 in restitution to surplus lines policyholders it was found by Maryland insurance regulators to have overcharged.