The Maryland Insurance Administration in December 2009 approved the merger of the Maryland entity of Aetna Health with the Pennsylvania entity of the same name.

Beth Sammis, acting Maryland insurance commissioner, wants the Maryland Insurance Administration to employ more targeted examinations of insurer’s actions so it can address concerns more quickly and cost-effectively than with a full market conduct examination.

An association representing Maryland’s doctors has sent Maryland Insurance Commissioner Beth Sammis a letter asking her to investigate “intrusive” and “onerous” health insurance protocols that could be compromising care.

A handful of insurance companies paid $10,000 fines to the Maryland Insurance Administration for either failing to include in their homeowners policies sewer and drain backup coverage or not including language of the change in policies, records show.

Beth Sammis, Maryland’s acting insurance commissioner, may be in the acting capacity until May 2011, possibly stretching her acting label past the nearly 13 months Joel Ario, Pennsylvania’s insurance commissioner, had to wait for state Senate approval two years ago.

Maryland’s acting insurance commissioner says the process to determine medical loss ratio for health insurers is in the “very early” stages.

Employee Benefits Corporation of America (EBCA) has a new general agency agreement with Coventry Health Care of Delaware to market small-group and individual plans.

An Upper Marlboro, Md., man who filed a lost wage claim with GEICO after being hit by a car was sentenced to probation and treatment after admitting it was a scheme.

Maryland’s Court of Special Appeals has affirmed a lower court’s ruling that Maryland regulators were correct in rejecting a premium financing agreement over the way it planned to handle refunds to consumers.

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