Constellation, FPL unveil $11.5 billion merger plan
After Mayo A. Shattuck III and Lewis Hay III began meeting last spring to discuss a merger of the power companies they lead, they described their talks as "Project NASCAR."...
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Firms picked for Medicare drug plan
Signaling the start of a race among private insurers to sign up millions of older Americans, federal officials announced yesterday which companies had been approved to offer new Medicare drug...
Doctor insurer says malpractice rate increase not needed this year
After two years of hefty premium increases that touched off threats of a doctor exodus in Maryland and led to a legislative special session, the state's largest malpractice insurer said...
Rouse retirees lose health benefits
General Growth Properties Inc., the Chicago real estate giant that bought the Columbia developer Rouse Co. in November, is dropping company-paid health and life insurance for Rouse retirees - a...
Doctors get help on bills for insurance this week
Doctors hit by soaring malpractice insurance premiums this year will be getting relief this week - the result of emergency legislation crafted by a special session of the General Assembly....
Retiring is a time for hefty rewards
With their seven-figure salaries and even larger bonuses, CEOs can buy some of the finer things in life, and put away a tidy sum for retirement. Often, however, they don't...
State clears way to give doctors relief on premiums
An opinion by Maryland's attorney general yesterday cleared the way for the state to give doctors relief on malpractice insurance premiums before July 1. Insurance Commissioner Alfred W. Redmer Jr....
Governor renews his effort to limit malpractice awards
After his defeat in December's special legislative session, Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. is again pushing a medical malpractice bill that would lower limits on awards to victims of medical...
Redmer lays HMO cost rise to Democrats
Rebuffing partisan calls for his resignation, state Insurance Commissioner Alfred W. Redmer Jr. defended yesterday his handling of requests from insurers to pass on a recently approved 2 percent HMO...
Health panel sees reform bill as costly
The Maryland Health Care Commission warned yesterday that an HMO tax included in the recently passed malpractice reform bill was likely to increase the number of people without insurance and...