The Maryland Insurance Administration (“the MIA”) has jurisdiction over claims that an insurance carrier has violated Md. Code, Ins. Article, § 27-303, which prohibits unfair claim settlement practices by refusing to pay claims for an “arbitrary or capricious reason” or “failure to act in good fa...
Insurance companies have the right to defend their insureds under a “reservation of rights” so as to preserve the denial of indemnity should a claim fall beyond the scope of coverage. See, e.g., Brohawn v. Transamerica Ins. Co., 276 Md. 396 (1975). This common practice of providing a defense whil...
Recently the Maryland Court of Appeals had the opportunity to review a Business Pursuit Exclusion in a homeowner's insurance policy in the case of Springer v. Erie Ins. Exch., 439 Md. 142 (2014). That case arose from a declaratory judgment action filed in the Circuit Court for Frederick County af...
Blackstone It'l, Ltd. v. Maryland Cas. Co., ___ Md. App. ____, No. 2301 (Md. App. Feb 28, 2014). Full Opinion: https://www.mdcourts.gov/opinions/cosa/2014/2302s12.pdf In the recent decision of Blackstone Int'l v. Maryland Cas. Co., the Maryland Court of Special Appeals held that a plaintiff's cla...
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