Blue Cross salesmen in Maryland mix life insurance mandates
Insurance commission reviews Blue Cross of Maryland practice where 31 Blue Cross salesmen can earn commissions from Monumental Life and American Bankers Life while confined to company time. Blue Cross notes no corporate ties to the private firms but says the arrangement broadens health policy service. Critics call it unfair competition and a potential monopolitistic edge, while Blue Cross argues it clarifies roles and benefits buyers with streamlined servicing.
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Blue Cross of Maryland, Inc
Baltimore Sun
Blue Cross
Monumental Life Insurance Co
American Bankers Life Insurance Co
Miami
Ala Compledit
Edward J Birrane Jr
Monumental
Maryland
We Wewes Fisk
Tye
H. Allen Becker
James P. Riley
Ficial
Maryland Association of Life Underwriters
Sanford G. Jacobson
17 per cent city students fail graduation exams
Baltimore city high school students faced a compulsory four test graduation set. More than 1,200 students failed the final May 19 exam after remedial efforts raised pass rates from 74 percent six weeks earlier to 83 percent. School board president Mark K. Joseph noted at least 17 percent would not graduate, a higher share than in prior years.
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Mark K. Joseph
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GSA bribery probe yields mixed sentences in Washington and Baltimore
In the widening GSA corruption case, Washington judge Oliver Gasch gave three years probation and a $3,000 fine to Robert M. Bryant for taking $5,000 in kickbacks. In Baltimore, Judge Joseph H. Young sentenced H. David Levyne to five years in jail and a $5,000 fine for bribing GSA staff to write phony contracts.
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H. David Levyne
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Georgia
Illinois
Massachusets
Michigan
New York
Ohio
Oklahoma
Texas
Justice Department
Inspector General
Agen
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