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Directory · Maryland · Updated 2026-10-18
Insurance companies licensed in Maryland
Every property and casualty insurer admitted in Maryland and every eligible surplus lines insurer, with NAIC numbers, the lines each is licensed for, who writes the most of each line, and the market of last resort when nobody else will.
1,549 property and casualty insurers are on Maryland's regulator lists: 1,369 licensed (admitted) companies and 180 eligible surplus lines insurers for risks the standard market turns down.
By Sam Alishahi, independent insurance broker · All states
The market
Who can insure you in Maryland
1,369licensed (admitted) property and casualty insurers on the regulator's list
180eligible surplus lines insurers for hard-to-place risks
218Treasury-certified sureties licensed here
29insurers domiciled in Maryland
Bonds
Treasury-certified sureties licensed in Maryland
Companies on the U.S. Treasury's Circular 570 (acceptable sureties on federal bonds) that list a Maryland license, with each one's federal underwriting limit.
All companies
Every insurer on Maryland's lists
Source: the Maryland Insurance Administration company list, read 2026-10-17. Maryland's active list includes U.S. surplus lines carriers; type comes from each company's popup, which this fetch does not open.
Method and source
Source: the Maryland Insurance Administration company list, read 2026-10-17. Maryland's active list includes U.S. surplus lines carriers; type comes from each company's popup, which this fetch does not open. Lines are the regulator's licensed lines grouped into common names; a license to write a line doesn't mean a company sells it to every kind of customer. "Admitted" means licensed by the state and backed by its guaranty fund; "surplus lines" means eligible to take risks the admitted market declines, without rate or form approval and without guaranty fund protection.
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