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Take part in our Community Outreach Programs.MAIF is dedicated to helping Maryland drivers understand the importance of safe driving and auto insurance.Learn more about our programs >

Why do you need auto insurance in Maryland?All motor vehicles registered in the state of Maryland must meet the legal minimum requirements for insurance.Learn more about Insurance >

Involved in an accident? Confused about what’s next?It’s important to know what to do if you have an accident. Start by notifying the police and contacting MAIF immediately.Learn how to report an accident >

Here at the Scoop, much of our focus is on proposed legislation…mainly the process of how a bill becomes law. Each session, an average of 2,500 bills are proposed. Of those, about 30% make it through readings, hearings, committees, subcommittees, crossover, power breakfasts at Chick and Ruth’s, to vote, then […]

In the final scene of the series Seinfeld finds Jerry, Elaine, George and Kramer in a jail cell. They’d been arrested under a Good Samaritan law for standing by and watching while someone was being mugged. This year, a similar law has come up for debate here in Maryland. (HB1178) […]

If you’ve never been to the Miller Senate Building to watch or testify in committee hearings, you might not be aware that Annapolis is home to two of Maryland’s artistic treasures. As you cross the threshold of the building, you walk over a marble mosaic of the Great Seal of […]

On February 1, 2012, the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee heard Senate Bill 111, an administrative bill for the Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA), which proposes that Maryland Drivers Licenses and Identification Cards move from a five-year renewal cycle to an eight-year renewal cycle. This hearing quickly turned from a simple housekeeping […]