CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, Maryland’s largest health insurer, has been the victim of a “phishing” email attack that potentially affected 6,800 of its members. This breach comes about three years after CareFirst weathered another cyberattack that affected more than 1 million of its members. The Baltimore company has 75 percent market share in the state and covers about 3.2 million members in the mid-Atlantic region. CareFirst said it determined on March 12 that an employee was the victim…
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The former Bad Decisions space in Fells Point will soon be home to a neighborhood bistro. B3 Baltimore is aiming to open in the 1,050-square-foot space at the corner of Fleet and Washington streets in May. Bad Decisions, a quirky cocktail bar highlighted by Esquire Magazine and the Travel Channel, moved out of the building in the summer of 2016 for new digs at 701 S. Bond St. before closing in early 2017. Anthony Lanasa, B3’s chef and owner, said he wants the new restaurant to be a “modern American…
And the chief executive of a high-speed rail project already underway in Maryland draws a sharp distinction between his technology and something he calls “an idea.”
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A startup that wants to help smaller landlords fill their vacant residential rentals has raised $2.2 million and is coming to Baltimore. Steve Welles and Patrick Paul co-founded Ikos in 2016, and grew their company at the AlphaLab accelerator in Pittsburgh. Ikos a real estate-focused startup that uses technology to better connect landlords and renters. Ikos is live in Pittsburgh and Cleveland, and with the help of new financing, it is expanding to two new markets: Baltimore and Columbus, Ohio.…
Bank of America Corp. announced Thursday its plans to open 600 more Merrill Edge investment centers across the U.S. by 2020. The investment centers will be added to new and existing BofA financial centers — bringing the total to 2,800 nationwide. As part of adding the centers, the bank intends to hire 300 more advisers by the end of this year. Merrill Edge was created in 2010 and is a platform that provides online and in-person investing, trading, brokerage and banking services. “Our goal is…
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The Victorian building is being restored and converted into a community health center.
The progress metrics are indicative of some major policy changes and enhancements many insurers have made over the past few years as the opioid crisis continues to grip the nation.