Ward Electronic Services, Inc. v. Property & Casualty Insurance Guaranty Corp.

RODOWSKY, Judge.

Maryland Code (1957, 1991 Repl.Vol.), Art. 48A, §§ 504 through 519 (the Act) establishes the Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Corporation (PCIGC).1 PCIGC collects and administers a guaranty fund from which “covered claims” against insolvent insurers are paid. The issue in this case is whether a claim paid by PCIGC was covered by the Act. That issue turns upon whether the United States of America is, within the meaning of the Act, a “resident” of the State of Maryland. For the reasons hereinafter set forth we shall hold that the United States is not a Maryland…