All the headlines from our Massachusetts Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 15 2006 // The family of a Shrewsbury, Mass., man who died after being thrown from a carnival ride at a church fair nearly two years ago has filed a wrongful death suit against the company that owned the ride, its president, and...
Sep 11 2006 // Massachusetts is about to get a new auto carrier—for commercial, not personal, lines. Progressive Insurance is awaiting approval of rate and form filings from the Massachusetts Division of Insurance in preparation for...
Sep 10 2006 // Massachusetts Attorney General Tom Reilly has decided to appeal Insurance Commissioner Julianne Bowler’s order allowing the state’s insurer of last resort — the FAIR Plan — to raise home insurance premiums...
Sep 5 2006 // Lower income single adults will pay between $18 and $106 a month for health care under a plan approved by the board drafting regulations for the state’s new health care law.The Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector...
Sep 5 2006 // The two major candidates for governor want to embark Ohio on experiments that would expand health care coverage for the uninsured, including enrolling the poor in low-cost group purchasing plans.With an estimated 46.6...
Sep 4 2006 // As a managing general agent for liquor liability insurance for over 20 years, I took great interest in a recent article in Insurance Journal titled, “Raising the bar on liquor liability training.” (See...
Sep 4 2006 // Massachusetts officials are grappling to come up with how much lower-income residents should have to pay for insurance under the state’s landmark health care reform law that requires citizens to procure...
Sep 4 2006 // Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Julianne Bowler has been given the green light by the state’s high court to proceed with installing an auto insurance assigned risk plan and she appears intent on doing so.On Aug....
Sep 4 2006 // American International Group Inc. named Nicholas J. Ashooh as senior vice president of communications. Ashooh succeeds John T. Wooster Jr. who had filled that role on a temporary basis since year-end 2005, and earlier had...
Sep 4 2006 // As a managing general agent for liquor liability insurance for over 20 years, I took great interest in a recent article in Insurance Journal entitled, “Raising the bar on liquor liability training.” (See...
Aug 29 2006 // The number of Massachusetts residents without health insurance dropped 19 percent in the past two years, according to a survey released this week by the state’s Division of Health Care Finance and Policy.The survey,...
Aug 24 2006 // The state’s largest auto insurer and the lead plaintiff in the fight against Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Julianne Bowler’s effort to install an auto insurance assigned risk plan is hoping that Bowler...
Aug 23 2006 // The Premier Insurance Company of Massachusetts, a Travelers personal lines company, has opened a Concierge Claim center in Woburn, Mass.The center is designed to assist claimants with the car insurance claims process,...
Aug 23 2006 // The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has unanimously ruled that the state insurance commissioner has the authority to create an assigned risk plan to replace the existing reinsurance plan for insuring high-risk...
Aug 23 2006 // The board of directors of The Commerce Group, Inc. has created two new positions to lead the company’s property and casualty insurance operations within and beyond Massachusetts.“As Commerce continues to grow...
Aug 23 2006 // “We’re one step closer to operating like a normal market.”That’s how Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Julianne Bowler greeted the news that the state Supreme Judicial Court had upheld her...
Aug 21 2006 // 86% The percent of Virginians opposed to increasing fees on car insurance to help pay for transportation improvements. The Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc. survey also found that 10 percent supported insurance fees...
Aug 18 2006 // Low-income residents would pay between $10 and $100 a month for health care under draft regulations set to be reviewed by the board overseeing the Massachusett’s sweeping new insurance law.Under the draft...
Aug 16 2006 // Massachusett’s largest, locally-based auto insurer, which has frequently locked horns with the Romney administration, has been dropped from the board that oversees how high-risk drivers are apportioned among...
Aug 14 2006 // As expected, Massachusetts officials have confirmed that the insurance commissioner, not competition, will set auto insurance rates for 2007.In a four-page decision handed down Aug. 10, Insurance Commissioner Julianne...