All the headlines from our Massachusetts Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 28 2005 // An public transit MBTA bus driver has been indicted on charges that he fraudulently collected workers’ compensation benefits and submitted falsified documents to support his claims, Attorney General Tom Reilly...
Dec 19 2005 // The State’s Independent Agents Explain Why They Oppose a Switch to Competitive RatingI agree with Gov. Romney that improving road designs, dangerous intersections and combating fraud will go a long way to lowering...
Dec 18 2005 // MassachusettsAuto Producer Reassignments Delayed: Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Julianne Bowler has asked that a plan for reassignment of auto insurance producers doing business with the state’s residual...
Dec 18 2005 // I agree with Gov. Romney that improving road designs, dangerous intersections and combating fraud will go a long way to lowering automobile insurance rates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. But I disagree with his...
Dec 16 2005 // Federal authorities are investigating contracts and insurance policies of the agency that oversees public transportation services for 24 western Massachusetts communities.The government’s probe is also focused on the...
Dec 15 2005 // Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Julianne M. Bowler announced that 2006 private passenger auto insurance rates will be cut an average 8.7% staewide next year.The new rate takes effect January 1 and translates to an...
Dec 13 2005 // HCC Specialty Underwriters, Inc., a specialty underwriting agency subsidiary of HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc., announced that Glenn B. Dorr III has joined its Wakefield, Mass. office. Dorr has been in the insurance industry...
Nov 23 2005 // Massachusetts Attorney General Tom Reilly on Wednesday made his case for an 18 percent reduction in auto insurance rates for 2006 and also proposed an anti-fraud initiative based on the ongoing efforts in the city of...
Nov 16 2005 // Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Attorney General Tom Reilly sparred over auto insurance this week, with Reilly saying the governor’s reform plan would create chaos for drivers and Romney accusing Reilly of failing...
Nov 15 2005 // After weeks of television ads by warring factions of insurance companies and public forums on the road by some legislators, the Massachusetts Financial Services Committee today will hold the first public hearing at the...
Nov 13 2005 // A radio journalist accused of poisoning his wife by spiking her Gatorade with antifreeze told a friend he planned to spend his life insurance money on a house and a BMW convertible, according to prosecutors.He also said he...
Nov 9 2005 // A new study suggests that the high cost of auto insurance in Massachusetts should be blamed on bad government, not bad drivers.The state’s rate setting system encourages drivers to file too many minor accident...
Nov 4 2005 // Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healey has agreed to address members of the Massachusetts Association of Insurance Agents at the group’s upcoming annual convention, known as The Big Event. Republican Healey,...
Nov 4 2005 // Theresa Flaherty, head of the New England Special Investigations Unit of OneBeacon Insurance Co. in Boston, has been recognized by the city of Lawrence, Mass., and Mayor Michael Sullivan for her work and that of OneBeacon...
Nov 2 2005 // Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s legal office asked television stations this week not to air advertisements attacking his auto insurance reform proposal, sparking criticism that he is trying to squelch debate about...
Nov 1 2005 // A Suffolk Superior Court in Boston has ruled that an admittedly drunk underage drinker in Massachusetts can sue two bars that served him alcohol before he was involved in a vehicle crash.According to Judge Ralph Gants,...
Oct 27 2005 // Berkshire Insurance Group, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. in Pittsfield, Mass., has acquired the business and assets of each of MacDonald & Johnson, Inc., a full-service property and...
Oct 23 2005 // Crews on Saturday began dismantling a decrepit wooden dam that nearly collapsed and swamped Taunton, Mass. last week.Workers used heavy machinery to grab chunks of the Whittenton Pond Dam, which was replaced overnight by a...
Oct 19 2005 // As governor of Massachusetts, William Weld, a Republican who has said he wants to be governor of New York, helped turn around the state’s workers’ compensation system and introduce some competition into the...
Oct 19 2005 // Following a week of heavy rains, Governor Mitt Romney has ordered an emergency inspection of all “high hazard” dams in Massachusetts that are classified as not in good condition.High hazard means the dams will...