All the headlines from our Massachusetts Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 23 2004 // Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is blocking a bill that Democratic lawmakers hoped would expand access to insurance for long term care, saying the state can’t afford a tax cut that would cause a $10 million annual...
Dec 20 2004 // Leaving aside the insurance brokerage compensation investigations, the World Trade Center trial, the St. Paul-Travelers merger and the UnumProvident settlement, all of which have their roots in this region but grew to...
Dec 20 2004 // Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. (AMEX: BHL), the holding company for Berkshire Bank in Pittsfield, Mass., has agreed to purchase Woronoco Bancorp, Inc. (AMEX: WRO), the holding company for Woronoco Savings Bank, including...
Dec 17 2004 // Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Julianne M. Bowler issued a decision in the 2005 private passenger insurance rate case that will result in a statewide average rate decrease of 1.69 percent next year. The new rate...
Dec 15 2004 // Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Julianne Bowler is expected to announce today, Dec. 15, her decision setting private passenger auto insurance rates for 2005. The final briefs in the 2005 private passenger auto...
Dec 14 2004 // Massachusetts Attorney General Tom Reilly, who is expected to run for governor, has a history of making life difficult for the state’s independent insurance agents.Last week, the Massachusetts Association of...
Dec 9 2004 // The independent agency charged with overseeing the $14.6 billion Massachusetts highway project known as the Big Dig intends to sue the consortium that managed the venture, seeking to recover as much as $100 million in...
Dec 6 2004 // It’s time for Massachusetts to face the facts about its old ways of tightly regulating private passenger auto insurance and create a modern day system, Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Julianne Bowler told agents...
Dec 6 2004 // Even as Massachusetts tackles the challenge of making the state’s private passenger auto system more like that in other states (see story page 18), independent insurance agents must continue to play by the...
Dec 6 2004 // A multi-state settlement with UnumProvident Corp. over its disputed handling of disability claims would cost the firm more than $120 million to comply and require it to review more than seven years of claims. It also calls...
Nov 26 2004 // State and federal officials plan to announce a lead paint settlement in that will require a prominent Boston real estate company to test for and remove lead paint from more than 7,000 apartments in Massachusetts.Officials...
Nov 23 2004 // After years of industry complaints and months of wrangling among regulators, carriers, voluntary agents, involuntary agents, consumers and lawmakers, Massachusetts has overhauled its system of insuring high risk...
Nov 22 2004 // Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney unveiled an ambitious proposal on Sunday for expanding health care coverage to 460,000 uninsured Massachusetts residents, while extending an invitation to Democrats to join in the...
Nov 18 2004 // The number of medical malpractice payments made by Massachusetts doctors peaked in 2001 and has begun to gradually decline, while the average size of those payments continues to soar, according to a new government...
Nov 18 2004 // A multi-state settlement with UnumProvident Corp. over its disputed handling of disability claims would cost the firm more than $120 million to comply and require it to review more than seven years of claims. It also calls...
Nov 17 2004 // It’s time for Massachusetts to face the facts about its old ways of tightly regulating private passenger auto insurance and create a modern day system, Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Julianne Bowler told agents...
Nov 16 2004 // C. J. McCarthy Insurance Agency, Inc., a subsidiary of Hub International Limited (NYSE & TSX: HBG) in Wilmington, Mass., has changed its name to HUB International New England, LLC. The name change is a result of a...
Nov 16 2004 // Massachusetts Insurance Commisioner Julianne Bowler’s decision setting private passenger auto insurance rates for 2004 has been upheld by the state Supreme Judicial Court.A minor portion dealing with premiums for...
Nov 15 2004 // The Massachusetts attorney general’s office is scrutinizing the practice of health insurers offering lucrative commissions to brokers who are supposed to lock in the best deals for employers.Insurers have for years...
Nov 12 2004 // Massachusetts Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly said his office wants to know whether water accumulating on the underground roof of the Big Dig tunnels could damage the $14.6 billion roadway project, and who should be...