All the headlines from our Massachusetts Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 17 2015 // The Massachusetts Division of Insurance recently denied a request by Mapfre USA Corp. to add an ice-dam deductible to some homeowners policyholders who previously had multiple ice-dam claims.Mapfre USA Corp., the largest...
Dec 17 2015 // Among the many issues that Massachusetts lawmakers may deal with after returning from recess in January is whether to bring the state into compliance with REAL ID, a federal program that sets new requirements for...
Dec 11 2015 // Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker said Massachusetts is expecting to receive $120 million in federal disaster assistance following last winter’s record snowfall.That’s the most ever awarded to the state as the...
Dec 8 2015 // Woodruff-Sawyer & Co., an independent brokerage based in San Francisco, announced today that it will be acquiring Capstone Insurance, the property/casualty brokerage division of Newton, Massachusetts-based financial...
Dec 7 2015 // Eight years after the introduction of managed competition for private passenger auto insurance and the influx of direct writers and direct response companies into Massachusetts, a new study commissioned by the...
Dec 4 2015 // American Fidelity Assurance Company (AFA), a life and health insurance company based in Oklahoma City, has agreed to pay $209,000 to settle allegations that it failed to cover mandated benefits required by state law and...
Dec 3 2015 // Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey says two of the state’s largest homeowners’ insurance companies won excessive and unwarranted rate increases of about 9 percent by taking advantage of last...
Nov 24 2015 // Two police officers and a prosecutor who work in the Northwestern District Attorney’s office in Northampton, Massachusetts, have earned a national award for combating auto insurance fraud.Det. Lt. John Cummings,...
Nov 24 2015 // Marcus Ohanesian and Katie O’Connor’s apartment in Worcester, Massachusetts, is in a “family-friendly neighborhood central to the middle of Worcester” and a short walk to excellent restaurants and...
Nov 24 2015 // Enjoy the Thanksgiving turkey but be careful while it’s in the oven.That’s the message from Massachusetts fire marshal Stephen Coan, who says more fires break out in homes in Massachusetts on Thanksgiving than...
Nov 24 2015 // The largest force-placed insurance company in Massachusetts has agreed to provide refunds to homeowners to settle allegations that it improperly charged for force-placed insurance policies, Massachusetts Attorney General...
Nov 23 2015 // In the home of the Pilgrims, lawmakers have gone home ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. The Massachusetts Legislature has adjourned for 2015, having failed to move on any of four bills introduced this year that proposed...
Nov 20 2015 // Orchid Underwriters, a Vero Beach, Florida-based managing general agent providing excess & surplus (E&S) insurance for coastal properties, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Platinum Partners, a...
Nov 19 2015 // Michael Thompson The Norfolk & Dedham Group, a regional property/casualty insurer based in Dedham, Massachusetts, hired Michael Thompson as director, Finance and Investment. Thompson is responsible for providing...
Nov 17 2015 // Eight years after the introduction of managed competition for private passenger auto insurance and the influx of direct writers and direct response companies into Massachusetts to compete with independent agencies, a new...
Nov 16 2015 // The Hilb Group, a middle market insurance agency based in Richmond, Virginia, hired David Hobbs as president and chief operating officer.The title of president was previously held by Chief Executive Officer Robert Hilb and...
Nov 9 2015 // A national auto lender has agreed to provide $5.4 million in relief to more than 450 Massachusetts consumers over allegations that it charged excessive interest rates on its subprime auto loans, Massachusetts Attorney...
Nov 2 2015 // Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker and the Division of Insurance announced on Oct. 19 that the United Services Automobile Association (USAA) has been approved to offer additional “gap protection” coverage to its...
Oct 30 2015 // Bernard J. McDonald V Partners Insurance Group LLC has hired Bernard J. McDonald V as a licensed broker and producer. McDonald is responsible for developing new business and creating customer relationships. He provides and...
Oct 27 2015 // Opioid-related overdose deaths in Massachusetts appear to have continued increasing above totals that were high enough last year for officials to deem it a public health crisis, according to preliminary statistics released...