All the headlines from our Massachusetts Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 30 2015 // About 300,000 Massachusetts residents who buy their own health insurance or work for small businesses are about to see their premiums jump more than 6 percent on average.The increase approved by the state Division of...
Aug 30 2015 // Plymouth Rock Assurance — a Boston-based auto insurer serving Massachusetts, Connecticut and New Hampshire — this month launched a new online tool called “Prime.”The insurer says the new tool will...
Aug 27 2015 // Massachusetts’ Commonwealth Automobile Reinsurers (CAR), the state’s industry-operated residual market and statistical agent for auto insurance, announced that Insurance Commissioner Daniel Judson has approved...
Aug 25 2015 // In the past six months alone, Kevin MacLean of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, has seen more drug-overdose deaths on the streets than he did in the previous five years.“In 2015, we’re going to be shocked by the...
Aug 21 2015 // Welcome to Massachusetts signs can mean more to drivers than just crossing a state line.For some, they also signal that it’s OK to pick up their cellphones, punch in a phone number and make a call. That’s...
Aug 17 2015 // The Massachusetts Senate’s oversight body is launching an inquiry into homeowners insurance rate increases approved by the Division of Insurance (DOI) this year after a brutal winter led to increased claims...
Aug 11 2015 // In light of recent events nationwide involving police and the use of force, everyone seems to have fallen in love with the idea of fitting police with body-worn cameras to record activity.But in all likelihood, it will be...
Aug 3 2015 // A new report shows that implementing strict penalties for violating the graduated driver-licensing (GDL) law that restricted unsupervised night driving significantly reduced teen driver crashes in Massachusetts.The report,...
Aug 3 2015 // Massachusetts homeowners are paying for last winter’s record-setting snowfall with insurance premiums that are jumping by about 9 percent, much higher than in most years.The increases could translate to an additional...
Jul 31 2015 // The Massachusetts Senate’s oversight body is launching an inquiry into homeowners insurance rate increases approved by the Division of Insurance (DOI) this year after a brutal winter led to increased claims...
Jul 28 2015 // Kelly Young was driving down Route 28 in Milton, Massachusetts, when a sedan traveling in the other direction rear ended another car and veered into Young’s lane, hitting his car head on, police say.Young, 56, a...
Jul 27 2015 // The Massachusetts Senate has approved a bill supporters say will help the state better adapt to a changing environment while encouraging the growth of solar energy.The bill, which passed the Senate July 23, would require...
Jul 20 2015 // The Massachusetts Department of Industrial Accidents (DIA) reduced the assessment that private employers pay to the state on workers’ compensation policies to 5.75 percent of the policy premium for the new fiscal...
Jul 15 2015 // A new report shows that implementing strict penalties for violating graduated driver-licensing (GDL) laws — including restrictions on unsupervised night driving — significantly reduced teen driver crashes in...
Jul 15 2015 // Wal-Mart Stores Inc. was accused of discriminating against gay employees in a lawsuit that pits the biggest U.S. retailer against rights activists just weeks after same-sex marriage was legalized nationwide.In a proposed...
Jul 14 2015 // Some of the largest home insurers in Massachusetts are raising premiums by about 9 percent to recoup what they paid out in claims for damage caused by last winter’s record-setting snowfall.The Boston Globe reports...
Jul 6 2015 // The Massachusetts Department of Industrial Accidents (DIA) reduced the assessment that private employers pay to the state on workers’ compensation policies to 5.75 percent of the policy premium for the new fiscal...
Jul 6 2015 // Massachusetts’ highest court in June ordered a hearing on the reliability of breathalyzer device Alcotest 7110 MK III-C. The ruling involves a drunk driving case where the defendant – along with 61 other defendants...
Jun 24 2015 // Massachusetts is in the midst of an epidemic of deadly opioid abuse, according to a task force created by Gov. Charlie Baker that said Monday that drug addiction must be considered a medical disease.The 18-member group...
Jun 22 2015 // A Massachusetts man who owns an asbestos abatement company has been indicted for allegedly failing to accurately report the nature of his company’s work to avoid paying thousands of dollars in insurance...