All the headlines from our Massachusetts Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 26 2015 // Pennsylvania’s Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf has appointed Teresa Miller to be the state’s insurance commissioner in his administration.Miller is an attorney and former administrator of Oregon Insurance Division....
Jan 26 2015 // Insurance industry associations say Massachusetts’ newly developed rideshare regulations are vague and woefully deficient in addressing the insurance concerns.The regulations, crafted by Massachusetts Department of...
Jan 20 2015 // Insurance industry associations say Massachusetts’ newly developed rideshare regulations are vague and woefully deficient in addressing the insurance concerns.The regulations, crafted by Massachusetts Department of...
Jan 12 2015 // Charles “Chuck” RobinsonRogers & Gray Insurance, an independent insurance agency with eight locations in Massachusetts, has announced that President and Chief Executive Officer Charles “Chuck”...
Jan 12 2015 // Maryland’s Republican Gov.-elect Larry Hogan has named Al Redmer, Jr. to be the state’s insurance commissioner.Maryland’s current insurance commissioner, Therese M. Goldsmith, previously announced that...
Jan 12 2015 // Auto thefts in New York and Massachusetts have fallen by 90 percent or more from their peak years, according to a historical analysis by the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB).From its peak auto theft year in 1990 when...
Jan 12 2015 // The Massachusetts Property Insurance Underwriting Association (MPIUA) — also known as the Massachusetts FAIR Plan — has expanded to include the writing of dwelling liability coverage, effective Jan. 7, 2015.The...
Jan 9 2015 // Sue Shillue Cook & Company Insurance Services Inc., an insurance and risk management services firm in Marshfield, Massachusetts, has promoted Sue Shillue to president. She succeeds Peter A. Cook who was named managing...
Jan 6 2015 // Massachusetts Attorney General-elect Maura Healey said Monday she was planning a major push against heroin and prescription drug abuse, including plans to expand the Massachusetts program that monitors prescription drug...
Jan 5 2015 // Duffy Insurance Agency, a family-owned, independent agency with offices in Lynn, Peabody and Gloucester, Massachusetts, announced its acquisition of Connolly Insurance Agency, a family-owned agency in Peabody,...
Jan 2 2015 // Massachusetts Gov.-elect Charlie Baker has collected more than $781,000 in donations from supporters to help pay for his inaugural celebrations.At least 16 companies and individuals have given $25,000, the self-imposed cap...
Jan 2 2015 // Taxicab drivers and owners decried proposed Massachusetts regulations on popular transportation companies like Uber and Lyft, while rideshare drivers defended their jobs at a packed and heated public hearing...
Dec 30 2014 // Chris Duble Fred C. Church Insurance, an independent insurance agency in Lowell, Massachusetts, has appointed Mike Reilly as president and Chris Duble as chief executive officer, effective Jan. 1. Both Reilly and Duble...
Dec 30 2014 // The Massachusetts Property Insurance Underwriting Association (MPIUA) — also known as the Massachusetts FAIR Plan — will be expanded to include the writing of dwelling liability coverage, effective Jan. 7,...
Dec 22 2014 // Janice Belmonte Eastern Insurance Group in Natick, Massachusetts, has hired Janice Belmonte as vice president and account executive for Eastern Benefits Group, the firm’s employee benefits division. Belmonte will...
Dec 19 2014 // Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH) has agreed to pay $40,000 and take steps to prevent future security violations following allegations related to a data breach that affected patient information, Massachusetts Attorney...
Dec 19 2014 // The ringleader of an automobile insurance fraud scheme in which dozens of New York City residents claimed they lived at fictional addresses in western Massachusetts has pleaded guilty in a deal she hopes will help her...
Dec 18 2014 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Affinity Marketing Group LLC in Natick, Massachusetts. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 2001, Affinity Marketing Group (AMG) is a...
Dec 17 2014 // From its peak auto theft year in 1975 when 91,563 vehicles were stolen, Massachusetts has experienced a significant decline ending 2013 with 9,122 thefts. That’s a reduction of 90 percent since 1975, according to the...
Dec 16 2014 // A.I.M. Mutual Insurance Cos. in Burlington, Massachusetts, announced that its board of directors has named President Michael E. Standing to succeed John A. Myers as chief executive officer, effective Jan. 1, 2015. Myers,...