All the headlines from our Massachusetts Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 8 2014 // Thousands of Massachusetts motorcycle owners will receive a total of $14.6 million in insurance refunds as a result of a settlement with Commerce Insurance Company after allegedly being overcharged on their policies. The...
Jul 6 2014 // Massachusetts state emergency officials say life is returning to normal after Hurricane Arthur dumped surprising amounts of rain and unleashed strong winds in parts of Massachusetts.Massachusetts Emergency Management...
Jul 3 2014 // People who hire nannies, caregivers and other domestic workers in Massachusetts must now adhere to established labor standards and other worker protections.The bill signed into law by Gov. Deval Patrick on Wednesday...
Jul 1 2014 // The Massachusetts Association of Insurance Agents (MAIA) is pushing a bill, S-465, that would require the Massachusetts Property Insurance Underwriting Association (MPIUA), also known as the Massachusetts FAIR Plan, to...
Jun 30 2014 // The Massachusetts state Senate on June 26 passed legislation filed by the state’s attorney general, Martha Coakley, and state House Speaker Robert DeLeo aimed at softening the impact of flood insurance rate...
Jun 23 2014 // Massachusetts health care officials said on June 20 they’ll pay the lead contractor on the state’s hobbled health insurance website an additional $35 million to close out the contract.That means the CGI Group,...
Jun 20 2014 // The Massachusetts House has given final approval to legislation creating a “bill of rights” for nannies, caregivers and other domestic workers by establishing labor standards and other worker protections.The...
Jun 20 2014 // The Massachusetts Property Insurance Underwriting Association (“FAIR Plan”) said its board of directors will meet next week to decide whether to file an appeal to challenge Insurance Commissioner Joseph G....
Jun 18 2014 // McSweeney & Ricci Insurance Agency Inc., an independent agency with four locations in Massachusetts, recently announced four appointments in its Braintree, Mass., office.McSweeney & Ricci said William Liddell,...
Jun 16 2014 // Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has sued the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and the mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for allegedly violating the state’s 2012 foreclosure prevention...
Jun 16 2014 // Mass. Insurance commisioner Joseph MurphyMassachusetts Commissioner of Insurance Joseph G. Murphy announced on June 9 his decision rejecting the Massachusetts Property Insurance Underwriting Association’s...
Jun 12 2014 // The Associated Industries of Massachusetts Mutual Insurance Companies (A.I.M. Mutual), a workers’ compensation insurer based in Burlington, Mass., announced two promotions. Cheryl A. Began was elected corporate...
Jun 9 2014 // Massachusetts Commissioner of Insurance Joseph G. Murphy announced Monday his decision rejecting the Massachusetts Property Insurance Underwriting Association’s (“FAIR Plan”) request to increase its...
Jun 3 2014 // Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley is suing the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and the mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for allegedly violating the state’s 2012 foreclosure prevention...
Jun 2 2014 // XL Group has named Michele Sansone as president of its North America property insurance business and head of its global risk engineering division, XL GAPS.Reporting to Joseph Tocco, chief executive of XL Insurance’s...
May 28 2014 // Unionized carpenters in Massachusetts want the state to rescind a 20-year tax increment financing deal to the developer of a water park and resort in Fitchburg, Mass.The New England Regional Council of Carpenters says...
May 28 2014 // Laurie ParsonsThe Associated Industries of Massachusetts Mutual Insurance Companies, a workers’ compensation insurer based in Burlington, Mass., has promoted Laurie Parsons to director of claims. As director of...
May 27 2014 // Eastern Insurance Group in Massachusetts has added five new executives to its team of more than 300 employees.Gregory Grintchenko has joined Eastern as senior vice president, personal lines sales manager. Grintchenko, of...
May 23 2014 // Tower Group International Ltd., the insurer that agreed to be bought by ACP Re Ltd. amid a stock plunge, hired Greenhill & Co. to provide advice on repaying debt if the takeover collapses.Tower hired the bank as the...
May 22 2014 // Mike McKinleyXS Brokers Insurance Agency Inc., an insurance wholesaler based in Quincy, Mass., has named Mike McKinley as chief sales officer. In this newly created position, McKinley will oversee all sales and production...