All the headlines from our Massachusetts Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 3 2013 // Massachusetts regulators said 10,729 consumers had contacted the state’s Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation and its insurance division in 2012 with questions and complaints regarding their auto...
Mar 29 2013 // Four auto insurers have settled allegations that they overcharged Massachusetts consumers relating to auto insurance surcharges that were overturned by the state’s Board of Appeal, or otherwise removed from state...
Mar 28 2013 // Hospitality Insurance Group — a Westborough, Mass.-based insurer offering insurance coverage for bars, restaurants, package stores and caterers — promoted Sandra Haley to senior vice president of underwriting...
Mar 28 2013 // Medical claims costs are expected to soar in many states under President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul.Massachusetts is an exception. A new study by the nation’s leading group of financial risk analysts,...
Mar 27 2013 // Atlanta-based benefits broker Digital Insurance has acquired Group Brokerage Insurance Agency of Cambridge, Mass. The nearly 30-year-old Massachusetts-based benefits firm will now operate under the banner of Digital...
Mar 25 2013 // Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Joseph Murphy and his insurance division staff held an insurance awareness and education event at the South Station, a major commuter hub in Boston, on March 6. The commissioner was on...
Mar 24 2013 // Car thefts in Massachusetts have dropped by 88 percent since the mid-1970s, when the state had the dubious distinction of being the country’s car theft capital. Insurance experts and law enforcement officials credit...
Mar 19 2013 // Insurance giant MetLife Inc. recently announced it will be transitioning some 2,600 jobs from five Northeastern states and California to new U.S. retail and technology hubs in North Carolina.The company’s decision...
Mar 8 2013 // Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Joseph Murphy and his staff held an insurance awareness and education event at the South Station, a major commuter hub in Boston, on Wednesday, March 6.Commissioner Murphy and insurance...
Mar 4 2013 // Massachusetts consumer affairs agencies collected over $13.9 million through awards, settlements, refunds and fines in 2012. The Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation oversees the divisions of banks,...
Feb 20 2013 // Authorities announced that a Nantucket, Mass., business owner has pleaded guilty to charges he failed to accurately report his total payroll, number of employees, and misclassified his business to avoid paying thousands of...
Feb 17 2013 // A judicial panel ruled on Feb. 12 that all suits filed against a pharmacy linked to a multi-state fungal meningitis outbreak will be heard in federal court in Massachusetts.The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict...
Feb 15 2013 // Willis North America, a unit of global insurance brokerage Willis Group Holdings, announced three executive appointments and office expansions to strengthen its Massachusetts operations and drive growth across the...
Feb 13 2013 // A Massachusetts physicians and hospitals association this week provided an update on the state’s implementation of the Communication, Apology, and Resolution (CARe) program.The Massachusetts Alliance for...
Feb 11 2013 // Emergency crews and residents struggled to clear roadways and sidewalks from a storm that rampaged through the Northeast, dumping up to 3 feet of snow and bringing howling winds that knocked out power to hundreds of...
Feb 10 2013 // A blizzard packing hurricane-force winds hammered the northeastern United States on Saturday, cutting power to 700,000 homes and businesses, shutting down travel and leaving at least nine people dead.The mammoth storm that...
Feb 7 2013 // A Colorado-based premium financing provider has agreed to pay $42,000 to resolve allegations that it illegally and prematurely cancelled certain financed auto insurance policies belonging to nearly 50 Massachusetts...
Jan 28 2013 // Some lawmakers are hoping the insurance market might offer the best incentives to lessen firearms-related violence. A bill filed on Jan. 18 in Massachusetts would require gun owners to purchase liability insurance in the...
Jan 28 2013 // As policymakers and legislators around the country continue to examine gun-control ideas, one Massachusetts lawmaker introduced this month what appears to be one of the more novel, out-of-the-box approach: requiring gun...
Jan 25 2013 // The Massachusetts Association of Insurance Agents (MAIA) this week has asked the state’s Merit Rating Board and the Division of Insurance to investigate GEICO for allegedly failing to report at-fault accident data to...