All the headlines from our Massachusetts Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 29 2011 // The Pilgrim nuclear power plant in Plymouth, Mass., has been shut down after what officials said was a small leak of radioactive steam in a safety relief valve.Rob Williams, a spokesman for the plant’s owner, Entergy...
Dec 29 2011 // A Peabody. Massachusetts, business owner pleaded guilty yesterday and was sentenced in connection with collecting over $28,000 in fraudulent insurance claims for work performed at his auto and glass companies.Massachusetts...
Dec 29 2011 // New England Employee Benefits Council (NEEBC) held its annual conference earlier this month, giving its Best Benefits Practices awards to six winners.The winners shared their success stories at the NEEBC conference in...
Dec 16 2011 // Supporters of tougher laws against distracted driving said Wednesday they hoped the National Transportation Safety Board’s call for an outright ban on all non-emergency cellphone use by motorists would encourage...
Dec 13 2011 // The Massachusetts Division of Insurance announced a $125,000 financial settlement with Progressive Direct Insurance Company.Regulators said Progressive erroneously informed some Massachusetts consumers that they had used...
Dec 12 2011 // A coalition is pushing for a new seat belt enforcement law after a study showed that seat belt use in Massachusetts is among the lowest in the country. According to a University of Massachusetts study prepared for the...
Dec 5 2011 // Massachusetts regulators are preparing to hold public hearings in Springfield and East Longmeadow as they investigate how utility companies responded to the October snowstorm that knocked out power to thousands for...
Dec 5 2011 // Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick signed into law a bill that bans the use of credit in underwriting and rating private passenger motor vehicle insurance.The ban has already been in practice in the state but as an...
Dec 5 2011 // Massachusetts Models“Untested and unsupported forecast models should not be used to justify rates that are excessive. Hurricane models have a significant impact on the premiums paid by all Massachusetts homeowners...
Dec 2 2011 // Massachusetts sued five major banks Thursday over deceptive foreclosure practices such as the “robo-signing” of documents, potentially undermining negotiations between lenders and state prosecutors across the...
Nov 29 2011 // Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick signed into law a bill that bans the use of credit in underwriting and rating private passenger motor vehicle insurance in his state.The law, Chapter 195 of the Acts of 2011, was signed...
Nov 29 2011 // The family of an 89-year-old man who died at Massachusetts General Hospital when nurses did not respond to alarms on his cardiac monitor has settled its case against the hospital for $850,000. The Boston Globe reported on...
Nov 28 2011 // U.S. Democratic Representative Barney Frank, who helped to craft the landmark overhaul of financial regulations that bears his name, will not seek re-election in 2012, Democratic aides said Monday.Frank, one of the most...
Nov 28 2011 // Massachusetts lawmakers are weighing changes to the state’s motorcycle laws, including bills designed to ease the requirement that riders wear helmets.Current law requires all riders and passengers to wear protective...
Nov 18 2011 // Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley is urging the State Rating Board to hold a hearing to scrutinize the data insurers use to set homeowners insurance rates in her state.The Attorney General’s office says...
Nov 16 2011 // New car purchases in Massachusetts are on pace to exceed the 2010 year-end total of 310,547 by more than seven percent, according to data from the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles. In response to increasing new car...
Nov 8 2011 // Taunton, Mass.-based Farrell Backlund Insurance Agency has merged with Richardson-Cuddy Insurance Agency in the nearby city of Attleboro, Mass.The deal creates one of the largest independent property/casualty agencies in...
Nov 7 2011 // Some of the thousands of Connecticut residents still in the dark Monday may not have power restored until mid-week, more than 10 days after a monster snowstorm knocked out electricity to millions of people in the...
Nov 7 2011 // The Massachusetts Association of Insurance Agents (MAIA) has agreed to a request from state lawmakers to withdraw the ballot initiative it filed in August to prohibit the use of credit scoring, education, and occupational...
Oct 31 2011 // A freak October snowstorm knocked out power Sunday to more than 3.1 million homes and businesses across the U.S. Northeast, with close to two feet (60 centimeters) of snow falling in some areas over the weekend.The storm...