All the headlines from our Massachusetts Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 1 2011 // Wholesaler Swett & Crawford has added Ricky Dawson to its casualty staff in New York. Dawson, who has a background in both insurance wholesale brokerage and underwriting, previously served as a wholesale broker with...
Jul 29 2011 // The Massachusetts Port Authority was dismissed as a defendant from the last pending wrongful death lawsuit related to the Sept. 11 attacks, leaving United Airlines and a security company facing a trial in which airport...
Jul 29 2011 // Rite Aid has agreed to pay $2.1 million in a settlement with the state attorney general’s office over alleged overcharges for prescription drugs under the workers’ compensation insurance system. Attorney...
Jul 28 2011 // A Massachusetts gun-maker has agreed to pay nearly $600,000 to the families of one man who was killed and another man who was wounded in a shooting involving a gun allegedly stolen from the company, a national gun-control...
Jul 21 2011 // The state Registry of Motor Vehicles says the number of drunken driving arrests has declined in Massachusetts in the past five years.The agency’s numbers show there were 14,834 OUI (operating under the influence)...
Jul 20 2011 // A Massachusetts restaurant owner who failed to upgrade his obsolete fire suppression system was not entitled to collect insurance money after a massive fire six years ago — and must return $15,000 advanced to him by his...
Jul 18 2011 // Ohio-based State Auto Insurance Cos. said it will cease writing coverage in Rhode Island and write only certain lines of business in Massachusetts.State Auto will continue to write business and farm insurance in...
Jul 5 2011 // Ohio-based State Auto Insurance Cos. said it will cease writing coverage in Rhode Island and write only certain lines of business in Massachusetts.State Auto will continue to write business and farm Insurance in...
Jul 4 2011 // The financial toll from tornadoes that ravaged several Massachusetts communities has risen dramatically.The state’s Division of Insurance estimated that residents have filed 8,200 insurance claims totaling $140...
Jul 4 2011 // The family of a Massachusetts man killed in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks says in court documents that private security screeners at Logan International Airport were not made aware of the terrorist threat from...
Jun 30 2011 // Massachusetts insurance officials have updated estimates on insurance claims resulting from this month’s Western and Central Massachusetts tornadoes, with 9,500 claims totaling an estimated $175 million having been...
Jun 27 2011 // Massachusetts consumers who purchased credit unemployment insurance from Wesco Credit Insurance Co. will be getting premium refunds under a settlement obtained by state officials.Attorney General Martha Coakley’s...
Jun 23 2011 // The family of a Massachusetts man killed in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks says newly released court documents show security problems at Boston’s airport the day of attacks are to blame for the man’s...
Jun 20 2011 // Blue collar workers hired through temporary staffing agencies often aren’t paid fairly and have difficulties filing workers’ compensation, according to a new study by the University of Massachusetts at...
Jun 20 2011 // Insurers USAA and NGM Insurance Co. will return a combined $3.4 million to Massachusetts motorcycle policyholders as part of a settlement with state officials.Attorney General Martha Coakley said that 9,500 checks have...
Jun 20 2011 // Homeowners in western Massachusetts have filed $90 million in insurance claims for damage caused by deadly tornadoes that ravaged Springfield and several smaller communities earlier this month.The state Division of...
Jun 17 2011 // The financial toll from tornadoes that ravaged Springfield and several smaller communities has risen dramatically.The state’s Division of Insurance estimated Thursday that residents have filed 8,200 insurance claims...
Jun 16 2011 // Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel has asked for a state investigation into whether banks may have manipulated foreign exchange rates charged to Ohio pension funds and the state’s injured worker insurance, potentially...
Jun 10 2011 // The family of a 4-year-old Massachusetts boy who died after falling from a mall escalator has filed a wrongful death lawsuit.Mark DiBona of Dudley died March 12 after falling from a second-floor escalator in a Sears store...
Jun 9 2011 // Homeowners in western Massachusetts have filed $90 million in insurance claims for damage caused by deadly tornadoes that ravaged Springfield and several smaller communities last week, state officials said Tuesday.The...