All the headlines from our Massachusetts Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 8 2011 // Boston-based medical professional liability insurer ProMutual Group said it is decreasing premium rates for dentists in Massachusetts by 10 percent. The insurer said analysis by the company revealed lower than anticipated...
Mar 2 2011 // The organization that files workers’ comp rates in Massachusetts has agreed to leave premiums flat through next year, following an agreement with the state’s attorney general that blocked a proposed increase of...
Feb 18 2011 // Morrill Group, an independent insurance agency based in Norwood, Mass., has acquired Goldman Ernest & Liner Insurance Agency of Needham, Mass.Goldman, Ernest & Liner Insurance Agency Inc. will operate as a...
Feb 17 2011 // Brown & Brown has acquired United Benefit Services and Beverly T. Gottlieb & Associates, two metro-Boston agencies specializing in employee benefits and related insurance products. Terms of the deal were not...
Feb 15 2011 // The recession has taken its toll on contractors, restaurants, retailers, small manufacturers and other Main Street business around the country and most of the survivors are not going to soon forget the pain of the past few...
Feb 11 2011 // Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley is urging state insurance regulators to reject Progressive’s request for a 23.5 percent rate hike for commercial auto coverage.Coakley’s office says...
Feb 7 2011 // Breckenridge, REcentisNew York-based wholesaler Breckenridge IS has acquired a majority interest in REcentis Intermediaries, a specialty reinsurance broker with offices in California and Australia. Terms of the deal were...
Feb 7 2011 // Commercial property insurers in Massachusetts will be allowed to exclude terrorism coverage from commercial fire insurance policies under a new law signed by Gov. Deval Patrick.The law modifies the standard fire insurance...
Feb 7 2011 // Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley wants more severe criminal penalties for businesses that go without workers’ compensation insurance for their employees. A bill filed earlier this month by...
Feb 7 2011 // “Is it true that if I don’t shovel the snow then I can’t be sued?” As inevitably as the seasons change, this is a question that comes up every fall. For many years, my answer was both lengthy and...
Feb 7 2011 // The recession has taken its toll on contractors, restaurants, retailers, small manufacturers and other Main Street business around the country and most of the survivors will not soon forget the pain of the past few...
Jan 31 2011 // Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley wants more severe criminal penalties for businesses that go without workers’ compensation insurance for their employees.A bill filed earlier this month by Coakley’s...
Jan 28 2011 // Commercial property insurers in Massachusetts will be allowed to exclude terrorism coverage from commercial fire insurance policies under a new law signed by Gov. Deval Patrick.The law modifies the standard fire insurance...
Jan 25 2011 // A Massachusetts man who allegedly collected over $28,000 in fraudulent insurance claims for work performed at his automotive and glass companies has been arraigned on fraud and larceny charges, according to the...
Jan 24 2011 // A Massachusetts insurance agent has pleaded guilty to pocketing $43,000 in premiums.Richard Coscia Jr., of Winthrop, an employee of Coscia Insurance Agency, pleaded guilty to over two dozen charges, including insurance...
Jan 21 2011 // United Property & Casualty Insurance has been approved to begin writing homeowners and other P/C coverage in Massachusetts.The company is a subsidiary of Florida-based United Insurance Holdings Corp. It is the third...
Jan 19 2011 // Privilege Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange (PURE) said it is now offering coverage for high-value homes in Massachusetts.PURE — which is structured as a policyholder-owned firm — already writes coverage in a number of...
Dec 31 2010 // State fire investigators have concluded that a fatal explosion at a condominium project last summer was not the result of the delivery of odorless propane gas from a Westfield, Mass., distributor, as initially thought.The...
Dec 29 2010 // A Massachusetts woman has been sentenced to more than four years in prison after admitting that she and her husband intentionally ate glass particles, then submitted false insurance claims.Mary Evano was also ordered last...
Dec 28 2010 // A former Lawrence, Massachusetts man who participated in a staged car crash that took the life of a 65-year-old grandmother has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter.Prosecutors say...