All the headlines from our Massachusetts Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 16 2010 // Massachusetts insurance agents scored a victory as the state’s governor signed a new law allowing them to keep their rights to clients’ expiring auto policies – a move sought by agents since the...
Aug 10 2010 // American Collectors Insurance has expanded the availability of insurance and services it offers to car collectors in Massachusetts.American Collectors, a provider of specialty insurance for collector vehicles and...
Aug 6 2010 // Fire investigators say a propane leak from a basement heating unit was the cause of a deadly explosion at a condominium under construction in Massachusetts. State Fire Marshal Stephen Coan said that damage to the heating...
Aug 6 2010 // Massachusetts insurance agents scored a victory this week as the state’s governor signed a new law allowing them to keep their rights to clients’ expiring auto policies — a move sought by agents since the...
Aug 2 2010 // A lawyer from a well-known Massachusetts personal injury firm who was convicted of insurance fraud will be allowed to practice law again.The state’s highest court on Thursday reinstated the law license of Nicholas...
Jul 28 2010 // In a decision that changes nearly a century’s worth of case law, Massachusetts highest court has ruled that property owners can be held liable for snow-related injuries — regardless of whether plows cleared the...
Jul 19 2010 // Paulette Lundy has been promoted to vice president of Human Resources for Maryland’s Injured Worker Insurance Fund (IWIF), a workers’ compensation insurer. She previously served as director of human resources...
Jul 12 2010 // Munich Re has provided the Massachusetts Property Insurance Underwriting Association (MPIUA) with a $ 96 million catastrophe bond issuance that “transfers hurricane risk in Massachusetts to the capital...
Jul 12 2010 // The Massachusetts Property Insurance Underwriting Association (MPIUA) has received a $96 million catastrophe bond issuance that transfers hurricane risk in Massachusetts to the capital markets, a number of reinsurers...
Jul 12 2010 // A.M. Best Co. has placed under review with developing implications the financial strength rating of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a-” of Valiant Insurance Company and Valiant...
Jul 5 2010 // Judge: Endorsement Must Be Requested by Insured Liberty Mutual was right to deny workers’ comp benefits for a self-employed carpenter who severely injured his hand, the Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled. The...
Jun 25 2010 // Liberty Mutual was right to deny workers’ comp benefits for a self-employed carpenter who severely injured his hand, the Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled.The decision upholds an earlier ruling by an...
Jun 22 2010 // Firefighters battled a blaze at a Massachusetts mulch company that spread to heavy construction equipment and caused over $1 million in damage.Peabody Fire Chief Steven Pasdon says the fire at the J.D. Raymond Company...
Jun 9 2010 // Springfield, Massachusetts has taken a step toward banning texting while driving.The city council on Monday passed a home rule petition by a 12-1 margin that would allow police to fine anyone who sends or receives text...
Jun 9 2010 // The Hanover says it will offer Massachusetts drivers a discount on a special course in crash prevention skills and safe-driver techniques.The program, run by In Control Crash Prevention Training, is the only one of its...
Jun 9 2010 // A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the issuer credit ratings (ICR) to “aa” from “aa-” of Travelers Group, its P/C members and affiliate, Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America (TCSA) and...
Jun 7 2010 // Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley is proposing new regulations that she says will rein in sales and underwriting practices for auto insurers and agents in the state.The regulations come in response to a report...
Jun 2 2010 // The Internet generation is about to get something it may value more than Facebook or instant-messaging: the ability to schedule driver’s license road tests online.Until Tuesday, 161/2 year olds had to call a Registry...
May 28 2010 // Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley is proposing new regulations that she says will rein in sales and underwriting practices for auto insurers and agents in the state.The regulations come in response to a report...
May 27 2010 // The Massachusetts Medical Society says the state’s doctors are under increasing pressure from a series of factors — including malpractice insurance prices — a trend that could undermine patient care.The...