All the headlines from our Massachusetts Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 7 2009 // ProMutual ProMutual Group has promoted José R. “Joe” Zorola to vice president of underwriting. Zorola previously served as director of underwriting for the Boston-based medical liability insurer. In this new...
Sep 7 2009 // A homeowner’s policy will not pay damages to the mother of a teenager who died after overdosing on painkillers he stole from the man with whom he and his mother lived, a panel of justices from the Massachusetts...
Sep 3 2009 // Federal authorities are investigating the death of a Stoughton man who fell off a forklift and struck his head on the concrete floor in the Taunton warehouse where he worked. Authorities say 51-year-old Alan Forsyth was...
Aug 27 2009 // The state of Vermont has issued one of its largest ever workplace safety fines against a Massachusetts firm that formerly installed cable for Comcast.The Vermont Occupational Safety and Health Administration found six...
Aug 24 2009 // A homeowner’s policy will not pay damages to the mother of a teenager who died after overdosing on painkillers he stole from the man with whom he and his mother lived, a panel of justices from the Massachusetts...
Aug 13 2009 // The Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled an insurance company must pay the government for its remaining losses from a $9.4 million theft from the Treasury in the late 1990s. The theft remains the largest loss of state...
Aug 12 2009 // Massachusetts is opening its first Registry branch on the Turnpike.The change comes amid a consolidation drive that includes closing 11 Registry of Motor Vehicles branches. The one in Southbridge closed Friday. It’s...
Aug 10 2009 // A three-alarm blaze destroyed a vacant Massachusetts boat yard and caused several million dollars in damage, fire officials said Friday.The fire damaged Melanson’s boat marina and bait shop, three boats and several...
Aug 7 2009 // A Massachusetts man whose wife was killed by a construction worker at a fast food restaurant has settled a wrongful death lawsuit even as a jury weighed the case. A lawyer for Thomas Miller tells The Telegram &...
Aug 5 2009 // Investigators are still trying to determine the source of noxious fumes at a Massachusetts trash disposal facility that sent 119 people to hospitals, including two who were listed in critical condition.Police and fire...
Aug 3 2009 // Connecticut-based medical liability mutual insurer CMIC has launched a new professional liability policy for Ambulatory Surgery Centers based in Massachusetts. The policy is modeled after the company’s Connecticut...
Aug 3 2009 // A claims-made and reported professional liability policy will not cover a Massachusetts lawyer who failed to notify three different insurers about a potential suit against him, the First Circuit Court of Appeals has...
Jul 23 2009 // A proposal to overhaul the way doctors and hospitals are paid in Massachusetts, a pioneer in healthcare, could help hold down spiraling costs and may have lessons for Washington as it grapples with reforming the U.S....
Jul 20 2009 // A claims-made and reported professional liability policy will not cover a Massachusetts lawyer who failed to notify three different insurers about a potential suit against him, the First Circuit Court of Appeals has...
Jul 20 2009 // Thirteen people have been charged with auto insurance fraud in connection with what Massachusetts police say was a staged accident that resulted in more than $76,000 in insurance payouts. Lawrence, Massachusetts Police...
Jul 16 2009 // A Massachusetts town and five of its insurance companies have agreed to pay $3.4 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the estate of a man who spent 19 years in prison for a murder before being cleared by DNA evidence found...
Jul 8 2009 // Thirteen people from Lawrence and Methuen have been charged with auto insurance fraud in connection with what police say was a staged accident that resulted in more than $76,000 in insurance payouts. Lawrence Chief John...
Jul 6 2009 // Nine new auto insurers, more carriers for each independent agency to represent, a drop in the number of uninsured drivers, and a decrease in policies written in the residual market — these are some of the advantages...
Jun 25 2009 // A.M. Best Co. has revised the outlook to negative from stable and affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings of “a-” of Plymouth Rock Assurance Group...
Jun 24 2009 // Residents of a Scituate, Massachusetts neighborhood rocked by a natural gas explosion last year have sued Bay State Gas Co. and the estate of the man who investigators said deliberately caused the blast.David Kupris was...