All the headlines from our Massachusetts Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 19 2009 // A.M. Best has revised the outlook to negative for Boston-based insurer Plymouth Rock Assurance Group.Despite the outlook downgrade, A.M. Best Co. affirmed the financial strength rating of A- (Excellent) and issuer credit...
Jun 19 2009 // AAA will not be allowed to perform some of the transactions of the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles after a provision that would have allowed the change was knocked out of the Bay State’s budget last night,...
Jun 10 2009 // DeCotis Insurance Associates Inc. has named Devin B. Haughey as chief operations manager. Haughey will oversee the general management and operations of DeCotis, which is an independent excess, surplus and specialty lines...
Jun 10 2009 // Massachusetts-based medical liability insurance company Medical Professional Mutual Insurance Co., known as ProMutual, will acquire medical liability insurer and risk management company FinCor and its...
Jun 8 2009 // Federal workplace safety regulators are investigating the death of a 20-year-old man at a food processing plant in Fall River, MassachusettsPolice say Justin Cordeiro, an employee at Blount Fine Foods, died from injuries...
Jun 3 2009 // Bank holding companies’ (BHC) insurance brokerage income overall experienced a 3.6 percent drop in 2008, the first decline in total BHC brokerage income since 2001, according to a new industry report.“BHCs with...
Jun 1 2009 // Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley says her office has settled a bid-rigging lawsuit lodged against Ohio-based Great American Insurance Co.The suit resolves allegations the insurer submitted a fake and...
Jun 1 2009 // Direct writers continue to target the Massachusetts personal auto insurance market, as one major national carrier announced it has written its first policy in the state and another says it will begin writing direct in...
Jun 1 2009 // An anti-toll activist is criticizing a sharp increase in the number of speeding tickets being handed out by state troopers along the Massachusetts Turnpike. The Boston Herald reported Wednesday that the number of speeding...
May 29 2009 // An investigator hired by one of the companies at the center of an explosion that shook Danvers more than 2 1/2 years ago has dismissed the government’s explanation.Scott Davis, an engineer, said at a public meeting...
May 28 2009 // The Progressive insurance company is paying the state of Massachusetts $120,000 and reimbursing customers after volunteering that its Web site had provided inaccurate rate comparisons.The Ohio-based Progressive Casualty...
May 27 2009 // Lawmakers are considering a bill that would let doctors say “I’m sorry” without admitting they made a medical mistake. Doctors have long expressed frustration that showing any compassion toward patients...
May 26 2009 // The Massachusetts Senate approved an amendment banning all Internet use while driving as part of its version of the state’s upcoming budget.Drivers would be banned from sending text messages, e-mailing or reading the...
May 20 2009 // Boston-based auto insurer Plymouth Rock Assurance has launched a new program that will allow any Massachusetts driver to receive free e-mail reminders 30 days before their license renewals, registration renewals and annual...
May 19 2009 // Direct writers continue to target the Massachusetts personal auto insurance market, as one major national carrier announced it has written its first policy in the state and another says it will begin writing direct in...
May 18 2009 // A federal court ruled that an insurer has a duty to defend and indemnify a flooring company which installed carpets and tiles in a Massachusetts office that were so fume-ridden, they made the building unusable.In a closely...
May 15 2009 // Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley says her office has settled a bid-rigging lawsuit lodged against Ohio-based Great American Insurance Co.The suit resolves allegations the insurer submitted a fake and...
May 11 2009 // Massachusetts-based Rogers & Gray Insurance Agency Inc. has hired John P. Curley as a Commercial Lines Sales Account Executive. Curley, who is a former professional golfer, joined the agency in February and is based...
May 5 2009 // A group of 25 lawyers from seven Boston-area firms have formed the Massachusetts Reinsurance Bar Association (MReBA), a group the members say is a first-of-its-kind group focused on reinsurance law.William N. Erickson of...
Apr 30 2009 // A federal court ruled that an insurer has a duty to defend and indemnify a flooring company which installed carpets and tiles in a Massachusetts office that were so fume-ridden, they made the building unusable.In a closely...