All the headlines from our Massachusetts Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 27 2008 // Progressive announced that it is now offering boat insurance in Massachusetts for customers who shop online. Progressive began writing car insurance for online shoppers in Massachusetts in May of this year, and has been...
Jun 20 2008 // The Commonwealth of Massachusetts and its largest private health insurer have announced policies that prohibit hospitals and doctors from billing for costs relating to fixing medical errors.Health policy analysts say the...
Jun 19 2008 // Keene, N.H.-based Peerless Insurance said it has issued its first Massachusetts personal auto insurance policy in more than 20 years.The company, part of Liberty Mutual Group, first announced in November it would re-enter...
Jun 16 2008 // Mapfre, CommerceSpain’s largest insurer, Mapfre S.A., said it has completed its acquisition of The Commerce Group Inc., the 20th largest auto insurer in the country. Mapfre paid $36.70 per share of Commerce’s...
Jun 6 2008 // Massachusetts insurance agents and one of the state’s biggest auto insurers are going to court seeking to overturn rules that they say give new carriers an unfair advantage under the state’s new managed...
Jun 5 2008 // Massachusetts businesses, pubs and state officials, including Lt. Governor Timothy Murray, are launching a new campaign to discourage drink driving and encourage the use of designated drivers.The Arbella Insurance Group...
Jun 4 2008 // A Massachusetts employer is not entitled to recover any increased workers’ compensation costs from a third party responsible for injuring its employee.The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that the...
Jun 4 2008 // Spain’s largest insurer, Mapfre S.A., said it has completed its acquisition of The Commerce Group Inc., the 20th largest auto insurer in the country.Mapfre paid $36.70 in cash per share of Commerce’s publicly...
Jun 3 2008 // In the first year after Massachusetts implemented its landmark coverage expansion and health reforms, the uninsurance rate among adults in the state dropped by almost half, from 13 percent to 7.1 percent.A new Urban...
May 29 2008 // Massachusetts’ insurer of last resort won’t immediately seek a steep premium increase, saving money for 150,000 customers.The decision by the FAIR Plan comes after Insurance Commissioner Nonnie Burnes rejected...
May 27 2008 // Coastal communities in Massachusetts should encourage property owners to elevate their buildings to avoid future flooding and storm surge damage, according to officials advising on storm mitigation efforts.In addition to...
May 27 2008 // Eastern Insurance Group reported that it plans to acquire Marshfield, Mass.-based Anderson Insurance Services, Inc., an independent agency specializing in musical instrument insurance along with auto, life, home, boat,...
May 23 2008 // A physicians group is suing a Massachusetts agency, arguing that the agency’s system for ranking doctors based on quality and cost is unfair to patients and physicians alike.The Massachusetts Medical Society said...
May 22 2008 // Massachusetts Commissioner of Insurance Nonnie S. Burnes has approved the acquisition of Commerce Insurance Co., principal subsidiary of The Commerce Group of Webster, Mass., by the Spanish insurance company Mapfre,...
May 21 2008 // No tool is more indispensable to an insurance agency than a computer; after all, it’s where the rates come from.So imagine what went through the heads of thousands of Massachusetts independent insurance agents after...
May 20 2008 // Massachusetts independent insurance agents are unhappy about a state ruling that they believe erodes their ownership of their customers’ auto policies and denies them proper payment on certain high risk policies.The...
May 19 2008 // After a month of operating under a new managed competition system for auto insurance, Massachusetts is seeing competition heat up — at least over rules and regulations.The state has approved a controversial rule to...
May 19 2008 // Massachusetts insurance officials have blocked a 13.2 percent statewide rate hike by the state’s residual market home insurer.The decision by Insurance Commissioner Nonnie S. Burnes spares some 150,000 coastal and...
May 19 2008 // No tool is more indispensable to an insurance agency than a computer; after all, it’s where the rates come from.So imagine what went through the heads of thousands of Massachusetts independent insurance agents after...
May 15 2008 // Federal investigators have concluded that a lack of company safeguards such as alarms and automatic shutoffs led to a massive chemical plant explosion in Danvers.The U.S. Chemical Safety Board is expected to issue a report...