All the headlines from our Massachusetts Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 7 2008 // Agents across New England and the Mid-Atlantic states are worried about how they and their customers will fare as the region’s economy continues to slow.“An agent’s business is a direct reflection of his...
Apr 7 2008 // The Workers Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau, which represents insurers, submitted its filing on Feb. 29. The bureau has requested a Sept. 1, 2008 effective date for new rates. A hearing was held April 3.The rates...
Apr 3 2008 // A state Web site intended to educate consumers about Massachusetts’ newly deregulated auto insurance market instead gives them inaccurate rate comparisons, Attorney General Martha Coakley said Tuesday on the day the...
Apr 2 2008 // Teen deaths and speeding citations each fell by about a third during the first year Massachusetts had tougher penalties for violating its Junior Operator License Law, state officials said.The number of 16- and 17-year-old...
Apr 1 2008 // Today — April Fool’s Day — is the day when competitive rating in the Massachusetts private passenger auto insurance market becomes real.No kidding. For the first time in more than three decades, the state is...
Mar 28 2008 // A former state senator has been confirmed to be a judge at the Department of Industrial Accidents, despite questions about her qualifications and concern about a political account she plans to maintain on the bench.The...
Mar 26 2008 // Less than a week before historic auto insurance reform takes effect in Massachusetts, one of the insurers is urging Bay State auto insurance policyholders to use caution when using consumer web sites, saying many sites...
Mar 26 2008 // The Wellesley, Mass.-based insurance organization Renaissance Alliance reports it has added six independent agencies representing $36 million in additional premium to its group.The new member agencies include five in...
Mar 25 2008 // A Brockton, Mass. man was arraigned on charges he collected over $9,000 in workers’ compensation benefits while he worked at two different jobs, according to the attorney general’s office.Officials said John...
Mar 24 2008 // Bay State drivers have started shopping around for better rates on their auto insurance, and the state’s top regulator said that consumers should consider switching if they find a better deal.The new system of...
Mar 24 2008 // The new managed care auto insurance system that is underway in Massachusetts should benefit most consumers as well as the state’s local insurers in the short run, according to a new report by Fitch Ratings.However,...
Mar 24 2008 // As Massachusetts independent agents enter a new era in auto insurance, they can’t help but be a bit anxious. After all, they have for years had a lock on more than 85 percent of the auto market under the previous...
Mar 24 2008 // Workers’ compensation costs per claim in Massachusetts were typical among 14 study states, but grew rapidly in four out of five study years, including a nearly 10 percent increase in 2005 claims evaluated in 2006.The...
Mar 21 2008 // An expected vote on the nomination of a former senator to be a judge at the Department of Industrial Accidents was delayed this week after one member of the Governor’s Council accused her of lacking the necessary...
Mar 19 2008 // Massachusetts officials will conduct a public hearing on April 3 to consider an industry request for an average 2.3 percent increase in workers’ compensation rates.The Workers Compensation Rating and Inspection...
Mar 14 2008 // State regulators have suspended the medical license of an obstetrician who has reportedly been sued for malpractice at least a dozen times since 1993.The Board of Registration in Medicine suspended Dr. Suzanne...
Mar 14 2008 // The new managed care auto insurance system that is underway in Massachusetts should benefit most consumers as well as the state’s local insurers in the short run, according to a new report by Fitch Ratings.However,...
Mar 13 2008 // Workers’ compensation costs per claim in Massachusetts were typical among 14 study states, but grew rapidly in four out of five study years, including a nearly 10 percent increase in 2005 claims evaluated in 2006.The...
Mar 13 2008 // A Danvers, Mass. chemical plant that exploded in November 2006 was storing at least twice the combustible substances it was permitted to keep, according to a report released this week.The facility was licensed by the town...
Mar 12 2008 // Massachusetts medical professionals are calling for reforms to the state’s medical liability system that they say will protect physicians from more lawsuits and help control insurance costs.To support their call, the...