Latest Massachusetts Headlines
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Western Mass. Diocese, Abuse Victims Near Settlement
Oct 29 2007 // Lawyers for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield, Mass., clergy abuse victims and the insurance carriers confirm that the sides have agreed to enter nonbinding settlement talks in a two-year old lawsuit. More than...
Mass. Caps Hikes in Auto Insurance at 10%; Smaller Insurers Eye 2.5% Cut
Oct 25 2007 // The first moves toward competitive rating for auto insurance in Massachusetts indicate that rates for drivers insured by insurers with small market share could drop an average 2.5 percent, while rates for drivers in the...
Mass. Insurance Chief Urges Agents to Seize Opportunity in Auto Deregulation
Oct 23 2007 // Exclusive Video: Commissioner Interview Mass. Commissioner Burnes: Effect of Managed Competition on Mass. Agents Some Massachusetts insurance agents are anxious about the state’s move to a deregulated auto insurance...
Urban Lawmakers Eye Ban on ‘Proxies’ in Mass. Auto Insurance Pricing
Oct 22 2007 // Lawmakers representing urban drivers in Massachusetts are challenging the Patrick administration’s auto insurance plan, saying new regulations leave loopholes for companies to charge higher rates to minorities and...
Premier Insurance in Mass. Changing Brand to Travelers
Oct 19 2007 // As Massachusetts gears up for a switch to a more competitive personal auto insurance market, one of its domestic auto insurers, Premier Insurance Co., will adopt the well-known brand of its parent, Travelers...
Mass. Hospitals Share Data on Patient Injuries from Falls
Oct 16 2007 // They can be some of the most common — and most easily preventable — injuries suffered during a recovery and now the state’s hospitals say they are making progress in helping prevent falls among their...
Mass. Jury Awards $26.5 Million In Birth of Disabled Child
Oct 15 2007 // A Suffolk Superior Court jury in Boston has awarded $26.5 million to a 10-year-old boy and his parents after the family argued in a lawsuit that he was severely injured during a delayed delivery at Brigham and...
Mass. Agents Launch Site on Mandatory Health Insurance Law
Oct 15 2007 // In an effort to clarify business and individual responsibilities under the Massachusetts Health Reform Act, the Massachusetts Association of Health Underwriters (MassAHU) has launched the Web site at...
Mass. AG Calls for 18% Cut in Home Insurance Rates Charged by FAIR Plan
Oct 12 2007 // Homeowners insurance rates for many in Massachusetts insured through the state’s secondary market insurer, the FAIR Plan, would drop 18 percent if Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley gets her...
Mass. Bans Credit Scores in Both Rating, Underwriting in New Auto Plan
Oct 9 2007 // Auto insurers in Massachusetts will not be able to use credit scores to price or underwrite risks when the state enters its managed competition market next April. Insurance Commissioner Nonnie Burnes sided with consumer...
Mass. warned on coastal development and insurance
Oct 8 2007 // A major hurricane making landfall in Massachusetts could cause billions of dollars worth of property damage while also severely straining the resources of the state’s residual homeowners’ insurance market, the...
Mass. consumer groups say auto deregulation plan needs work
Oct 8 2007 // A Massachusetts consumer group and Attorney General Martha Coakley urged Insurance Commissioner Nonnie Burnes to incorporate more consumer protections and ban the use of credit scores in her proposed auto insurance...
News Currents
Oct 8 2007 // Mass. warned on coastal development and insurance A major hurricane making landfall in Massachusetts could cause billions of dollars worth of property damage while also severely straining the resources of the state’s...
Mass. Weighs Getting Tougher with Road Rage, High-Speed Drivers
Sep 27 2007 // Road rage incidents are driving some lawmakers to get tougher on angry and reckless motorists. The Legislature’s transportation committee will consider a bill designed to crack down on a range of bad behavior on the...
Hanover Offering Discounts in Mass. for Advanced Driver Training Course
Sep 27 2007 // As Massachusetts prepares to move to a more competitve auto insurance system, The Hanover Insurance Group announced it will offer discounts on an advanced driver training course for its policyholders and their family...
Editor’s Note: Promises to keep
Sep 24 2007 // p:Deregulation is breaking out all over, with Democrats spearheading the changes and making the promises of a better insurance future. Most recent is the Spitzer administration’s move to deregulate workers’...
People
Sep 24 2007 // The National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices has named its officers and directors for the 2007-2008 term. The new NAPSLO president is Mary Ellen Rozzell, who is with Continental/Marmorstein & Malone...
Burnes: four insurers eyeing deregulated Mass. auto market
Sep 24 2007 // Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Nonnie Burnes says four insurers not now writing auto insurance in the state have said they might enter if her plan to allow competitive pricing goes forward. Burnes is not naming the...
Promises to keep
Sep 24 2007 // Deregulation is breaking out all over, with Democrats spearheading the changes and making the promises of a better insurance future. Most recent is the Spitzer administration’s move to deregulate workers’...
From Consumer Viewpoint, New Mass. Auto Rules Need Work
Sep 21 2007 // A Massachusetts consumer group and Attorney General Martha Coakley urged Insurance Commissioner Nonnie Burnes to incorporate more consumer protections and ban the use of credit scores in her proposed auto insurance...
