Latest Massachusetts Headlines
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Mass. Firm Fights State’s Bill for Explosion; Insurers Look to Recoup
Apr 16 2007 // A Massachusetts ink manufacturer whose plant exploded and damaged dozens of homes has mounted a legal challenge to the state’s authority to bill it $312,000 for the cost of responding to the crisis. Lawyers for CAI...
Mass. auto report offers map to move state to limited price competition
Apr 9 2007 // Also, advises against assigned risk pool change at this time and against erasing subsidies or allowing credit scoring A special auto insurance study group appointed by Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has recommended...
Summary of Mass. auto insurance recommendations
Apr 9 2007 // In its report, Gov. Patrick’s auto insurance study group set forth these key recommendations: 1. The insurance commissioner should examine alternatives to move towards competitive rating using flex-bands, while...
Mass. extends deadline for residents to buy health coverage
Apr 9 2007 // The board that oversees Massachusetts’ landmark health insurance law voted last month to delay key elements of the plan by a year and a half to give residents and businesses a chance to ramp up their health care...
News Currents
Apr 9 2007 // Mass. auto report offers map to move state to limited price competition Also, advises against assigned risk pool change at this time and against erasing subsidies or allowing credit scoring A special auto insurance study...
News Currents
Apr 9 2007 // Mass. auto report offers map to move state to limited price competition Also, advises against assigned risk pool change at this time and against erasing subsidies or allowing credit scoring A special auto insurance study...
News Currents
Apr 9 2007 // Mass. extends deadline for residents to buy health coverage The board that oversees Massachusetts’ landmark health insurance law voted last month to delay key elements of the plan by a year and a half to give...
Plymouth Rock Gets Behind Mass. Motorcycle Safety Campaign
Apr 6 2007 // Plymouth Rock Assurance Corp. is joining the Massachusetts Motorcycle Association (MMA) in a statewide initiative to promote awareness and safety of motorcycle riders. As part of the state’s Motorcycle Safety...
Mass. Employer Sentenced to Read Book for Lying About Work Safety
Apr 5 2007 // Worcester (Massachusetts) Superior Court Judge Francis Fecteau has sentenced a Templeton man to two and one-half years for committing perjury in a workers’ compensation claim proceeding at the Department of...
Mass. Auto Report Urges Limited Price Competition; No Assigned Risk Change for Now
Mar 27 2007 // A special auto insurance study group appointed by Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has recommended modest changes to introduce limited pricing competition while warning against a proposed overhaul of the state’s high...
R.I., Mass. safest while Wyo., Ark. deadliest states for truck crashes
Mar 26 2007 // Wyoming and Arkansas are the deadliest states for truck crashes, according to a safety group that has called for tougher federal regulation to reduce fatalities hovering above 100 a week nationwide for years. The safest...
Mass. AG Balks as FAIR Plan Seeks 13.6% Hike Statewide, 25% on Cape
Mar 23 2007 // The Massachusetts FAIR Plan has requested a 25 percent homeowners insurance rate increase for Cape Cod residents, part of an overall statewide filing seeking a 13.6 percent average rate increase statewide. The FAIR Plan,...
Mass. Extends Deadline for Key Health Care Plan Requirement
Mar 22 2007 // The board that oversees Massachusetts’ landmark health insurance law voted this week to delay key elements of the plan by a year and a half to give residents and businesses a chance to ramp up their health care...
R.I., Mass. Safest While Wyo., Ark. Deadliest States for Truck Crashes
Mar 15 2007 // Wyoming and Arkansas are the deadliest states for truck crashes, according to a safety group that has called for tougher federal regulation to reduce fatalities hovering above 100 a week nationwide for years. The safest...
Mass. Would Be First to Require Insurers Offer Drug Coverage
Mar 15 2007 // Massachusetts would become the first state in the nation to essentially require all insurers provide prescription drug coverage, under recommendations made Tuesday to the board overseeing the state’s landmark health...
It Figures
Mar 12 2007 // 5% The Virginia sales tax from which items used to prepare for a hurricane would be exempt during the last week of May each year under recently-passed legislation. Sales tax won’t be collected on portable generators...
Mass. health insurers agree on $175 a month plan under new law
Mar 12 2007 // The average uninsured Massachusetts resident could obtain health care coverage for as little as $175 a month under the state’s insurance law, Gov. Deval Patrick announced as he released the results of negotiations...
New Low-Price Mass. Health Plans Too Good to Be True, Advocates Say
Mar 9 2007 // Health care activists say the low-cost health insurance plans unveiled recently by Gov. Deval Patrick – some with monthly premiums as low as $175 – sound too good to be true. They point to what they say are the...
Mass. Health Insurers Agree to Offer $175 a Month Plan Under New Law
Mar 5 2007 // The average uninsured Massachusetts residents could obtain health care coverage for as little as $175 a month under the state’s insurance law, Gov. Deval Patrick announced as he released the results of negotiations...
New Mass. Commissioner Accustomed to Being the Judge
Mar 1 2007 // The new insurance commissioner for Massachusetts, who started on the job this week, thinks her years of experience in a judge’s robe will serve her well in her new role, one in which she sees herself as an arbiter of...
