Latest Massachusetts Headlines
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Massachusetts Agents Have Over $1B Financial Impact on State
Dec 7 2015 // Eight years after the introduction of managed competition for private passenger auto insurance and the influx of direct writers and direct response companies into Massachusetts, a new study commissioned by the...
Mass. AG Announces $209K Settlement With American Fidelity Assurance
Dec 4 2015 // American Fidelity Assurance Company (AFA), a life and health insurance company based in Oklahoma City, has agreed to pay $209,000 to settle allegations that it failed to cover mandated benefits required by state law and...
Mass. AG Argues Mapfre, Safety Won Excessive Home Insurance Rate Hikes
Dec 3 2015 // Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey says two of the state’s largest homeowners’ insurance companies won excessive and unwarranted rate increases of about 9 percent by taking advantage of last...
3 Earn Award for Combating Auto Insurance Fraud in Massachusetts
Nov 24 2015 // Two police officers and a prosecutor who work in the Northwestern District Attorney’s office in Northampton, Massachusetts, have earned a national award for combating auto insurance fraud. Det. Lt. John Cummings,...
Questions Arise as More Mass. Residents List Their Homes on Lodging Sites
Nov 24 2015 // Marcus Ohanesian and Katie O’Connor’s apartment in Worcester, Massachusetts, is in a “family-friendly neighborhood central to the middle of Worcester” and a short walk to excellent restaurants and...
Mass. Fire Marshal Offers Tips to Avoid Thanksgiving Blazes
Nov 24 2015 // Enjoy the Thanksgiving turkey but be careful while it’s in the oven. That’s the message from Massachusetts fire marshal Stephen Coan, who says more fires break out in homes in Massachusetts on Thanksgiving than...
Mass. AG Healey: Insurer Improperly Charged Thousands of Homeowners
Nov 24 2015 // The largest force-placed insurance company in Massachusetts has agreed to provide refunds to homeowners to settle allegations that it improperly charged for force-placed insurance policies, Massachusetts Attorney General...
Massachusetts Lawmakers Go Home for Holidays; No Action on Ridesharing
Nov 23 2015 // In the home of the Pilgrims, lawmakers have gone home ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. The Massachusetts Legislature has adjourned for 2015, having failed to move on any of four bills introduced this year that proposed...
Orchid Underwriters to Acquire Platinum Partners in Massachusetts
Nov 20 2015 // Orchid Underwriters, a Vero Beach, Florida-based managing general agent providing excess & surplus (E&S) insurance for coastal properties, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Platinum Partners, a...
Norfolk & Dedham Hires Thompson as Finance & Investment Director in Mass.
Nov 19 2015 // Michael Thompson The Norfolk & Dedham Group, a regional property/casualty insurer based in Dedham, Massachusetts, hired Michael Thompson as director, Finance and Investment. Thompson is responsible for providing...
Study: Mass. Independent Agents Have Over $1B Financial Impact on Economy
Nov 17 2015 // Eight years after the introduction of managed competition for private passenger auto insurance and the influx of direct writers and direct response companies into Massachusetts to compete with independent agencies, a new...
People – East
Nov 16 2015 // The Hilb Group, a middle market insurance agency based in Richmond, Virginia, hired David Hobbs as president and chief operating officer. The title of president was previously held by Chief Executive Officer Robert Hilb...
Mass. Drivers to Receive $5.4M in Relief on High-Interest Auto Loans
Nov 9 2015 // A national auto lender has agreed to provide $5.4 million in relief to more than 450 Massachusetts consumers over allegations that it charged excessive interest rates on its subprime auto loans, Massachusetts Attorney...
Massachusetts OKs USAA’s Rideshare Gap Policy
Nov 2 2015 // Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker and the Division of Insurance announced on Oct. 19 that the United Services Automobile Association (USAA) has been approved to offer additional “gap protection” coverage to its...
Partners Insurance Hires McDonald as Broker in Massachusetts
Oct 30 2015 // Bernard J. McDonald V Partners Insurance Group LLC has hired Bernard J. McDonald V as a licensed broker and producer. McDonald is responsible for developing new business and creating customer relationships. He provides and...
Opioid Overdose Fatalities Appear to Be Increasing in Massachusetts
Oct 27 2015 // Opioid-related overdose deaths in Massachusetts appear to have continued increasing above totals that were high enough last year for officials to deem it a public health crisis, according to preliminary statistics released...
USAA to Offer Rideshare ‘Gap Protection’ Coverage in Massachusetts
Oct 20 2015 // Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker and the Division of Insurance announced that the United Services Automobile Association (USAA) has been approved to offer additional “gap protection” coverage to its...
XS Brokers Announces 5 New Hires in Massachusetts
Oct 20 2015 // XS Brokers, a wholesale brokerage based in Quincy, Massachusetts, announced the following five new hires. Sean McVicker joined XS as broker. McVicker comes from AmTrust E&S where he was casualty broker placing general...
Mass. to Hold Public Hearings on Homeowners Insurance Marketing & Sales
Oct 20 2015 // Massachusetts state insurance officials are going on the road with a series of public hearings to explore how homeowners insurance is sold in Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Division of Insurance says the hearings will...
Massachusetts AG: Insurer to Pay for Faulty Repairs
Oct 19 2015 // A subsidiary of Allstate has agreed to pay for the correction of faulty repair work performed on motor vehicles brought to unregistered body shops in Massachusetts. The assurance of discontinuance with Encompass Insurance,...
