Latest Massachusetts Headlines
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Few Claims Reported From Winter Storm Juno
Feb 9 2015 // Winter Storm Juno – a blizzard that swept through the Northeast during the last week of January and brought record and near-record snowfalls and high winds – has resulted in relatively few insurance claims so...
Eastern Insurance Group Acquires James J. Sullivan Agency in Mass.
Feb 3 2015 // Eastern Insurance Group in Natick, Massachusetts, has acquired James J. Sullivan Insurance Agency, an independent insurance agency based in Quincy, Massachusetts. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. James J....
N.Y., Mass. Adopt Certificates of Insurance Law
Feb 2 2015 // New York and Massachusetts in January became the latest states to enact laws to prohibit improper use of certificates of insurance. On Jan. 28, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law a bill (A.9590/S.6545-A) that would...
Few Claims Reported From Winter Storm Juno
Feb 2 2015 // Winter Storm Juno — a blizzard that swept through the Northeast during the last week of January and brought record and near-record snowfalls and high winds — has resulted in relatively few insurance claims so...
Massachusetts Coastal Communities Hit Hard by Blizzard
Jan 30 2015 // Some of the areas hardest hit by the blizzard that tore through Massachusetts were on the coastline, where oceanfront homes took the brunt of raging seas. In Marshfield, Massachusetts, officials were still assessing the...
AIR Worldwide Reports on This Week’s Northeast Blizzard
Jan 29 2015 // A blizzard in the Northeast this week primarily impacted eastern Long Island in New York, southeastern Connecticut, Rhode Island, eastern Massachusetts and Cape Cod and the islands, New Hampshire, and Maine, with record...
New Englanders Facing Snowy ‘Big Dig’ After Blizzard
Jan 29 2015 // New Englanders savaged by a blizzard packing knee-high snowfall and hurricane-force winds began digging out Wednesday, grudgingly praising forecasters who got grief from New Yorkers and others spared its full fury. The...
Clark Insurance Acquires James L. Cooney Agency in Massachusetts
Jan 27 2015 // Clark Insurance, an employee-owned independent insurance agency with offices in Maine and New Hampshire, has acquired the James L. Cooney Insurance Agency of Lowell, Massachusetts. Terms of the transaction were not...
Blizzard Sweeps Northeast U.S., New York Spared Its Brunt
Jan 27 2015 // A blizzard swept across the northeastern United States on Tuesday, dropping as much as 2 feet (60 cm) of snow across Massachusetts and Connecticut even as its impact on New York City fell short of dire predictions. The...
N.Y. Region Revives With Travel Bans Lifted as Blizzard Fizzles
Jan 27 2015 // The New York region lurched back to life after a storm advertised as a potentially life-threatening blizzard ended up as a mundane winter snowfall. Travel bans for automobiles in New York and New Jersey were lifted and New...
People – East
Jan 26 2015 // Pennsylvania’s Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf has appointed Teresa Miller to be the state’s insurance commissioner in his administration. Miller is an attorney and former administrator of Oregon Insurance Division....
Insurance Groups Criticize Mass. Rideshare Regulations
Jan 26 2015 // Insurance industry associations say Massachusetts’ newly developed rideshare regulations are vague and woefully deficient in addressing the insurance concerns. The regulations, crafted by Massachusetts Department of...
Insurance Groups Criticize Massachusetts Rideshare Regulations
Jan 20 2015 // Insurance industry associations say Massachusetts’ newly developed rideshare regulations are vague and woefully deficient in addressing the insurance concerns. The regulations, crafted by Massachusetts Department of...
Rogers & Gray Announces Leadership Change in Massachusetts
Jan 12 2015 // Charles “Chuck” RobinsonRogers & Gray Insurance, an independent insurance agency with eight locations in Massachusetts, has announced that President and Chief Executive Officer Charles “Chuck”...
People – East
Jan 12 2015 // Maryland’s Republican Gov.-elect Larry Hogan has named Al Redmer, Jr. to be the state’s insurance commissioner. Maryland’s current insurance commissioner, Therese M. Goldsmith, previously announced that...
Historical Analysis of Auto Thefts in New York, Massachusetts
Jan 12 2015 // Auto thefts in New York and Massachusetts have fallen by 90 percent or more from their peak years, according to a historical analysis by the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB). From its peak auto theft year in 1990...
Mass. FAIR Plan Expands to Include Dwelling Liability Coverage
Jan 12 2015 // The Massachusetts Property Insurance Underwriting Association (MPIUA) — also known as the Massachusetts FAIR Plan — has expanded to include the writing of dwelling liability coverage, effective Jan. 7,...
Cook & Co. Promotes Shillue to President in Massachusetts
Jan 9 2015 // Sue Shillue Cook & Company Insurance Services Inc., an insurance and risk management services firm in Marshfield, Massachusetts, has promoted Sue Shillue to president. She succeeds Peter A. Cook who was named managing...
Incoming Mass. Attorney General Healey Targets Drug Abuse Problem
Jan 6 2015 // Massachusetts Attorney General-elect Maura Healey said Monday she was planning a major push against heroin and prescription drug abuse, including plans to expand the Massachusetts program that monitors prescription drug...
Duffy Insurance Agency Acquires Connolly Insurance in Massachusetts
Jan 5 2015 // Duffy Insurance Agency, a family-owned, independent agency with offices in Lynn, Peabody and Gloucester, Massachusetts, announced its acquisition of Connolly Insurance Agency, a family-owned agency in Peabody,...
