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Mass. Senate OKs Bill Tying Required Flood Coverage Amount to Mortgage Balance
Jun 30 2014 // The Massachusetts state Senate on June 26 passed legislation filed by the state’s attorney general, Martha Coakley, and state House Speaker Robert DeLeo aimed at softening the impact of flood insurance rate...
Massachusetts Paying $35M to End Healthcare Website Contract
Jun 23 2014 // Massachusetts health care officials said on June 20 they’ll pay the lead contractor on the state’s hobbled health insurance website an additional $35 million to close out the contract. That means the CGI Group,...
Domestic Worker Bill Approved by Massachusetts Legislature
Jun 20 2014 // The Massachusetts House has given final approval to legislation creating a “bill of rights” for nannies, caregivers and other domestic workers by establishing labor standards and other worker protections. The...
Massachusetts FAIR Plan Mulls Appeal of Commissioner’s Rate Decision
Jun 20 2014 // The Massachusetts Property Insurance Underwriting Association (“FAIR Plan”) said its board of directors will meet next week to decide whether to file an appeal to challenge Insurance Commissioner Joseph G....
McSweeney & Ricci Announces 4 Appointments in Massachusetts
Jun 18 2014 // McSweeney & Ricci Insurance Agency Inc., an independent agency with four locations in Massachusetts, recently announced four appointments in its Braintree, Mass., office. McSweeney & Ricci said William Liddell,...
Mass. AG Sues Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Over Foreclosure Law
Jun 16 2014 // Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has sued the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and the mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for allegedly violating the state’s 2012 foreclosure prevention...
Mass. Division of Insurance Rejects FAIR Plan Rate Increase
Jun 16 2014 // Mass. Insurance commisioner Joseph MurphyMassachusetts Commissioner of Insurance Joseph G. Murphy announced on June 9 his decision rejecting the Massachusetts Property Insurance Underwriting Association’s...
A.I.M. Mutual in Massachusetts Announces 2 Promotions
Jun 12 2014 // The Associated Industries of Massachusetts Mutual Insurance Companies (A.I.M. Mutual), a workers’ compensation insurer based in Burlington, Mass., announced two promotions. Cheryl A. Began was elected corporate...
Massachusetts DOI Rejects FAIR Plan Rate Increase
Jun 9 2014 // Massachusetts Commissioner of Insurance Joseph G. Murphy announced Monday his decision rejecting the Massachusetts Property Insurance Underwriting Association’s (“FAIR Plan”) request to increase its...
Mass. AG Sues Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Over Foreclosure Law
Jun 3 2014 // Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley is suing the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and the mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for allegedly violating the state’s 2012 foreclosure prevention...
People – East
Jun 2 2014 // XL Group has named Michele Sansone as president of its North America property insurance business and head of its global risk engineering division, XL GAPS. Reporting to Joseph Tocco, chief executive of XL Insurance’s...
Massachusetts Carpenters’ Union Goes After Water Park Developer
May 28 2014 // Unionized carpenters in Massachusetts want the state to rescind a 20-year tax increment financing deal to the developer of a water park and resort in Fitchburg, Mass. The New England Regional Council of Carpenters says...
A.I.M. Mutual in Massachusetts Promotes Parsons to Director of Claims
May 28 2014 // Laurie ParsonsThe Associated Industries of Massachusetts Mutual Insurance Companies, a workers’ compensation insurer based in Burlington, Mass., has promoted Laurie Parsons to director of claims. As director of...
Eastern Insurance in Massachusetts Announces New Appointments
May 27 2014 // Eastern Insurance Group in Massachusetts has added five new executives to its team of more than 300 employees. Gregory Grintchenko has joined Eastern as senior vice president, personal lines sales manager. Grintchenko, of...
Tower Hires Debt Adviser In Response to Mass. Regulator’s Demand for Plan
May 23 2014 // Tower Group International Ltd., the insurer that agreed to be bought by ACP Re Ltd. amid a stock plunge, hired Greenhill & Co. to provide advice on repaying debt if the takeover collapses. Tower hired the bank as the...
XS Brokers Appoints Chief Sales Officer in Massachusetts
May 22 2014 // Mike McKinleyXS Brokers Insurance Agency Inc., an insurance wholesaler based in Quincy, Mass., has named Mike McKinley as chief sales officer. In this newly created position, McKinley will oversee all sales and production...
Mass. Fines GEICO for Accident Report Inconsistencies
May 19 2014 // The Massachusetts Division of Insurance (DOI) announced on May 1 it reached an agreement with auto insurance giant GEICO to resolve inconsistencies in its reporting of auto accident information to Massachusetts state...
Acadia Insurance in Maine Announces 2 Promotions
May 16 2014 // Acadia Insurance, a Westbrook, Maine-based subsidiary of W.R. Berkley Corp., promoted David LeBlanc to senior vice president, chief underwriting and marketing officer; he will be based in Acadia’s home office in...
Mass. AG Coakley Sues Drywall Company for Allegedly Misclassifying Workers
May 16 2014 // A New Hampshire drywall company and its owner have been sued for allegedly misclassifying employees as independent contractors, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley’s office announced today. The lawsuit,...
Massachusetts Senate Approves Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights
May 12 2014 // The Massachusetts Senate has unanimously passed legislation to create a “bill of rights” for nannies, caregivers and other domestic workers by establishing labor standards and other worker protections. The bill...
