Latest Massachusetts Headlines
All the headlines from our Massachusetts Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Workers’ Comp Needs to Catch Up with Healthcare Changes: Economist Gruber
Mar 12 2014 // Workers’ compensation must align itself with the rest of the changing healthcare system to avoid increased cost-shifting by workers and medical providers, according to an economist involved in the Massachusetts and...
Massachusetts Health Care Officials Look to Other States for Website Fixes
Mar 10 2014 // Massachusetts health care officials struggling to repair the state’s hobbled website are looking at the possibility of leasing or buying technology from states with functioning insurance sites. Massachusetts Health...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Tudor Risk Services in Massachusetts
Mar 5 2014 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Tudor Risk Services, LLC located in Woburn, Mass. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2009, Tudor Risk Services is a retail insurance broker...
AG Coakley Testifies in Support of Flood Insurance Bill in Massachusetts
Feb 28 2014 // Concerned that increased insurance rates caused by new flood zone maps will “tip the balance” for homeowners who weathered the economic downturn but are still feeling its effects, Massachusetts Attorney General...
Mass. AG Voices Support for Federal Legislation to Address Patent Trolls
Feb 25 2014 // Alleging that patent trolls stifle innovation and harm the economy, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley joined 41 other states Monday in submitting a letter to two Senate committees voicing support for federal...
Mass. Proposes Tax for Insurer-Owned Pass-Through Entities
Feb 24 2014 // As part of his administration’s plan for new tax revenues, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick recently proposed applying a corporate tax rate to the state’s “pass-through entities” that are owned by...
Bill Seeks to Help Mass. Prep for Climate Change
Feb 24 2014 // A bill recently filed in Massachusetts Legislature would create a “coastal buyback program” allowing the state to purchase land that is repeatedly threatened by damaging tides or is located in flood plain...
Mass. AG Opposes 7.7% Workers’ Comp Rate Hike
Feb 24 2014 // At a recent public hearing, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley’s office expressed its opposition to the workers’ compensation average rate increase proposal and argued that the rate should be lowered...
Arbella Insurance Taps Travelers Exec as VP of Claims in Mass.
Feb 19 2014 // The Arbella Insurance Group in Quincy, Massachusetts, announced the appointment of Joseph L. Salerno II as vice president of claims. Reporting to Arbella COO Janet Corcoran, Salerno will lead the entire Arbella claims...
South Carolina’s Johnson & Johnson Buys H.T. Bailey of Massachusetts
Feb 18 2014 // Johnson & Johnson, a Charleston, South Carolina managing general agency, has acquired wholesale broker H.T. Bailey Insurance Group in Burlington and Quincy, Mass. Under its new ownership, H.T. Bailey will continue to...
Mass. AG Office Says 7.7% Workers’ Comp Rate Hike Unnecessary
Feb 11 2014 // At a recent public hearing, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley’s office expressed its opposition to the workers’ compensation average rate increase proposal and argued that the rate should be lowered...
Mass. Man Charged With Fraudulently Collecting $28K in Comp Benefits
Feb 10 2014 // A Quincy, Mass., man has been indicted on charges he fraudulently collected more than $28,000 in workers’ compensation benefits while working under a false identity, authorities announced. Paulo DaSilva, 53, is...
Mass. Proposes Corporate Tax for Insurer-Owned Pass-Through Entities
Feb 6 2014 // As part of his administration’s plan for new tax revenues, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick recently proposed applying a corporate tax rate to the state’s “pass-through entities” that are owned by...
Some Mass. Towns Still Waiting for Federal Reimbursement Post-Sandy
Feb 4 2014 // Several Cape Cod communities in Massachusetts are still waiting for federal reimbursement for repair work after Superstorm Sandy in October 2012 and the blizzard of February 2013. The Cape Cod Times reports that Sandwich,...
Massachusetts Bill Seeks to Create ‘Coastal Buyback Program’
Feb 4 2014 // A bill filed in Massachusetts Legislature last week would create a “coastal buyback program” allowing the state to purchase land that is repeatedly threatened by damaging tides or is located in flood plain...
Mass. Rep. Keating Urges House Approval of Flood Insurance Bill
Feb 3 2014 // U.S. Rep. William Keating, D-Mass., is calling for swift passage of a flood insurance bill in the House that would give hundreds of thousands of homeowners a reprieve from higher flood insurance premiums. The Democrat said...
Appel Insurance Advisors Hires Newberg for Business Development in Mass.
Jan 31 2014 // Appel Insurance Advisors, a Newton, Mass.-based insurance brokerage, has hired veteran attorney Joseph H. Newberg as director of business development. Newberg recently retired as a tax partner at Weil, Gotshal &...
Advocates Push for Driver’s Licenses for Illegal Immigrants in Mass.
Jan 28 2014 // The largest immigrant advocacy group in New England is again pushing lawmakers to support a bill that would allow foreign-born residents living in the country illegally to secure Massachusetts driver’s...
Massachusetts Schedules Hearing on 7.7% WC Rate Hike Request
Jan 27 2014 // The Massachusetts Division of Insurance is scheduled to hold a hearing on Jan. 30 to consider the request of the Workers’ Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau of Massachusetts (WCRIB). WCRIB is requesting a...
USAA Covers Mass. Same-Sex Spouses Earlier Denied
Jan 27 2014 // Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley says United Services Automobile Association will offer insurance coverage to people who had previously been denied after their same-sex Massachusetts marriages to eligible...
