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Rockwood Decreases Agent E&O Rates in Massachusetts, California, Texas
May 7 2013 // Rockwood Programs has implemented underwriting guideline changes to its P&C Agents E&O program. The modifications will result in a rate decrease in the states of California, Massachusetts, Nevada, and Texas. The...
2 Mass. Men Sentenced for Fraudulently Collecting $23K in Insurance Payments
May 7 2013 // Massachusetts authorities announced this month that two men have pleaded guilty to charges they fraudulently collected an insurance payment of more than $23,000. “These defendants conspired to obtain payment for a...
Massachusetts FAIR Plan Seeks Rate Hike
May 6 2013 // The Massachusetts FAIR (Fair Access to Insurance Requirements) Plan, the state’s home insurer of last resort, has proposed in April an average statewide rate hike of 6.8 percent. Testimony from expert witnesses and...
Crackdown on Mass. Auto Insurance Fraud Leads to Big Savings: Report
May 1 2013 // A crackdown on auto insurance fraud in Lawrence, Mass., prompted by the death 10 years ago of a great-grandmother in a staged accident has saved the city’s motorists $68 million in premiums, and hundreds of millions...
Massachusetts AG Announces $200K Settlement With Safety Insurance Co.
May 1 2013 // Auto insurer Safety Insurance Company agreed to pay more than $200,000 to settle allegations that it overcharged hundreds of inexperienced drivers by failing to reduce premiums as consumers gained additional years of...
Mass. FAIR Plan Seeks Rate Hike; Expert Witnesses to Testify on Insurer’s Behalf
Apr 28 2013 // The Massachusetts FAIR (Fair Access to Insurance Requirements) Plan, the state’s home insurer of last resort, has proposed this month an average statewide rate hike of 6.8 percent. The FAIR Plan, whose official name...
Report: 32 Massachusetts Workers Died on the Job in 2012
Apr 28 2013 // Labor and worker rights activists are honoring 32 workers who died on the job last year. The Massachusetts AFL-CIO and the Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health released a report on April 25...
Mass.-Based Agency Berry Insurance Appoints President
Apr 12 2013 // Berry Insurance, a Massachusetts-based independent insurance agency, recently promoted Kaitlyn Pintarich to president of the agency. Pintarich joined the agency in 2003 and worked her way up through different positions...
Gun Liability Insurance Measures Facing Uphill Battle in State Legislatures
Apr 12 2013 // While lawmakers in most states have introduced measures in their current legislative sessions that address gun control and gun liability issues, their approaches vary widely, largely depending on the area of the country in...
Mass. Woman Sentenced for Fraudulently Collecting $27K in Insurance Payments
Apr 4 2013 // Authorities announced that a Rockland, Mass., woman has pleaded guilty to charges she fraudulently collected insurance payments of more than $27,000. According to an announcement from Massachusetts Attorney General Martha...
Mass. Regulators Received Over 10K Auto Insurance Complaints, Inquiries in 2012
Apr 3 2013 // Massachusetts regulators said 10,729 consumers had contacted the state’s Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation and its insurance division in 2012 with questions and complaints regarding their auto...
4 Insurers to Reimburse Mass. Drivers to Settle Allegations of Overcharges
Mar 29 2013 // Four auto insurers have settled allegations that they overcharged Massachusetts consumers relating to auto insurance surcharges that were overturned by the state’s Board of Appeal, or otherwise removed from state...
Hospitality Insurance Announces 3 Senior Appointments in Massachusetts
Mar 28 2013 // Hospitality Insurance Group — a Westborough, Mass.-based insurer offering insurance coverage for bars, restaurants, package stores and caterers — promoted Sandra Haley to senior vice president of underwriting...
Report: Massachusetts to See Drop in Medical Claims Costs
Mar 28 2013 // Medical claims costs are expected to soar in many states under President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul. Massachusetts is an exception. A new study by the nation’s leading group of financial risk analysts,...
Digital Insurance Buys Group Brokerage Insurance Agency in Massachusetts
Mar 27 2013 // Atlanta-based benefits broker Digital Insurance has acquired Group Brokerage Insurance Agency of Cambridge, Mass. The nearly 30-year-old Massachusetts-based benefits firm will now operate under the banner of Digital...
Massachusetts Holds Insurance Awareness Event
Mar 25 2013 // Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Joseph Murphy and his insurance division staff held an insurance awareness and education event at the South Station, a major commuter hub in Boston, on March 6. The commissioner was on...
Massachusetts Sees Dramatic Dip in Car Thefts
Mar 24 2013 // Car thefts in Massachusetts have dropped by 88 percent since the mid-1970s, when the state had the dubious distinction of being the country’s car theft capital. Insurance experts and law enforcement officials credit...
Some Massachusetts MetLife Employees Take Work-From-Home Option
Mar 19 2013 // Insurance giant MetLife Inc. recently announced it will be transitioning some 2,600 jobs from five Northeastern states and California to new U.S. retail and technology hubs in North Carolina. The company’s decision...
Massachusetts Commissioner Murphy Holds Insurance Awareness Event
Mar 8 2013 // Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Joseph Murphy and his staff held an insurance awareness and education event at the South Station, a major commuter hub in Boston, on Wednesday, March 6.Commissioner Murphy and insurance...
Massachusetts Consumer Agencies Collect $13.9M in 2012
Mar 4 2013 // Massachusetts consumer affairs agencies collected over $13.9 million through awards, settlements, refunds and fines in 2012. The Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation oversees the divisions of banks,...
