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Florida Turns to Massachusetts for Health Insurance Advice
Jan 24 2013 // Florida lawmakers considering how to implement the federal health care overhaul sought information this week from two economists on the Massachusetts initiative that served as the blueprint for the national...
Massachusetts Bill Would Require Gun Liability Insurance
Jan 19 2013 // As lawmakers cast around for ways to curb gun-related violence, some are hoping the insurance market might offer incentives. A bill filed on Jan. 18 in Massachusetts would require gun owners to purchase liability insurance...
Met P&C Settles With Mass., Will Refund Alleged Overcharges
Jan 16 2013 // Metropolitan Property & Casualty Insurance Company (Met P&C) — a unit of MetLife — has settled allegations in Massachusetts concerning auto insurance surcharge premiums. It was alleged that the...
Insurance Settlement Dispute Delays Rebuilding of Massachusetts School
Jan 15 2013 // An insurance settlement dispute is delaying the rebuilding of a Roman Catholic school in Springfield, Mass., that was damaged by a tornado in June 2011. The Republican of Springfield reports the Diocese of Springfield and...
Massachusetts Fire Officials Urge Prompt Holiday Tree Disposal
Jan 4 2013 // Massachusetts fire officials are urging residents not to keep Christmas trees too long into the new year. State Fire Marshal Stephen Coan says if a dried out Christmas tree ignites, it can spread a fire quickly....
Mass. Motorcyclists to Get $2.8M Refunds From Encompass, Amica Mutual
Dec 4 2012 // Massachusetts motorcycle owners will receive more than $2.8 million in insurance refunds as a result of settlements with two insurance companies that allegedly overcharged thousands of policyholders, according to...
Mass. Independent Agents Have Over $1B Impact on State Economy: Report
Nov 19 2012 // Five years ago, Massachusetts introduced its “managed competition” program — and since then, there has been an influx of direct writing and direct response companies coming into Massachusetts and...
Meningitis Outbreak Spurs Calls to Boost Pharmacy Oversight
Nov 14 2012 // U.S. and state health regulators called on Congress on Tuesday to strengthen federal oversight of compounding pharmacies as lawmakers prepared for two days of hearings on a deadly fungal meningitis outbreak linked to a...
Risk Strategies Co. Acquires Mass.-Based D&D Insurance Agency
Nov 9 2012 // Risk Strategies Company (RSC), a national insurance brokerage based in Boston, recently acquired Burlington, Mass.-based D&D Insurance Agency, an independent personal and commercial lines agency. Terms of the deal...
Marsh & McLennan Agency Acquires Protector Group in Massachusetts
Nov 8 2012 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC, a subsidiary of insurance broker Marsh Inc., acquired Worcester, Massachusetts-based The Protector Group Insurance Agency, one of the largest independent agencies in New England. Terms of...
Tennessee Meningitis Patient Sues Massachusetts Pharmacy
Nov 5 2012 // A Hendersonville, Tenn. woman sickened by fungal meningitis after receiving a steroid injection for back pain is suing the pharmacy that supplied the drug. Janet Russell and her husband, Robert Russell, sued the New...
Meningitis Lawsuits: Success Could Hinge on Whether Courts See Product Liability or Medical Malpractice
Nov 5 2012 // Victims of a deadly U.S. meningitis outbreak are starting to sue the physicians and clinics that administered tainted steroid shots, and the success of the suits could hinge on whether judges decide the injections are...
Huge Drug Recall Latest Fallout in Meningitis Outbreak
Nov 1 2012 // Ameridose, a sister company of the U.S. pharmacy linked to a meningitis outbreak that has killed 29 people, announced on Wednesday a voluntary recall of all its products, a move to cooperate with regulators that could...
How to Catch Texting Drivers? Conn., Mass. Get $550K Grant to Find Ways
Oct 24 2012 // The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), part of the U.S. Transportation Department, said this month it is providing $550,000 to Connecticut and Massachusetts to help them devise anti-texting enforcement...
Meningitis Lawsuits: Product Liability or Medical Malpractice?
Oct 24 2012 // Victims of a deadly U.S. meningitis outbreak are starting to sue the physicians and clinics that administered tainted steroid shots, and the success of the suits could hinge on whether judges decide the injections are...
Meningitis Toll Rises; Pharmacy Owners Sued
Oct 22 2012 // Executives at the Boston-area pharmacy whose steroid shots have been linked to a deadly U.S. meningitis outbreak have been sued in a bid to freeze their personal assets, while the death toll in the scandal rose to 21, with...
Allstate Agents Return to Massachusetts After 25 Years
Oct 22 2012 // Allstate Insurance Co. is reopening brick-and-mortar offices in Massachusetts after a quarter century of absence. Back in 1987, the Northbrook, Ill.-headquartered Allstate closed its offices in Massachusetts and pulled out...
Lawsuit Targets Assets of Officers of Pharmacy Tied to Meningitis Outbreak
Oct 19 2012 // The officers behind New England Compounding Center have been targeted in a lawsuit that seeks to freeze their personal assets, the latest fallout for the pharmacy linked to the deadly meningitis outbreak. Peter McGrath, a...
Massachusetts Pharmacy Settled Meningitis Death Lawsuit in 2004
Oct 17 2012 // Long before the current rash of fungal meningitis, the compounding pharmacy suspected in the outbreak settled a lawsuit alleging it produced a tainted shot that caused a man’s death in 2004. Earlier this summer, a...
Tennessee Meningitis Patient Sues Massachusetts Pharmacy
Oct 17 2012 // A Hendersonville woman sickened by fungal meningitis after receiving a steroid injection for back pain is suing the pharmacy that supplied the drug. Janet Russell and her husband, Robert Russell, sued the New England...
