Latest Massachusetts Headlines
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Mass.-Based First American Insurance Announces 2 Appointments
May 30 2012 // First American Insurance Underwriters, Inc., a Needham, Mass.-based wholesale life insurance, annuity, long-term care and disability income firm, announced two officer appointments.Thomas Curtin and David TyrrellFirst...
Mom of Massachusetts Man Shot in Harvard Dorm Sues University
May 25 2012 // The mother of a Massachusetts man fatally shot inside a Harvard University dormitory during a drug-related robbery has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Ivy League school. Denise Cosby says in her suit filed in...
Insurers Paid $200M to Victims of June 1, 2011 Massachusetts Tornadoes
May 23 2012 // Massachusetts officials said that insurers so far paid out $200 million in claims related to devastating tornadoes in western and central Massachusetts that occurred on June 1, 2011. The Massachusetts Insurance Division...
Mass. AG Coakley Seeks to Close Loophole in State’s Drunk-Driving Law
May 21 2012 // Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley and state lawmakers are seeking to close a loophole in the state’s drunk-driving law (Melanie’s Law) that was brought to light in a recent court...
Business Moves – East
May 21 2012 // Brown & Brown, Richard W. Endlar Brown & Brown of Massachusetts LLC, a subsidiary of Brown & Brown Inc., acquired assets of Richard W. Endlar Insurance Agency Inc. in Dedham, Massachusetts. Founded in 1975,...
Massachusetts Regulators Reject FAIR Plan’s Rate Hike Request
May 21 2012 // Massachusetts insurance regulators on May 11 rejected FAIR Plan’s request to raise rates by an average of more than 7 percent. FAIR Plan, whose official name is Massachusetts Property Insurance Underwriters...
Mass. Data Shows Affordable Care Act Could Lower WC Costs
May 21 2012 // What would the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 do to the workers’ comp medical care costs? One new study looked at the example from Massachusetts’ healthcare reform for answers. And it...
Massachusetts Drivers See Insurance Rates Rise
May 16 2012 // Massachusetts drivers are starting to see higher auto insurance rates, four years after they tumbled when the state opened the market to more competition. Many of the state’s largest auto insurers have raised rates...
Mass. Regulators Reject FAIR Plan’s Rate Hike Request
May 11 2012 // Massachusetts insurance regulators on Friday rejected FAIR Plan’s request to raise rates by an average of more than 7 percent. FAIR Plan, whose official name is Massachusetts Property Insurance Underwriters...
Best Affirms Travelers and Subs ‘A+’ Ratings
May 11 2012 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength ratings (FSR) of ‘A+’ (Superior) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “aa” of the property/casualty subsidiaries of The Travelers Companies, Inc....
Brown & Brown Acquires Mass.-Based Richard W. Endlar Insurance Agency
May 10 2012 // Brown & Brown of Massachusetts LLC, a subsidiary of Brown & Brown Inc., said it acquired assets of Richard W. Endlar Insurance Agency Inc. in Dedham, Massachusetts. Founded in 1975, Richard W. Endlar Insurance...
Massachusetts to Host Hurricane Preparedness Conference
May 7 2012 // Hundreds of emergency management and public safety officials from across Massachusetts are meeting this week for a hurricane preparedness conference. The all-day conference hosted by the state Emergency Management Agency...
In East Region, Insurance Sector Hiring Is ‘Slightly Elevated’ in 2012
May 7 2012 // The insurance employment market in the East and Northeast regions — as in most other parts of the country — can be summed up the following way: hiring is “slightly elevated” compared to last year, but there...
Mass. AG Coakley Advises Teenagers: Don’t Text While Driving
May 4 2012 // Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley and officials from across the country are advising teen drivers to be mindful of the dangers of texting while driving. A texting driver is 23 times more likely to get into an...
Mass. Health Insurance Base Rate Up 1.2% on Average for Third Quarter
May 1 2012 // The Massachusetts Division of Insurance (DOI) said this week that it is placing on file small-group health insurance base rates for the 2012 third quarter, with an average increase of just 1.2 percent. Fueled by base rate...
58 Massachusetts Workers Were Killed on Job in 2011: Report
Apr 30 2012 // A new report says 58 Massachusetts workers were killed on the job in 2011, at an average of 1.1 worker death each week. The report, titled “Dying for Work in Massachusetts,” was published last week by the...
Three Massachusetts Hospitals Cited for Denial of ER Care
Apr 24 2012 // State health officials have cited three Massachusetts hospitals in the past six months for turning patients away from their emergency rooms, including one case when the person died en route to another...
Massachusetts Seeks Pool Safety Steps After Drowning Probe
Apr 23 2012 // Massachusetts officials say they will not be opening slides at state-run pools this summer following a drowning. The decision stems from a 10-month review of policies and procedures that began after the June drowning of a...
Massachusetts Docs Eye New Approach to Medical Malpractice Claims
Apr 19 2012 // It may become easier in the future for Massachusetts doctors to apologize for mistakes if an experiment by three major hospitals to reduce medical malpractice lawsuits succeeds. The program, called Disclosure, Apology and...
Mass.-based A.I.M. Mutual Hires Hartford Exec as Financial Analyst
Apr 17 2012 // A.I.M Mutual Insurance Companies, a workers’ compensation insurer based in Burlington, Mass., appointed Glenn MacDonald as financial analyst. Glenn MacDonald In his new role, MacDonald will be responsible for a wide...
