Latest Massachusetts Headlines
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Mass. Agents Gathering Signatures for Insurance Credit Score Ban
Oct 6 2011 // A Massachusetts independent agents group said it is confident that banning auto insurers’ use of credit scores and other socioeconomic factors will become a state law in coming months. The Massachusetts Association...
Insurers to Send Refunds to 14,149 Massachusetts Motorcycle Owners
Oct 5 2011 // Travelers, Fireman’s Fund and Electric Insurance are the latest insurers to reach a settlement with Massachusetts attorney general’s office over motorcycle insurance premiums. The three companies are accused of...
Mass. Businessman Charged with Filing False Claims, Stealing $40K
Oct 4 2011 // A Waltham, Mass., businessman who is alleged to have stolen nearly $10,000 with his insurance fraud and another $30,000 in a separate unemployment fraud scheme is scheduled to appear in court this week. In mid-August, John...
Mass. Agents Prepare for Battle Over Credit Ban on Ballot
Oct 3 2011 // A Massachusetts independent agents group said it is confident that a ban on auto insurers’ use of credit scores and other socioeconomic factors will become a state law in coming months. The Massachusetts Association...
Irene Generated 28,500 Insurance Claims in Massachusetts
Sep 30 2011 // Tropical Storm Irene has generated an estimated 28,500 claims, totaling over $90 million in Massachusetts, according to latest estimates by the state’s insurance division. The totals include 4,800 claims of $15.6...
Mass. Family in Last 9/11 Case Says Officials Escaped Responsibility
Sep 27 2011 // Even after settling what had been the last wrongful death lawsuit against the airlines over the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, the family of Mark Bavis warned that neither those companies, nor government regulators have done...
1 in 3 in Massachusetts Hit by Data Breaches
Sep 22 2011 // The Massachusetts attorney general’s office said the personal information of about two million Massachusetts residents, or about one out of every three people who live in the state, has been compromised through...
Mass. High Court Upholds Charging Fees for Traffic Ticket Appeals
Sep 22 2011 // The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that charging filing fees to residents appealing traffic tickets does not violate equal protection. The Sept. 21 decision affirms the lower court’s ruling. The court...
Massachusetts Family Settles Last Wrongful Death Lawsuit from 9/11
Sep 21 2011 // The last wrongful death lawsuit remaining from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks has been resolved with a settlement, according to an attorney for the family of a passenger on a plane that was flown by hijackers into the...
Massachusetts Trucker Convicted of Insurance Fraud
Sep 20 2011 // A Massachusetts truck driver has been convicted of insurance fraud in New Hampshire for lying about damage to his truck, according to officials. New Hampshire Insurance Commissioner Roger Sevigny and Attorney General...
Mass. Agents’ Underwriting Ban Passes First Ballot Test
Sep 19 2011 // Nearly all of the proposed questions for Massachusetts’ 2012 state ballot have been given preliminary approval including one that would ban insurers from using credit scores and socioeconomic factors in pricing auto...
Mass. Court Rules on Joint Employment Under Workers’ Comp
Sep 19 2011 // Two employers can be held jointly responsible for workers’ compensation benefits for an injured worker whom they both classified as an independent contractor, a Massachusetts court has ruled. The Massachusetts...
Teacher’s Halloween Prank Sparks $100K Legal Claim in Massachusetts
Sep 16 2011 // The family of a Taunton (Mass.) High School student injured running away from a teacher wearing a mask and wielding what appeared to be a chain saw for a Halloween prank is seeking up to $100,000 in compensation for...
Massachusetts-Based Arbella Insurance Appoints New Hampshire Director
Sep 15 2011 // Arbella Insurance Group, a Quincy, Mass.-based provider of business and personal insurance for the New England region, hired Robin Maddox as territory manager for the state of New Hampshire. Maddox previously worked as the...
Hub Buys Assets of Massachusetts-based William Palumbo Agency
Sep 13 2011 // Hub International Limited has acquired the assets of William Palumbo Insurance Agency Inc., a Boston-area based retail brokerage firm. This acquisition allows Hub to expand its presence in Massachusetts, including the Cape...
Hanover Names Lavallee Personal Lines Sales Manager in Massachusetts
Sep 12 2011 // The Hanover Insurance Group Inc. has appointed Meredith Lavallee as personal lines territory sales manager for the company’s Massachusetts market, effective Aug. 1. In her new role, Lavallee will help the...
Mass. Agents’ Auto Insurance Ballot Question Advances
Sep 9 2011 // Nearly all of the proposed questions for Massachusetts’ 2012 state ballot have been given preliminary approval. Attorney General Martha Coakley certified Wednesday 23 of the 31 initiative petitions filed with her...
Benefits Available for Those in 2 Mass. Counties Left Jobless by Irene
Sep 8 2011 // Residents of Berkshire and Franklin counties in Massachusetts who lost their jobs due to flooding or other damage caused by Tropical Storm Irene may be eligible for federal disaster unemployment assistance. The state...
Mass. Court Rules on Joint Employers’ Responsibilty for Workers’ Comp
Sep 8 2011 // Two employers can be held jointly responsible for workers’ compensation benefits for an injured worker whom they both classified as an independent contractor, a Massachusetts appeals court has ruled. The...
New England Coast Weathers Irene; Inland Flooding, Power Outages Major Concerns
Aug 29 2011 // As Tropical Storm Irene churned up the eastern seaboard it left many of New England’s coastal states relatively unscathed, while inflicting some of the worst damage on landlocked Vermont, where severe flooding is now...
