Latest Massachusetts Headlines
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Judge: Massachusetts Town Can’t Stop Discrimination Suit
Sep 13 2010 // A federal judge has ruled that a social services agency that wanted to open a group home for recovering drug addicts in Framingham can move forward with its lawsuit against the town. Judge Douglas Woodlock on Thursday...
Two Massachusetts Agents Appointed to CAR Governing Committee
Sep 9 2010 // Commonwealth Automobile Reinsurers, which oversees Massachusetts’ residual market for auto insurance, has appointed two members to its governing committee. The new committee members are Joseph P. Leahy Jr., a...
Russell Bond Opens Massachusetts Office
Sep 7 2010 // Upstate New York-based wholesaler Russell Bond & Co. has opened a branch office in Massachusetts. The new office, located in Westfield, is headed by Barbara Simpson. __ Source: Russell Bond & Co.
CMIC Raising Premiums in Massachusetts
Sep 3 2010 // Connecticut-based medical professional liability insurer CMIC said it will raise premiums by an average 5.3 percent for Massachusetts health care professionals. The rate change goes into effect October 1. The increase...
Earl Weakens, Pounds North Carolina Islands, Heads for Massachusetts
Sep 3 2010 // Hurricane Earl battered North Carolina’s coast with rain, winds and waves Friday and swirled up the U.S. eastern seaboard toward New England and Canada as a weakened but still dangerous storm. The impact of the...
Massachusetts Requiring New Form for Out-of-State Workers’ Comp
Sep 2 2010 // Massachusetts regulators are requiring out-of-state contractors and other businesses to submit additional paperwork to verify workers’ compensation coverage when working inside the Bay State. The new form applies to...
FEMA, East Coast States Ready for Earl
Sep 2 2010 // As Hurricane Earl prepares to approach North Carolina tonight, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) says it is preparing for the storm and supporting state and local officials along the East Coast as they work to...
Massachusetts Court: No Coverage for Lost Rent at Foreclosed Building
Aug 16 2010 // A mortgagee that foreclosed on a fire-damaged apartment building in Massachusetts cannot recoup lost rent under a business owner’s policy, the state’s Appeals Court has ruled. The case centered on a lawsuit...
Massachusetts Agents Score Policy Ownership Victory
Aug 16 2010 // Massachusetts insurance agents scored a victory as the state’s governor signed a new law allowing them to keep their rights to clients’ expiring auto policies – a move sought by agents since the...
American Collectors Expands Collector Vehicle Coverage in Mass.
Aug 10 2010 // American Collectors Insurance has expanded the availability of insurance and services it offers to car collectors in Massachusetts. American Collectors, a provider of specialty insurance for collector vehicles and...
Propane Leak Blamed for Fatal Blast at Massachusetts Condo
Aug 6 2010 // Fire investigators say a propane leak from a basement heating unit was the cause of a deadly explosion at a condominium under construction in Massachusetts. State Fire Marshal Stephen Coan said that damage to the heating...
Massachusetts Agents Score Policy Ownership Victory
Aug 6 2010 // Massachusetts insurance agents scored a victory this week as the state’s governor signed a new law allowing them to keep their rights to clients’ expiring auto policies — a move sought by agents since the...
Massachusetts Lawyer Reinstated After Insurance Scam
Aug 2 2010 // A lawyer from a well-known Massachusetts personal injury firm who was convicted of insurance fraud will be allowed to practice law again. The state’s highest court on Thursday reinstated the law license of Nicholas...
Massachusetts Court Changes Slip-and-Fall Liability
Jul 28 2010 // In a decision that changes nearly a century’s worth of case law, Massachusetts highest court has ruled that property owners can be held liable for snow-related injuries — regardless of whether plows cleared the...
People
Jul 19 2010 // Paulette Lundy has been promoted to vice president of Human Resources for Maryland’s Injured Worker Insurance Fund (IWIF), a workers’ compensation insurer. She previously served as director of human resources...
Munich Re Provides $96 Million Cat Bond to Mass. Property Association
Jul 12 2010 // Munich Re has provided the Massachusetts Property Insurance Underwriting Association (MPIUA) with a $ 96 million catastrophe bond issuance that “transfers hurricane risk in Massachusetts to the capital...
Massachusetts Fair Plan Gets $96M Catastrophe Bond
Jul 12 2010 // The Massachusetts Property Insurance Underwriting Association (MPIUA) has received a $96 million catastrophe bond issuance that transfers hurricane risk in Massachusetts to the capital markets, a number of reinsurers...
Ratings Roundup: Valiant, Mass. Homeland/York
Jul 12 2010 // A.M. Best Co. has placed under review with developing implications the financial strength rating of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a-” of Valiant Insurance Company and Valiant...
Liberty Mutual Wins Dismissal of Workers’ Comp Claim for Injured Massachusetts Carpenter
Jul 5 2010 // Judge: Endorsement Must Be Requested by Insured Liberty Mutual was right to deny workers’ comp benefits for a self-employed carpenter who severely injured his hand, the Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled. The...
Liberty Mutual Wins Dismissal of Claim for Injured Mass. Carpenter
Jun 25 2010 // Liberty Mutual was right to deny workers’ comp benefits for a self-employed carpenter who severely injured his hand, the Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled. The decision upholds an earlier ruling by an...
