Latest Massachusetts Headlines
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Norfolk & Dedham, Rockingam Group Form Mutual Insurance Alliance
Sep 28 2009 // Two East Coast-based mutual insurance companies have formed a mutual alliance that they say allows them to achieve efficiencies, diversification and spread of risk without actually merging their companies. The Norfolk...
Changing of the Guard
Sep 21 2009 // It’s a remarkable coincidence that several state regulators in the Northeast seem to be moving on to greener pastures just as key reform efforts are winding into place. This past month, Massachusetts Insurance...
What to Know About Red Flags, Notification Laws and the Hi Tech Act
Sep 21 2009 // Data breaches have hit an all time high and with that have been a dramatic increase in new data security and privacy laws and regulations. Both state and federal regulations have been in place for several years with...
Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Burnes Steps Down
Sep 21 2009 // Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Nonnie Burnes is stepping down from her role as chief insurance regulator to take a fellowship position at Notheastern University in Boston. Burnes will head to her alma mater to teach...
Massachusetts Health Costs on the Rise Again
Sep 17 2009 // Massachusetts’ largest health insurers say they plan to raise premiums by 7 to 12 percent next year, with small businesses — like insurance agencies — and individuals expected to face the biggest...
Massachusetts Allows Public to Verify Workers’ Comp Coverage
Sep 17 2009 // Massachusetts has introduced a new Web site that allows anyone to see if a business has workers’ compensation insurance. The Web site was launched by the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. The site...
Text: Senate Finance Committee’s America’s Healthy Future Act of 2009
Sep 16 2009 // Chairman’s Mark America’s Healthy Future Act of 2009 Scheduled for Markup By the Senate Committee on Finance On September 22, 2009 America’s Healthy Future Act of 2009 TITLE I—HEALTH CARE...
Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Stepping Down
Sep 10 2009 // Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Nonnie Burnes is stepping down from here role as chief insurance regulator to take a fellowship position at Notheastern University in Boston. Burnes resignation is effective at the end...
Massachusetts Commissioner Caps Premium Increase for Riskiest Drivers
Sep 9 2009 // Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Nonnie Burnes has laid out what she sees as the “fair” range of auto insurance premium increases for those drivers insured through the state’s residual market. In a...
AIG Pays $900K to Reconcile Mass. Workers’ Comp Payout Problems
Sep 8 2009 // AIG has paid an additional $900,000 to the Central Artery Tunnel (CA/T) Project in Massachusetts as part of an ongoing reconciliation of premiums and residual market payouts stemming from the insurer’s settlement of...
People
Sep 7 2009 // ProMutual ProMutual Group has promoted José R. “Joe” Zorola to vice president of underwriting. Zorola previously served as director of underwriting for the Boston-based medical liability insurer. In this new...
Court: Homeowner’s Policy Won’t Pay Damages for Overdose Death
Sep 7 2009 // A homeowner’s policy will not pay damages to the mother of a teenager who died after overdosing on painkillers he stole from the man with whom he and his mother lived, a panel of justices from the Massachusetts...
Massachusetts Man Dies after Falling off Forklift
Sep 3 2009 // Federal authorities are investigating the death of a Stoughton man who fell off a forklift and struck his head on the concrete floor in the Taunton warehouse where he worked. Authorities say 51-year-old Alan Forsyth was...
Vermont Hits Massachusetts Company with $217K Safety Fine
Aug 27 2009 // The state of Vermont has issued one of its largest ever workplace safety fines against a Massachusetts firm that formerly installed cable for Comcast. The Vermont Occupational Safety and Health Administration found six...
Court: Homeowner’s Policy Won’t Pay Damages for Overdose Death
Aug 24 2009 // A homeowner’s policy will not pay damages to the mother of a teenager who died after overdosing on painkillers he stole from the man with whom he and his mother lived, a panel of justices from the Massachusetts...
Court: Insurer Must Pay Massachusetts for Bonded Thefts
Aug 13 2009 // The Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled an insurance company must pay the government for its remaining losses from a $9.4 million theft from the Treasury in the late 1990s. The theft remains the largest loss of state...
Massachusetts Registry Opens First Branch on Turnpike
Aug 12 2009 // Massachusetts is opening its first Registry branch on the Turnpike. The change comes amid a consolidation drive that includes closing 11 Registry of Motor Vehicles branches. The one in Southbridge closed Friday. It’s...
Massachusetts Boat Yard Blaze Causes Millions in Damage
Aug 10 2009 // A three-alarm blaze destroyed a vacant Massachusetts boat yard and caused several million dollars in damage, fire officials said Friday. The fire damaged Melanson’s boat marina and bait shop, three boats and several...
Husband of Massachusetts Slaying Victim Settles Wrongful Death Suit
Aug 7 2009 // A Massachusetts man whose wife was killed by a construction worker at a fast food restaurant has settled a wrongful death lawsuit even as a jury weighed the case. A lawyer for Thomas Miller tells The Telegram &...
Investigators Search for Source of Massachusetts Chemical Leak
Aug 5 2009 // Investigators are still trying to determine the source of noxious fumes at a Massachusetts trash disposal facility that sent 119 people to hospitals, including two who were listed in critical condition. Police and fire...
