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Neighbors Sue over Natural Gas Blast in Massachusetts
Jun 24 2009 // Residents of a Scituate, Massachusetts neighborhood rocked by a natural gas explosion last year have sued Bay State Gas Co. and the estate of the man who investigators said deliberately caused the blast. David Kupris was...
A.M. Best Lower Outlook for Boston’s Plymouth Rock Assurance Corp.
Jun 19 2009 // A.M. Best has revised the outlook to negative for Boston-based insurer Plymouth Rock Assurance Group. Despite the outlook downgrade, A.M. Best Co. affirmed the financial strength rating of A- (Excellent) and issuer credit...
AAA Will Not Perform Registry Functions in Massachusetts
Jun 19 2009 // AAA will not be allowed to perform some of the transactions of the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles after a provision that would have allowed the change was knocked out of the Bay State’s budget last night,...
DeCotis Names Haughey as Operations Manager
Jun 10 2009 // DeCotis Insurance Associates Inc. has named Devin B. Haughey as chief operations manager. Haughey will oversee the general management and operations of DeCotis, which is an independent excess, surplus and specialty lines...
Northeast’s ProMutual to Buy Michigan Medical Liability Insurer FinCor
Jun 10 2009 // Massachusetts-based medical liability insurance company Medical Professional Mutual Insurance Co., known as ProMutual, will acquire medical liability insurer and risk management company FinCor and its...
Massachusetts Man Killed at Seafood Processing Plant
Jun 8 2009 // Federal workplace safety regulators are investigating the death of a 20-year-old man at a food processing plant in Fall River, Massachusetts Police say Justin Cordeiro, an employee at Blount Fine Foods, died from injuries...
Report: Bank Insurance Brokerage Income Falls Slightly in 2008
Jun 3 2009 // Bank holding companies’ (BHC) insurance brokerage income overall experienced a 3.6 percent drop in 2008, the first decline in total BHC brokerage income since 2001, according to a new industry report. “BHCs...
Massachusetts Settles Bid-Rigging Suit against Great American Insurance
Jun 1 2009 // Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley says her office has settled a bid-rigging lawsuit lodged against Ohio-based Great American Insurance Co. The suit resolves allegations the insurer submitted a fake and...
Direct Writers Continue Battle for Massachusetts Auto Market
Jun 1 2009 // Allstate Announces Plan to Begin Writing After Generation-Long Hiatus Direct writers continue to target the Massachusetts personal auto insurance market, as one major national carrier announced it has written its first...
Massachusetts Pike Drivers See Increase in Tickets
Jun 1 2009 // An anti-toll activist is criticizing a sharp increase in the number of speeding tickets being handed out by state troopers along the Massachusetts Turnpike. The Boston Herald reported Wednesday that the number of speeding...
Massachusetts Company Disputes Danvers Explosion Cause
May 29 2009 // An investigator hired by one of the companies at the center of an explosion that shook Danvers more than 2 1/2 years ago has dismissed the government’s explanation. Scott Davis, an engineer, said at a public meeting...
Progressive Settles over Wrong Massachusetts Rate Quotes
May 28 2009 // The Progressive insurance company is paying the state of Massachusetts $120,000 and reimbursing customers after volunteering that its Web site had provided inaccurate rate comparisons. The Ohio-based Progressive Casualty...
Massachusetts Bill Would Let Doctors Say ‘I’m Sorry’
May 27 2009 // Lawmakers are considering a bill that would let doctors say “I’m sorry” without admitting they made a medical mistake. Doctors have long expressed frustration that showing any compassion toward patients...
Massachusetts Senate Budget Bans Texting while Driving
May 26 2009 // The Massachusetts Senate approved an amendment banning all Internet use while driving as part of its version of the state’s upcoming budget. Drivers would be banned from sending text messages, e-mailing or reading...
Plymouth Rock Offers Reminder Service for Massachusetts Drivers
May 20 2009 // Boston-based auto insurer Plymouth Rock Assurance has launched a new program that will allow any Massachusetts driver to receive free e-mail reminders 30 days before their license renewals, registration renewals and annual...
Direct Writers Continue Battle for Massachusetts Auto Market
May 19 2009 // Direct writers continue to target the Massachusetts personal auto insurance market, as one major national carrier announced it has written its first policy in the state and another says it will begin writing direct in...
Court: Insurer Must Indemnify Contractor in Mass. ‘Sick Building’ Case
May 18 2009 // A federal court ruled that an insurer has a duty to defend and indemnify a flooring company which installed carpets and tiles in a Massachusetts office that were so fume-ridden, they made the building unusable. In a...
Massachusetts Settles Bid-Rigging Suit against Great American Insurance
May 15 2009 // Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley says her office has settled a bid-rigging lawsuit lodged against Ohio-based Great American Insurance Co. The suit resolves allegations the insurer submitted a fake and...
Curley Joins Rogers & Gray in Massachusetts
May 11 2009 // Massachusetts-based Rogers & Gray Insurance Agency Inc. has hired John P. Curley as a Commercial Lines Sales Account Executive. Curley, who is a former professional golfer, joined the agency in February and is based...
Massachusetts Lawyers Form Bar Association for Reinsurance
May 5 2009 // A group of 25 lawyers from seven Boston-area firms have formed the Massachusetts Reinsurance Bar Association (MReBA), a group the members say is a first-of-its-kind group focused on reinsurance law. William N. Erickson of...
