Latest Massachusetts Headlines
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Mass. Law Blocks State Pension Fund from Starting Bond Insurer
Apr 8 2008 // The Massachusetts state pension fund cannot and should not start a bond insurer, executive director Michael Travaglini said Monday. Travaglini, who oversees the $52 billion Pension Reserves Investment Management Board,...
Declarations
Apr 7 2008 // Dr. Dangerous “(She is an) immediate and serious threat to public health.” —The Board of Registration in Medicine in Massachusetts, commenting on the case of Winchester Hospital obstetrician Suzanne...
Agents in the East Find Recession Hurts Others More Than Them
Apr 7 2008 // How agents from Mass. to Virginia are faring as the economy slows, competition quickens and government changes the rules Agents across New England and the Mid-Atlantic states are worried about how they and their customers...
Mass. Workers’ Comp Writers Seek 2.3% Rate Boost
Apr 7 2008 // The Workers Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau, which represents insurers, submitted its filing on Feb. 29. The bureau has requested a Sept. 1, 2008 effective date for new rates. A hearing was held April 3. The...
Mass. AG Says State Auto Insurance Web Site Misleads Consumers
Apr 3 2008 // A state Web site intended to educate consumers about Massachusetts’ newly deregulated auto insurance market instead gives them inaccurate rate comparisons, Attorney General Martha Coakley said Tuesday on the day the...
Deaths, Citations Down 1 Year After Mass. Strengthened Teen Driving Law
Apr 2 2008 // Teen deaths and speeding citations each fell by about a third during the first year Massachusetts had tougher penalties for violating its Junior Operator License Law, state officials said. The number of 16- and 17-year-old...
No April Fool’s Prank: Mass. Drivers Really Can Shop Around Starting Today
Apr 1 2008 // Today — April Fool’s Day — is the day when competitive rating in the Massachusetts private passenger auto insurance market becomes real. No kidding. For the first time in more than three decades, the state is...
Former Mass. Sen. Jacques Approved as Mass. Workers’ Comp Judge
Mar 28 2008 // A former state senator has been confirmed to be a judge at the Department of Industrial Accidents, despite questions about her qualifications and concern about a political account she plans to maintain on the bench. The...
Insurer Cautions Mass. Drivers about Consumer Web Sites
Mar 26 2008 // Less than a week before historic auto insurance reform takes effect in Massachusetts, one of the insurers is urging Bay State auto insurance policyholders to use caution when using consumer web sites, saying many sites...
Renaissance Alliance Adds 1 Conn., 5 Mass. Insurance Agencies to Group
Mar 26 2008 // The Wellesley, Mass.-based insurance organization Renaissance Alliance reports it has added six independent agencies representing $36 million in additional premium to its group. The new member agencies include five in...
Mass. Construction Worker Charged with Workers’ Compensation Fraud
Mar 25 2008 // A Brockton, Mass. man was arraigned on charges he collected over $9,000 in workers’ compensation benefits while he worked at two different jobs, according to the attorney general’s office. Officials said John...
Mass. Drivers Can Opt Out of Current Policies
Mar 24 2008 // Bay State drivers have started shopping around for better rates on their auto insurance, and the state’s top regulator said that consumers should consider switching if they find a better deal. The new system of...
The Long and Short of the New Mass. Auto System
Mar 24 2008 // The new managed care auto insurance system that is underway in Massachusetts should benefit most consumers as well as the state’s local insurers in the short run, according to a new report by Fitch Ratings. However,...
Mass. Agents Find Out What Their Auto Customers are Thinking
Mar 24 2008 // As Massachusetts independent agents enter a new era in auto insurance, they can’t help but be a bit anxious. After all, they have for years had a lock on more than 85 percent of the auto market under the previous...
Study: Massachusetts Workers Comp Claims Costs Grew Rapidly
Mar 24 2008 // Workers’ compensation costs per claim in Massachusetts were typical among 14 study states, but grew rapidly in four out of five study years, including a nearly 10 percent increase in 2005 claims evaluated in...
Gov. Patrick’s Appointment to Mass. Workers’ Comp Board Delayed
Mar 21 2008 // An expected vote on the nomination of a former senator to be a judge at the Department of Industrial Accidents was delayed this week after one member of the Governor’s Council accused her of lacking the necessary...
Mass. Insurers Seek 2.3% Workers’ Comp Hike; Hearing Scheduled
Mar 19 2008 // Massachusetts officials will conduct a public hearing on April 3 to consider an industry request for an average 2.3 percent increase in workers’ compensation rates. The Workers Compensation Rating and Inspection...
Massachusetts Suspends License of Oft-Sued Obstetrician
Mar 14 2008 // State regulators have suspended the medical license of an obstetrician who has reportedly been sued for malpractice at least a dozen times since 1993. The Board of Registration in Medicine suspended Dr. Suzanne...
Massachusetts Auto Insurance System Not Built for Long Drive, Says Fitch
Mar 14 2008 // The new managed care auto insurance system that is underway in Massachusetts should benefit most consumers as well as the state’s local insurers in the short run, according to a new report by Fitch Ratings. However,...
Massachusetts Workers Comp Claims Costs Grew Rapidly, Study Finds
Mar 13 2008 // Workers’ compensation costs per claim in Massachusetts were typical among 14 study states, but grew rapidly in four out of five study years, including a nearly 10 percent increase in 2005 claims evaluated in...
