Latest Massachusetts Headlines
All the headlines from our Massachusetts Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mass. Ski Area Gets a Lift from Prime Insurance
Feb 6 2007 // The Blue Hills Ski Area in suburban Boston has reopened after the private operator of the state-owned facility found new liability insurance coverage. “We found a carrier that would work with us,” said Al...
Chemical Vapor Build-Up Cited in Mass. Paint Factory Explosion
Feb 5 2007 // A build-up of chemical vapor was the fuel for a massive explosion at a Danvers, Mass. paint and ink factory that leveled the building and forced a neighborhood evacuation, according to a preliminary conclusion by federal...
Mass. Approves Harleysville Worcester Switch to Pa. Regulation
Feb 5 2007 // Massachusetts officials have given the green light to the redomestication of Harleysville Worcester Insurance Co. to Pennsylvania. The company is a subsidiary of Pennsylvania-based Harleysville Insurance Group, whose...
Mass. Settles with Employers Re Over Inflated Workers’ Comp Charges
Feb 2 2007 // Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has setttled a case brought by the state against Employers Reinsurance Group (ERC), a former subsidiary of General Electric, for unlawfully hiking the price of the Boston Water...
New Mass. Health Insurance Law Would Force Some to Buy More Coverage
Jan 31 2007 // More than 200,000 Massachusetts residents who already have health insurance would be forced to buy additional coverage to meet the proposed minimum standards under the state’s new health insurance law, according to...
Mass. Universal Health Connector Pays Executives Well
Jan 30 2007 // More than half of the people working for the new state agency charged with providing health insurance for Massachusetts’ low-income residents make more than $100,000 a year — and six earn more than Gov. Deval...
ProMutual Plans No Rate Increase in 2007 for Mass. Physicians
Jan 29 2007 // Medical Professional Mutual Insurance Co. (ProMutual) will not increase its rates for physicians, surgeons, dentists and certified nurse midwives in Massachusetts for 2007. If the proposed rates are approved, the company...
Insurers gain access to Mass. diocese abuse files
Jan 28 2007 // A judge has ordered the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield, Mass. to release thousands of pages of documents in a dispute between the church and seven of its insurance carriers over settlements with clergy sex abuse...
News Currents
Jan 28 2007 // Mass. Gov. Patrick replaces commissioner; halts high risk plan Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has taken steps to install his own appointee as insurance commissioner and halted the ongoing implementation of reforms to the...
Mass. Auto Insurance Fraud Crackdown Paying Off for Drivers
Jan 26 2007 // High-profile crackdowns on auto insurance fraud have resulted in dramatic savings for drivers in some Massachusetts communities. The statewide average premium is scheduled to drop by nearly 12 percent on April 1, but...
Mass. Panel Seeks More Low Cost Health Plan Options
Jan 25 2007 // The panel assigned with turning Massachusetts’ groundbreaking health care law into a reality sent insurers back to the drawing board this week, saying they need to do a better job at coming up with low cost health...
Mass. Ski Area Closes After Losing Insurance Coverage
Jan 24 2007 // The Blue Hills Ski Area in suburban Boston has shut down indefinitely while the private operator of the state-owned facility scrambles to find new liability insurance coverage. The ski area hopes to have coverage in a...
Mass. Auto Insurer Tops in Spending on Beacon Hill Lobbyists
Jan 23 2007 // Lobbyists trying to influence Massachusetts legislation on Beacon Hill raked in a record $64.3 million in 2006, as they plied their trade on issues ranging from education and insurance to tobacco and cable television,...
Mass. Gov. Patrick Derails Romney’s High Risk Pool Changes
Jan 22 2007 // Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick said he will comprehensively review the state auto insurance system after the acting insurance commissioner on Friday suspended rules changes made in the system during the final weeks of...
Lamberti Named Chief Operating Officer at Mazonson in Mass.
Jan 17 2007 // Mary E. Lamberti has been appointed chief operating officer at insurance broker Mazonson LLC in Wakefield, Mass. As Mazonson’s COO, Lamberti will oversee all aspects of day-to-day operations. She will be responsible...
Commerce to Continue 5% AAA Mass. Auto Discount
Jan 15 2007 // The Commerce Insurance Co. has filed with the Massachusetts Division of Insurance to continue its five percent auto insurance rate discount for Amercian Automobile Association members in Massachusetts. If approved by the...
Mass. Diocese Ordered to Release Sex Abuse Documents to Insurers
Jan 12 2007 // A judge has ordered the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield, Mass. to release thousands of pages of documents in a dispute between the church and seven of its insurance carriers over settlements with clergy sex abuse...
Mass. High Court: Paralyzed Patron Can Sue Bar
Jan 11 2007 // A man paralyzed in a car crash after a night of underage drinking can sue the bars that served him alcohol, the state’s highest court has ruled. The Supreme Judicial Court rejected claims by Robert Nunez that two...
Sen. Kennedy Urges Universal Health Plan, Solicits Recommendations
Jan 11 2007 // The federal government should join the state of Massachusetts in enacting universal health coverage, according to Sen. Edward Kennedy, D- Mass., the new chairman of the Senate committee with jurisdiction over numerous...
Progressive’s Drive Enters Mass. Commercial Auto Market
Jan 10 2007 // Drive Commercial Auto, part of The Progressive Group of Insurance Companies, announced plans to offer commercial auto insurance to Massachusetts business owners available exclusively through independent agents. With its...
