Latest Massachusetts Headlines
All the headlines from our Massachusetts Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Candidates for Ohio Governor Push Health Care Reforms
Sep 5 2006 // The two major candidates for governor want to embark Ohio on experiments that would expand health care coverage for the uninsured, including enrolling the poor in low-cost group purchasing plans. With an estimated 46.6...
The Mass. liquor JUA serves up misleading market information
Sep 4 2006 // As a managing general agent for liquor liability insurance for over 20 years, I took great interest in a recent article in Insurance Journal titled, “Raising the bar on liquor liability training.” (See...
Mass. weighs health insurance minimum payments
Sep 4 2006 // Massachusetts officials are grappling to come up with how much lower-income residents should have to pay for insurance under the state’s landmark health care reform law that requires citizens to procure...
Mass. agents cautious on assigned risk plan
Sep 4 2006 // Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Julianne Bowler has been given the green light by the state’s high court to proceed with installing an auto insurance assigned risk plan and she appears intent on doing so. On...
People and Places
Sep 4 2006 // American International Group Inc. named Nicholas J. Ashooh as senior vice president of communications. Ashooh succeeds John T. Wooster Jr. who had filled that role on a temporary basis since year-end 2005, and earlier had...
The Mass. liquor JUA serves up misleading market information
Sep 4 2006 // As a managing general agent for liquor liability insurance for over 20 years, I took great interest in a recent article in Insurance Journal entitled, “Raising the bar on liquor liability training.” (See...
Survey Says: Mass. Uninsured Population Down 19%
Aug 29 2006 // The number of Massachusetts residents without health insurance dropped 19 percent in the past two years, according to a survey released this week by the state’s Division of Health Care Finance and Policy. The survey,...
Commerce Insurance Says Mass. Doesn’t Need Assigned Risk Plan
Aug 24 2006 // The state’s largest auto insurer and the lead plaintiff in the fight against Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Julianne Bowler’s effort to install an auto insurance assigned risk plan is hoping that Bowler...
Travelers’ Premier Offers Concierge Auto Claims Service in Mass.
Aug 23 2006 // The Premier Insurance Company of Massachusetts, a Travelers personal lines company, has opened a Concierge Claim center in Woburn, Mass. The center is designed to assist claimants with the car insurance claims process,...
Mass. Supreme Court Upholds Auto Assigned Risk Plan
Aug 23 2006 // The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has unanimously ruled that the state insurance commissioner has the authority to create an assigned risk plan to replace the existing reinsurance plan for insuring high-risk...
Commerce Insurance Group Reorganizes at Top
Aug 23 2006 // The board of directors of The Commerce Group, Inc. has created two new positions to lead the company’s property and casualty insurance operations within and beyond Massachusetts. “As Commerce continues to grow...
Mass. Regulator Looks Ahead After Court Ruling Clears Way for Assigned Risk Plan
Aug 23 2006 // “We’re one step closer to operating like a normal market.” That’s how Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Julianne Bowler greeted the news that the state Supreme Judicial Court had upheld her...
It Figures
Aug 21 2006 // 86% The percent of Virginians opposed to increasing fees on car insurance to help pay for transportation improvements. The Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc. survey also found that 10 percent supported insurance fees...
Mass. Board to Review Health Care Plan Payment Proposals
Aug 18 2006 // Low-income residents would pay between $10 and $100 a month for health care under draft regulations set to be reviewed by the board overseeing the Massachusett’s sweeping new insurance law. Under the draft...
Mass. Largest Auto Insurer Dropped from High Risk Board
Aug 16 2006 // Massachusett’s largest, locally-based auto insurer, which has frequently locked horns with the Romney administration, has been dropped from the board that oversees how high-risk drivers are apportioned among...
Mass. Regulator Rules Auto Rates Must Be Set By State Again
Aug 14 2006 // As expected, Massachusetts officials have confirmed that the insurance commissioner, not competition, will set auto insurance rates for 2007. In a four-page decision handed down Aug. 10, Insurance Commissioner Julianne...
Mass. FAIR Plan Rate Increases Approved to Start Oct. 1
Aug 14 2006 //
Mass. Auto Insurers Seek 3.7% Rate Cut for 2007
Aug 11 2006 // For the second year in a row, Massachusetts auto insurers have filed for rate reduction. For 2007, the industry’s rating bureau is recommending rates be cut an average 3.7 percent. If approved, that would mean about...
Mass. Becomes 28th State to Join Interstate Compact
Aug 10 2006 // Massachusetts has become the 28th state to join a program designed to modernize state regulation of life insurance, annuity, disability and long term care products. Gov. Mitt Romney signed legislation into law today that...
Liability contracts could complicate Big Dig recovery efforts
Aug 7 2006 // The state’s ability to recover damages from the Big Dig’s overseer for the ceiling collapse that killed a passing motorist and closed nearby tunnels may be limited by project liability agreements signed by...
