Latest Massachusetts Headlines
All the headlines from our Massachusetts Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mass. and Boston Vow to Revise Disaster Response Plans
Sep 14 2005 // Massachusetts officials say they are revising their disaster response plans after watching the destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina and the problems with relief efforts. Boston is redrawing its plan to evacuate and...
CAR’s Iannaco to be Honored as Mass. Insurance Professional of Year
Sep 7 2005 // Ralph “Buddy” Iannaco, president of Commonwealth Automobile Reinsurers, will be honored as the Insurance Professional of the Year 2005 by the Insurance Library Association of Boston. The award will be presented...
Mass. Agents Answer the Call, Contribute $20K to Big ‘I’ Katrina Relief
Sep 6 2005 // Massachusetts insurance agents are taking the call to aid victims of hurricane Katrina seriously. The Massachusetts Association of Insurance Agents is sending a $20,000 check to the Big ‘I’ Katrina Relief Fund...
News Briefs
Sep 5 2005 // MASSACHUSETTS Fed Probe Firing of MassMutual CEO: Federal prosecutors are investigating the conduct that led to the firing of former MassMutual Insurance Comany chief executive Robert J. O’Connell, the company...
Mass. Auto Insurance Rates: How Low Will They Go for Next Year?
Sep 5 2005 // As the wheel that sets 2006 auto insurance rates in Massachusetts begins spinning, there is no doubt it will be pointing at a negative number when it comes to rest in about two months. The real mystery is just how negative...
Mass. Auto Insurance Rates: How Low Will They Go for Next Year?
Sep 5 2005 // As the wheel that sets 2006 auto insurance rates in Massachusetts begins spinning, there is no doubt it will be pointing at a negative number when it comes to rest in about two months. The real mystery is just how negative...
Mass. Commissioner Appeals Court Ruling That Blocked Auto Changes
Aug 24 2005 // The Romney Administration has decided to appeal a June court ruling that found that the state’s insurance commissioner exceeded her authority when she tried to change the state’s auto insurance residual...
Mass. AG Calls for 10% Auto Rate Cut
Aug 23 2005 // Massachusetts Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly will seek at least a 10 percent cut in the state’s auto insurance rate when he makes a formal recommendation later this month. Reilly said auto insurers enjoyed hefty...
Allmerica Notes Sale of Life Biz; Focus Now on P/C Sales
Aug 22 2005 // Massachusetts-based Allmerica Financial Corporation announced Monday that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its run-off variable life insurance and variable annuity business to The Goldman Sachs Group...
ProMutual Expands Program to Prevent Shoulder Related Birth Injuries
Aug 18 2005 // ProMutual Group, the laregst writer of medical malpractice insurance in the Northeast, is expanding its successful patient safety program aimed at reducing the incidence of shoulder dystocia. Shoulder dystocia is a birth...
Mass. Agents Seek 18% Auto Commission Boost
Aug 16 2005 // Massachusetts insurance agents are asking for an 18 percent boost in private passenger auto insurance commissions for 2006. If approved, the request would raise the average commission from $119.50 to $141.23. The...
Citing Anti-Fraud Success, Mass. Auto Insurers Seek Small Rate Cut
Aug 12 2005 // Citing a drop in claims, the Automobile Insurers Bureau of Massachusetts filed its proposal for 2006 personal auto insurance rates with the Commissioner of Insurance Julianne Bowler on behalf of insurance companies. The...
Feds Investigating Conduct Behind Firing of MassMutual CEO
Aug 11 2005 // Federal prosecutors are investigating the conduct that led to the firing of former MassMutual chief executive Robert J. O’Connell, the company disclosed in court documents. The company acknowledged the federal probe...
Fore! Golf Course Owners: Watch Out for Errant Shots
Aug 8 2005 // Massachusetts Court Favors Homeowners in Trespass by Golf Balls To drive home her point, Joyce Amaral lugged six plastic buckets containing a total of 1,800 golf balls into court. The balls were just some of those she...
Fore! Golf Course Owners: Watch Out for Errant Shots
Aug 8 2005 // To drive home her point, Joyce Amaral lugged six plastic buckets containing a total of 1,800 golf balls into court. The balls were just some of those she claimed to have retrieved from her yard in the five years she and...
Commerce Net Earnings Rise, Losses Fall in 2nd Quarter
Jul 28 2005 // The Commerce Group Inc. out of Webster, Mass. reported that 2005 second quarter net earnings were $62.6 million, or $1.85 per diluted share, compared to net earnings of $37.4 million or $1.14 per diluted share for...
OSHA Cites Mass. Contractor in Deadly Crane Collapse
Jul 13 2005 // A federal agency that oversees workplace safety blamed a contractor for a shipyard crane accident that in January killed two workers, including one from New Hampshire. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration...
Romney Auto Reforms Hit Roadblocks from Mass. Agents and Court
Jul 4 2005 // When the chief executive officer of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America spoke before the Virginia Big “I” recently, he snuck in several digs at liberal-leaning Massachusetts, at one point...
Sentry/Middlesex Drops Mass. Auto Line Citing Residual Market
Jul 1 2005 // Middlesex Insurance Company, a member of the Sentry Insurance group, has informed Massachusetts Division of Insurance that it will stop offering private passenger auto insurance in the state after this year. The company...
AIA Throws Support Behind Mass. Workers’ Comp Competitive Rating Bill
Jun 29 2005 // A bill that would bring a competitive rating system to the Massachusetts workers’ compensation system would be good for the state’s economy, according to the American Insurance Association (AIA). AIA testified...
