Latest Massachusetts Headlines
All the headlines from our Massachusetts Topic Page, ordered by recency.
NAII Favors Adoption of MA Bill on Privacy Regulations
Apr 23 2003 // The National Association of Independent Insurers has issued a bulletin in favor of a Massachusetts bill giving the insurance commissioner authority to promulgate privacy regulations consistent with the federal...
AAI Says Mass. Bill Mandating Fuel Spill Coverage Would Upset Homeowners Mkt.
Apr 16 2003 // The Alliance of American Insurers (AAI) is opposing passage of a bill heard Tuesday by a Massachusetts legislative panel that would add fuel spill coverage to the standard homeowners insurance policy. HB 1961 mandates that...
MA Doctors Rally for Med Mal Reform
Apr 9 2003 // Hundreds of Massachusetts doctors attended a rally on the steps of the State Capital in Boston on Tuesday to protest the premium increases they are being asked to pay in order to obtain medical malpractice...
Alliance Says MA ‘Choice of Law’ Bill “Would Put State’s Companies at Disadvantage in Contract Disputes”
Apr 1 2003 // In testimony before the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Commerce and Labor the Alliance of American Insurers indicated that a proposed revision to the Uniform Commercial Code being considered by the legislature...
MA Consumer Affairs Office Urges Caution on Travel Insurance
Mar 28 2003 // Massachusetts Consumer Affairs Director Beth Lindstrom has issued a bulletin urging the public to exercise caution when considering the purchase of travel insurance policies. The warning comes as a result of “the...
MA CPCU Society to Hold Workshop on Commercial General Liability
Mar 25 2003 // A half-day workshop, examining “2001 Commercial General Liability – Important Changes and Tips, Tricks, & Traps” is to be presented by the CPCU Society, co-sponsored by the Massachusetts Chapter, on...
Horace Mann Improves, But Ends Down for the Year
Feb 10 2003 // Horace Mann Educators Corp., based in Springfield, Ill., today reported net income of $13.5 million, or 33 cents per share, for the fourth quarter, up from $4.8 million, or 12 cents per share, for the year-earlier quarter....
Fireman’s Fund Seeks 10 Percent Auto Discount in Mass.
Jan 14 2003 // Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company announced that it plans to file a request with the Massachusetts Division of Insurance to give a 10 percent discount to its best private passenger automobile customers in the...
WCRI Says Wide Variations in State Workers’ Comp Medical Fee Schedules Unrelated to Provider Costs
Dec 20 2002 // The substantial variation in workers’ compensation medical fee schedules among the states is not related to the different costs health care providers incur delivering medical services to injured workers, according to...
Mass. Broker’s License Revoked
Dec 18 2002 // The license of James Falzone, an insurance broker based in Waltham, Mass., was revoked after he allegedly collected $2,900 from a taxi company for coverage and then never purchased a policy for the client. The Daily News...
Mass. Insurance Division Approves 2.7 Percent Auto Rate Increase
Dec 16 2002 // Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Julie Bowler announced a 2.7 percent auto insurance rate increase for 2003 after rejecting an average rate increase request by insurers of 7 percent. The smaller rate increase...
New Mass. Telemarketing Rules Incorporate NAII Suggestions
Dec 16 2002 // The Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation (OCABR) announced the finalization of its new telemarketing regulations, which include changes recommended by the National Association of Independent...
Mass. Broker Sentenced for Issuing Bogus Liability Policies
Dec 6 2002 // John Grinnell, a former insurance broker from Fall River, Mass., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Mark L. Wolf to 5 years’ probation on charges of issuing almost 150 bogus insurance liability policies and taking...
NAII Opposed to Proposed Mass. Telemarketing Regulations
Nov 6 2002 // The National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) has decried a regulation proposed by the Massachusetts Office of Consumer and Business Affairs that would require all businesses engaging in telephone solicitation to...
Mass. Rating Bureau Denies Auto Rate Hike Request
Oct 8 2002 // The Massachusetts State Rating Bureau announced it has filed a recommendation for a statewide 2 percent increase for private passenger auto insurance rates in 2003, denying the 7 percent increase requested by auto...
Mass. Fraud Bureau to Host Claims Fraud Conference
Sep 9 2002 // The Insurance Fraud Bureau of Massachusetts will host a conference Nov. 7-8 to discuss new technologies and techniques used to prevent insurance claim fraud. Entitled “Insurance Claim Fraud: Developing the Models and...
ManagedComp Distributes $5M in Workers’ Comp Surplus
Sep 6 2002 // ManagedComp Inc., a Woburn, Mass.-based national worker’s compensation underwriter and third party administrator, plans to distribute $5,432,000 in surplus to four self-insurance groups (SIGs) in...
S&P’s Lowers Eastern Casualty Co. Ratings to ‘Bbpi’
Jul 22 2002 // Standard & Poor’s has lowered its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Eastern Casualty Insurance Co. to double-‘Bpi’ from triple-‘Bpi’ citing a decline in capitalization...
The Commerce Group Agrees on Mass. Transfer
Jul 18 2002 // The Commerce Group, Inc. has entered into an agreement with MassWest Insurance Company for the transfer of Massachusetts personal automobile business written by MassWest to The Commerce Insurance Company, effective Nov....
Insurers Praise NAIC’s Message to Feds on
Jun 14 2002 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) sent a tough message to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) this week during its Functional Regulation Working Group meeting, reiterating that...
