Latest Massachusetts Headlines
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Mass. DOI Issues Bulletin on New CE Requirements for Producers
Sep 25 2014 // The Massachusetts Division of Insurance issued a bulletin this week notifying the state’s insurance producers of recent changes to the continuing education requirements. The bulletin 2014-06, issued on Sept. 23,...
E&O Insights: How Well Do You Know Your Workers’ Compensation Risk?
Sep 22 2014 // The workers’ compensation class of business results in upwards of 10 percent of all errors and omissions (E&O) claims every year. While this may not seem like a lot, it is a class agents must be sensitive to for...
R.I., Mass. Among Top 5 States in Hazard Risk Ranking
Sep 22 2014 // Florida, Rhode Island, Louisiana, California and Massachusetts are the top five states for exposures to multiple natural hazards, according to a new analysis by CoreLogic, a property data analytics firm. The analysis was...
Treasury Hasn’t Determined Boston Bombing Was ‘Act of Terrorism’ Under TRIA
Sep 19 2014 // A U.S. Treasury Department spokesperson last week provided a statement to Boston news outlets that said “The Secretary has not determined that there has been an ‘act of terrorism’ under the Terrorism Risk...
Appleby & Wyman in Massachusetts Announces Leadership Changes
Sep 19 2014 // Lisa Marciano Appleby & Wyman, an independent insurance agency with offices in Beverly and Westford, Massachusetts, announced changes to its leadership. Effective Jan. 1, 2015, Carmen Marciano, who has served as...
Mass. Gov. Takes Issue With Report Pegging ACA Costs at $1B
Sep 18 2014 // Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick is sharply criticizing a report that puts a price tag of about $1 billion on the implementation of the federal Affordable Care Act in Massachusetts. The Pioneer Institute, a...
Massachusetts Fire Officials Worried About Possible Rules Change
Sep 12 2014 // A draft document on costs of fire alarm and sprinkler systems in Massachusetts could lead to a rollback in requirements in some multi-unit residential buildings, a group of concerned fire officials said on Sept. 9. About...
Former NECC Supervisor Pleads Not Guilty in 2012 Meningitis Case
Sep 11 2014 // A Boston-area pharmacist pleaded not guilty to a charge stemming from the deadly 2012 U.S. meningitis outbreak, a week after he was arrested attempting to board a flight to Hong Kong. Glenn Chin, who was a supervisor at...
MAPFRE Enters Mass. Life Insurance Market
Sep 8 2014 // MAPFRE U.S.A. has begun selling a term life insurance product in Massachusetts, where MAPFRE’s subsidiary, Commerce Insurance, is the largest auto and home insurance carrier. MAPFRE said it is seeking to leverage its...
Over 1M Mass. Residents Had Personal Data Compromised in 2013: Report
Sep 4 2014 // Over a million Massachusetts residents had their personal information compromised last year, according to a new report issued today by the state’s Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation (OCABR). The...
Health Care Spending in Massachusetts Rising Faster Than Inflation
Sep 4 2014 // A new report says health care spending in Massachusetts continues to grow faster than the rate of inflation. The report is from the Center for Health Information and Analysis, created under Massachusetts state law in 2012...
Massachusetts Tells Drivers Their LOLs, OMGs Can Wait
Sep 2 2014 // Massachusetts state transportation officials first got the attention of drivers in June when they posted electronic highway signs that implored Bostonians to “use yah blinkah.” The latest effort to combine a...
Mass. DOI: Insurers Received Over 1,300 Claims From Revere Tornado
Aug 27 2014 // The Massachusetts Division of Insurance (DOI) said the state’s insurers have so far received more than 1,300 claims from a rare tornado that ripped through the coastal city of Revere on July 28. The DOI said...
MAPFRE Enters Life Insurance Market in Massachusetts
Aug 27 2014 // MAPFRE U.S.A. said it has begun selling a term life insurance product in Massachusetts, where MAPFRE’s affiliate Commerce Insurance Company is the largest auto and home insurance carrier. MAPFRE said it is seeking to...
Boston Is Tops When It Comes to Risky Drivers: Study
Aug 26 2014 // Drivers in Boston and Worcester, Massachusetts, are the most accident-prone in the U.S., landing at the bottom of an annual ranking of the nation’s 200 biggest urban areas by Allstate Corp. Worcester’s drivers...
Massachusetts State Auditor Reviews Workers’ Comp System
Aug 25 2014 // A new Massachusetts state audit has made recommendations to improve accountability and efficiency in the workers’ compensation system. Massachusetts State Auditor Suzanne Bump said on August 21 that her...
Mass. Grand Juries Indict 38 in Alleged Auto Insurance Fraud Scheme
Aug 21 2014 // Massachusetts prosecutors say grand juries in Hampshire and Franklin counties have indicted 38 people allegedly involved in an automobile insurance fraud ring. The Northwestern District Attorney’s office said in a...
A.P. Michaud Acquires Nancy Greenwood Agency in Massachusetts
Aug 20 2014 // A.P. Michaud Insurance Agency Inc., an independent insurance agency in Methuen, Massachusetts, announced the acquisition of Nancy Greenwood Insurance Agency, also based in Methuen. Terms of the transaction were not...
400,000 Mass. Residents Must Reapply for Health Coverage
Aug 18 2014 // Massachusetts is launching a major effort to reach out to almost 400,000 residents who must reapply for health insurance because they were enrolled in temporary plans after the state’s health care marketplace website...
Mass. Auto Rates Climbing Again
Aug 18 2014 // Auto insurance rates that fell sharply after deregulation in Massachusetts are climbing again. The Boston Globe reported on July 28 that five years after Massachusetts began to allow insurers to set their own rates, the...
