Latest Massachusetts Headlines
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East Insurance Employment: Hiring Is ‘Slightly Elevated’ in 2012
Apr 16 2012 // The insurance employment market in the East and Northeast regions — as in most other parts of the country — can be summed up the following way: hiring is “slightly elevated” compared to last year, but there...
Severe Weather Has Home Insurers Rethinking Coverages
Apr 10 2012 // As weather disasters strike with more frequency, U.S. homeowners first get hit with the destruction or total loss of property. Many are then hit with the unexpected loss of homeowners insurance policies as insurance...
Sunoco Will Pay $2.2M to Settle Hazardous Waste Dispute in Mass.
Apr 10 2012 // Sunoco, a petroleum and petrochemical manufacturing giant, will pay $2.2 million in Massachusetts to resolve a hazardous waste dispute. The company was alleged to have sought payment from a state fund for hazardous waste...
Mass. Immigrants Begin to Join Health Care Plan
Apr 8 2012 // The agency overseeing Massachusetts’ landmark health care law has begun enrolling thousands of legal immigrants into the subsidized insurance program after the state’s highest court ruled that state lawmakers...
Damaged Mass. School Delays Reopening, Cites Dispute With Insurer
Apr 5 2012 // The reopening of a Roman Catholic school in Springfield severely damaged by last summer’s tornadoes has been delayed because of a dispute between the diocese and its insurer. Officials with the Diocese of Springfield...
160-Year Old Hanover Retaking Its Place as P/C Industry Leader
Apr 3 2012 // Eight out of 160 years of history may not seem like a big deal but for Hanover Insurance Group, founded in 1852, the last eight years have seen a series of big deals. Eight years ago in 2004, the $2.4 billion heavily...
Mass. Senate Candidate Warren Continues to Condemn AIG’s Tax Break
Apr 2 2012 // U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren from Massachusetts continues to criticize the government for granting American International Group billions of dollars worth of tax breaks, calling it “a stealth...
Mass.-based Soderberg Insurance Hires Account Representative
Mar 30 2012 // Soderberg Insurance Services of Lynnfield, Mass., appointed Johanna Vasquez as account representative. Johanna Vasquez In her new position at the agency, Vasquez will provide servicing primarily of the agency’s...
Mass.-based Insurance Analytics Firm Enservio Appoints President
Mar 29 2012 // Enservio, a Needham, Mass.-based provider of property insurance analytics, affinity marketing, contents software and claims solutions, appointed Chris Schoettle to the newly created position of president and chief...
Massachusetts Health Care 5-Year Lobbying Topped $51M
Mar 29 2012 // Hospitals, insurers, doctors and unions are spending tens of millions of dollars trying to make sure their voices are heard on Beacon Hill as Massachusetts lawmakers weigh sweeping changes to the way the state pays for...
AG Coakley Says High Court Case Would Not Affect Massachusetts Law
Mar 28 2012 // Attorney General Martha Coakley says the requirement that Massachusetts residents purchase health insurance is unlikely to be altered by any ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court on a similar federal provision. Mass. Attorney...
Massachusetts Lawyers, Judges Lobby for More Court Funding
Mar 21 2012 // Lawyers and judges warned lawmakers on Monday that budget constraints on the state’s judiciary are imperiling the delivery of justice and compromising security in its courts. Robert Mulligan, chief justice for...
Rate Hike for Massachusetts Workers’ Comp?
Mar 19 2012 // It’s been more than 10 years since Massachusetts raised its workers’ compensation average rates. Is it time for a rate hike? The state’s insurance commissioner Joseph Murphy will hold a public hearing on...
Got a Gripe? Massachusetts Consumers Had Many in 2011
Mar 14 2012 // Home improvement contractors, used cars, insurance claims and foreclosure scams were among the top consumer complaints lodged by Massachusetts residents in 2011. Several state and federal agencies gathered Tuesday to...
Massachusetts Bill Would Require Insurance for Tunnels
Mar 13 2012 // Massachusetts lawmakers are weighing a bill that would require privately-owned tunnels to be insured if the tunnels are used by the traveling public. Under the bill, the state Office of the Inspector General would...
Mass. Commissioner to Hold Hearing on 19.3% WC Rate Hike Request
Mar 8 2012 // Massachusetts insurance commissioner Joseph Murphy will hold a public hearing March 30 to examine a rate increase request from The Workers’ Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau of Massachusetts (WCRIB). The...
Abuse Suit Against Massachusetts Private School Setttled
Mar 6 2012 // An exclusive western Massachusetts private school has settled a lawsuit brought by a former student who said she was sexually assaulted by a teacher when she was 16 and that the school did nothing about it. A spokeswoman...
Mass. Cardinal Pushes for Contraception Solution
Mar 5 2012 // Boston Cardinal Sean O’Malley is continuing to push to resolve a dispute between the Obama administration and the Catholic church about covering contraception in health care plans. In a blog post last month,...
Free Speech Suit Settled in Massachusetts School Bullying Case
Feb 29 2012 // A Massachusetts man has settled a federal lawsuit that claimed his free speech rights were violated when he was removed from a public meeting where he criticized school officials’ handling of the case of a...
Massachusetts Court Says Teens Not Liable Under Social Host Law
Feb 24 2012 // The highest court in Massachusetts ruled Tuesday that teenagers who host underage drinking parties but do not supply alcohol cannot be held civilly liable if one of their guests gets hurt. The Supreme Judicial Court ruled...
