Latest Massachusetts Headlines
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Earl Weakens, Pounds North Carolina Islands, Heads for Massachusetts
Sep 3 2010 // Hurricane Earl battered North Carolina’s coast with rain, winds and waves Friday and swirled up the U.S. eastern seaboard toward New England and Canada as a weakened but still dangerous storm. The impact of the...
Massachusetts Requiring New Form for Out-of-State Workers’ Comp
Sep 2 2010 // Massachusetts regulators are requiring out-of-state contractors and other businesses to submit additional paperwork to verify workers’ compensation coverage when working inside the Bay State. The new form applies to...
FEMA, East Coast States Ready for Earl
Sep 2 2010 // As Hurricane Earl prepares to approach North Carolina tonight, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) says it is preparing for the storm and supporting state and local officials along the East Coast as they work to...
Massachusetts Court: No Coverage for Lost Rent at Foreclosed Building
Aug 16 2010 // A mortgagee that foreclosed on a fire-damaged apartment building in Massachusetts cannot recoup lost rent under a business owner’s policy, the state’s Appeals Court has ruled. The case centered on a lawsuit...
Massachusetts Agents Score Policy Ownership Victory
Aug 16 2010 // Massachusetts insurance agents scored a victory as the state’s governor signed a new law allowing them to keep their rights to clients’ expiring auto policies – a move sought by agents since the...
American Collectors Expands Collector Vehicle Coverage in Mass.
Aug 10 2010 // American Collectors Insurance has expanded the availability of insurance and services it offers to car collectors in Massachusetts. American Collectors, a provider of specialty insurance for collector vehicles and...
Propane Leak Blamed for Fatal Blast at Massachusetts Condo
Aug 6 2010 // Fire investigators say a propane leak from a basement heating unit was the cause of a deadly explosion at a condominium under construction in Massachusetts. State Fire Marshal Stephen Coan said that damage to the heating...
Massachusetts Agents Score Policy Ownership Victory
Aug 6 2010 // Massachusetts insurance agents scored a victory this week as the state’s governor signed a new law allowing them to keep their rights to clients’ expiring auto policies — a move sought by agents since the...
Massachusetts Lawyer Reinstated After Insurance Scam
Aug 2 2010 // A lawyer from a well-known Massachusetts personal injury firm who was convicted of insurance fraud will be allowed to practice law again. The state’s highest court on Thursday reinstated the law license of Nicholas...
Massachusetts Court Changes Slip-and-Fall Liability
Jul 28 2010 // In a decision that changes nearly a century’s worth of case law, Massachusetts highest court has ruled that property owners can be held liable for snow-related injuries — regardless of whether plows cleared the...
People
Jul 19 2010 // Paulette Lundy has been promoted to vice president of Human Resources for Maryland’s Injured Worker Insurance Fund (IWIF), a workers’ compensation insurer. She previously served as director of human resources...
Munich Re Provides $96 Million Cat Bond to Mass. Property Association
Jul 12 2010 // Munich Re has provided the Massachusetts Property Insurance Underwriting Association (MPIUA) with a $ 96 million catastrophe bond issuance that “transfers hurricane risk in Massachusetts to the capital...
Massachusetts Fair Plan Gets $96M Catastrophe Bond
Jul 12 2010 // The Massachusetts Property Insurance Underwriting Association (MPIUA) has received a $96 million catastrophe bond issuance that transfers hurricane risk in Massachusetts to the capital markets, a number of reinsurers...
Ratings Roundup: Valiant, Mass. Homeland/York
Jul 12 2010 // A.M. Best Co. has placed under review with developing implications the financial strength rating of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a-” of Valiant Insurance Company and Valiant...
Liberty Mutual Wins Dismissal of Workers’ Comp Claim for Injured Massachusetts Carpenter
Jul 5 2010 // Judge: Endorsement Must Be Requested by Insured Liberty Mutual was right to deny workers’ comp benefits for a self-employed carpenter who severely injured his hand, the Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled. The...
Liberty Mutual Wins Dismissal of Claim for Injured Mass. Carpenter
Jun 25 2010 // Liberty Mutual was right to deny workers’ comp benefits for a self-employed carpenter who severely injured his hand, the Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled. The decision upholds an earlier ruling by an...
Massachusetts Mulch Company Fire Causes $1M in Damage
Jun 22 2010 // Firefighters battled a blaze at a Massachusetts mulch company that spread to heavy construction equipment and caused over $1 million in damage. Peabody Fire Chief Steven Pasdon says the fire at the J.D. Raymond Company...
Massachusetts City Seeks Texting While Driving Ban
Jun 9 2010 // Springfield, Massachusetts has taken a step toward banning texting while driving. The city council on Monday passed a home rule petition by a 12-1 margin that would allow police to fine anyone who sends or receives text...
The Hanover Offers Auto Discount for Crash-Prevention Training
Jun 9 2010 // The Hanover says it will offer Massachusetts drivers a discount on a special course in crash prevention skills and safe-driver techniques. The program, run by In Control Crash Prevention Training, is the only one of its...
Best Upgrades Travelers Group Issuer Credit Ratings; Revises Outlook
Jun 9 2010 // A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the issuer credit ratings (ICR) to “aa” from “aa-” of Travelers Group, its P/C members and affiliate, Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America (TCSA) and...
