Latest Massachusetts Headlines
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AIG Pays $900K to Reconcile Mass. Workers’ Comp Payout Problems
Sep 8 2009 // AIG has paid an additional $900,000 to the Central Artery Tunnel (CA/T) Project in Massachusetts as part of an ongoing reconciliation of premiums and residual market payouts stemming from the insurer’s settlement of...
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Sep 7 2009 // ProMutual ProMutual Group has promoted José R. “Joe” Zorola to vice president of underwriting. Zorola previously served as director of underwriting for the Boston-based medical liability insurer. In this new...
Court: Homeowner’s Policy Won’t Pay Damages for Overdose Death
Sep 7 2009 // A homeowner’s policy will not pay damages to the mother of a teenager who died after overdosing on painkillers he stole from the man with whom he and his mother lived, a panel of justices from the Massachusetts...
Massachusetts Man Dies after Falling off Forklift
Sep 3 2009 // Federal authorities are investigating the death of a Stoughton man who fell off a forklift and struck his head on the concrete floor in the Taunton warehouse where he worked. Authorities say 51-year-old Alan Forsyth was...
Vermont Hits Massachusetts Company with $217K Safety Fine
Aug 27 2009 // The state of Vermont has issued one of its largest ever workplace safety fines against a Massachusetts firm that formerly installed cable for Comcast. The Vermont Occupational Safety and Health Administration found six...
Court: Homeowner’s Policy Won’t Pay Damages for Overdose Death
Aug 24 2009 // A homeowner’s policy will not pay damages to the mother of a teenager who died after overdosing on painkillers he stole from the man with whom he and his mother lived, a panel of justices from the Massachusetts...
Court: Insurer Must Pay Massachusetts for Bonded Thefts
Aug 13 2009 // The Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled an insurance company must pay the government for its remaining losses from a $9.4 million theft from the Treasury in the late 1990s. The theft remains the largest loss of state...
Massachusetts Registry Opens First Branch on Turnpike
Aug 12 2009 // Massachusetts is opening its first Registry branch on the Turnpike. The change comes amid a consolidation drive that includes closing 11 Registry of Motor Vehicles branches. The one in Southbridge closed Friday. It’s...
Massachusetts Boat Yard Blaze Causes Millions in Damage
Aug 10 2009 // A three-alarm blaze destroyed a vacant Massachusetts boat yard and caused several million dollars in damage, fire officials said Friday. The fire damaged Melanson’s boat marina and bait shop, three boats and several...
Husband of Massachusetts Slaying Victim Settles Wrongful Death Suit
Aug 7 2009 // A Massachusetts man whose wife was killed by a construction worker at a fast food restaurant has settled a wrongful death lawsuit even as a jury weighed the case. A lawyer for Thomas Miller tells The Telegram &...
Investigators Search for Source of Massachusetts Chemical Leak
Aug 5 2009 // Investigators are still trying to determine the source of noxious fumes at a Massachusetts trash disposal facility that sent 119 people to hospitals, including two who were listed in critical condition. Police and fire...
CMIC Offers Coverage for Massachusetts Ambulatory Surgery Centers
Aug 3 2009 // Connecticut-based medical liability mutual insurer CMIC has launched a new professional liability policy for Ambulatory Surgery Centers based in Massachusetts. The policy is modeled after the company’s Connecticut...
Court: No Coverage for Massachusetts Lawyer Who Failed to Report Claim
Aug 3 2009 // A claims-made and reported professional liability policy will not cover a Massachusetts lawyer who failed to notify three different insurers about a potential suit against him, the First Circuit Court of Appeals has...
‘Global’ Payments for Doctors, Hospitals Seen As Way to Curb Medical Costs
Jul 23 2009 // A proposal to overhaul the way doctors and hospitals are paid in Massachusetts, a pioneer in healthcare, could help hold down spiraling costs and may have lessons for Washington as it grapples with reforming the U.S....
Court: No Coverage for Massachusetts Lawyer who Failed to Report Claim
Jul 20 2009 // A claims-made and reported professional liability policy will not cover a Massachusetts lawyer who failed to notify three different insurers about a potential suit against him, the First Circuit Court of Appeals has...
Massachusetts Police Arrest 13 in Auto Insurance Fraud Case
Jul 20 2009 // Thirteen people have been charged with auto insurance fraud in connection with what Massachusetts police say was a staged accident that resulted in more than $76,000 in insurance payouts. Lawrence, Massachusetts Police...
Settlement of $3.4M Pending for False Conviction of Massachusetts Man
Jul 16 2009 // A Massachusetts town and five of its insurance companies have agreed to pay $3.4 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the estate of a man who spent 19 years in prison for a murder before being cleared by DNA evidence found...
Massachusetts Police Arrest 13 in Auto Insurance Fraud Case
Jul 8 2009 // Thirteen people from Lawrence and Methuen have been charged with auto insurance fraud in connection with what police say was a staged accident that resulted in more than $76,000 in insurance payouts. Lawrence Chief John...
Mass. Managed Auto System Brings Competition, Lower Rates, Survey Says
Jul 6 2009 // Nine new auto insurers, more carriers for each independent agency to represent, a drop in the number of uninsured drivers, and a decrease in policies written in the residual market — these are some of the advantages...
Ratings Roundup: Plymouth Rock, American Sterling, Mercer, Iron Horse, Agrinational, Intrepid
Jun 25 2009 // A.M. Best Co. has revised the outlook to negative from stable and affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings of “a-” of Plymouth Rock Assurance Group...
