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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...
Neighbors Sue over Natural Gas Blast in Massachusetts
Jun 24 2009 // Residents of a Scituate, Massachusetts neighborhood rocked by a natural gas explosion last year have sued Bay State Gas Co. and the estate of the man who investigators said deliberately caused the blast. David Kupris was...
A.M. Best Lower Outlook for Boston’s Plymouth Rock Assurance Corp.
Jun 19 2009 // A.M. Best has revised the outlook to negative for Boston-based insurer Plymouth Rock Assurance Group. Despite the outlook downgrade, A.M. Best Co. affirmed the financial strength rating of A- (Excellent) and issuer credit...
AAA Will Not Perform Registry Functions in Massachusetts
Jun 19 2009 // AAA will not be allowed to perform some of the transactions of the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles after a provision that would have allowed the change was knocked out of the Bay State’s budget last night,...
DeCotis Names Haughey as Operations Manager
Jun 10 2009 // DeCotis Insurance Associates Inc. has named Devin B. Haughey as chief operations manager. Haughey will oversee the general management and operations of DeCotis, which is an independent excess, surplus and specialty lines...
Northeast’s ProMutual to Buy Michigan Medical Liability Insurer FinCor
Jun 10 2009 // Massachusetts-based medical liability insurance company Medical Professional Mutual Insurance Co., known as ProMutual, will acquire medical liability insurer and risk management company FinCor and its...
Massachusetts Man Killed at Seafood Processing Plant
Jun 8 2009 // Federal workplace safety regulators are investigating the death of a 20-year-old man at a food processing plant in Fall River, Massachusetts Police say Justin Cordeiro, an employee at Blount Fine Foods, died from injuries...
Report: Bank Insurance Brokerage Income Falls Slightly in 2008
Jun 3 2009 // Bank holding companies’ (BHC) insurance brokerage income overall experienced a 3.6 percent drop in 2008, the first decline in total BHC brokerage income since 2001, according to a new industry report. “BHCs...
Massachusetts Settles Bid-Rigging Suit against Great American Insurance
Jun 1 2009 // Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley says her office has settled a bid-rigging lawsuit lodged against Ohio-based Great American Insurance Co. The suit resolves allegations the insurer submitted a fake and...
Direct Writers Continue Battle for Massachusetts Auto Market
Jun 1 2009 // Allstate Announces Plan to Begin Writing After Generation-Long Hiatus Direct writers continue to target the Massachusetts personal auto insurance market, as one major national carrier announced it has written its first...
Massachusetts Pike Drivers See Increase in Tickets
Jun 1 2009 // An anti-toll activist is criticizing a sharp increase in the number of speeding tickets being handed out by state troopers along the Massachusetts Turnpike. The Boston Herald reported Wednesday that the number of speeding...
Massachusetts Company Disputes Danvers Explosion Cause
May 29 2009 // An investigator hired by one of the companies at the center of an explosion that shook Danvers more than 2 1/2 years ago has dismissed the government’s explanation. Scott Davis, an engineer, said at a public meeting...
