Declarations

Brady in court

“At that moment I wasn’t sure what was happening, if that was normal or not normal.”

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady testifying that he watched his mentor, Charlie Weis, move in and out of consciousness after the Notre Dame coach’s gastric bypass surgery. Brady testified in Suffolk Superior Court during Weis’ medical malpractice lawsuit against two Massachusetts General Hospital surgeons

Orr on coast

“The market is working very well. Maryland is in great shape compared to many of our neighbors. This situation is overblown. Maryland is fine.”

Steven Orr, Maryland’s insurance commissioner, urging state lawmakers not to force insurers to cover certain areas, saying it’s an unneeded check on the industry.

Maine data breach

“This law will help people protect themselves from identity theft by alerting them early when someone has gained unauthorized access to their private information. Early notification will allow people to better monitor their financial records for suspicious activity.”

Maine Attorney General Steven Rowe advising businesses that a new state law requires notification to consumers when there has been a security breach of computerized personal information. Notice must be given to the Attorney General’s Office or to the appropriate agency within the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation if the business is regulated by that agency.

Allstate difference

“The difference between us and State Farm, in a case where a house was totally wiped out, was we did not deny those types of claims.”

Thomas Wilson, Allstate president and chief executive, commenting on rival State Farm’s proposed settlement in Mississippi that will have it reopen Hurricane Katrina claims involving a combination of wind and water. Allstate decided that if a non-covered event, such as flooding, destroyed a house, the claim would be denied, even if a covered event such as wind played a part. But Wilson said that in such cases, Allstate sought to determine how much of the house had been destroyed by wind before the flood wiped away the rest.

MAIP

“Massachusetts is still the state with the highest accident rate in the nation. We should focus on a cooperative government and industry effort to reduce this accident rate and its financial and human costs, rather than expending scarce resources to undertake another hazardous endeavor to redistribute a shrinking residual market burden.”

John F. Kittel, senior vice president, Arbella Insurance Group, at a Feb. 15 hearing over whether the state should proceed with a new auto insurance high risk plan or stick with its current system.

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