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7%
The average premium decrease for drivers insured through New York’s Automobile Insurance Plan, also known as the assigned risk plan. The new rates go into effect on Aug. 15 for new policies and Oct. 1 for policies being renewed. An estimated 130,000 policies will be affected. Officials said it will result in statewide savings of nearly $20 million.

5.9%
The rate cut approved for employers insured by Rhode Island’s biggest workers’ compensation insurer, Beacon Mutual Insurance Co. The company said the rate reduction would save its 14,000 policyholders an estimated $7.5 million in premium. The rates will be effective Oct. 1.

$50 million
The amount that a concrete supplier for Boston’s Big Dig tunnel has agreed to pay to end civil and criminal investigations into more than 5,000 truckloads of substandard concrete it delivered to the massive highway project. The company will also pay $27 million for a fund that will be used to pay for future maintenance and repair costs and to provide up to $75 million in insurance coverage for potential structural maintenance costs.

35%
The percentage of people in communities that were damaged by a hurricane during the past three years who cited getting gasoline to evacuate as the most common problem, according to a survey by the Harvard School of Public Health.

20%
The percentage of people in communities that were damaged by a hurricane during the past three years who cited not having enough money to evacuate as the most common problem, according to a survey by the Harvard School of Public Health.

14%
The percentage of people in communities that were damaged by a hurricane during the past three years who cited not having enough water to evacuate as the most common problem, according to a survey by the Harvard School of Public Health.

17
The number of years since Central Insurance wrote commercial auto policies in Massachusetts. The insurer announced it is re-entering the market.