March 16, 2017
Concerns about falling temperatures and icy conditions on roads and sidewalks across the Northeast followed a late-season storm that plastered the region with sleet and snow. Tuesday’s powerful nor’easter paralyzed much of the Washington-to-Boston corridor, but fell short of the …
March 16, 2017
Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller is offering tips to consumers whose home or automobile may have sustained damage from this week’s winter storm, according to a press release issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Insurance. “Most standard homeowners’ insurance policies …
February 15, 2017
Plow trucks and shovelers in the Northeast attacked the region’s newest winter storm as fresh powder piled on top of ever-growing piles and whiteout conditions made roads unsafe, immobilizing millions of residents. Winter storm warnings were in effect from upstate …
March 14, 2016
Gov. Mary Fallin is appealing the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s denial of individual assistance for residents and businesses in nine eastern Oklahoma counties hit by a winter storm. The storm began Dec. 26 and brought ice, sleet and flooding to …
January 15, 2016
Officials in Monongalia County, West Virginia, say a winter storm combined with dozens of traffic accidents kept many students away from home for hours. County 911 director Michael Wolfe says 55 accidents and 30 requests for motorist assistance occurred over …
December 3, 2015
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey says two of the state’s largest homeowners’ insurance companies won excessive and unwarranted rate increases of about 9 percent by taking advantage of last winter’s record snowfall. The Boston Globe reports that Healey’s office found …
September 21, 2015
A Massachusetts Senate panel is examining recent hikes in homeowner insurance rates in Massachusetts. The Senate Post Audit and Oversight Committee has called insurance company officials and state regulators to testify at a public hearing on Tuesday. Sen. Michael Barrett, …
July 31, 2015
The Massachusetts Senate’s oversight body is launching an inquiry into homeowners insurance rate increases approved by the Division of Insurance (DOI) this year after a brutal winter led to increased claims activity. State Senator Mike Barrett (D-Lexington), chair of the …
July 14, 2015
Some of the largest home insurers in Massachusetts are raising premiums by about 9 percent to recoup what they paid out in claims for damage caused by last winter’s record-setting snowfall. The Boston Globe reports that the increases, much steeper …
February 20, 2015
Massachusetts police are warning residents to beware of people charging exorbitant prices for snow removal services. Senior citizens in several communities have been targeted. The Anguses of Bedford, Massachusetts, paid almost $3,000 to have snow cleared from their roof by …