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New Hampshire’s Minkler New Chairman of Big ‘I’
Sep 30 2013 // New Hampshire independent agent Thomas J. Minkler has been inaugurated as the new chairman of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA or the Big “I”), with David Walker as...
Mass. Congressional Delegation Seeks Delay of Flood Insurance Rate Hikes
Sep 27 2013 // Massachusetts’ congressional delegation is urging fellow lawmakers in Washington to delay implementation of the Biggert-Waters National Flood Insurance Reform Act provisions. The Massachusetts lawmakers said this...
Mass. Diocese Agrees to $60M Settlement Over Tornado Damages
Sep 23 2013 // The Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield has agreed to a $60 million settlement with its insurer for damage done to a parochial high school and other church property by a tornado two years ago. The resolution with insurer...
Massachusetts High Court Affirms $20.6M Award in Slide Death
Sep 18 2013 // The highest court in Massachusetts upheld a $20.6 million jury award on Sept. 13 for the family of a woman who died after hitting her head on a concrete pool deck when an inflatable slide partially collapsed. A jury...
Mass. Diocese Agrees to $60M Settlement With Insurer Over 2011 Tornado Damages
Sep 12 2013 // The Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield has agreed to a $60 million settlement with its insurer for damage done to a parochial high school and other church property by a tornado two years ago. The resolution with insurer...
Proposed Massachusetts License Plate to Aid Bomb Victims
Sep 9 2013 // State lawmakers are considering whether to allow motorists to buy a “Boston Strong” license plate with proceeds helping victims of the April 15 marathon bombing. The Legislature’s transportation committee...
Insurers Paid Out $1.2M for Boston Bombing-Related P/C Claims So Far
Sep 9 2013 // The Massachusetts Division of Insurance says that so far, 207 Boston Marathon bombing-related property/casualty claims have been reported by the top 25 insurers and the residual market insurer Massachusetts FAIR...
Insurers Have Paid $1.2M for Boston Bombing P/C Claims So Far; Health Claims to Top $22M
Aug 30 2013 // The Massachusetts Division of Insurance says that so far, 207 Boston Marathon bombing-related property/casualty claims have been reported by the top 25 insurers and the residual market insurer Massachusetts FAIR...
Bellotti to Receive Award From Insurance Library Association of Boston
Aug 27 2013 // The Insurance Library Association of Boston announced that Francis X. Bellotti, vice chairman of the board of the Arbella Insurance Group and of counsel at law firm Mintz Levin, has been named the 2013 Insurance...
Massachusetts High Court Rules for Horace Mann in Policy Reformation Case
Aug 26 2013 // The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, the state’s highest court, recently ruled in favor of an insurance carrier in a case involving a mutual misunderstanding by both the homeowners policyholder and an insurance...
Mass.-Based PMC Insurance Names Director for Staffing Services Practice
Aug 23 2013 // PMC Insurance Group, a Needham, Mass.-based workers’ compensation wholesale broker, hired Bill Nagel to manage and lead PMC’s recently launched staffing services practice unit. Nagel brings to his new role over...
Mass. Division of Insurance Approves 2 New Entrants to State’s Auto Insurance Market
Aug 20 2013 // The Massachusetts Division of Insurance announced that Privilege Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange (PURE) and Esurance automobile insurance are now available for Massachusetts consumers. The Division of Insurance said that...
Massachusetts Sees Spike in Hurricane Sandy Title Scams
Aug 5 2013 // The Registry of Motor Vehicles is warning consumers in western Massachusetts to watch out for scammers who sell cars with reconstructed titles from Oregon that mask vehicles damaged during Hurricane Sandy. The RMV says...
Arbitrator: Mass. Diocese Needs Up to $49M From Insurer to Replace School
Jul 18 2013 // An arbitration panel has ruled that the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield, Mass., should get as much as $49 million from its insurance company to replace Cathedral High School, which sustained such severe damage during...
Drugmakers Work on Safer Painkillers as Opioid Abuse Epidemic Rages
Jul 2 2013 // Backed by a U.S. campaign to slow abuse of prescription painkillers, drugmakers are devising new forms of the medicines that don’t lead to misuse and new products that treat dependency in a bid to change the face of...
Safeco Begins Selling Personal Lines Insurance Products in Massachusetts
Jun 26 2013 // Safeco Insurance, a Liberty Mutual Insurance company, announced this week it began selling its personal lines insurance products in Massachusetts this month. This is the first time Safeco Insurance products are available...
Colleges Could Face Lawsuits Following Supreme Court Affirmative Action Ruling
Jun 26 2013 // The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on affirmative action may force universities to re-examine their admissions policies and face waves of litigation about race- based admission. In a 7-1 ruling yesterday, the justices...
Industry Group Opposes Massachusetts Proposal to Set Auto Labor Rates
Jun 21 2013 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies is opposing bills currently under consideration in Massachusetts that would require the state to set a minimum hourly labor rate that insurers must pay for auto...
Massachusetts Insurance Settlement Raised to $5.25M
Jun 20 2013 // A company authorities say used deceptive practices to sell supplemental health insurance to veterans and other Massachusetts residents will now pay more than $5 million to settle case. Attorney General Martha Coakley said...
Mass. Industrial Accidents Dept. to Require E-Filing for First Reports of Injury
Jun 18 2013 // The Massachusetts Department of Industrial Accidents (DIA) announced this month that, as of Jan. 1, 2014, it will cease accepting paper copies of Form 101 Employers First Report of Injury. The department will require...
