Latest Massachusetts Headlines
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Rate Hike for Massachusetts Workers’ Comp?
Mar 19 2012 // It’s been more than 10 years since Massachusetts raised its workers’ compensation average rates. Is it time for a rate hike? The state’s insurance commissioner Joseph Murphy will hold a public hearing on...
Got a Gripe? Massachusetts Consumers Had Many in 2011
Mar 14 2012 // Home improvement contractors, used cars, insurance claims and foreclosure scams were among the top consumer complaints lodged by Massachusetts residents in 2011. Several state and federal agencies gathered Tuesday to...
Massachusetts Bill Would Require Insurance for Tunnels
Mar 13 2012 // Massachusetts lawmakers are weighing a bill that would require privately-owned tunnels to be insured if the tunnels are used by the traveling public. Under the bill, the state Office of the Inspector General would...
Mass. Commissioner to Hold Hearing on 19.3% WC Rate Hike Request
Mar 8 2012 // Massachusetts insurance commissioner Joseph Murphy will hold a public hearing March 30 to examine a rate increase request from The Workers’ Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau of Massachusetts (WCRIB). The...
Abuse Suit Against Massachusetts Private School Setttled
Mar 6 2012 // An exclusive western Massachusetts private school has settled a lawsuit brought by a former student who said she was sexually assaulted by a teacher when she was 16 and that the school did nothing about it. A spokeswoman...
Mass. Cardinal Pushes for Contraception Solution
Mar 5 2012 // Boston Cardinal Sean O’Malley is continuing to push to resolve a dispute between the Obama administration and the Catholic church about covering contraception in health care plans. In a blog post last month,...
Free Speech Suit Settled in Massachusetts School Bullying Case
Feb 29 2012 // A Massachusetts man has settled a federal lawsuit that claimed his free speech rights were violated when he was removed from a public meeting where he criticized school officials’ handling of the case of a...
Massachusetts Court Says Teens Not Liable Under Social Host Law
Feb 24 2012 // The highest court in Massachusetts ruled Tuesday that teenagers who host underage drinking parties but do not supply alcohol cannot be held civilly liable if one of their guests gets hurt. The Supreme Judicial Court ruled...
$20M Verdict Upheld in Massachusetts Pool Slide Lawsuit
Feb 20 2012 // A Massachusetts judge has upheld a $20 million jury award to the family of a Colorado woman who died after a Toys `R Us inflatable pool slide partially collapsed. In October, a jury ordered Toys “R Us to pay the...
Massachusetts Cardinal Pushes for Contraception Solution
Feb 20 2012 // Boston Cardinal Sean O’Malley is continuing to push to resolve a dispute between the Obama administration and the Catholic church about covering contraception in health care plans. In a blog post Friday,...
Debating Affordable Healthcare Act
Feb 20 2012 // Earlier this month, the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., hosted a debate on the federal health care law, the Affordable Healthcare Act, pitting two of the most prominent attorneys general against each other. The...
Mass.-based Enservio Acquires Insurers World
Feb 17 2012 // Enservio, a Needham, Mass.-based provider of property insurance analytics, affinity marketing and claims solutions, is acquiring Insurers World, a provider of inventory transcriptions and evaluation services for claims,...
TD Insurance Announces Promotion in Boston
Feb 15 2012 // TD Insurance, a subsidiary of TD Bank, has promoted David Lofstrom to vice president of U.S. commercial sales and product development. Based in Boston, he will help grow the commercial property/casualty and employee...
Massachusetts Hotel, Workers Settle Class-Action Lawsuit Over Tips
Feb 15 2012 // About 150 current and former employees of a Pittsfield, Mass., hotel as well as hotel management have reached a $1.3 million agreement in a dispute over tips the workers claim they were entitled to but never received. The...
Mass.-based PMC Insurance Appoints New England Territory Manager
Feb 13 2012 // PMC Insurance Group, a national workers’ compensation insurance wholesaler, appointed Kate Alben as New England territory manager. Alben will be responsible for the expansion and growth of the New England territory,...
Mass. AG Coakley Heading to D.C. to Make Case for Health Care Law
Feb 7 2012 // Attorney General Martha Coakley is heading to Washington to make a legal case for the national health care law that was modeled after Massachusetts’ own landmark 2006 health care law. On Thursday Coakley will defend...
Mass. AG Calls Proposed Homeowners Premium Hike ‘Illegally Excessive’
Feb 6 2012 // Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley is opposing a recently proposed home insurance rate request for 150,000 consumers, calling it illegally excessive. She made her remarks during her testimony before the...
Six Northeastern States Saw Average Auto Premium Rates Fall, NAIC Says
Feb 6 2012 // Six Northeastern states saw their annual average auto premium fall, according to the latest data from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. They are: Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,...
Mass. AG Calls Proposed Homeowners Premium Hike ‘Illegally Excessive’
Jan 25 2012 // Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley is opposing a recently proposed home insurance rate request for 150,000 consumers, calling it illegally excessive. Mass. Attorney General Martha Coakley. Photo credit: Attorney...
Virginia, New Jersey Get High Marks in Building Code Report
Jan 23 2012 // The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety, an industry group, issued a new report this month that analyzes residential building codes in the 18 hurricane-prone coastal states along the Gulf of Mexico and the...
