Latest Massachusetts Headlines
All the headlines from our Massachusetts Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mass. Gov. Baker Calls for New State Regs on Ride-Hailing Companies
Apr 27 2015 // Drivers for ride-hailing services such as Uber or Lyft would be required to undergo state criminal background checks, and the companies would be required to carry at least $1 million in liability insurance for each ride,...
Mass. OCABR: Insurance Topped List of Consumer Issues in 2014
Apr 20 2015 // The Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation (OCABR) issued its top five consumer issues of the past year. OCABR noted that overall, it received and responded to over 34,000 consumer inquiries and...
MTM Insurance Acquires Minichiello Insurance in Massachusetts
Apr 17 2015 // MTM Insurance Associates, an independent insurance agency based in North Andover, Massachusetts, announced its acquisition of Minichiello Insurance Agency, an independent agency in Bradford, Massachusetts. Terms of the...
Mass. AG: Agency to Pay $3.5M for Inflating Premiums With Hidden Fees
Apr 16 2015 // Authorities announced that a former retail insurance agent with Peabody, Massachusetts-based Kilgore Insurance Agency, along with the agency’s owners, have been ordered to pay more than $3.5 million in restitution...
XS Brokers in Massachusetts Announces 3 Promotions
Apr 15 2015 // XS Brokers, a wholesale agency based in Quincy, Massachusetts, announced three promotions. Gabe Carrieri has been promoted to executive vice president. Carrieri joined XS Brokers in 2005 after a 13-year career in the...
Obama Signs Massachusetts Disaster Declaration for January Blizzard
Apr 15 2015 // Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker said Monday that federal disaster aid that the state has been granted for a late January blizzard could bring between $80 million and $90 million, but he’s disappointed his broader...
Arbella Insurance Announces 4 Promotions in Massachusetts
Apr 9 2015 // The Arbella Insurance Group in Quincy, Massachusetts, promoted four members of its executive team. Eileen Currie has been promoted to senior vice president of commercial lines, from vice president of commercial lines....
Mass. Gov. Baker to Appoint Judson as Next Insurance Commissioner: Report
Apr 8 2015 // Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker plans to appoint Daniel Judson, the current president of Commonwealth Automobile Reinsurers (CAR), the state’s industry-operated residual market and statistical agent for auto...
New Massachusetts Law Requires Headlights Be Used in Bad Weather
Apr 7 2015 // If you turn on your windshield wipers, turn on your headlights as well. That’s one of the requirements of a little-known state law taking effect in Massachusetts on Tuesday, April 7. Under the law aimed at making...
Business Moves
Apr 6 2015 // Brown & Brown, Spain Agency Brown & Brown Inc. announced that its subsidiary Brown & Brown of New York Inc. has acquired certain assets of Spain Agency Inc., an independent agency based in Mahopac, N.Y....
New Law to Protect Domestic Workers to Take Effect in Massachusetts
Mar 31 2015 // A new law set to take effect this week aims to increase protections for domestic workers in Massachusetts. The law requires people who hire nannies, caregivers and other domestic workers in Massachusetts to adhere to...
Boston Area Expects a Flood of Claims After Record Winter
Mar 29 2015 // After the Big Dig-out, it’s time for the Big Payout. Or will it be the Big Denial? New England’s epic winter is on pace to produce a corresponding number of claims as thousands of homeowners seek to repair...
Massachusetts Governor Asks for Snow Disaster Declaration
Mar 28 2015 // Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker formally asked the federal government on Friday, March 27, to declare a disaster in 10 Massachusetts counties after a relentless series of winter storms brought record snowfall and frigid...
Mass. AG Asks DOI to Reject Proposed Fee Increase for MAIP Policies
Mar 27 2015 // Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey’s office sent a letter to the state’s Division of Insurance (DOI) this week, urging regulators to reject the proposed fee hike in the Massachusetts Automobile...
Big Melt Will Start Liberating Boston From Its Record Snowpack
Mar 26 2015 // The Big Melt is coming. In the next day or so, southern New England and the lower Hudson Valley are going to shed a lot of snowpack as a storm passing just north of the region pulls in warm air from the south and drops a...
2 Mass. Roofing Company Owners Indicted for Alleged Work Comp Fraud
Mar 25 2015 // Two business owners in Milford, Massachusetts, have been indicted in connection with failing to accurately report their total payroll and workforce to avoid paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in insurance premiums,...
Massachusetts Insurance Federation Appoints Murphy as Executive Director
Mar 23 2015 // John P. Murphy The Massachusetts Insurance Federation has named John P. Murphy as its new executive director, effective March 23. He succeeds James T. Harrington, who retired from the post in February. As executive...
Cross Insurance Acquires Corcoran & Havlin Insurance in Massachusetts
Mar 23 2015 // Cross Insurance, an independent insurance agency headquartered in Bangor, Maine, announced today it has purchased Corcoran & Havlin Insurance Group, an independent agency in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Terms of the...
Kaplansky Insurance Acquires North State Insurance in Massachusetts
Mar 18 2015 // Kaplansky Insurance Agency, an independent agency headquartered in Needham, Massachusetts, recently announced that it has acquired North State Insurance Agency of Chelmsford, Massachusetts. Terms of the transaction were...
InsuraMatch Online ‘Super Agency’ Offers ‘Personality-Driven’ Options
Mar 12 2015 // Do you prefer a fixed price or a la carte? How about paperless or paper? Are you a cat person or a dog person? Do you prefer “old school” or “new school”? These are some of the optional questions...
