Latest Massachusetts Headlines
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Former Mass. Lawyer Found Guilty of Stealing $186K From Clients
Jun 19 2012 // A former Greenfield, Massachusetts, attorney was convicted Monday in connection with stealing over $186,000 from an elderly couple he represented in a personal injury settlement involving an auto accident, according to...
Mass. Insurers Pledge to Keep Key Benefits of Federal Healthcare Law
Jun 19 2012 // The largest health insurers in Massachusetts say they plan to keep two popular provisions of the federal healthcare law even if the U.S. Supreme Court decides to overturn it. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts,...
Massachusetts Motorist Pleads Guilty in ‘Huffing’ Crash
Jun 14 2012 // A Dracut woman police said was deliberately inhaling compressed air while driving has pleaded guilty in a car crash that seriously injured three pedestrians. Prosecutors said 18-year-old Catherine Gaudette pleaded guilty...
Mass. AG Seeks to Close Loophole in Drunk-Driving Law
Jun 4 2012 // Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley and state lawmakers are seeking to close a loophole in the state’s drunk-driving law (Melanie’s Law) that was brought to light in a recent court...
Mass. Tornadoes in 2011 Caused $200M in Insured Damages
Jun 4 2012 // Massachusetts officials said that insurers so far paid out $200 million in claims related to devastating tornadoes in western and central Massachusetts that occurred on June 1, 2011. The Massachusetts Insurance Division...
Massachusetts Drivers See Insurance Rates Rise
Jun 4 2012 // Massachusetts drivers are starting to see higher auto insurance rates, four years after they tumbled when the state opened the market to more competition. Many of the state’s largest auto insurers have raised rates...
Mass. Church Rebounds After 2011 Tornado; Insurance Covers $2M Repair
Jun 1 2012 // A year after a tornado downed its steeple, The First Church of Monson Congregational in Monson, Mass., is rebounding.Photo credit: The First Church of Monson CongregationalThe town’s oldest church became a disaster...
Massachusetts Regulators Urge Water Safety as Summer Season Begins
May 30 2012 // With the unofficial start of summer this past weekend, the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts is kicking off a water safety education campaign for parents, caretakers and children. For more...
Mass.-Based First American Insurance Announces 2 Appointments
May 30 2012 // First American Insurance Underwriters, Inc., a Needham, Mass.-based wholesale life insurance, annuity, long-term care and disability income firm, announced two officer appointments.Thomas Curtin and David TyrrellFirst...
Mom of Massachusetts Man Shot in Harvard Dorm Sues University
May 25 2012 // The mother of a Massachusetts man fatally shot inside a Harvard University dormitory during a drug-related robbery has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Ivy League school. Denise Cosby says in her suit filed in...
Insurers Paid $200M to Victims of June 1, 2011 Massachusetts Tornadoes
May 23 2012 // Massachusetts officials said that insurers so far paid out $200 million in claims related to devastating tornadoes in western and central Massachusetts that occurred on June 1, 2011. The Massachusetts Insurance Division...
Mass. AG Coakley Seeks to Close Loophole in State’s Drunk-Driving Law
May 21 2012 // Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley and state lawmakers are seeking to close a loophole in the state’s drunk-driving law (Melanie’s Law) that was brought to light in a recent court...
Business Moves – East
May 21 2012 // Brown & Brown, Richard W. Endlar Brown & Brown of Massachusetts LLC, a subsidiary of Brown & Brown Inc., acquired assets of Richard W. Endlar Insurance Agency Inc. in Dedham, Massachusetts. Founded in 1975,...
Massachusetts Regulators Reject FAIR Plan’s Rate Hike Request
May 21 2012 // Massachusetts insurance regulators on May 11 rejected FAIR Plan’s request to raise rates by an average of more than 7 percent. FAIR Plan, whose official name is Massachusetts Property Insurance Underwriters...
Mass. Data Shows Affordable Care Act Could Lower WC Costs
May 21 2012 // What would the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 do to the workers’ comp medical care costs? One new study looked at the example from Massachusetts’ healthcare reform for answers. And it...
Massachusetts Drivers See Insurance Rates Rise
May 16 2012 // Massachusetts drivers are starting to see higher auto insurance rates, four years after they tumbled when the state opened the market to more competition. Many of the state’s largest auto insurers have raised rates...
Mass. Regulators Reject FAIR Plan’s Rate Hike Request
May 11 2012 // Massachusetts insurance regulators on Friday rejected FAIR Plan’s request to raise rates by an average of more than 7 percent. FAIR Plan, whose official name is Massachusetts Property Insurance Underwriters...
Best Affirms Travelers and Subs ‘A+’ Ratings
May 11 2012 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength ratings (FSR) of ‘A+’ (Superior) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “aa” of the property/casualty subsidiaries of The Travelers Companies, Inc....
Brown & Brown Acquires Mass.-Based Richard W. Endlar Insurance Agency
May 10 2012 // Brown & Brown of Massachusetts LLC, a subsidiary of Brown & Brown Inc., said it acquired assets of Richard W. Endlar Insurance Agency Inc. in Dedham, Massachusetts. Founded in 1975, Richard W. Endlar Insurance...
Massachusetts to Host Hurricane Preparedness Conference
May 7 2012 // Hundreds of emergency management and public safety officials from across Massachusetts are meeting this week for a hurricane preparedness conference. The all-day conference hosted by the state Emergency Management Agency...
