Latest Massachusetts Headlines
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In East Region, Insurance Sector Hiring Is ‘Slightly Elevated’ in 2012
May 7 2012 // The insurance employment market in the East and Northeast regions — as in most other parts of the country — can be summed up the following way: hiring is “slightly elevated” compared to last year, but there...
Mass. AG Coakley Advises Teenagers: Don’t Text While Driving
May 4 2012 // Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley and officials from across the country are advising teen drivers to be mindful of the dangers of texting while driving. A texting driver is 23 times more likely to get into an...
Mass. Health Insurance Base Rate Up 1.2% on Average for Third Quarter
May 1 2012 // The Massachusetts Division of Insurance (DOI) said this week that it is placing on file small-group health insurance base rates for the 2012 third quarter, with an average increase of just 1.2 percent. Fueled by base rate...
58 Massachusetts Workers Were Killed on Job in 2011: Report
Apr 30 2012 // A new report says 58 Massachusetts workers were killed on the job in 2011, at an average of 1.1 worker death each week. The report, titled “Dying for Work in Massachusetts,” was published last week by the...
Three Massachusetts Hospitals Cited for Denial of ER Care
Apr 24 2012 // State health officials have cited three Massachusetts hospitals in the past six months for turning patients away from their emergency rooms, including one case when the person died en route to another...
Massachusetts Seeks Pool Safety Steps After Drowning Probe
Apr 23 2012 // Massachusetts officials say they will not be opening slides at state-run pools this summer following a drowning. The decision stems from a 10-month review of policies and procedures that began after the June drowning of a...
Massachusetts Docs Eye New Approach to Medical Malpractice Claims
Apr 19 2012 // It may become easier in the future for Massachusetts doctors to apologize for mistakes if an experiment by three major hospitals to reduce medical malpractice lawsuits succeeds. The program, called Disclosure, Apology and...
Mass.-based A.I.M. Mutual Hires Hartford Exec as Financial Analyst
Apr 17 2012 // A.I.M Mutual Insurance Companies, a workers’ compensation insurer based in Burlington, Mass., appointed Glenn MacDonald as financial analyst. Glenn MacDonald In his new role, MacDonald will be responsible for a wide...
East Insurance Employment: Hiring Is ‘Slightly Elevated’ in 2012
Apr 16 2012 // The insurance employment market in the East and Northeast regions — as in most other parts of the country — can be summed up the following way: hiring is “slightly elevated” compared to last year, but there...
Severe Weather Has Home Insurers Rethinking Coverages
Apr 10 2012 // As weather disasters strike with more frequency, U.S. homeowners first get hit with the destruction or total loss of property. Many are then hit with the unexpected loss of homeowners insurance policies as insurance...
Sunoco Will Pay $2.2M to Settle Hazardous Waste Dispute in Mass.
Apr 10 2012 // Sunoco, a petroleum and petrochemical manufacturing giant, will pay $2.2 million in Massachusetts to resolve a hazardous waste dispute. The company was alleged to have sought payment from a state fund for hazardous waste...
Mass. Immigrants Begin to Join Health Care Plan
Apr 8 2012 // The agency overseeing Massachusetts’ landmark health care law has begun enrolling thousands of legal immigrants into the subsidized insurance program after the state’s highest court ruled that state lawmakers...
Damaged Mass. School Delays Reopening, Cites Dispute With Insurer
Apr 5 2012 // The reopening of a Roman Catholic school in Springfield severely damaged by last summer’s tornadoes has been delayed because of a dispute between the diocese and its insurer. Officials with the Diocese of Springfield...
160-Year Old Hanover Retaking Its Place as P/C Industry Leader
Apr 3 2012 // Eight out of 160 years of history may not seem like a big deal but for Hanover Insurance Group, founded in 1852, the last eight years have seen a series of big deals. Eight years ago in 2004, the $2.4 billion heavily...
Mass. Senate Candidate Warren Continues to Condemn AIG’s Tax Break
Apr 2 2012 // U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren from Massachusetts continues to criticize the government for granting American International Group billions of dollars worth of tax breaks, calling it “a stealth...
Mass.-based Soderberg Insurance Hires Account Representative
Mar 30 2012 // Soderberg Insurance Services of Lynnfield, Mass., appointed Johanna Vasquez as account representative. Johanna Vasquez In her new position at the agency, Vasquez will provide servicing primarily of the agency’s...
Mass.-based Insurance Analytics Firm Enservio Appoints President
Mar 29 2012 // Enservio, a Needham, Mass.-based provider of property insurance analytics, affinity marketing, contents software and claims solutions, appointed Chris Schoettle to the newly created position of president and chief...
Massachusetts Health Care 5-Year Lobbying Topped $51M
Mar 29 2012 // Hospitals, insurers, doctors and unions are spending tens of millions of dollars trying to make sure their voices are heard on Beacon Hill as Massachusetts lawmakers weigh sweeping changes to the way the state pays for...
AG Coakley Says High Court Case Would Not Affect Massachusetts Law
Mar 28 2012 // Attorney General Martha Coakley says the requirement that Massachusetts residents purchase health insurance is unlikely to be altered by any ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court on a similar federal provision. Mass. Attorney...
Massachusetts Lawyers, Judges Lobby for More Court Funding
Mar 21 2012 // Lawyers and judges warned lawmakers on Monday that budget constraints on the state’s judiciary are imperiling the delivery of justice and compromising security in its courts. Robert Mulligan, chief justice for...
