February 17, 2010
Five more auto insurers in Massachusetts have reached settlements with the state’s attorney general over their failure to update at-fault accident information for drivers whom they insure. The companies involved in the settlements are Metropolitan Property & Casualty, Liberty Mutual, …
February 16, 2010
A Massachusetts man has filed a lawsuit blaming the New Hampshire Department of Transportation and the town of Windham for a car crash during the massive December 2008 ice storm. Steven Ford of Lawrence, Mass., claims traffic lights had been …
February 16, 2010
The Massachusetts Supreme Court has sided with the state’s insurance commissioner in a heated lawsuit brought by the state’s insurance agents and Arbella Mutual Insurance Co. over how new companies are assigned costs and policies in the assigned risk plan. …
February 16, 2010
Pennsylvania-based Glatfelter Public Practice, a division of Glatfelter Insurance Group, has named Mark McCrary as president. McCrary previously served as regional vice president for the group, which is a public entity program manager. In his new role, McCrary will oversee …
February 16, 2010
Fire investigators will start today to try to find out what sparked a blaze that destroyed a feed storage building at the Cumberland Valley Business Park in central Pennsylvania. Firefighters from the nearby Letterkenny Army Depot Fire Department say flames …
February 16, 2010
Three days before the deadly explosion at a Connecticut natural gas power plant, a federal agency that investigates chemical accidents recommended urgent changes to national safety standards for clearing gas from pipes. But even if those changes had been in …
February 12, 2010
Connecticut insurance regulators recovered almost $3.2 million last year for consumers involved in formal disputes with their insurers over claims payments. There were 6,798 complaints and inquiries lodged last year. The bulk of the complaints focused on Accident and Health …
February 12, 2010
Insurer Liberty Mutual Group says it will spend $300 million to expand its global headquarters in Boston, a move that’s expected to add 600 new full-time jobs for the insurer. The insurer already has more than 2,500 employees in its …
February 12, 2010
The Risk and Insurance Management Society Inc. (RIMS) says pay-disclosure regulations created by the New York Insurance Department do not go far enough to protect consumers. The group urged the department to reopen a period of public comment on the …
February 11, 2010
Boston-based medical liability insurer ProMutual Group has hired Diane Corjulo as a risk management consultant. Corjulo, a registered nurse, has broad acute care hospital experience and physician office practice expertise. She has worked at Yale-New Haven Medical Center and the …