Massachusetts-based Provider Insurance agency has named Patrick Darcey and Jamie Moran as shareholders. Darcey is a senior sales executive for Provider’s commercial lines department. He joined the firm in October 1999 and has developed an expertise in construction, janitorial and …
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley claims insurers have overcharged commercial auto customers by $1 billion over the last seven years and has asked the state’s insurance commissioner to slash premiums for the coverage. Coakley said her office arrived at the …
A worker who was injured and the estate of another who died at a Massachusetts construction site can sue the contractor who oversaw the job — despite the fact the contractor’s insurer has already paid them workers’ comp benefits, the …
A Massachusetts jury has returned guilty verdicts against three men — including a lawyer and a chiropractor — accused of staging several fraudulent motor vehicle accidents, according to the attorney general’s office. Omar Castillo, of Methuen, James C. Hyde, of …
Boston-based medical malpractice insurer ProMutual Group said it will not increase rates this year for Massachusetts doctors and will pay a 6 percent dividend for a third straight year. The company insures more than 7,500 physicians and surgeons in the …
The widow of a Salem, Mass. man who died when he was flung into the handrails inside a Big Dig tunnel after his pickup truck crashed has filed a $2 million wrongful death suit against eight companies involved in construction …
State officials have begun termination proceedings against two suspended safety inspectors after a 4-year-old boy fell to his death from a store escalator at a mall in central Massachusetts. The Department of Public Safety will also suspend six other inspectors …
A Massachusetts judge has approved a $7 million settlement for a Shrewsbury family who claimed medical negligence in the birth of their daughter. The lawsuit filed in 2008 lawsuit against two doctors, a nurse practitioner and a genetic counselor alleged …
XS Brokers Insurance Agency has added David Finneran to the firm’s professional lines practice. Finneran most recently worked with DeCotis Insurance Associates and The Keating Group before joining Quincy, Massachusetts-based XS Brokers.
Massachusetts regulators and insurers have agreed that workers’ compensation rates will not rise. Last month, the industry filed for a 6.6 percent average increase effective Sept. 1 but insurers have agreed to hold rates at current levels at least until …
