Massachusetts News

Editor’s Note: Developing federal issue

The idea of a federal catastrophe program has been getting mixed reaction in Washington. The Bush Administration and key Republicans including Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., have outright opposed the idea, which has among its supporters the Republican governor of Florida, …

Mass. judge throws book at injury case perjurer

Worcester (Massachusetts) Superior Court Judge Francis Fecteau has sentenced a Templeton man to two and one-half years for committing perjury in a workers’ compensation claim proceeding at the Department of Industrial Accidents. The judge also ordered the man to read …

Majority of medical malpractice claims close without payment

The majority of medical malpractice claims in a study of seven states were closed without any compensation paid to those claiming a medical injury, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) reported. BJS conducted a study of medical malpractice …

CAPTIVE INSURERS HONOR VERMONT REGULATOR

For more than 30 years, Leonard Crouse has been credited as a key figure in advancing the captive insurance industry. Now Crouse, the deputy commissioner for captive insurance for Vermont, has been honored for his efforts with the 2007 Distinguished …

McCarran-Ferguson emerges as No. 1 threat to independent agents

As 1,200 independent agents and brokers from around the country descend on Washington, D.C., this month for the Big “I” Legislative Conference & Convention, they will be greeted with a new legislative priority: The McCarran-Ferguson antitrust repeal. While insurance regulatory …

McCarran-Ferguson emerges as No. 1 threat to independent agents

As 1,200 independent agents and brokers from around the country descend on Washington, D.C., this month for the Big “I” Legislative Conference & Convention, they will be greeted with a new legislative priority: The McCarran-Ferguson antitrust repeal. While insurance regulatory …

McCarran-Ferguson emerges as No. 1 threat to independent agents

As 1,200 independent agents and brokers from around the country descend on Washington, D.C., this month for the Big “I” Legislative Conference & Convention, they will be greeted with a new legislative priority: The McCarran-Ferguson antitrust repeal. While insurance regulatory …

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McCarran-Ferguson emerges as No. 1 threat to independent agents

As 1,200 independent agents and brokers from around the country descend on Washington, D.C., this month for the Big “I” Legislative Conference & Convention, they will be greeted with a new legislative priority: The McCarran-Ferguson antitrust repeal. While insurance regulatory …