With Maryland’s groundbreaking Wal-Mart health care bill declared invalid by a federal judge, state officials are re-examining their options for providing medical care to many of the almost 800,000 people who have no public or private health insurance. Key Democratic …
A federal jury in Portland, Maine deliberated about 30 minutes before ruling in favor of Wendy’s restaurant chain in a lawsuit filed by a Standish woman who claimed a Wendy’s hamburger made her violently ill. Diane Roney, 57, was hospitalized …
The Texas Department of Insurance announced enforcement actions taken by Commissioner Mike Geeslin that became final during June. The actions include eight license revocations, three license denials and fines and restitution totaling $48,850. Copies of Geeslin’s orders may be obtained …
The Massachusetts Property Insurance Underwriting Association (the Fair Plan) has submitted a rate recommendation revised downward slightly from what the state disapproved on June 30. For all homeowners forms, the residual market insurer’s revised filing seeks an average rate increase …
InsuranceNoodle (www.insurancenoodle.com) said it has signed an agreement with The Main Street America Group to offer the regional carrier’s small business commercial products to independent insurance agencies currently using InsuranceNoodle’s proprietary, online technology platform in all states where Main Street …
GoodWorks Insurance, LLC announced that the first insurance client under its recently established insurance brokerage agreement with Hilb Rogal & Hobbs, Connecticut (HRH) was written on behalf of the Hancock Shaker Village located in Pittsfield, Mass. This insurance program is …
The federal government has given its approval to a first-in-the-nation program in Massachusetts that will require everyone to carry health insurance. The state’s universal health insurance program will use a combination of subsidies and penalties to make coverage more affordable …
Federal bank regulators have halted for six months any new approvals of the sort of industrial banks that Wal-Mart, Home Depot and 12 other companies are seeking to own. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. imposed the moratorium on approving the …
Teens longing to get out on the open road would have to hang up their cell phones and log more hours in behind-the-wheel training before they would be able to get their drivers’ licenses, under a bill passed by the …
The Commerce Group, Inc. reported 2006 second quarter results showing net earnings were $58.6 million, or $0.86 per diluted share, compared to net earnings of $62.6 million or $0.92 per diluted share for 2005. Included in the 2006 second quarter …
