Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and UnitedHealth Group said they will combine Harvard’s regional network of doctors and hospitals with UnitedHealth’s national network in a partnership aimed at national, self-insured employers. Combining Harvard Pilgrim’s network of 22,000 doctors and 130 hospitals …
The number of fires caused by lighted tobacco products – almost always cigarettes – increased by a stunning 19 percent in the most recent year studied, according to research by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). The Quincy, Mass.-based group …
Safety Insurance Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:SAFT) of Boston, Mass. reported second quarter 2004 net income for the three months ended June 30, 2004 was $10.3 million, or $0.66 per diluted share, compared to $13.1 million, or $0.86 per diluted share, for …
Gov. Mitt Romney is expected to sign a bill that will require bars and nightclubs in Massachusetts with a capacity of 100 or more people to install sprinkler systems. The measure grants tax breaks to business owners to help defray …
Ruth Phillips, CISR, CPIW, of the Morrell Agency Inc., in Magnolia, Mississippi, was awarded the 2004 National Outstanding CSR of the Year Award. The Society of Certified Insurance Service Representatives (CISR) and the Society of Certified Insurance Counselors (CIC) selected …
A well-known name in the insurance agency business in New Hampshire is no longer. A. D. Davis Insurance Agency, the New Hampshire affiliate of Banknorth Insurance Group, announced that it will change its name to Banknorth Insurance Agency effective August …
Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has signed into law a bill changing from January 1 to April 1 the date that annual private passenger auto insurance rates take effect. The measure had been backed by the Massachusetts Association of Insurance Agents …
The current proposal to change the Massachusetts auto insurance residual market to an assigned risk plan is “a Trojan Horse proposal designed to fail in order to produce an endless stream of anti-consumer measures in future years,” according to one …
One-fifth of the 251 property/casualty bills enacted in the states so far this year relate to the regulation of automobile insurance, according to an analysis by the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC). “A total of 23 states approved …
ProMutual Group, the Boston-based provider of medical malpractice insurance in the Northeast, has launched a new patient safety program aimed at reducing the incidence of shoulder dystocia. Shoulder dystocia is a birth condition in which a baby’s shoulder is blocked …
