Just one day after getting married under the state’s new same-sex marriage law, a Massachusetts lesbian couple filed a medical malpractice lawsuit asking that one of the women receive damages because doctors failed to detect breast cancer in her spouse. …
Massachusetts consumers and lawmakers are often unaware of the insurance advantages enjoyed in other states or the problems within their own system and need to be educated about what they are missing, according to the head of the Massachusetts research …
The Massachusetts House and Senate have both approved legislation to deregulate insurance rates and forms for certain large commercial risks. The measure permits commercial accounts with more than $30,000 in premium that also meet several other criteria to choose to …
A spectator at a Boston Red Sox game who was hit and permanently injured by a foul ball has been blocked from holding Red Sox management responsible even though she was ignorant of the game, its dangers and the risk …
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has affirmed its ‘BBB+’ counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Hanover Insurance Co., Citizens Insurance Co. of America (MI), and their property/casualty affiliates: Hanover Lloyd’s Insurance Co. and Massachusetts Bay Insurance Co. (collectively referred …
Massachusetts lawmakers are recommending legislation that would place stricter requirements on teenage drivers and their parents or guardians in an effort to reduce car accidents involving young drivers. The bipartisan subcommittee’s proposals would nearly triple the number of hours teen …
The board of the high risk auto insurance pool in Massachusetts has been granted an additional 30 days to finalize new rules for implementation of an assigned risk style plan. Commonwealth Auto Reinsurers (CAR), under an April 29 order from …
The impending departure of one of the few remaining commercial insurance companies offering liability coverage for physicians in Massachusetts is yet more evidence that the state faces a real crisis in professional liability insurance for physicians, according to the top …
As the nation’s population ages, states are looking for ways to weed out people who shouldn’t drive. Half the states have passed some form of elderly driver restrictions, usually laws that require older motorists to renew licenses more often and …
Alan Crater Cynthia Young The Citizens and Hanover Insurance Companies announced that Alan Crater has been named regional president of their downstate New York and New Jersey commercial lines divisions and Cynthia H. Young has been named president of the …
