Massachusetts News

Members Approve Trade Association Merger; New Group Known as PCI

Members of the Alliance of American Insurers and the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) finalized the merger of the trade groups forming a new association to be known as Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI). The creation of …

Terms of Credit History Use Still Being Negotiated

The Texas Department of Insurance held a public hearing Jan. 7, 2004 to consider a proposal that would cap the amount by which insurance companies could increase or decrease rates in personal lines insurance because of an insured’s credit history. …

NAMIC Report Details State Tort Reform Efforts

The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) recently released a report detailing state legislative efforts to reform the U.S. civil justice system. According to NAMIC, “Tort Reform: An Overview of State Legislative Efforts to Improve the Legal System,” is …

Members Approve Trade Assoc. Merger; New Group Opens Doors as PCI

Members of the Alliance of American Insurers and the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) finalized the merger of the trade groups forming a new association to be known as Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI). The creation of …

NAMIC REPORT DETAILS STATE TORT REFORM EFFORTS:

A report detailing state legislative efforts to reform the U.S. civil justice system was recently released by the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC). The report, part of a NAMIC series regarding state laws and legislative trends, furnishes a …

Malpractice Reform Must Focus on Reducing Patient Injury

Reducing medical injury is essential to solving the current medical malpractice crisis, and physicians must play an active role in developing and implementing systems to improve patient safety, according to an article published in the Jan. 6 issue of Annals …

Tami Stanton Named NAMIC Northeast State Manager

The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies has selected Tami Stanton, former vice president of the Insurance Institute of Indiana, as state affairs manager for the Northeast United States. She will be pursuing the NAMIC’s strategic objectives before state legislatures …

Texas Ranks High in Workers’ Comp Costs per Claim

Workers’ compensation costs per claim in Texas increased at double-digit rates for the third consecutive year, according to a new study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute. Workers’ compensation costs per claim remain among the highest of the states in …

McSweeney & Ricci Hires Michael Lincoln, Darcie Moss

The McSweeney & Ricci Insurance Agency, of Braintree, Mass., announced that has recently hired Michael Lincoln to their Commercial Lines Department and Darcie Moss, as a Personal Lines Customer Service Representative, to their Scituate Branch location. A Commercial Lines Account …

Meadowbrook/TPA Distributes $4 Million to Mass. Workers’ Comp Self-Insured Groups

Meadowbrook/TPA Associates, a third-party administrator of self-insured workers’ compensation programs, announced that it is distributing $4,023,874 in dividends to 520 Massachusetts businesses who are members of the self-insured groups the company manages. Meadowbrook’s bulletin noted that this is especially welcome …