The Massachusetts Division of Insurance announced a $125,000 financial settlement with Progressive Direct Insurance Company. Regulators said Progressive erroneously informed some Massachusetts consumers that they had used credit information to determine their auto insurance rate through its website. Regulators said …
A coalition is pushing for a new seat belt enforcement law after a study showed that seat belt use in Massachusetts is among the lowest in the country. According to a University of Massachusetts study prepared for the state, seat …
Massachusetts regulators are preparing to hold public hearings in Springfield and East Longmeadow as they investigate how utility companies responded to the October snowstorm that knocked out power to thousands for days. The Department of Public Utilities hearings are scheduled …
Massachusetts sued five major banks Thursday over deceptive foreclosure practices such as the “robo-signing” of documents, potentially undermining negotiations between lenders and state prosecutors across the nation over the same issue. The lawsuit named Bank of America Corp., JPMorgan Chase …
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick signed into law a bill that bans the use of credit in underwriting and rating private passenger motor vehicle insurance in his state. The law, Chapter 195 of the Acts of 2011, was signed by the …
The family of an 89-year-old man who died at Massachusetts General Hospital when nurses did not respond to alarms on his cardiac monitor has settled its case against the hospital for $850,000. The Boston Globe reported on Monday that the …
Massachusetts lawmakers are weighing changes to the state’s motorcycle laws, including bills designed to ease the requirement that riders wear helmets. Current law requires all riders and passengers to wear protective head gear, except those participating in parades. One proposed …
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley is urging the State Rating Board to hold a hearing to scrutinize the data insurers use to set homeowners insurance rates in her state. The Attorney General’s office says it is estimating possible overcharges of …
A Peabody, Mass., business owner who was indicted for allegedly collecting tens of thousands of dollars in fraudulent claims will be at a criminal case court hearing this Friday. Robert Giller, age 52, was indicted in connection with collecting over …
Gov. Deval Patrick says five more Massachusetts counties are being included in the federal disaster declaration after the remnants of Hurricane Irene hit the state in August. The counties added are on Cape Cod, the islands and in southeastern Massachusetts: …
