Massachusetts News

McSally Promoted to Senior VP at OneBeacon

Canton, Massachusetts-based insurer OneBeacon Insurance Group Ltd has appointed Mike McSally as senior vice president of personal lines. McSally joined OneBeacon in 1997 and has served in a variety of senior leadership positions, most recently as senior vice president of …

Mass. AG Questions Insurer’s High Risk Insurance Auto Rates

Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley wants a public hearing to review the auto insurance rates of a new company entering the market in Massachusetts. Occidental Fire and Casualty Insurance Co. of North Carolina is asking to charge Massachusetts drivers rates …

Massachusetts Court Nixes Suit against Youth Soccer Groups

The highest court in Massachusetts has ruled that a boy whose leg was broken when a goal post flipped over cannot sue nonprofit youth soccer associations for negligence. Dustin Welch was hurt on April 10, 1998, when a goal post …

Declarations

Judgment Day “I have been embarrassed. I have been humiliated. I have been ridiculed and I have been disgraced.” โ€”Retired Pennsylvania Superior Court Judge Michael Joyce, who was sentenced in March to 46 months in prison for falsely collecting $440,000 …

Business Moves

BrickStreet Mutual Workers’ compensation insurer BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. wants to expand into Kentucky, Virginia, Alabama, Pennsylvania and Illinois. President and Chief Executive Officer Greg Burton says the West Virginia-based company plans to apply in those states over the next …

Business Moves

Auto Club Insurance, MEEMIC Auto Club Insurance Association, a Dearborn, Michigan-based insurer, reported it has agreed to acquire MEEMIC Insurance Co. and its insurance agency affiliate, MEEMIC Insurance Services Corp. ACIA is the second largest provider of auto insurance in …

Geico to Sell Auto Insurance in Massachusetts

Geico is entering the auto insurance market in Massachusetts. State Insurance Commissioner Nonnie Burnes confirmed in a statement Friday that the nation’s third-largest auto insurer has filed to begin selling premiums in May. Geico would become the second major national …

Business Moves

BrickStreet Mutual Workers’ compensation insurer BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. wants to expand into Kentucky, Virginia, Alabama, Pennsylvania and Illinois. President and Chief Executive Officer Greg Burton says the West Virginia-based company plans to apply in those states over the next …

People

Richard G. “Dick” Clarke, senior vice president of J. Smith Lanier & Co. in West Point, Ga., has been elected 2009 president of RiskProNet International, a network of 25 independent insurance brokers in North America. Clarke is a veteran of …

Business Moves

State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. Nevada Insurance Commissioner Scott J. Kipper has approved a rate change for homeowners insurance premiums as filed by State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. The rate change will become effective on April 1, 2009, …