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NAIC 2024 Market Share Report | Top 25 Homeowners Multiple Peril Insurers
Additional Market Share Reports and Updates Will Be Made During Month of March
Aerial Roof Assessments: What the DOI Says About Aerial Imaging and Your Home Insurance Policy
The Division’s publishes: “The Truth about Your Roof: Understanding How Insurance Companies Use Aerial Imaging to Assess Roof Condition”
RMV License Suspensions Coming Out of the Blue
Inside News From The MassterList
Kaplansky Welcomes WT Flynn Insurance of Framingham To Its Ranks
Agency’s 43rd Agency Acquisition Overall
Insurance Watchdog: Hedge Funds Fueling Lawsuit Surge, Higher Premiums
Causes Include Aggressive Attorney Marketing
From Body Shop to Courtroom: Six Indicted in Insurance Fraud Case
Defendants Allegedly Filed Over $1 Million in Fraudulent Insurance Claims
Safety Insurance Group Reports Record Premium Growth Amid Elevated (107.7%) Loss Ratio
Full Year 2023 Results Show 20.4% in Premium Growth But With A Combined Ratio of 107.7%
Insurance Coverage Cases
First Circuit Reverses Insurer’s $1.8M Recovery of Settlement And Defense Costs From Insured
What You Need To Know About The Massachusetts Insurance Certificate Law
Marsh Files Motion to Dismiss Harvard’s $15 million E&O Suit
Fail To Fully Follow FCRA? You’d Better Check Your EPLI (This Case Shows Why)
Hospital Wins Appeal for Coverage of COVID-19 Contamination Losses
SJC to Decide: What is Surface Water in a $400M Insurance Dispute?
Beyond the Invoice: Commerce Awarded $24k, Seeks $910k in Fees from Tow Company
A New Lawsuit: Harvard’s $15 Million Dispute With Its Broker Marsh
Economic & Legislative News in Massachusetts
Pooled Tips Top Of Mind As Lawmakers Weigh Ballot Question
Top Dem “A Little Confused” by Opposition to Wage Increase
Healey Ready To Lift “Burden” Of Marijuana Possession Convictions
Devaney: “She’ll Have A Legacy, This Governor, For Doing This”
Mass. Health Care Costs Rose Sharply Again In 2022
Consumers, Hospitals Lose Ground As Total Spending Increased 5.8 Percent
Boston To Host Inaugural ClimaTech Conference In June
Three-Day Conference Will Overlap With BIO Conference In San Diego
Appeals Court Chief Justice Stepping Down Sept. 1
Green Has Served as Chief Justice Since 2017
No New Budget Moves As Revenue Slide Extends
February Tax Revenues Off From Last February, And Miss Revised Benchmark
New England Newswire
Vermont DFR Issues Comprehensive Bulletin on Use of AI Systems in the Business of Insurance
By AC Editor
Bulletin Provides Clear Guidance For Insurers
New Hampshire Insurance Department and New England College Announce Second Year of Innovative Insurance Industry Course
By AC Editor
Four Credit Course Scheduled To Begin in Spring 2024
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires The Rowley Agency, LLC
By AC Editor
The Rowley Agency is one of Northern New England’s largest independent insurance agencies.
Patriot Growth Insurance Services Expands Footprint In New England Region
By AC Editor
This is the third agency acquisition in New England for Patriot in 2023
InsurOp-Eds
Born and Bred in the Bay State: The Special Agent Story
By AC Editor
InsurOp-Ed: The Invisible But Potentially Catastrophic Homeowners Exclusion That’s Not An Exclusion
By Bill Wilson
InSurOp-Ed: On This Day 30 Years Ago: What I’ve Learned
InsurOp-Ed: Horrible Policy Forms and Endorsements To Avoid or Be Wary Of
By Bill Wilson
InSurOp-Ed: What ChatGPT Says About Exclusions in Insurance Policies…
By Nina Kallen
InSurOp-Ed: Auto Insurance and Resident Adult Children
By Bill Wilson
How ChatGPT Says AI Will Change The P&C Insurance Industry Over the Next 10 Years
By AC Editor
InsurOp-Ed: 3 Sources of Coverage Gaps That Lead to Claim Disputes
By Bill Wilson
Interviews
MassDrive: A Traditional Agency Using Technology to Drive Its Success
Joe Leahy’s Journey From Mass. Agent To Big “I” Chairman
T.A. Holland & Co.: Celebrating A Century In Massachusetts As An Independent Insurance Agency
#MorseOfCourse: How Morse Insurance’s Second Generation Continues Its Success As A Generalist Agency Through Branding & Marketing
Plymouth Rock’s Chris Olie Discusses Prime And The Possibilities It Holds For Mass. Agents
Networking with NEIGN: A New Agency Network Launches in Massachusetts
Rising To New Heights: How Henry Risman Grew His Family-Owned Agency To $60 Million
MAPFRE’s Mission: The Company’s U.S. Leaders On The Past, Present, & Future Of Massachusetts’ Largest Insurer
Ratings & Results
Safety Insurance Group Reports Record Premium Growth Amid Elevated (107.7%) Loss Ratio
Full Year 2023 Results Show 20.4% in Premium Growth But With A Combined Ratio of 107.7%
Progressive Reports Strong Financial Results for January 2024
Announced Robust Growth Across Business Lines
The Hanover Insurance Group Delivers Strong Finish to 2023, Eyeing Growth and Profitability Ahead
A Quarter to Remember
Outstanding Growth for December 2023 and Fourth Quarter Says Progressive in Latest Report
Yearly net income up 540% in calendar year 2023 from calendar year 2022
Travelers Results Takeoff in 4th Quarter of 2023
By AC Editor
Announces Record-Breaking Figures For The Last Quarter of 2023