The appeal seeks business interruption coverage and E&O damages against its insurance agent.
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DOI Announces Hearing on WCRIBMA’s Request For 2.7% Statewide Average Rate Increase
The hearing is scheduled for next month.
Alera Group Adds Webber & Grinnell Agency
Webber & Grinnell has been a local, independent insurance agency in Massachusetts for over 150 years.
InSurOp-Ed: Another Cautionary Tale of Underinsurance
The Colorado family that lost their home was insured by Liberty Mutual.
At-Will Employees Fired for Disputing Negative Personnel Records Can Now Sue for Wrongful Discharge
Reversing the Appeals Court, the SJC issues a public policy decision on the matter.
InSurOp-Ed: Insurance Dog Bite Claim Data Doesn’t Pass the Critical Thinking Test
A ‘Letter to the Editor” on our recent article regarding the DOI’s Report on Dog Bite Claims in Massachusetts.
AssuredPartners Acquires Fred C. Church, Inc.
Fred C. Church has been an independent insurance agency in Massachusetts for over 150 years.
Debt-Based License Suspensions Knocked as Punitive
New Bill Would Prohibit RMV From Suspending Driver Licenses Over Unpaid Fees
In Memoriam: Paul Francis O’Toole 1952-2021
Mr. O’Toole was the owner and President of Butterworth & O’Toole Insurance Adjusters for 36 years.
MountainOne Acquires Cross Insurance of Pittsfield
Cross Insurance of Pittsfield was a combination of two former Pittsfield-based independent agencies
Company Newswire
Travelers Reports Excellent Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results, Including Strong Earnings and Premium Growth
Hospitality Insurance Group Announces New BOP Program
Bindable Joins Guidewire Insurtech Vanguards Program
AM Best Affirms Credit Ratings of The Progressive Corporation and Subsidiaries
Massachusetts Economic & Legislative News
AG Healey Joins Race For Governor
Attorney General Maura Healey got her campaign for governor started Thursday morning under a light drizzle, pledging to make the economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic “job one” as she joins a race in which she is considered the instant front-runner. “I understand people are tired right now. I understand that people wonder if we’re […]
Retail Chief Wants “Date for Normalcy”
“Time to set a real date for normalcy & get on with it”
Online Driver’s Ed May Survive as Pandemic Reform
Some Instructors Say In-Person Classes More Meaningful
MBTA Plan Adjusts Reduced Fares, Transfer Costs
Agency Targets Hybrid Workers With Permanent FlexPass
Insurance Coverage Cases
SJC Hears First COVID-19 Business Interruption Coverage Appeal and Insured’s E&O Claim Against Its Agency
At-Will Employees Fired for Disputing Negative Personnel Records Can Now Sue for Wrongful Discharge
Class Action Against GEICO Seeks Unpaid Overtime Pay For Massachusetts Claim Adjusters
MA Court Rules Against Insured’s Claim Its Broker Post-Loss Agreed with Insurer to Reduce Coverage
In A Not-Really But Supposedly Coverage Decision, SJC Holds That Police Officer Driving Recklessly For Fun Not Covered By Massachusetts Torts Claim Act
Mass. Appeals Court Rules No Coverage For Prior-Owned Property Under Homeowners Policy
US District Court For District of Massachusetts Holds That Broad Auto Exclusion Broadly Excludes Coverage For Auto Accident
Supreme Court Rules Auto Policies Cover Vehicles’ Post-Repair Losses of Value
InsurOp-Eds
InSurOp-Ed: Another Cautionary Tale of Underinsurance
InSurOp-Ed: Insurance Dog Bite Claim Data Doesn’t Pass the Critical Thinking Test
InsurOp-Ed: Why Independent Agency Owners Should Take A Closer Look at Non-Owner Auto Insurance
InSurOp-Ed: When Policy Forms Don’t Do What You Think They Do
InSurOp-Ed: Fried Chicken and Customer Loyalty
InSurOp-Ed: Am I Legally Liable?
Preparing For The Next Pandemic – The Cyber One That Is
InSurOp-Ed: Beware Online COI Systems!
Interviews
The Paperless Agent – Michael Butts of Yankee Insurance Agency
Talking with Geoff Gordon of the Andrew G. Gordon, Inc. Insurance Agency
Progressing Further With Progressive: A Primer For Mass. Agents
Still With A Drive To Succeed: Sumner Gilman On Mass. Agents, CAR and Why Premium Financing Is Still A Good Bet
Finding Opportunity In Unexpected Places: The Interesting Insurance Career of A.I.M. Mutual’s John Myers
Joe Leahy’s Journey From Mass. Agent To Big “I” Chairman
Insurance Agency Crowdsources Public Input on Healthcare Reform For President & Congress
Leading By Example – An Interview With Antonio Huertas, Chairman and CEO of MAPFRE
Insurtech Profiles
Goldman Sachs Asset Management Gives DealerPolicy $110 million Series C Funding
Corvus Welcomes New Investors With $15M Series C Financing Extension
Wunderite Secures $3 Million Seed Funding To Modernize Software for Insurance Agents
Next Insurance Raises Another $250 Million
“Smart Commercial” Insurtech Corvus Raises $100 Million
Hi Marley Nabs Another $25 Million in Series B Funding
Insurer News & Announcements
Toyota Insurance Management Solutions Announces Toyota Auto Insurance
Another Auto Co Launches Its Own Insurance Product
Arbella Insurance Launches Cover Your Assets In-Home Business Owner’s Policy Program
New program is designed with Massachusetts small home-based business in mind.
Liberty Mutual To Launch Comparion Insurance Agency – A New Insurance Agency For Its 2,200 Exclusive Agent Team
The new agency is expected to be fully operational in 2022.
Norfolk & Dedham’s Joel Murray Discusses The Importance of Embracing Change While Remaining True To Your Roots
Mr. Murray, the president and CEO of the Dedham-based insurer since 2017, discusses the insurer’s continued faith in its independent agency partners as it plans for a post-pandemic future.
