The latest hearing decision from the Massachusetts Division of Insurance involving the former owner of a Life Insurance Agency in Connecticut.
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2020 MA Market Share Report | Top Life Insurers
A 2020 update on the largest Life and Life All Lines insurers in Massachusetts as ranked by total direct written premium and market share.
$750,000 Fish Story Assault Settlement Harpoons The Homeowner Physical Abuse Exclusion
A family paid an uncovered $750,000 claim settlement to keep their son out of jail for an assault and battery charge occurring in Newport, Rhode Island.
MetLife Acquires Versant Health; Reportedly Looking To Sell Its P&C Business
MetLife is both a top 20 auto and home insurer in the U.S.
2020 MA Market Share Report | Top Life Insurers
A 2020 update on the largest Life and Life All Lines insurers in Massachusetts as ranked by total direct written premium and market share.
Over $1 Billion Located Through The NAIC Life Insurance Policy Locator
The NAIC’s policy locator tool was first launched in November 2016.
Risk Strategies Acquires Securitas Insurance Partners
Risk Strategies is ranked among the top 20 brokers in the country with over 70 locations nationwide.
The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. Elects Theodore H. Bunting, Jr. to Board of Directors
The appointment was effective as of September 1, 2020.
Liberty Mutual Insurance Appoints Marc Orloff to Lead Field Operations for its North American Commercial Insurance Operation
GRS is Liberty Mutual’s global commercial and specialty lines (re)insurance division.
$750,000 Fish Story Assault Settlement Harpoons The Homeowner Physical Abuse Exclusion
A family paid an uncovered $750,000 claim settlement to keep their son out of jail for an assault and battery charge occurring in Newport, Rhode Island.
Massachusetts Superior Court Holds Insurance Broker Has Limited Liability To Insured
An insurance coverage lawsuit between a realty trust and its agent after a rental deal with a Salem Restaurant ends badly.
2020 MA Market Share Report | Workers’ Comp Insurers
A 2020 update on the largest workers’ compensation insurers in Massachusetts as ranked by premium and market share.
Hippo Acquires Spinnaker Insurance Company
Spinnaker which has a couple of interesting ties to Massachusetts and New England has been acquired by the insurtech Hippo.
And The Winners Are…Our Annual List Of This Year’s Winners of the Mass. RMV’s 2020 Low Plate Lottery!
UPDATED with a complete listing of all of this year’s winners as well as a video recording of the actual drawing.
Interviews
Shop Talk With S Bank’s Senior Vice President, Kevin Joyce
Musings on the MAIP from the Urban and Urbane Agent, John Gallagher of The John C. Gallagher Insurance Agency.
The Agent Advocate: Jules Gaudreau of The Gaudreau Group
In Real Time With Steve Aronson of Aronson Insurance
Tashmoo Insurance: An Island Insurance Perspective
A Chat With Charles “Charley” Brophy, CEO & President of Hub International New England
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
Insurtech Profiles
Hi Marley Closes Series A1 Round With $8 Million
Lemonade Launches Its IPO
A Sign Of The InsurTech Times? Funding Drops 54% From Q4-2019 to Q1-2020
Insurify Raises $23 Million To Expand Into Home & Life
Boston Insurtech Corvus Secures Another $32 Million in Funding
MA Insurtech Update: Openly Secures $7.65 Million In Funding From Google Venture Fund
InsurOp-Eds
Should Agents Advocate For Insureds In Claim Denials?
May A Mass. Statute Bar COVID-19 Business Interruption Claims?
InsurOp-Ed: How “Skills-Based Hiring” Could Transform The Insurance Industry
InsurOp-Ed: Triple-I Thoughts on Business Interruption Litigation Filings
InsurOp-Ed: COVID19: Forward-looking economic framework for agency planning
InsurOp-Ed: Is Cleaning a Surface Contamination a “Repair”?
InsurOp-Ed: InsurTech Observations – Ten Years Later
InsurOp-Ed: Language vs. Logic
Insurance Coverage Cases
$750,000 Fish Story Assault Settlement Harpoons The Homeowner Physical Abuse Exclusion
Massachusetts Superior Court Holds Insurance Broker Has Limited Liability To Insured
Northern Security Estopped From Denying Coverage After 18 Years
Massachusetts Court Dismisses Nationwide Class Action Against Liberty Mutual Over Experience Modification Reporting
Insurer News & Announcements
MetLife Acquires Versant Health; Reportedly Looking To Sell Its P&C Business
MetLife is both a top 20 auto and home insurer in the U.S.
Hippo Acquires Spinnaker Insurance Company
Spinnaker which has a couple of interesting ties to Massachusetts and New England has been acquired by the insurtech Hippo.
Traffic Volume Decreases While Auto Insurance Profits Rise In 2020
Changes in driving habits and claims frequency during the COVID-19 public health crisis has had a major effect on auto insurers this year.
A Boston-based Challenge To Lemonade? Liberty Mutual Insurance & Rental Beast Join Forces To Provide Affordable Renter’s Insurance
The new partnership will offer renters’ insurance for as low as $5 during the rental process.
