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AXIS Insurance Wins Because Danvers Insured Did Not Report Prior Interrelated Claim to its Prior Carrier
An insured who did not report a claim on a prior policy loses coverage when a court finds subsequent claims have a common nexus under the policies interrelated wrongful acts provision.
T. Edmund Garrity Acquires The Willard Martin Agency
The Willard Martin is one of the oldest independent insurance agencies on the North Shore.
Berkley One Enters The Massachusetts Marketplace
The online insurance start-up focused on the sophisticated insurer is now live in 13 states.
New Venture From Mass. Agents Deland, Gibson Helps Small Businesses Get A Grip On The Many Demands Of Human Capital
GRIP HR is a new human resources consultancy co-founded by Deland, Gibson’s Chip and Ted Gibson and HR veteran Partner Ryan Tipping.
Risk Strategies Acquires California’s Winter Group, Inc.
Another acquisition for Boston-based Risk Strategies, this time in California.
MassInnovation: Clearsurance Now Offering Insurance Recommendations To Reviewers
The Mass-based insurtech has debuted a new proprietary “Recommendation Engine.”
Insurance Career & Company News – July 11th
The latest career and company news from in and around Massachusetts & New England.
Pedicab’s Policy Does Not Cover Auto Accident
A Massachusetts District Court found that Atain Speciality had no duty to defend a Boston pedicab company nor its employee, nor did it have a duty indemnify them because the case involved a claim arising out of “an auto and the exclusion applied to the claim.”
The Ins & Outs Of Massachusetts’ Short-Term Rental Law
Dubbed Massachusetts’ new “AirBnB Rule”, the new regulations involving short-term rentals include owner registration and the requirement of a million-dollar liability policy.
Agency Interviews
Tashmoo Insurance – A View Of The Massachusetts Insurance Industry From Martha’s Vineyard
Whenever it is made mention of the independent insurance agents in Massachusetts, often that immediately conjures up the image of the independent urban or suburban agent of the Greater Boston Area. One of the great strengths of the independent insurance agency system here in the Commonwealth, however, is not only the number, but the great […]
Leading By Example – An Interview With Antonio Huertas, Chairman and CEO of MAPFRE
An interview encompassing the personal history, philosophy, and forward-looking nature of the current Chairman and CEO of MAPFRE.
Infusing New Ideas and Energy Into One of Boston’s Oldest Insurance Institutions
An interview with the Insurance Library Association of Boston’s new Executive Director, Paul Tetrault.
Insurance Law Alerts
MassInnovation: HiMarley Ramps Up, Apliant Closes Down, And Innovation Underwriters Draws A Crowd
The latest insurtech-related news from in and around the New England insurance industry.
InsurOp-Ed: InsurTech Conferences – Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil, See No Evil
The industry needs disruption and can benefit greatly from technology, but not the kind being offered by most of the insurtechs I’ve looked at.
MassInnovation? The Commonwealth Of Kentucky Is First In Passing Legislation To Create An Insurtech Sandbox
Kudos to Kentucky for creating the nation’s first regulatory sandbox for insurtech.
MassInnovation: Liberty Mutual Insurance & MIT Announce New Artificial Intelligence Collaboration
The Boston-based insurer has joined MIT’s Quest for Intelligence as Visionary member A new $25 million, five-year collaboration will see MIT and Liberty Mutual Insurance join forces to tackle the many issues and opportunities surrounding the rise, research, and development of Artificial Intelligence. Spearheaded by MIT’s Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing through the Quest […]
MassInnovation: A Combined $66 Million In Funding Announced By Veruna & Shift Technology
Massachusetts-based insurtechs Veruna and Shift Technology announce the results of their latest funding rounds.