Our weekly round-up of employment-related news includes announcements this week from the NAIC, AF Group, Risk Strategies, Optisure Risk Partners and Vermont Mutual.
Latest Articles
Make It 32 – Kaplansky Insurance Acquires The KW Insurance Agency
Kaplansky Insurance continues its expansion throughout Massachusetts with its first independent insurance agency acquisition in 2019 and 32nd overall.
California Dreaming: Corvus & Oyster Open West Coast Operations
These two Massachusetts-based insurtech start-ups are now open for business in California.
A Move In The Right Direction For Massachusetts On The 2018 Insurance Regulation Report Card
R Street Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief, R.J. Lehmann, talks with Agency Checklists about the reasons behind Massachusetts’ lower marks this year.
Mass. DOI Hearing Officer Revokes Three Producers’ Licenses and Imposes $5,500 in Fines
License revocations involving criminal convictions
InsurOp-Ed: The Talent Shortage
At industry events, when speaking with other agency owners and when viewing the most recent Agency Checklists’ e-blast, the common threat to agencies is painfully […]
Governor Signs Massachusetts Legislation Banning Disability Insurers From Charging Women More Than Men
New law bans women paying higher premiums for disability, accident or sickness policies.
Clearsurance To Launch Agent Reviews in First Quarter 2019
In addition to collecting reviews on car, home and renters insurance companies along with third-party sellers, Clearsurance will begin allowing consumers to write reviews of select agents in the first quarter of 2019.
Agency Interviews
CoverWallet For Agents: Quote, Bind, Buy, & Sign Commercial Lines Policies In Minutes
This morning CoverWallet unveils its new dedicated commercial insurance platform for agents. All the details inside.
MAPFRE’s Mission: The Company’s U.S. Leaders On The Past, Present, & Future Of Massachusetts’ Largest Insurer
An interview with Alfredo Castelo, MAPFRE USA president and CEO and Patrick McDonald, MAPFRE CEO for the Northeast Region, for their thoughts and views on MAPFRE’s evolution over the past decade in both Massachusetts and the U.S.
InsureTech Connect 2018: 6000 Attendees Still Looking to Disrupt the Insurance Industry
The InsureTech Connect 2018 conference had three products targeted to independent agencies that Agency Checklists thought agents might wish to investigate.
Insurance Law Alerts
Governor Signs Massachusetts Legislation Banning Disability Insurers From Charging Women More Than Men
New law bans women paying higher premiums for disability, accident or sickness policies.
New Massachusetts Law Requires $1 Million Liability Limit for Short-term Rentals
Homeowners doing Airbnb need to carry $1 million in insurance and register with Department of Revenue.
No Double Recovery For Bunker Hill Ins. Co. on Oil Spill Remediation Subrogation Lawsuit
A ruling allowing Bunker HIll Insurance to recover 150% of its remediation costs on a homeowner oil spill subrogation is cut back by the Appeals Court.