August 22, 2016 – An update to the March 2016 analysis of this Agency Checklists law alert.
Insurance Fraud
News and analysis of legal cases involving insurance fraud in Massachusetts.
Mass. Consumer Affairs Agency Introduces New Online Data Breach Notification
June 21, 2016 – Over a million Massachusetts residents were affected by data breaches in 2015.
Former Head of the Finance Division of the MA Group Insurance Commission Indicted
On May 27, 2016, Attorney General Maury Healey announced that the former head of the Insurane Commission, Ennio Manto, 52, of Braintree had been indicted by a statewide grand jury.
Sentencing Update On: “Guilty Tax Plea By Life Agent Embezzling $500,000 From Insurance Clients”
December 15, 2015 – A former insurance agent for Sun Life Financial ("Sun Life"), Paul Disidoro, 64, of Georgetown, Mass., pleaded guilty December 8, 2015, in Federal Court in Boston to evading income taxes on the more than $470,000 that he stole from three of his insurance clients.
$275,000 Stolen From 49 Clients Gets Life Insurance Agent 18 Months In Jail
March 22, 2016 – A former Prudential Financial life insurance agent pled guilty in Norfolk Superior Court on March 17, 2016, to charges arising from her embezzlement of more than $275,000 from 49 of her clients between 2007 and 2009.