A review of a July 5, 2016 case ruling that a condominium association bylaw that required unit owner’s to obtain property insurance with waiver of subrogation clauses barred an insurer from subrogating its $350,000 loss against another condominium owner’s tenant who had negligently caused the loss.
Insurance Law | Massachusetts
Insurers May Have To Prosecute Insureds’ Counterclaims
June 28, 2016 – The First Circuit for the Court of Appeals is requesting the SJC decide an issue that the First Circuit characterized as having "potentially wide-reaching implications for how liability insurers must conduct themselves in the Commonwealth of 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.
Producer’s Misrepresentation Regarding Paying Child Support Results in $5,500 Fine
On May 23, 2016, a Division of Insurance Hearing Officer fined Germone A. Gadsden, of Charlotte, North Carolina a total of $5,500 arising out of a license misrepresentation regarding the payment of child support.
