FEB. 1, 2012 – New Massachusetts legislation (S 1798) is looking to require license plates to pair up to four alpha-numerica characters with one easily recognized symbol, such as a star, heart, circle or diamond.
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Division of Insurance Fines Progressive Insurance
The Division of Insurance announced today a financial settlement with Progressive Direct Insurance Company for $125,000 dollars. The Division of Insurance says that the company “…erroneously informed some Massachusetts consumers that they had used credit information to determine their automobile insurance rate through its website.” State regulations (211 CMR 79.05(13)) do not allow for credit […]
Auto Repair Ballot Question Passes Another Hurdle
While the MAIA’s Credit Scoring Ban has been signed into law, another proposal filed at the same time as the MAIA’s ballot intiative moves once step closer to being placed on the 2012 ballot. The State House News Service provides the latest: Backers of a ballot question to force auto manufacturers to divulge additional diagnostic […]
WTPhelan Acquires The Garrett Insurance Agency
The WTPhelan Insurance Agency announced this week that it has acquired The Garrett Insurance Agency of Somerville. The acquisition was complete as of December 1, 2011. The Garrett Insurance Agency was founded in 1985 by Ralph and Ellen Garrett in the Davis Square section of Somerville. In the past year, Ellen Garrett, who had been running […]
Meet The Winner Of Our iPad2 Raffle
Barbara Krebs, of Twinbrook Insurance Brokerage, Inc., was the winner of our iPad2 Raffle at The Big Event. Agency Checklists traveled to Twinbrook’s Holbrook office to deliver her prize and take a snap of the happy winner. Ms. Krebs entered the insurance business straight out of college going to work for Arnerg Insurance where she […]
