By Kyle Cheney, State House News Service STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, NOV. 3, 2011…..If a Massachusetts driving laws were on the books in Oklahoma in the 1990s, Timothy McVeigh, the Oklahoma City bomber, may never have been apprehended, a state lawmaker posited Thursday. Rep. Daniel Winslow (R-Norfolk) said McVeigh was nabbed for a minor infraction, eventually […]
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Division of Insurance Approves Judson as New CAR President
Here is the Special Notice from the CAR website: Commonwealth Automobile Reinsurers is pleased to announce that Mr. Daniel R. Judson has been approved by the Division of Insurance to Assume the Position of CAR’s President. He plans to be on board as of November 1, 2011. Dan has a long-standing work relationship with CAR. […]
Top 10 Stolen Vehicles in the U.S. and in Massachusetts
The NCIB or the National Insurance Crime Bureau released Hot Wheels 2011 this week – its annual list of the vehicles stolen most often nationwide. With one exception the National and Massachusetts Top 10 lists are identical. Agency Checklists created this side-by-side comparison to figure out which one differed. Can you spot it?
Auto Insurance Reform Turns Three
On April 1st managed competition in the Massachusetts automobile insurance marketplace turned three. This change ended the prior fixed and established system under which the Commonwealth set auto insurance rates. The new system, implemented in 2008, created a marketplace that allows companies to compete for consumers through rates, discounts and benefits. Since the reform began, […]
Governor Patrick Signs Assigned Risk Commission Bill Into Law
Governor Patrick has signed into law a bill granting producers in the Massachusetts Auto Insurance Plan (MAIP) commissions on assigned risk policies written voluntarily by assigned risk carriers. The signing of the bill overrules the Commissioner of Insurance’s decision not to allow producers these commissions and also reverses the Supreme Judicial Court decision that upheld […]
