#10. Progressive Direct Insurance Company (NH) 2010 Written Premium: $28,563,937.00 2010 Market Share: 3.4% 2009 Written Premium: $118,928,475.00 2009 Market Share of 3.34%. Position last year: 10 #9. Citizens Insurance Company of America (Hanover) (MI). 2010 Written Premium: $124,133,260.00 2010 Market Share: 3.4% 2009 Written Premium:$134,462,03.00 2009 Market Share:3.78% Position last year: 8 […]
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House Passes MAIA’s Bill To Ban Use of Credit Scores in Auto Rates
The Massachusetts House of Representatives voted yesterday afternoon to ban the use of credit scores when underwriting and rating private passenger motor vehicle insurance. The Bill quickly passed through the House without much debate. Representative Michael Costello, a Democrat from Newburyport, called the ban on credit rating for auto insurance policies “a win for consumers.” […]
New Free Designation For MA Veterans
Beginning in January 2012, the RMV will now offer Massachusetts veterans the option to have the word “Veteran” appear on their driver’s license or ID card. Agents should be aware that there will be no cost to their insureds who would like to get this designation as long as it is added during their renewal […]
MA Police Chiefs Seek Power to Pull Over Motorists Across Town Lines
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 […]
Daniel Judson The New President of CAR
Earlier this morning, the Governing Committee elected Daniel Judson as the new President of CAR or The Commonwealth Automobile Reinsurers. Mr. Judson, began his legal career at Hunt & White and worked for a number of years with the Massachusetts Division of Insurance in a variety of positions including counsel, deputy commissioner and general counsel. […]
