Massachusetts

• NAMIC Opposes Mandatory Coverage for Gun Owners in D.C.

  By Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 17, 2013

  Under the proposal, the state’s current 2,000 registered gun owners and all future buyers would have to take out a $250,000 policy covering damage from any gun use, even willful and illegal acts.

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  Major Misfire

  By Paul Tetrault, JD, ARM, Aim  |  May 1, 2013

  It is not surprising in the aftermath of the horrific Connecticut school shootings to see lawmakers at both the state and federal levels trying to identify new ways to curb gun-related violence. One of the more novel, if misguided, approaches has been to propose mandatory liability insurance for gun owners.

• Persistant Drought Sparks Concern About 2013 Wildfire Season

  By Christina Bramlet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 1, 2013

  On the heels of a dry winter, experts worry the impending wildfire season could echo last year’s devastation, during which 9.2 million acres burned.

• Hanover Q1 Profit Increases 33.2%

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 30, 2013

  Hanover received rate increases of 9 percent in core Commercial and Personal lines during the first quarter and it is seeing greater rate increases in Specialty.

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  How the Mass. Workers' Comp System Kicked Its Own Drug Habit

  By Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360  |  April 29, 2013

  For years, Massachusetts over-prescribed opioids to workers' comp. recipients, until physicians learned to just say no.

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  Zuraitis Leaving Hanover to Become Horace Mann CEO

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 25, 2013

  Marita Zuraitis, president of the P&C companies of The Hanover Insurance Group, is resigning.

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  NJ, NY Insurers Settle 93% of Superstorm Sandy Claims

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 22, 2013

  Superstorm Sandy is now the third costliest storm in U.S. history, the Insurance Information Institute says.

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  Uncertainty Surrounds Compensation for Boston Bomb Victims

  By Ben Berkowitz, Reuters  |  April 19, 2013

  Victims of the Boston Marathon bombings will eventually win some kind of compensation, but it is far too early to know how much money there will be, whether private donors or insurers will provide most of it, and how long it might take to distribute.

• Risk Retention Groups Hail ERISA ruling

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 18, 2013

  The risk retention group industry is hailing a seminal Supreme Court ruling Tuesday which held that self-insured group health plans are entitled to enforce the terms of their plans as written.

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  Insurance Industry Closely Watches Proposed Firearms Liability Laws

  By Bonnie Cavanaugh, PropertyCasulaty360.com  |  April 12, 2013

  Legislators from the federal government to the state level have been vocalizing their request for improved gun control, but does the insurance industry have a role?

• New Hires and Promotions at Liberty Mutual and InVEST - Around the Industry

  By Staff Writer  |  April 9, 2013

  M&A activity at Arthur J. Gallagher and Co. and InsurBanc. ACE, Arbella and Intellectual Property Insurance Services Corp. introduce new programs.

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  Glenn Shapiro To Lead Commercial Insurance Claims at Liberty Mutual

  By Staff Writer  |  April 8, 2013

  Shapiro succeeds George A. Neale as EVP of commercial insurance and chief claims officer.

• Experts Predict A Smoke-Filled 2013 Wildfire Season

  By Christina Bramlet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 4, 2013

  It's still early, but experts are predicting an active wildfire season, especially in parched Colorado, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and California.

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  Hanover Scores Basketball Hall of Fame Sponsorship

  By Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360  |  March 28, 2013

  The Hanover Insurance Group is sponsoring the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame’s 2013 Class Announcement, the second time the property and casualty insurer has been involved with the sports award.

• New Hires and Promotions at Sedgwick, Digital Insurance and Markel - Around the Industry

  By Staff Writer  |  March 26, 2013

  New program from the Alexander J. Wayne and Assocs., MSO expands specialty businessowners programs, M&A activity at Digital Insurance, Sterling & Sterling rebrands as SterlingRisk.

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  Truckin’ Along

  By Dave Lenckus  |  March 20, 2013

  Food trucks make up a small but rapidly expanding segment of the restaurant market, producers say.