2 Mass. Roofing Company Owners Indicted for Alleged Work Comp Fraud
Two business owners in Milford, Massachusetts, have been indicted in connection with failing to accurately report their total payroll and workforce to avoid paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in...
View ArticleMass. AG Asks DOI to Reject Proposed Fee Increase for MAIP Policies
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey’s office sent a letter to the state’s Division of Insurance (DOI) this week, urging regulators to reject the proposed fee hike in the Massachusetts...
View ArticleMassachusetts AG Healey Announces $430K Settlement With AIG Subsidiary
The Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania (ICSOP), a subsidiary of the American International Group (AIG), has agreed to pay $430,000 to settle allegations that it sold unauthorized health...
View ArticleMass. AG: Encompass to Pay for Repair of Vehicles Brought to Unregistered Shops
A subsidiary of Allstate has agreed to pay for the correction of faulty repair work performed on motor vehicles brought to unregistered body shops in Massachusetts, Attorney General Maura Healey...
View ArticleMass. AG Healey: Insurer Improperly Charged Thousands of Homeowners
The largest force-placed insurance company in Massachusetts has agreed to provide refunds to homeowners to settle allegations that it improperly charged for force-placed insurance policies,...
View ArticleMass. AG Argues Mapfre, Safety Won Excessive Home Insurance Rate Hikes
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey says two of the state’s largest homeowners’ insurance companies won excessive and unwarranted rate increases of about 9 percent by taking advantage of last...
View ArticleMass. AG Announces $209K Settlement With American Fidelity Assurance
American Fidelity Assurance Company (AFA), a life and health insurance company based in Oklahoma City, has agreed to pay $209,000 to settle allegations that it failed to cover mandated benefits...
View ArticleHSBC to Pay Mass. Homeowners $2.7M Over Force-Placed Insurance Practices
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey said national mortgage lender and servicer HSBC has agreed to pay $4 million to resolve allegations involving force-placed insurance practices. The...
View ArticleMassachusetts Business Owner Indicted on Workers’ Comp Fraud Charges
Authorities said a Wilmington, Massachusetts man has been indicted in connection with allegedly failing to accurately report the nature of his company’s work in order to avoid $120,000 in insurance...
View ArticleMassachusetts AG Launches Child Labor Awareness Initiative
With summer jobs approaching, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey has launched an effort to educate teenagers, parents, and employers about the state’s youth employment laws. “Because of...
View ArticleFormer Mass. Health Insurance Official Charged With Stealing $122K
A former official at the Massachusetts Group Insurance Commission (GIC) has been indicted in connection with allegedly stealing more than $122,000 from the state agency. Ennio Manto, 52, of Braintree,...
View ArticleHouse GOP Wants Democratic AGs’ Records on Climate Change Suit Against Exxon
Escalating a political fight over global warming, a Republican House chairman issued subpoenas this week to two Democratic state attorneys general, seeking records about their investigation into...
View ArticleMass. AG Says FAIR Plan to Pay $350K for Wrongly Cancelling Policies
The Massachusetts Property Insurance Underwriting Association (FAIR Plan) has agreed to pay $350,000 to resolve allegations that it wrongly cancelled homeowners insurance policies over a four-year...
View ArticleOwners of a Massachusetts Company Charged in Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme
The owners of Caron Contracting, a Fall River, Mass., based contracting company, have been indicted on charges of workers’ compensation fraud over failure to disclose the true nature of their company’s...
View ArticleExxon Adds New York to Suit in Bid to Stop Climate Change Probe
Exxon Mobil Corp. sued New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to stop his investigation into what the company knew about climate change. The oil giant on Thursday revised a lawsuit it filed in...
View ArticleAfter Trump Win, Massachusetts Becoming a Hub of Resistance
As Republican Donald Trump prepares to take over as president, Massachusetts is fashioning itself into a hub of resistance, with politicians and advocacy groups vowing to battle what they see as the...
View ArticleExxon Dealt a Blow as Texas Judge Sends Climate Suit to New York
Exxon Mobil Corp.’s attempt to derail a multistate fraud probe into whether the company fully disclosed to investors the financial risks of climate change was dealt a major blow after a Texas judge...
View Article2 Mass. Roofing Company Owners Indicted for Alleged Work Comp Fraud
Two business owners in Milford, Massachusetts, have been indicted in connection with failing to accurately report their total payroll and workforce to avoid paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in...
View ArticleMass. AG Asks DOI to Reject Proposed Fee Increase for MAIP Policies
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey’s office sent a letter to the state’s Division of Insurance (DOI) this week, urging regulators to reject the proposed fee hike in the Massachusetts...
View ArticleMassachusetts AG Healey Announces $430K Settlement With AIG Subsidiary
The Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania (ICSOP), a subsidiary of the American International Group (AIG), has agreed to pay $430,000 to settle allegations that it sold unauthorized health...
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