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Mass. AG settles bid-rigging lawsuit against Great American Insurance Co.
Great American Insurance Company has reached a $176,000 settlement with Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley on allegations of bid-rigging. The settlement resolves allegations that Great...
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Progressive’s online quotes to Massachusetts customers were too good to be true
Progressive Direct Insurance Co. has reached a settlement to pay $120,000 after allegations it provided Massachusetts auto insurance customers with inaccurate quotes on its rate comparison website....
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Health insurers reach $17 million settlement over ‘deceptive’ conduct
In what is believed to be the largest consumer protection settlement against a health plan in Massachusetts history, a Texas-based insurer and two of its subsidiaries will pay $17 million to consumers...
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Coakley says ‘voters are paying attention.’ But why isn’t Congress?
If it wasn’t so serious, it would almost be laughable. While voting today in the special U.S. Senate election in Massachusetts that pits her against Republican Scott Brown, Democrat Martha Coakley said...
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Mass. AG settles with four more insurers over at-fault accident reports
Four more auto insurers have reached a settlement with Massachusetts’ attorney general to correct thousands of driving records as officials now turn their attention to the use of private databases for...
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Auto market reform in Mass. ‘unnecessary and ill-advised,’ group says
A series of proposed new regulations in Massachusetts, calling for greater consumer protections in the auto insurance marketplace, are both ‘unnecessary and ill-advised,” according to an industry...
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Mass. AG says state’s ‘success’ justifies federal health reform law
The attorney general of Massachusetts, the state on which much of the federal health reform law is based, has filed a brief supporting the federal law. Martha Coakley Martha Coakley, Massachusetts’...
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Insurer to pay $760,000 for selling unauthorized health coverage
A New York, N.Y.-based health insurance company must pay $760,000 in restitution for selling unauthorized health insurance in Massachusetts. Martha Coakley United States Life Insurance Co., a...
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Companies bankrupt after ‘deceptively’ selling discount health plans
Two insurance companies were ordered to pay restitution and change their marketing methods after “deceptively” selling discount health plans as health insurance to Massachusetts consumers in a $2.4...
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Construction worker guilty of fraudulently collecting unemployment
An Ashburnham, Mass., man pleaded guilty Jan. 3 to fraudulently collecting about $28,000 on two unemployment benefit claims while working for a construction company. Robert Hurtubise, 50, pleaded...
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Massachusetts, other states act against alleged ‘junk fax’ distributors
Massachusetts is the latest state to take action against a pair of New Jersey companies and three of its employees, alleging that they used unsolicited faxes, or so called “junk faxes,” to sell a...
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