The role of U.S. insurance regulators in responding to climate change.
ABSTRACT: This article addresses three key issues set forth in the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' (NAIC) Climate Change & Global Warming Task Force charter: 1. Implications of climate change on the insurance sector 2. Insurers' knowledge of potential climate change impacts ...

Opt in to savings; Law lets communities join state health insurance plan.
COLUMN: IN OUR OPINION Legislation allowing municipalities to opt into the state's health insurance pool should be a real boon to communities. The measure, approved by the Legislature last week and signed into law by Gov. Deval L. Patrick yesterday, is one of the provisions...

Help's here for Bernat fire victims; State, federal agencies mobilize resources.
UXBRIDGE - Help is available for those affected by the devastating July 21 fire that destroyed much of the Bernat Mill. Sixty-five small businesses rented space in the three-story former yarn mill. Resources include the following: Emergency officials have established a disaster assistance center at...

Resources mobilized to help out fire victims.
UXBRIDGE - Help is available for those affected by the devastating July 21 fire that destroyed much of the Bernat Mill. Sixty-five small businesses rented space in the three-story former yarn mill. Resources include the following: Emergency officials have established a disaster assistance center at...

State's cities, towns must find ways to tame health care costs.
Byline: Marylou Buyse, M.D. COLUMN: As I See It Health care has become the Pac-Man of municipal budgets, devouring an increasingly larger share of local revenues and leaving little left over for essential services such as road and bridge maintenance, education and police and fire...

LETTERS IN THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG.
Byline: The Register-Guard Health care is a human right I am working two jobs and still I cannot afford health insurance. This is a crime in the so-called richest nation on earth, that so many working people should be forced to view health care as...

Shares for insurer fall; Commerce stock takes hit.
Byline: Bob Kievra WEBSTER - Shares of Commerce Group Inc. fell yesterday after an analyst downgraded the stock of the state's largest automobile insurer, citing an expected decline in the company's market share from pending regulatory changes. Dean Evans at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods downgraded...

Insurance tango; Rate-setting dance has a new twist this year.
COLUMN: In our opinion The annual car insurance rate-setting dance seems to be departing from predictable fancy footwork that usually prevails. The announcement from the Automobile Insurers Bureau of Massachusetts that insurers would recommend a reduction in rates - to an as-yet undetermined level -...

Business owners seek out hope; MEMA sets up mill help site.
Byline: Donna Boynton UXBRIDGE - Employees and business owners who normally would have reported to work at the Bernat Mill yesterday morning instead reported to Town Hall to try to figure out where they go from here. The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency converted the downstairs...

A prudent plan; Safe drivers would benefit from competitive system.
COLUMN: IN OUR OPINION The auto insurance reforms unveiled by Insurance Commissioner Nonnie S. Burnes this week would introduce much-needed competition into Massachusetts' highly regulated system while guarding against discriminatory practices and unfair pricing. Consumers, and safe drivers in particular, should welcome the change. The...