2024 January All P&C Insurer List
You are being provided this 2024 January Private Passenger Auto P&C Insurer List as a benefit of your membership with the Massachusetts Association of Insurance Agents (MAIA). Expanded Data for MAIA Members in 2024: **NEW** MASSACHUSETTS ALL INSURER LISTING In 2024 the Massachusetts Association of Insurance Agents (MAIA) is expanding your member-only access to state-specific…
Updated Company Auto Filings – January 2024
January 9, 2024 MAIA periodically visits the Division of Insurance to collect the latest information about each company’s private passenger automobile insurance rules, rates, and forms filings. Recent changes and updates are presented here. Questions? Contact Kathy Cormier at 508-634-7353 or via email at [email protected].
Revised Veterans’ Plate Application
January 8, 2024 The Navy Branch of Service Decal that customers can select for Veterans’ Plates has been redesigned to match the current emblem of the United States Navy. The Application for Veterans’ Plates with Branch of Service Decal or Flag Image (REG105) has been revised. The Navy decal was updated on the application. The revised version…
Revised IRP New and Amend Account Application
January 8, 2024 The IRP New and Amend Account Application (IRP101) has been revised to include additional instructions. A new Required Documents section (Section F) has been added; please review this new section and understand that these are the only acceptable documents. Read the full update here. Questions? Contact Kathy Cormier at 508-634-7353 or via email…
PIP Procedures
*This question was answered based on current rules, regulations & statutes in effect as of November 2023. Question I have had two clients in the past few months: They went with a third party on rear-end collisions. Both were determined to not be 0 % at fault – the third-party company accepted full liability Each…
Maine Registered Trailers
*This question was answered based on current rules, regulations & statutes in effect as of November 2023. Question Can you tell me the scoop on businesses registering their trailers in Maine when we have the trucks registered and insured in Massachusetts? This is coming up more often than I like to see. When they register…
Road Test Changes
January 2, 2024 Effective yesterday, January 2, 2024, road test changes will take place at Franklin, Pittsfield, and Holyoke locations. View the specific changes for each location here. Questions? Contact Kathy Cormier at 508-634-7353 or via email at [email protected].
New York Title or Lien Status Report Form
January 2, 2024 The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has recently implemented a new Title or Lien Status Report (Form MV-913). This form can be presented to prove that a lien has been satisfied. The original New York title must also be presented. The title issuance date on the MV-913 must match the issuance date…
2023 Q3 Massachusetts Quarterly P&C Marketplace Summary
You are being provided this 2023 Q3 Quarterly P&C Marketplace Summary covering the Massachusetts Property and Casualty (P&C) Insurance Marketplace as a benefit of your membership with the Massachusetts Association of Insurance Agents (MAIA). Takeaways from the 2023-Q3 Summaries: The data shows market conditions in Q3 are firm, but “increases to the increases” have paused…
Passenger Injury While In a TNC Vehicle
*This question was answered based on current rules, regulations & statutes in effect as of November 2023. Question We have an insured whose son doesn’t’ drive, so they use LYFT. Her question is, if they don’t have proper coverage and her son is injured, what do they need to do? The insured (parents of the…
Compulsory Limits Bill – We Need Your Help!
MAIA is asking for your help in advancing our priority legislation this session: SB606/HB1006, “An Act relative to the compulsory automobile insurance limits,” filed by Senator Brendan Crighton and Rep. Michael Finn. The bill would increase the compulsory bodily injury limit for injury or death to one person from $20,000 to $50,000 and the limit…
Out-of-State Resident Temporary Plates – WIN for MAIA Members!
Last year, the Commonwealth enacted legislation allowing the RMV to issue temporary license plates to out-of-state consumers who purchase a vehicle in Massachusetts and want to drive their new car off the lot and to their home state for registration. MAIA successfully lobbied to include a provision in that legislation requiring out-of-state consumers to comply…
RTA and Personal Information
*This question was answered based on current rules, regulations & statutes in effect as of October 2023. Question I hope all is well in your corner of the insurance universe!! We have been advised long ago by our IT/Security firm that MA Privacy Laws prohibit the emailing of driver’s licenses as well as other data.…
IRP Job Aid & Supplement Applications
December 6, 2023 Due to changes in how data is entered into an IRP transaction, the IRP Supplement Application has been updated. The new application has been posted to the RMV website and is also linked for you here. Please begin using this revised application today. Questions? Contact Kathy Cormier at 508-634-7353 or via email…
Glass Coverage
*This question was answered based on current rules, regulations & statutes in effect as of October 2023. Question Do you know if MA Auto Carriers are required to offer full glass coverage under comprehensive coverage, or can they just offer glass coverage with a deductible? Answer Laura Poulin: According to MA’s cracked windshield law, insurers…
WC Cert and 30-Day Notice to Cancel
*This question was answered based on current rules, regulations & statutes in effect as of October 2023. Question I have an insured who has a client requesting to be listed on the insured’s Workers Comp Certificate of Insurance and requested the certificate include a 30-day Notice of Cancellation to the 3rd party. I have not…
Saturday Hours Ending in Pittsfield
November 20, 2023 The final day for Saturday hours at the Pittsfield RMV Service Center will be November 25. It will be closed on Saturdays beginning on December 2. Pittsfield will continue to have weekday hours of 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and will also add additional appointments on Mondays. Read the full update…
Notice of Appearance of Counsel Form
November 20, 2023 Effective November 20, 2023, in order for an attorney to view or receive a customer’s record and to represent a customer in Driver Control Unit (DCU) Hearings, DCU will require a Notice of Appearance of Counsel form (DCU150). This form, also referred to as an NOA form, must have the applicable portions filled…