A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of “A” for The Hanover Insurance Group of Worcester and its subsidiaries, the New Jersey-based ratings firm said.
As employer-sponsored insurance enrollment has tumbled in recent years under health care reform, Massachusetts has seen a modest increase in workplace insurance enrollment, according to a report by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC).
While other state legislatures have struggled with decisions about whether to accept a federal expansion of Medicaid and how to set up exchanges for the purchasing of health care, Massachusetts lawmakers have largely sat back and watched.
New York-based GateHouse Media, which operates two daily newspapers in Central Massachusetts and 79 across the country, saw its revenue fall and its losses increase during its first fiscal quarter, ended March 31.