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• Commerce Insurance Joins the Fight against ID Theft by Providing Identity Resolution Services to Policyholders; Offering Policyholders Added Value at No Additional Cost

  - 2006-07-13

  WEBSTER, Mass. -- Please replace the release with the following corrected version due to multiple revisions. The corrected release reads: COMMERCE INSURANCE JOINS THE FIGHT AGAINST ID THEFT BY PROVIDING IDENTITY RESOLUTION SERVICES TO POLICYHOLDERS; OFFERING POLICYHOLDERS ADDED VALUE AT NO ADDITIONAL COST Commerce Insurance Company announced...

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• The Commerce Insurance Company Asks Court to Review New Massachusetts Residual Market Rules

  - 2005-01-05

  WEBSTER, Mass. -- The Commerce Insurance Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Commerce Group, Inc. (NYSE:CGI), filed an action today in Massachusetts Superior Court, Suffolk County, in response to the new rules published by the Division of Insurance for the automobile residual market system. Commerce is asking the Court...

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• Commerce Insurance of Webster, Mass., auto discounts under regulators' scrutiny.

  - 2004-11-06

  By Bruce Mohl, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 6--Commerce Insurance of Webster offers a 5 percent discount on auto insurance to any member of the American Automobile Association, but state regulators are now trying to decide whether Commerce should ...

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• The Commerce Insurance Company Estimates Pro Forma Impact of the Latest Massachusetts Residual Market Reform Proposal

  - 2004-10-22

  WEBSTER, Mass. -- The Commerce Insurance Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Commerce Group, Inc. (NYSE: CGI), is updating its estimate of the financial impact of the proposed reform of the residual market system for personal automobile insurance in Massachusetts to reflect changes in the rules being proposed. ...

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• Massachusetts senators concerned about auto insurance proposal.

  - 2004-10-08

  By Bruce Mohl, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 8--Eighteen Democratic state senators say the Romney administration must gain legislative approval before moving ahead with a proposal to change the way high-risk drivers are apportioned among auto insurance companies in...

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• Massachusetts auto-insurer bets on wrong candidate, now faces reform backlash.

  - 2004-08-29

  By Bruce Mohl, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 29--Early in 2002, Commerce Insurance of Webster placed a nearly $23,000 bet on the gubernatorial candidacy of Democrat Shannon O'Brien. O'Brien hadn't won her party's nomination yet, but the...

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• California-based insurer threatens to leave Massachusetts' auto market.

  - 2004-07-02

  By Bruce Mohl, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 2--Fireman's Fund Insurance Cos., a California-based company that is losing money insuring 22,000 drivers in Massachusetts, yesterday threatened to pull out of the auto market here unless state regulators approve changes...

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• Commerce Insurance Services Expands Healthcare Practice, Names Gillespie Senior Vice President

  - 2004-06-07

  To download high-resolution, print-ready JPEG images, click on the thumbnail image above. WARNING: these images are very large (800K+) Click here for caption Photo Editors/Business Editors MULTIMEDIA AVAILABLE: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=4656440 CHERRY HILL, N.J.--BUSINESS WIRE--June 7, 2004 Commerce Insurance Services, a wholly owned subsidiary...

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• The Porch Agency Joins Commerce Insurance Services

  - 2003-02-19

  Business Editors CHERRY HILL, N.J.--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 19, 2003 Commerce Insurance Services CIS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Commerce Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE:CBH) has acquired The Porch Agency headquartered in Bridgeton, New Jersey. Headed by President Joseph Porch, The Porch Agency serves the diverse insurance needs of school districts...

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• Transfer of Massachusetts Personal Automobile Business from MassWest Insurance Company to The Commerce Insurance Company

  - 2002-07-16

  Business Editors The Commerce Group, Inc. (NYSE:CGI) today announced that it entered into an agreement on July 15, 2002, with MassWest Insurance Company for the transfer of Massachusetts personal automobile business written by MassWest to The Commerce Insurance Company, effective November 1, 2002. Under terms of the agreement, Commerce...

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