MacGillivary v. W. Dana Bartlett Insurance Agency of Lexington, Inc.

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• stating broker may be liable for placing insurance policy with carrier unauthorized to do business in state in violation of Massachusetts statute if plaintiff could also show that carrier was insolvent
• stating broker may be liable for placing insurance policy with carrier unauthorized to do business in state in violation of Massachusetts statute if plaintiff could also show that carrier was insolvent
• broker could be liable for breach of implied term of brokerage arrangement by procuring, albeit unintentionally, a policy with an unlicensed insurer
• no evidence that unlicensed insurer, negligently selected by broker, unable to pay plaintiff’s claim

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