Insurance in Weymouth, Massachusetts
Weymouth is the next town west of our office on Whiting Street in Hingham, where we have written insurance since 1979. Not a call center, not a franchise with a South Shore zip code — an independent agency five minutes down Route 3A. If you want to sit down with someone about a policy, call or email and we’ll set a time.
What being independent means for you
We are not tied to one company. We represent a number of carriers, so when your renewal comes in higher than you expected, we can shop it without you starting over somewhere else. A captive agent has one price to offer you. We have several, and we do the comparing.
What we write in Weymouth
Home insurance
Weymouth has every kind of house on the South Shore: capes and ranches in East and South Weymouth, two-families near the Landing and Jackson Square, older homes in North Weymouth, and the new condos and townhouses at Union Point. Each brings its own questions — the age of the roof and wiring, an oil tank, a rental unit upstairs, the master policy on a condo. We know which carriers ask what, and we insure the house for what it would actually cost to rebuild, not what a website guesses.
Near the water
North Weymouth, Wessagusset, the Fore River and Back River shores are coastal to an insurance company, with the same questions as anywhere else on the South Shore: distance to the water, the wind deductible, and whether a company writes on your street. Read more: Why won’t anyone insure my coastal home? Homeowners insurance does not cover flooding; if you are in a mapped zone and have a mortgage, your lender will require a separate flood policy, which we also write.
Auto insurance
Massachusetts auto is its own world — the state’s rating rules, the Safe Driver Insurance Plan, and the registry paperwork that comes with buying or selling a car. With the dealerships along Route 18 and Route 3A, this comes up a lot: ask us before you sign. What the registry wants.
Condo, two-family and renters
Condo owners find out at claim time that the master policy covers less than they assumed; we read the master deed. If you own a two-family and rent the other unit, the policy has to say so. Renters insurance for an apartment takes one phone call.
Umbrella
A million dollars of extra liability over your home and auto costs less than most people guess. If you have teenage drivers, a pool, a boat or a rental unit, ask.
Business insurance
Weymouth is full of small business: contractors and trades, auto shops, restaurants, the shops along Route 18 and at Columbian Square, offices at Union Point. General liability, property, workers’ compensation, commercial auto, and the certificates of insurance your general contractor wants the same afternoon.
Boats
The marinas on the Fore River and the Back River, the yacht club, and the boats that winter in the driveway. A boat policy is separate from your homeowners.
Life insurance
Term and permanent, for young families and for estate planning.
The part people actually call us about
Certificates, ID cards, a lender needing proof of insurance before a closing, a registry form, a claim. The service, not the sale. That is what forty-seven years on the South Shore buys you: we already know your account when you call.
Towns we serve
Our office is in Hingham. We also write throughout the South Shore: Weymouth, Hull, Cohasset, Scituate, Norwell, Rockland, Braintree, Quincy, Abington, Holbrook, Hanover and Marshfield.
John J. Lawless Insurance Agency, Inc.
13 Whiting Street, Hingham, MA 02043
781-749-8386 · LawlessAgency@Gmail.com
Monday to Friday, 9:00am – 3:00pm. Closed Saturday and Sunday. Office visits by appointment — call or email first.
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