21.   Bank of Boston Corp. won the right to sell insurance in Massachusetts, after a federal judge approved an order requiring the state to allow the sales.

22.   Bank of Boston in June got a license to sell insurance in Rhode Island.

23.   Banks throughout the U.S. want to sell insurance as a way to diversify lending income with more service and sales fees.

24.   BankBoston says state regulators have denied its bid to sell insurance.

25.   Bankers want to be able to sell insurance.

26.   Because The Hartford does not sell auto insurance in Massachusetts, the bank would have to hook up with a different partner here, according to Fleet executives.

27.   Banks around the nation are gearing up to sell insurance in an effort to tap the vast market consisting of their customers.

28.   Banks want to preserve their existing powers to sell insurance.

29.   Because banks can now sell insurance, insurance agents and firms want to provide banking services.

30.   -- The latest round in a longrunning fight about whether banks can sell insurance.