Latest Massachusetts Headlines
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Massachusetts’ Warren Insurance Agency Joins Satellite Agency Network Group
Feb 5 2020 // Warren Insurance Agency Inc. recently joined Satellite Agency Network (SAN) Group Inc., an alliance of independent insurance agencies in the Northeast. Warren Insurance Agency was founded in 1979 by its owner, Edward...
Deadline to File Claim in Massachusetts Natural Gas Disaster Approaching
Feb 3 2020 // Officials are reminding Merrimack Valley residents that Friday is the deadline to file a claim in the $143 million class action settlement stemming from 2018’s natural gas explosions and fires. Lawyers encourage...
FBinsure Acquires Massachusetts’ Nimiroski Insurance Agency
Feb 3 2020 // FBinsure has acquired the Nimiroski Insurance Agency, an independent agency located in Attleboro, Mass. Established in 1963, Nimiroski Insurance has been an active member of the Attleboro community for more than 50 years,...
Massachusetts’ Morse Insurance Agency Acquires Connolly Insurance
Jan 30 2020 // Morse Insurance Agency Inc., a provider of personal and business insurance in Southeastern Massachusetts, has acquired Connolly Insurance. The transaction became effective January 1, 2020. Morse Insurance has been a...
The Hilb Group Acquires Massachusetts’ Group Brokerage Insurance Agency
Jan 29 2020 // The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired Group Brokerage Insurance Agency LLC (GBIA). The transaction became effective January 1, 2020. Located in Waltham, Mass., GBIA is an employee benefits agency primarily providing group...
Massachusetts’ Risk Strategies Promotes Hoffman, Smith as Executive Vice Presidents
Jan 28 2020 // Risk Strategies, a Boston, Mass.-based, privately held national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has promoted Tracy Hoffman and Matthew Smith as executive vice presidents of its National Health Care Practice....
CoreLogic Completes Acquisition of Massachusetts’ Location Inc.
Jan 27 2020 // CoreLogic, a global property information, analytics and data-enabled services provider, has completed the company’s acquisition of Location Inc., a Worcester, Mass.-based leader in geographic data sciences and...
Massachusetts’ EverQuote Hires Brainard as EVP of Engineering, Marketplace
Jan 23 2020 // EverQuote Inc., a Cambridge, Mass-based online marketplace for insurance shopping in the U.S., has hired David Brainard as executive vice president of Engineering, Marketplace. In this role, Brainard will serve as the...
Massachusetts’ Sayata Labs Hires King Flynn as Head of Insurance
Jan 22 2020 // King Flynn has joined Sayata Labs, a Boston, Mass.-based, Axa-backed insurtech startup, as head of Insurance. Sayata helps insurance carriers and brokers accelerate their mid-market cyber business while simultaneously...
Texas Mutual: Massachusetts Firm Pleads Guilty to Workers’ Comp Fraud
Jan 21 2020 // A Massachusetts company has pleaded guilty in a Travis County, Texas, district court to workers’ compensation fraud, according to Texas Mutual Insurance Co. Texas Mutual says EME International Inc. (EME) of...
Xceedance Acquires Massachusetts’ Activer Solutions
Jan 21 2020 // Xceedance, a global provider of insurance consulting, managed services, technology, data sciences and blockchain solutions, has acquired Activer Solutions. Located in Marlborough, Mass., Activer Solutions specializes in...
Three Massachusetts Workers Shocked When Scaffolding Touches Power Line
Jan 17 2020 // Three people were injured, one critically, on Tuesday when scaffolding they were working with at a Massachusetts home came in contact with power lines, police said. Beverly police responded to a report that two workers had...
Distinguished Programs Promotes Bah in Massachusetts, McFadden in New York
Jan 17 2020 // Distinguished Programs, a national insurance program manager, has promoted Mamadou Bah to regional sales executive and Renée A. McFadden to vice president and regional sales executive in New Jersey and eastern Long...
Massachusetts’ RogersGray Promotes Deems to Partner
Jan 17 2020 // RogersGray has promoted Greg Deems to partner within the Massachusetts-headquartered, independent insurance agency. Deems joined RogersGray in 2011 and became a top performer in his sales role, devoting himself to the...
UMass Student Newspaper Editor Cannot Be Held Liable in Defamation Suit
Jan 13 2020 // The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) has ruled that a University of Massachusetts Boston (UMass) student newspaper editor cannot be held liable for defamation after republishing police blotter entries describing...
Alera Group Acquires Massachusetts’ Sylvia Group
Jan 10 2020 // Alera Group, a national employee benefits, property and casualty, retirement services and wealth management firm, has acquired Sylvia Group, effective December 31, 2019. Located in Dartmouth, Mass., Sylvia Group has been...
RogersGray Acquires Massachusetts’ G.H. Dunn Agency
Jan 8 2020 // RogersGray has continued its expansion with the acquisition of the G. H. Dunn Agency of Buzzards Bay and Mattapoisett, Mass. Following the acquisition, the team at G.H. Dunn will remain, including David Dunn who will be...
Deadline to Make Gas Explosion Claim in Massachusetts Extended to January 31
Jan 7 2020 // The deadline for residents and businesses to file a claim for a portion of the $143 million legal settlement related to the September 2018 natural gas explosions in Massachusetts has been extended to the end of the month...
Insurance Journal’s Top 10 East Region Stories of 2019
Jan 2 2020 // A new year is a time of reflection for some, and last year, the city of Boston began 2019 by reflecting on an important piece of the city’s history: the 100-year anniversary of The Great Molasses Flood. The flood,...
Massachusetts Auditor Says Revenue Department Needs to Better Protect Data
Dec 24 2019 // The Massachusetts Department of Revenue needs to do more to protect the security of taxpayer and business data, the state auditor said Monday. Auditor Suzanne Bump said an audit found the department was not prepared to...
