Latest Massachusetts Headlines
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Massachusetts’ Risk Strategies Names Mina as CEO
Oct 9 2019 // Risk Strategies, a Boston, Mass.-headquartered, privately held national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has named President John Mina as CEO. Mina will succeed Michael Christian, Risk Strategies founder and...
Massachusetts Lawsuit Against Purdue Pharma Over Opioid Crisis Will Move Forward
Oct 9 2019 // A judge has rejected a request by the billionaire owners of Purdue Pharma LP to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Massachusetts over their role in the state’s opioid crisis. The decision by Superior Court Judge Janet...
Judge Upholds Massachusetts’ Vaping Products Ban for Now
Oct 8 2019 // A federal judge upheld Massachusetts’ four-month ban on the sale of vaping products on Friday, at least for now. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani denied the vaping industry’s request for a temporary reprieve...
Massachusetts Officials Order Additional Safety Measures After Gas Leak
Oct 4 2019 // Massachusetts officials say the utility company blamed for last year’s destructive gas explosions faces millions of dollars in fines if it fails to complete additional safety measures following a major gas leak that...
Massachusetts Man Indicted for $45K Insurance Fraud Scheme
Sep 30 2019 // A Salem, Mass., man was indicted in connection with a scheme to set up a shell company to fraudulently collect benefits under a long-term care insurance policy, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey...
Massachusetts’ EverQuote Hires Watt as Senior VP of Distribution Services
Sep 30 2019 // EverQuote Inc., a Cambridge, Mass.-headquartered, online insurance marketplace in the U.S., has hired Jay Watt as senior vice president of Distribution Services. In this role, Watt will focus on growing EverQuote’s...
Federal Agency Discusses Findings in Massachusetts Natural Gas Disaster
Sep 26 2019 // Federal officials are discussing their findings from a yearlong investigation into last September’s natural gas explosions and fires in Massachusetts. The National Transportation Safety Board met in Washington, D.C.,...
Massachusetts’ XS Brokers Announces New Executive Leadership Structure
Sep 25 2019 // XS Brokers (XSB), an independent insurance underwriting and wholesale brokerage group, has announced a new executive leadership structure. Eric Wirkus has been promoted to president, effective immediately. XSB Former...
Massachusetts’ Activer Solutions Hires Cassata as Assistant Vice President
Sep 24 2019 // Activer Solutions, a Marlborough, Mass.-based provider of business process outsourcing to the property and casualty insurance industry, has hired Cindy Cassata as assistant vice president of Product Solutions and...
Massachusetts Man Indicted in Connection with $110K Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme
Sep 20 2019 // A Worcester, Mass., man who operated a temporary employment agency was indicted in connection with a scheme to evade more than $110,000 in workers’ compensation premiums, according to a press release issued by...
Massachusetts, New York Signal Purdue Faces Stiff Court Fight
Sep 17 2019 // The attorneys general of Massachusetts and New York gave Purdue Pharma LP a preview of the opposition it’s facing in bankruptcy court as the embattled maker of the OxyContin painkiller seeks approval of a roughly $10...
The Hilb Group Acquires Massachusetts’ The Incentive Group
Sep 11 2019 // The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired Massachusetts-based The Incentive Group LLC (IG). The transaction became effective September 1, 2019. IG is a full-service employee benefits consulting and brokerage firm providing...
More Tesla Solar Panel Claims Emerge; 2 Home Insurers Allege Negligence
Aug 29 2019 // One evening last year, David Burek noticed charred wood and a burning smell in his attic, near his young sons’ bedroom. He climbed a ladder and saw a melted connector wire from the solar panels installed on the roof...
Brown & Brown of Massachusetts Acquires Assets of Yozell
Aug 16 2019 // Brown & Brown of Massachusetts LLC has acquired substantially all of the assets of Yozell. Founded in 1960 by Peter Yozell, Yozell Associates strives to provide its customers with value in group employee and executive...
Alera Group Acquires Comprehensive Benefit Administrators of Massachusetts
Aug 9 2019 // Alera Group, a national insurance firm, has acquired Comprehensive Benefit Administrators (CBA), effective Aug. 1, 2019. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. CBA, located in Norwell, Mass., specializes in brokerage...
State’s Purdue Opioid Suit Tests Holding Family, Purdue Directors Liable for Crisis
Aug 5 2019 // Massachusetts took Purdue Pharma LP to task in a Boston courtroom Friday, blaming the opioid maker and the billionaire Sackler family that owns it for causing “thousands of people to suffer and many to...
Business Moves
Aug 5 2019 // East The Hilb Group, 360 Corporate Benefit Advisors The Hilb Group LLC has acquired New England-based 360 Corporate Benefit Advisors. The transaction became effective May 1, 2019. With offices in Fairfield, Conn., and...
The Hilb Group Acquires Massachusetts’ Handy-Apple Valley
Aug 1 2019 // The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired Massachusetts-based Handy-Apple Valley LLC (HAV). The transaction became effective July 1, 2019. Located in Worcester, Mass., HAV provides personal and commercial insurance. As a part...
Massachusetts Hearing into RMV Lapses Exposed by Deadly Crash Resumes
Jul 30 2019 // Massachusetts lawmakers will again attempt to hold a hearing into lapses at the state motor vehicle department exposed by a New Hampshire crash that killed seven motorcyclists. The Legislature’s Joint Committee on...
NiSource Settles Massachusetts Gas Explosion Lawsuits for $143M
Jul 30 2019 // Utility operator NiSource Inc on Monday said it will pay $143 million to resolve class action lawsuits brought by residents and businesses that suffered losses caused by a series of gas explosions in three Massachusetts...
