Latest Massachusetts Headlines
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Massachusetts’ Rogers & Gray Insurance Hires Brown to Management Team
Nov 9 2018 // Rogers & Gray Insurance, a Kingston, Mass.-based independent insurance agency, has hired Ryan Brown to its management team. Brown joins the agency from Safeco, a Liberty Mutual Company, where he was the senior...
Mass. Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Insurer in Underinsured Motorist Coverage Case
Nov 5 2018 // A Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled in favor of an insurer in a case involving an automobile accident in which the injured plaintiff sought to obtain underinsured motorist coverage under a policy held by the mother and...
Criminal Investigation of NiSource Launched Over Massachusetts Gas Explosions
Nov 2 2018 // Federal prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation of utility company NiSource Inc over gas explosions and fires in three Massachusetts communities that killed one person and injured at least 21 others in...
Pipeline Project at Center of Massachusetts Gas Explosions Complete
Nov 1 2018 // Pipeline upgrade work at the center of natural gas explosions and fires north of Boston last month has been completed. Columbia Gas announced Tuesday it had replaced about 44 miles of gas mains and more than 5,000 service...
Utility Says Massachusetts Pipeline Replacement to be Completed This Week
Oct 31 2018 // The pipeline upgrade work that triggered natural gas explosions and fires in three Massachusetts communities last month is slated to be finished this week ahead of schedule. Columbia Gas said in a newsletter to customers...
Utility to Miss Deadline for Restoring Gas After Massachusetts Explosions
Oct 30 2018 // The utility involved in a series of natural gas explosions and fires in three Massachusetts communities last month acknowledged Friday it would not meet its original Nov. 19 deadline for restoring gas service to all its...
Lawyer Says Family Wants Justice After Massachusetts Gas Explosions Death
Oct 29 2018 // The family of a teen killed when a series of natural gas explosions and explosions rocked communities north of Boston plans to file a wrongful death lawsuit against the utility company. Attorney Doug Sheff told reporters...
Mass. Court Rules for Auto Insurer in ‘Blood Relative’ Household Member Case
Oct 29 2018 // A Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled in favor of an insurer in a case involving an automobile accident in which the injured plaintiff sought to obtain underinsured motorist coverage under a policy held by the mother and...
Massachusetts’ Rogers & Gray Insurance Names Bizak as Chief Partnership Officer
Oct 25 2018 // Rogers & Gray Insurance, a South Dennis, Mass.-based insurance agency, has named Robert Bizak to the newly created position of chief partnership officer. In this role, Bizak will be responsible for building upon Rogers...
NIF Group Hires Schutz as an Excess and Surplus Lines Broker in Massachusetts
Oct 24 2018 // NIF Group Inc., a New York-based wholesale broker, program administrator and managing general agency, has hired Erich A. Schutz as an excess and surplus lines broker in the East Douglas, Mass., branch office. Schutz joins...
Boston Cop Who Was Shot Sues Online Gun Dealer for Negligence
Oct 19 2018 // Armslist, an online peer-to-peer firearms dealer, was sued on Thursday by a Boston police officer allegedly shot by a convicted felon with a gun purchased on the platform. The officer, Kurt Stokinger, argued in the...
The Hilb Group Acquires Massachusetts’ DBR Group
Oct 16 2018 // The Hilb Group LLC has acquired Massachusetts-based DBR Group Inc. The transaction became effective October 1, 2018. Founded in 2004, DBR is an employee benefit and actuarial consulting firm providing a range of benefits...
Aging Infrastructure Poses Risks for Communities Relying on Natural Gas
Oct 15 2018 // The kind of dramatic scenes that played out in suburban Massachusetts last month following a series of explosions and fires may serve as a warning of what lies ahead for the U.S., where an increasing reliance on natural...
Mass. Medical Transportation Business Cited $460K for Wage Law Violations
Oct 15 2018 // A Massachusetts medical transportation business and its managers have been cited $460,945 in restitution and penalties for violating workers’ rights and state wage laws. Massachusetts Attorney General Maura...
Gas Blasts Near Boston Linked to NiSource Unit’s Work Orders
Oct 12 2018 // A series of explosions that rocked several towns north of Boston, Mass., last month has been linked to work orders given to a crew replacing aging natural gas pipes, according to federal safety investigators. Crews...
Risk Strategies Hires Morin as VP of University Health Plans in Massachusetts
Oct 10 2018 // Risk Strategies, a privately held national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has hired Boyce Morin as vice president of University Health Plans, the firm’s specialty division focusing on the design,...
Massachusetts Senators Say Utility ‘Woefully’ Unprepared for Gas Explosions
Oct 8 2018 // The natural gas company at the center of the explosions north of Boston last month was “woefully unprepared” to prevent or respond to the unfolding disaster, Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey said Friday...
Utility Lays Out Plan Restoring Gas Service After Massachusetts Explosions
Oct 4 2018 // A natural gas company is releasing its plan for replacing aging pipelines and restoring service to thousands of homes and businesses affected by the natural gas explosions and fires north of Boston last month. Columbia Gas...
Cooley Adds Lawson to Partnership in Massachusetts
Oct 2 2018 // Cooley is expanding its global insurance and insurtech leadership with the election of Heidi Lawson to the partnership. Based in Boston, Mass., Lawson arrived at Cooley in April as of counsel. Formerly an insurance partner...
Worldwide Facilities Acquires Assets of Massachusetts’ Draco Insurance Solutions
Oct 2 2018 // Worldwide Facilities LLC, a national wholesale insurance broker, managing general agent and program underwriter, has acquired the assets of Draco Insurance Solutions Inc., a Boston, Mass.-based program manager specializing...
