Latest Massachusetts Headlines
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Official Says 30 Hospitalized After Hazmat Response at Massachusetts Plant
Jun 29 2018 // A possible chemical leak at a Massachusetts electronic cigarette manufacturer resulted in a hazmat response and the hospitalization of dozens of plant workers. Officials say a hazmat team was called to the e-cigarette...
Railroads, Airlines Seek to Bypass States’ Paid Sick Leave Laws
Jun 21 2018 // Fed up with state and local laws that require private employers to offer paid sick days, the airlines and railroads have filed suit, claiming that the interstate nature of their businesses should make them exempt. Airlines...
The Hilb Group Adds Massachusetts’ BAR Insurance Brokerage
Jun 20 2018 // The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has added Needham, Mass.-based BAR Insurance Brokerage Inc. (BAR). The transaction became effective June 1, 2018. BAR is an employee benefits firm that provides a range of group benefits products...
Kaplansky Insurance Acquires Massachusetts’ Kelleher & Mackey Insurance Agency
Jun 19 2018 // Kaplansky Insurance, a Needham, Mass.-based, independent and locally owned agency, has acquired Kelleher & Mackey Insurance Agency (K&M) in Quincy, Mass. Following the acquisition, K&M will be merging into...
Massachusetts Sues Opioid Maker Purdue Pharma, Executives
Jun 14 2018 // Massachusetts on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against Purdue Pharma LP, accusing the OxyContin maker of illegally promoting the use of opioids, and became the first state to sue the drugmaker’s executives and directors to...
Massachusetts Brewing Company to Be Investigated After Man Burned
Jun 8 2018 // The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the cause of a worker’s injuries at a Massachusetts brewing company. Fire officials say a man suffered serious burns at Trillium Brewing Company...
Mass. SJC Rules Independent Contractor Statute Doesn’t Apply in Workers’ Comp Case
Jun 4 2018 // The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) has ruled the state’s independent contractor statute does not determine whether a claimant is an employee eligible for workers’ compensation benefits in a case...
Massachusetts’ The Hanover Appoints Baron President of Alternative Markets
Jun 1 2018 // The Hanover Insurance Group Inc. has appointed Frank M. Baron as president of Alternative Markets, a newly formed business unit within the company’s domestic specialty group. In this role, Baron will lead the...
Massachusetts’ Insurance Center of New England Hires Slezek as CFO
May 30 2018 // Insurance Center of New England (ICNE), a privately owned and independent insurance agency with three offices in Agawam, Gardner and Westford, Mass., has hired Lori A. Slezek as chief financial officer. In this role,...
Monomoy, Rogers & Gray, Spinnaker Launch Admitted Homeowners Product in Mass.
May 30 2018 // Monomoy Insurance Group and Rogers & Gray Insurance have launched an admitted residential homeowners product in Massachusetts through a partnership with Spinnaker Insurance Company (Spinnaker), a national property and...
Risk Strategies Acquires Massachusetts’ Corporate Benefit Audits
May 23 2018 // Risk Strategies, a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has announced the acquisition of Corporate Benefit Audits (CBA), a firm providing claim outsourcing and audit services to the...
Man Says Artillery Fire in Massachusetts Caused Hearing Damage, Sues for $10M
May 21 2018 // A Los Angeles man who says he suffered permanent hearing damage when he stumbled upon a ceremonial artillery-firing exercise on Boston Common has filed a lawsuit seeking $10 million. The Boston Globe reports that A....
Risk Strategies Acquires Massachusetts’ Costello Benefits Group
May 17 2018 // Risk Strategies, a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired Costello Benefits Group (CBG Benefits Inc.), a full-service employee benefits brokerage firm headquartered in Woburn,...
Salem Five Acquires Massachusetts’ Fabri & Rourke Insurance
May 17 2018 // Salem Five, a commercial and personal insurance provider based in Salem, Mass., has acquired Fabri & Rourke Insurance, headquartered in Georgetown, Mass. This is the second Georgetown-based acquisition for Salem Five,...
Mass. SJC Rules Independent Contractor Statute Doesn’t Apply in Workers’ Comp Case
May 16 2018 // The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) has ruled the state’s independent contractor statute does not determine whether a claimant is an employee eligible for workers’ compensation benefits in a case...
G.M. Abodeely Insurance Agency Merges with Connecticut’s Smith Brothers Insurance
May 15 2018 // G.M. Abodeely Insurance Agency has merged its business with Smith Brothers Insurance of Glastonbury, Conn. This combination allows the Abodeely Agency to maintain its presence as an independent local agent and leverage the...
Massachusetts Regulators Probe Uber Pricing During Storm
May 14 2018 // Massachusetts regulators are investigating whether ride-hailing company Uber violated state law by increasing prices during a powerful storm in March. The Boston Herald reports that the Department of Public Utilities,...
School District Settles Negligence Suit With Massachusetts Family
May 3 2018 // A Massachusetts family whose 5-year-old special needs daughter was left stranded for hours on a cold school bus has settled a lawsuit against the school district. A lawyer for the Gloucester family told The Gloucester...
Massachusetts Holds 7th Annual National Cyber Crime Conference
Apr 26 2018 // More than 700 law enforcement officers, prosecutors and investigators from across the U.S. and Canada recently attended the seventh annual National Cyber Crime Conference hosted by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura...
Massachusetts Rail System Addressing Engineers With Bad Driving Records
Apr 23 2018 // Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker is taking steps ensure that commuter rail engineers with poor personal driving records aren’t putting passengers’ safety at risk. The Boston Globe reports the Republican...
