Latest Massachusetts Headlines
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Eastern Insurance Acquires Massachusetts’ Southeastern Insurance Agency
Jan 29 2018 // Eastern Insurance Group LLC, a Natick, Mass.-headquartered, wholly-owned subsidiary of Eastern Bank, has acquired the assets of the Southeastern Insurance Agency Inc., a full-service insurance agency with locations in...
Massachusetts’ Coverys Invests in Patient Engagement, Medical Education Companies
Jan 19 2018 // Coverys, a Boston, Mass.-based medical professional liability insurance provider, has announced its investment in two separate organizations, Knowledge Diffusion Inc. (Osmosis) and Pack Health LLC (Pack Health). Osmosis is...
Kaplansky Insurance Acquires Massachusetts’ Anthony and Malcolm Insurance Agency
Jan 18 2018 // Kaplansky Insurance has acquired Anthony and Malcolm Insurance Agency in Bradford, Mass. Founded in 1919, Anthony and Malcolm Insurance provides a range of insurance services to both personal and commercial clientele. The...
Unlicensed Contractor Sentenced to Prison for Fraud in Massachusetts
Jan 17 2018 // An unlicensed home improvement contractor whose false promises left an elderly Massachusetts woman’s home in ruins and others temporarily homeless is heading to prison. The Salem News reports that 49-year-old Jaime...
Insurance Center of New England Acquires Massachusetts’ Eastman & Davis
Jan 16 2018 // Insurance Center of New England (ICNE), based in Agawam, Mass., has added Eastman & Davis Insurance Agency of West Springfield, Mass., to its company. ICNE is a privately-owned and independent insurance agency with...
Risk Placement Services Announces Opening of Massachusetts Branch Office
Jan 16 2018 // Risk Placement Services (RPS) has announced the opening of a branch office in Hopkinton, Mass. RPS is a managing general agent, underwriting manager and nationally focused wholesale insurance broker. Rich Martino is...
Massachusetts Radiology Lab Loses Medical Records of About 9,400 People
Jan 12 2018 // A Massachusetts radiology lab says it has lost a portable hard drive that may contain the personal information and X-ray images of almost 9,400 patients. Charles River Medical Associates, based in Framingham, Mass., mailed...
Former Genitrix Board Members, Investors Not Liable Under Mass. Wage Act
Jan 8 2018 // The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (SJC) has ruled that two former board members and investors in a limited liability company are not liable for failing to pay the LLC’s former president, in a case that the...
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Jan 8 2018 // Rogers & Gray Insurance, a South Dennis, Mass.-headquartered insurance agency, has hired Erin Schaaf as the company’s new chief operating officer. Schaaf brings nearly three decades of experience in the insurance...
Massachusetts Bans Opioids from Courtrooms Over Exposure Fears
Jan 5 2018 // Massachusetts is banning some powerful opioids from courtrooms, because state court officials are worried people could be sickened by the drugs. The new policy was outlined in a memo to Massachusetts trial court officials...
Top Insurance Journal East Stories of 2017
Dec 29 2017 // As 2017 wraps up, Insurance Journal is looking back on some of its most popular stories of the year while preparing for what is ahead for the insurance industry in 2018. These are just a few of many topics Insurance...
Massachusetts’ Hospitality Insurance Group Names New President and CEO
Dec 19 2017 // Hospitality Insurance Group has named Richard E. Welch Jr. as its new president and CEO. He will assume responsibilities in...
Massachusetts Cannabis Regulators Busy Rolling Out the Rules for Legal Pot
Dec 18 2017 // From “cannabis cafes” to “craft cooperatives,” regulators have been laying out a vision for what a potential multibillion dollar recreational marijuana industry might look like when retail sales...
Massachusetts’ Rogers & Gray Insurance Hires Schaaf as COO
Dec 18 2017 // Rogers & Gray Insurance, a South Dennis, Mass.-headquartered insurance agency, has hired Erin Schaaf as the company’s new chief operating officer. Schaaf brings nearly three decades of experience in the insurance...
Female Workers in Massachusetts Sue McCormick & Schmick’s
Dec 14 2017 // Female kitchen workers at the McCormick & Schmick’s seafood restaurant in downtown Boston were subjected to constant groping and lewd comments from male supervisors and co-workers, and their complaints to the...
Exxon Takes Climate-Change Probe Fight to Massachusetts Top Court
Dec 6 2017 // Exxon Mobil Corp urged Massachusetts’ top court on Tuesday to block the state’s attorney general from obtaining records to investigate whether the company for decades concealed its knowledge of the role fossil...
MAPFRE USA to Exit 5, Focus on 11 States; Sell New York and Life Units in Reorganization
Dec 5 2017 // Insurer MAPFRE USA, which now writes in 19 states, is narrowing its focus by concentrating on 11 key states, exiting five states including selling its New York subsidiary, and selling its life insurance unit. MAPFRE USA...
Anderson Appointed as Commissioner of Massachusetts Division of Insurance
Dec 4 2017 // Governor Charlie Baker has appointed Gary D. Anderson as commissioner of the Massachusetts Division of Insurance (DOI), a regulatory agency under the Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation. Anderson has served...
Alliant Hires Massachusetts-Based Long to Energy and Marine Group
Dec 1 2017 // Alliant has hired Charlie Long as vice president in its Energy and Marine Group, where he will provide targeted solutions to a growing international client base. Long, based in Boston, Mass., brings 27 years of experience...
Unlicensed Massachusetts Contractor Pleads Guilty to Dozens of Charges
Nov 28 2017 // An unlicensed home improvement contractor who left an elderly woman’s home in ruins has pleaded guilty. The Salem News reports that 49-year-old Jaime Ford’s guilty pleas Monday to 42 charges including larceny,...
