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Massachusetts Court Affirms How to Calculate Interest in Workers’ Comp Suit
May 10 2017 // The Massachusetts Appeals Court has affirmed the Department of Industrial Accidents (DIA) reviewing board’s decision in a case involving how interest should be assessed on unpaid workers’ compensation...
Cross Insurance Acquires A.E. Barnes Insurance Agency in Massachusetts
May 10 2017 // Cross Insurance, a Bangor, Maine-based subsidiary of Cross Financial Corp., is continuing to grow its presence in Massachusetts with the purchase of the A.E. Barnes Insurance Agency of South Weymouth, Mass. Since its...
Two People Killed at Massachusetts Indoor Auto Auction Identified
May 8 2017 // Two Rhode Island residents were identified Thursday as victims of a deadly crash at a crowded indoor automobile auction in Massachusetts. Three people died Wednesday when an SUV being shown to prospective buyers suddenly...
Massachusetts’ Kaplansky Insurance Acquires Brooklawn Insurance Agency
May 5 2017 // Kaplansky Insurance, a Needham, Mass.-based independent agency, has acquired Brooklawn Insurance Agency in New Bedford, Mass. Founded in 1973, Brooklawn Insurance has built a reputation for providing a range of insurance...
Insurer’s Lawsuit Says Keurig Coffee Machine Caused Massachusetts Fire
May 3 2017 // A legal dispute is brewing between insurance company Liberty Mutual and Keurig Green Mountain, the maker of single-cup coffee machines. The Boston-based insurer has filed a lawsuit that alleges that a Massachusetts...
Massachusetts Court Reverses Ruling in Rotten Seafood Coverage Dispute
May 2 2017 // The Massachusetts Appeals Court has reversed a lower court’s ruling in a case examining whether damage to scallops at a seafood processing facility, when the cause of damage is unknown, constitutes an occurrence...
Massachusetts Court Sides with Norfolk & Dedham in Personal Injury Suit
Apr 27 2017 // The Massachusetts Appeals Court has upheld a Superior Court decision that defendant, Norfolk & Dedham Mutual Fire Insurance Co., did not engage in unfair settlement practices in its handling of a personal injury claim....
Sheriffs: Raise Massachusetts Pot Tax, Use Money for Addiction Treatment
Apr 26 2017 // Sheriffs urged Massachusetts lawmakers Monday to boost the tax consumers will pay on recreational marijuana and earmark the additional revenue for substance abuse prevention and treatment. The proposal was discussed at the...
Massachusetts’ Eastern Insurance Hires Gross from Hanover Insurance
Apr 25 2017 // Eastern Insurance Group, a Natick, Mass.-headquartered subsidiary of Eastern Bank, has hired William F. Gross as executive vice president of commercial lines. Gross, who works out of the Natick office, brings more than 17...
Massachusetts Lawmakers Debate Pot Regulators’ Independence
Apr 24 2017 // Recreational marijuana may be legal for adults in Massachusetts but who ultimately will be in charge of regulating and enforcing the new law remains the subject of behind-the-scenes maneuvering on Beacon Hill. A...
JLT Specialty USA Hires Beecher Carlson’s Nolan in Massachusetts
Apr 24 2017 // JLT Specialty USA, a U.S. subsidiary of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc. (JLT), has appointed Molly Nolan as senior vice president. Nolan comes to JLT with more than 20 years’ experience in providing insurance...
Texas Roadhouse to Pay $12M to Settle Age Discrimination Suit Filed in Massachusetts
Apr 21 2017 // Texas Roadhouse, a national, Kentucky-based restaurant chain, will pay $12 million and furnish other relief to settle an age discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC),...
Atlantic Drain Cited for 18 Violations in Massachusetts Trench Collapse
Apr 13 2017 // Robert Higgins and Kelvin Mattocks died on Oct. 21, 2016, in Boston, Mass., when the approximately 12-foot deep trench in which they were working collapsed, breaking an adjacent fire hydrant supply line and filling the...
Massachusetts’ Custom House Risk Advisors Hires 3
Apr 12 2017 // Custom House Risk Advisors (CHRA), a Westwood, Mass.-based independent risk management consulting affiliate of Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc., has hired Kathleen Nickerson as vice president, Susan M....
Risk Strategies Acquires Massachusetts’ Mosse & Mosse
Apr 11 2017 // Risk Strategies Company, a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has added to its employee benefits practice and expertise with the acquisition of Mosse & Mosse Associates LLC’s...
MAPFRE Insurance to Provide Coverage for Massachusetts Rideshare Drivers
Mar 31 2017 // In an important move aimed at protecting Massachusetts drivers, MAPFRE Insurance will be among the first insurers in the state to offer gap coverage to auto insurance policyholders using their personal cars to drive for...
Massachusetts-Headquartered Rogers & Gray Insurance Hires Rossi
Mar 28 2017 // Rogers & Gray Insurance, a Kingston, Mass.-headquartered independent insurance agency, has hired Joe Rossi as a flood specialist. Rossi formed the non-profit Marshfield Citizens Coastal Coalition (MCCC) in February of...
Massachusetts Worker Dies After Being Electrocuted by Live Wires
Mar 24 2017 // Authorities in Massachusetts say a contractor painting windows at a fire station has died after he was electrocuted by live wires. Salem Police Capt. Fred Ryan says the man was using a lift bucket on Tuesday when he became...
Massachusetts-Headquartered Sullivan Insurance Group Hires Deluca
Mar 23 2017 // Sullivan Insurance Group, a Worcester, Mass.-headquartered full-service insurance and risk management firm, has hired Lauren L. Deluca to its commercial lines department. Deluca has worked in the insurance industry for 13...
Backers of Legal Pot Urge Massachusetts Panel to Hold Off on Changing Law
Mar 22 2017 // Backers of legalized recreational marijuana urged Massachusetts legislators Monday to hold off, at least for now, on making any significant changes to a law voters approved in November. The appeal came during the first...
