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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...
Technology Being Blamed for Driving Up Massachusetts Car Insurance Rates
Mar 22 2017 // Auto insurance rates in Massachusetts are on the rise and technology is to blame. Industry experts tell The Boston Globe that drivers distracted by smartphones are crashing more often and those cars are now more expensive...
Massachusetts and Rhode Island Doctor Pleads Guilty for Overprescribing Opioids
Mar 17 2017 // At Dr. Fathalla Mashali’s pain management clinics, the waiting rooms were often so packed with patients that people sat on the floor, leaned against walls and spilled into the hallways. That’s because, federal...
Plunging Temperatures in Northeast Lead to Icy Conditions Following Storm
Mar 16 2017 // Concerns about falling temperatures and icy conditions on roads and sidewalks across the Northeast followed a late-season storm that plastered the region with sleet and snow. Tuesday’s powerful nor’easter...
Fire Destroys 10 Businesses in Massachusetts Shopping Plaza
Mar 15 2017 // A fire has destroyed several businesses in a Framingham, Mass., shopping plaza. The fire started around 2 a.m. Saturday at the Old Path Village Complex. Authorities say the blaze was difficult to combat and fast-moving...
Sullivan Insurance Group in Massachusetts Hires Amankwah
Mar 9 2017 // Sullivan Insurance Group, a Worcester, Mass.-headquartered, full-service insurance and risk management firm providing property and casualty, employee benefits and personal insurance for individuals and businesses, has...
Massachusetts Man who Defrauded Home Depot Sentenced for Doing it Again
Mar 8 2017 // A Massachusetts man who served time in prison for defrauding Home Depot has been sentenced to more than a year behind bars for doing it again. Robert Dooley pleaded guilty to 10 counts of wire fraud. The Salem News reports...
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Mar 6 2017 // Henderson Brothers Inc., a Pittsburgh, Pa.-based independent broker, has hired Jeremy Taggart as a financial analyst in the employee benefits department. In his new role, Taggart will use his three years of industry...
NTSB Launches Probe into Plane Crash Killing Ex-Mayor of Massachusetts Town
Mar 3 2017 // The National Transportation Safety Board will look into the “man, the machine and the environment” as it investigates a plane crash that killed a former mayor and left the tail of the aircraft poking out of the...
Starkweather & Shepley Acquires Massachusetts’ McGrath Insurance Group
Mar 3 2017 // Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc. (S&S), an East Providence, R.I.-headquartered independent insurance agency, has acquired the independent insurance agency McGrath Insurance Group, operating in...
