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New Massachusetts Law Requires Headlights Be Used in Bad Weather
Apr 7 2015 // If you turn on your windshield wipers, turn on your headlights as well. That’s one of the requirements of a little-known state law taking effect in Massachusetts on Tuesday, April 7. Under the law aimed at making...
Business Moves
Apr 6 2015 // Brown & Brown, Spain Agency Brown & Brown Inc. announced that its subsidiary Brown & Brown of New York Inc. has acquired certain assets of Spain Agency Inc., an independent agency based in Mahopac, N.Y....
New Law to Protect Domestic Workers to Take Effect in Massachusetts
Mar 31 2015 // A new law set to take effect this week aims to increase protections for domestic workers in Massachusetts. The law requires people who hire nannies, caregivers and other domestic workers in Massachusetts to adhere to...
Boston Area Expects a Flood of Claims After Record Winter
Mar 29 2015 // After the Big Dig-out, it’s time for the Big Payout. Or will it be the Big Denial? New England’s epic winter is on pace to produce a corresponding number of claims as thousands of homeowners seek to repair...
Massachusetts Governor Asks for Snow Disaster Declaration
Mar 28 2015 // Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker formally asked the federal government on Friday, March 27, to declare a disaster in 10 Massachusetts counties after a relentless series of winter storms brought record snowfall and frigid...
Mass. AG Asks DOI to Reject Proposed Fee Increase for MAIP Policies
Mar 27 2015 // Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey’s office sent a letter to the state’s Division of Insurance (DOI) this week, urging regulators to reject the proposed fee hike in the Massachusetts Automobile...
Big Melt Will Start Liberating Boston From Its Record Snowpack
Mar 26 2015 // The Big Melt is coming. In the next day or so, southern New England and the lower Hudson Valley are going to shed a lot of snowpack as a storm passing just north of the region pulls in warm air from the south and drops a...
2 Mass. Roofing Company Owners Indicted for Alleged Work Comp Fraud
Mar 25 2015 // Two business owners in Milford, Massachusetts, have been indicted in connection with failing to accurately report their total payroll and workforce to avoid paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in insurance premiums,...
Massachusetts Insurance Federation Appoints Murphy as Executive Director
Mar 23 2015 // John P. Murphy The Massachusetts Insurance Federation has named John P. Murphy as its new executive director, effective March 23. He succeeds James T. Harrington, who retired from the post in February. As executive...
Cross Insurance Acquires Corcoran & Havlin Insurance in Massachusetts
Mar 23 2015 // Cross Insurance, an independent insurance agency headquartered in Bangor, Maine, announced today it has purchased Corcoran & Havlin Insurance Group, an independent agency in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Terms of the...
Kaplansky Insurance Acquires North State Insurance in Massachusetts
Mar 18 2015 // Kaplansky Insurance Agency, an independent agency headquartered in Needham, Massachusetts, recently announced that it has acquired North State Insurance Agency of Chelmsford, Massachusetts. Terms of the transaction were...
InsuraMatch Online ‘Super Agency’ Offers ‘Personality-Driven’ Options
Mar 12 2015 // Do you prefer a fixed price or a la carte? How about paperless or paper? Are you a cat person or a dog person? Do you prefer “old school” or “new school”? These are some of the optional questions...
New England Insurance Group Network Launched in Massachusetts
Mar 10 2015 // Executives from a Massachusetts-based independent insurance agency recently announced the launch of a new agency network. The New England Insurance Group Network, which began operation in January, is based in Newton,...
Arbella Insurance Foundation Partners With Heritage Museums & Gardens
Mar 9 2015 // The Arbella Insurance Foundation will be the leading sponsor for Massachusetts-based Heritage Museums & Gardens’ 2015 season, which begins April 18, according to an announcement by the Arbella Insurance Group in...
Epic Snows Brought Economic Woes to New England
Mar 9 2015 // Ignore anyone who tells you snow is free. Every workday lost during New England’s winter has meant millions of dollars taken out of the regional economy. IHS Global Insight, an economic analysis firm, estimates...
Massachusetts Official Surveys Storm Damage Along Coast
Mar 2 2015 // Parts of the Massachusetts coastline could face a lengthy recovery process after being pummeled by severe winter storms, the state’s top environmental official said on Feb. 27. Secretary of Energy and Environmental...
Mass. Gov. Baker: Federal Officials Encouraging on Disaster Relief
Feb 25 2015 // Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker said Monday he’s gotten encouraging signs from federal officials as he’s begun reaching out to them with Massachusetts preparing a formal request for disaster relief following...
Roof Collapses Mount Across Boston Region in Weekend Snow, Rain
Feb 23 2015 // Roofs continue to collapse under record snow across the Boston area, most over warehouses and barns, as the latest weekend storm brings three to five inches of snow, topped off by up to a half-inch of rain in some...
Snow Brings Out Scammers in Massachusetts
Feb 20 2015 // Massachusetts police are warning residents to beware of people charging exorbitant prices for snow removal services. Senior citizens in several communities have been targeted. The Anguses of Bedford, Massachusetts, paid...
Snowbound Boston Area Braces for Collapsing Roofs as Rain Comes
Feb 20 2015 // The latest menace dealt by New England’s historic snowbound winter — the creak, crack and boom of collapsing roofs — may get worse as the region heads into a weekend forecast of rain. Rooftops, especially...
