Latest Massachusetts Headlines
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Business Moves
Sep 7 2020 // National Aon, Wills Towers Watson Shareholders of insurance brokers Aon and Willis Towers Watson have approved all of the proposals necessary to complete their previously announced combination, the firms announced. Aon...
Mass. Court Rules Statute of Limitations, Fair Report Privilege Apply in Defamation Case
Sep 3 2020 // A Massachusetts appeals court has ruled in favor of an online newspaper in a defamation case, holding that the statute of limitations and fair report privilege apply to articles the newspaper published regarding two...
Massachusetts Alleges in Lawsuit That Auto Lender Broke Law
Sep 2 2020 // A national subprime auto lender made unfair and deceptive loans to thousands of Massachusetts residents, provided investors with false or misleading information regarding auto securities, and engaged in unfair debt...
Roundup of New England COVID-19 Developments
Aug 31 2020 // Public health officials in Vermont said the state is considering becoming the second state to mandate flu shots as a way to ease the burden of influenza amid the coronavirus pandemic. Vermont Health Commissioner Mark...
Massachusetts’ Covenir Hires Guarino as National Sales Manager
Aug 18 2020 // Covenir, a Worcester, Mass.-based insurance business process outsourcing firm, has hired Robert Guarino as its national sales manager. In this role, Guarino will develop relationships and service agreements with insurers...
Brown & Brown of Massachusetts Acquires Assets of Amity Insurance Agency
Aug 17 2020 // Brown & Brown of Massachusetts Inc., a subsidiary of Brown & Brown Inc., has acquired substantially all of the assets of Amity Insurance Agency. Amity Insurance was founded in 1978 and offers insurance products and...
Risman Insurance Agencies Acquires Massachusetts’ Insurance Associates
Aug 14 2020 // Risman Insurance Agencies acquired Insurance Associates Inc. of Burlington, Mass., on August 3, 2020. Insurance Associates has been a family-owned and -operated business and a member of the community for more than eight...
Cable Appointed Chief of New Data Privacy and Security Division in Mass. AG’s Office
Aug 14 2020 // Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey has announced the creation of the Data Privacy and Security Division within her office to protect consumers from threats to the privacy and security of their data. Healey has...
Hurricane-Vulnerable Counties Are Home to 32% of U.S. Businesses
Aug 10 2020 // As the 2020 hurricane season gets underway, emergency officials pay attention to the growing share (29%) of the U.S. population in the nation’s 255 coastline counties. They’re also looking at ways to minimize...
Exxon Argues Massachusetts AG’s Climate Lawsuit Amounts to Improper Retaliation
Aug 6 2020 // Exxon Mobil Corp. will argue that a consumer and investor fraud lawsuit filed by the Massachusetts attorney general amounts to improper retaliation against the company over its views on climate change. The company will...
First American Insurance Agency Acquires Massachusetts’ Morin & Foy
Jul 29 2020 // First American Insurance Agency, an independent insurance firm, has acquired Morin & Foy, a property and casualty firm situated in Brimfield, Mass. First American Insurance Agency is only acquiring the Brimfield,...
Duffy Insurance Agencies Acquires N. Pingree Agency
Jul 28 2020 // The N. Pingree Insurance Agency and its Georgetown and Haverhill, Mass., offices have joined the Duffy Family of Insurance Agencies. N. Pingree Insurance Agency was established in 1938 by H. Nelson Pingree. Brothers Robert...
The Hilb Group Acquires Massachusetts’ Eldredge & Lumpkin Insurance Agency
Jul 27 2020 // The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired Massachusetts-based Eldredge & Lumpkin Insurance Agency Inc. (E&L). The transaction became effective on July 1, 2020. Located in Chatham, Mass., E&L is a full–service...
Massachusetts Sues Company Over Sale of Flavored Vapes
Jul 21 2020 // An online e-cigarette company continued to sell flavored tobacco products to Massachusetts consumers, and failed to protect against delivery of their products to minors, in violation of state law, state Attorney General...
A Look at the 32% of Businesses Located in Hurricane-Vulnerable Counties
Jul 17 2020 // As the 2020 hurricane season gets underway, emergency officials pay attention to the growing share (29%) of the U.S. population in the nation’s 255 coastline counties. They’re also looking at ways to minimize...
Massachusetts Sues Uber, Lyft to Classify Drivers as Employees
Jul 15 2020 // Massachusetts on Tuesday followed California in suing Uber Technologies Inc and Lyft Inc. over allegedly misclassifying their drivers as independent contractors instead of employees entitled to extensive benefits. The...
Former Owner of Cleaning Company Charged with Workers’ Comp Fraud
Jul 14 2020 // The former owner of a Massachusetts cleaning company has been charged with wage theft and workers’ compensation insurance fraud, Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced. Marcello Pompa, of Saugus,...
Massachusetts Man Indicted for More Than $200K Insurance Fraud Scheme
Jul 13 2020 // A Holbrook, Mass., man was indicted in connection with damaging luxury cars bought under false pretenses in order to collect insurance proceeds, Attorney General Maura Healey announced. Dion Augustin was indicted by a...
Massachusetts’ C&S Insurance Hires Two Risk Management Professionals
Jul 8 2020 // C&S Insurance, based in Mansfield, Mass., has hired Matt Post and Paul West to its team. This comes as the agency has added a fourth office location and expanded its staff by 30% over the past several months. As senior...
Worker Injured at Construction Site Can Sue Under Massachusetts’ Statute of Limitations
Jul 8 2020 // A worker injured at a Massachusetts construction site can sue under the state’s three-year statute of limitations despite being a resident of Connecticut, a Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled. The decision...
