Latest Massachusetts Headlines
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Massachusetts’ Veruna Hires Johnson as Head of Product
Jun 5 2020 // Veruna, a Hopkinton, Mass.-based developer of an insurance industry agency management system (AMS) built on the Salesforce platform, has hired Mark Johnson as its new head of product. Johnson brings more than 20 years of...
Massachusetts Division of Insurance Urges Carrier Flexibility with Vacancy Provisions
May 28 2020 // The Massachusetts Division of Insurance has notified all property and casualty insurance carriers in the state that they are expected to take steps to preserve insurance coverage for businesses ordered to shut down due to...
Massachusetts Begins Phased Reopening, Implements Safety Standards for Workplaces
May 27 2020 // Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker has implemented mandatory safety standards for workplaces to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmissions as the state begins its phased reopening of businesses. All businesses in...
Hub Acquires Assets of Massachusetts’ Lashua-LaChance & Poliks Insurance Agency
May 18 2020 // Hub International Limited, a global insurance brokerage, has acquired the assets of Lashua-LaChance & Poliks Insurance Agency Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Located in Gardner, Mass., Lashua-LaChance...
Massachusetts’ MIB Group Announces Two New Hires, One Promotion
May 13 2020 // MIB Group Inc. has appointed Andrea Caruso and Trey Reynolds to executive leadership positions and promoted MIB veteran Brian Millman to head its Electronic Health Records (EHR) Solutions platform. These organizational...
As Deaths Rise to 20,000, Nursing Homes Seek Immunity from Lawsuits
May 10 2020 // Faced with 20,000 coronavirus deaths and counting, the nation’s nursing homes are pushing back against a potential flood of lawsuits with a sweeping lobbying effort to get states to grant them emergency protection...
Legal Sea Foods Restaurant Sues Over Business Losses Under Policy Issued March 1
May 6 2020 // A popular seafood restaurant chain that has been shuttered by the coronavirus and restrictions on dining has gone to court to get its insurer to pay for its business interruption losses. It believes its insurer is...
Treating the Total Person: Overcoming the Mental Health Stigma
May 4 2020 // In the HBO drama The Sopranos, crime boss Tony Soprano sneaks through a maze of storefronts to meet with his therapist. The last thing he wants is for his mob family to know he is seeing a shrink. That would be a sign of...
Business Moves
May 4 2020 // East World Insurance Associates, Lewis-Chester Associates World Insurance Associates LLC acquired Lewis-Chester Associates Inc. of Summit, N.J., on Feb. 1, 2020. Founded in 1947, Lewis-Chester Associates is a full service,...
Massachusetts’ EverQuote Hires Bossio as Executive VP of Insurance Data Services
May 1 2020 // EverQuote Inc., a Cambridge, Mass.-based online insurance marketplace, has hired Lee Bossio as executive vice president of Insurance Data Services. In this role, Bossio will focus on improving consumer experience by...
Massachusetts’ SecureRisk Insurance Agency Joins Satellite Agency Network Group
Apr 28 2020 // SecureRisk Insurance Agency has recently joined Satellite Agency Network (SAN) Group Inc., an alliance of independent insurance agencies in the Northeast. The Burlington, Mass., agency will specialize in small business and...
Massachusetts’ C&S Insurance Hires Quealy, Trabulsie, McLaughlin to Executive Team
Apr 22 2020 // Massachusetts’ C&S Insurance has hired Chuck Quealy, Kelly Trabulsie and Eric McLaughlin to its team. McLaughlin, who comes aboard as a partner and executive vice president, brings more than 10 years of insurance...
Massachusetts’ Miniter Group Hires Adams as VP of Operations and Tracking
Apr 20 2020 // Miniter Group has hired Kelly Adams as the vice president of Operations and Tracking. Adams will be responsible for the overall management of Miniter’s Borrower-Centric insurance tracking operations in this...
Equifax to Pay $18M Over Data Breach Affecting Nearly Three Million Mass. Residents
Apr 20 2020 // One of the largest consumer credit reporting agencies in the country has agreed to pay $18.2 million and undertake significant injunctive relief following a massive data breach in 2017 that compromised the personal...
Mass. Attorney General Calls on Division of Insurance to Lower Auto Premiums
Apr 17 2020 // Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey’s office has called on the Massachusetts Division of Insurance (DOI) to direct all auto insurance companies doing business in the state to lower premiums during the...
Massachusetts’ Safety Insurance to Reduce Auto Premiums During COVID-19 Pandemic
Apr 15 2020 // Safety Insurance has announced a premium reduction plan and several other steps to meet policyholder and community needs during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The Safety Personal Auto Relief Credit offers eligible Safety...
Hoverboard Suspected in Fire That Damaged Two-Family Home in Massachusetts
Apr 14 2020 // Authorities are blaming a hoverboard malfunction for starting a fire that damaged a two-family home north of Boston. Andover Fire Chief Michael Mansfield and State Fire Marshal Peter Ostroskey said investigators determined...
SAN Group Welcomes Two Massachusetts Agencies to Its Network
Apr 13 2020 // Satellite Agency Network (SAN) Group Inc., an alliance of independent insurance agencies in the Northeast, has welcomed two Massachusetts-based insurance agencies to its network. Get One Insurance is based in Lynn, Mass.,...
Massachusetts’ Sayata Labs Announces Two New Hires
Apr 3 2020 // Sayata Labs has announced two new hires to boost its on-the-ground capabilities. Valorie Owens will serve as U.S. business development manager, and Ben Goldfien will serve as insurance operations manager. They will both...
Mass. Division of Insurance Approves 6.8% Reduction in Workers’ Comp Rates
Apr 2 2020 // The Massachusetts Division of Insurance has approved a 6.8% reduction in the existing overall average workers’ compensation insurance rates for policies effective on and after July 1, 2020. The rate decrease was the...
