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Massachusetts Governor to Seek Disaster Declaration for Cape Cod Tornado
Jul 26 2019 // Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker says he’ll seek a federal disaster declaration to support cleanup and recovery efforts on Cape Cod after a tornado and high winds caused extensive damage and knocked out power to...
Alliant Insurance Services Hires Downing in Massachusetts
Jul 12 2019 // Alliant Insurance Services has hired Ross Downing as senior vice president of Alliant Healthcare. Based in Alliant’s Boston, Mass., office, Downing will provide risk management for healthcare clients. Prior to...
Family of Massachusetts Youth Killed in Blast Settles Suit Against Company
Jul 10 2019 // The family of a teenager killed during a 2018 gas explosion that injured a dozen others and destroyed scores of homes in three Boston suburbs settled its lawsuit against Columbia Gas of Massachusetts on Tuesday. Leonel...
Fireworks Blamed for Blaze that Damaged Roof of a Massachusetts Town Hall
Jul 8 2019 // Authorities are blaming misfired fireworks for starting a blaze that damaged the town hall in a Boston suburb. Firefighters in Randolph say the small fire broke out around 10 p.m. Wednesday, shortly after the town...
Company in Fatal Biker Crash in New Hampshire Has History of Violations
Jun 28 2019 // The company that employed a Ukrainian-born truck driver whose collision with motorcyclists in New Hampshire left seven dead has a history of violations including mechanical problems and drug-related infractions. Volodymyr...
Massachusetts’ Fred C. Church Insurance Hires Lonsdale
Jun 28 2019 // Fred C. Church Insurance has hired Ian Lonsdale as an Employee Benefits client executive. The main focus of the Employee Benefits division at Fred C. Church is to serve and support its commercial clients. Utilizing five...
Official Says Driver in New Hampshire Motorcycle Wreck Should’ve Lost License
Jun 27 2019 // The head of the Massachusetts motor vehicle division has resigned for failing to terminate the commercial driving license of man whose collision with a group of motorcyclists in New Hampshire left seven dead. Volodymyr...
Reuters Report: How Judges’ Secrecy Has Added to Toll of Opioids and Other Products
Jun 25 2019 // WELCH, West Virginia —The opioid epidemic that has so far killed half a million Americans is routinely blamed on greedy drug makers, feckless doctors and lax regulators. But there’s another group that has...
Alexa, Why Was a Lawsuit Filed Against You?
Jun 17 2019 // If Big Brother isn’t watching, maybe his little sister is listening. An international law firm has filed a federal lawsuit against Amazon.com Inc., alleging that the company’s Alexa virtual assistant product...
Massachusetts’ PMC Insurance Group Hires Coalson as VP, Senior Broker
Jun 13 2019 // PMC Insurance Group, a Bedford, Mass.-based, national workers’ compensation program administrator, wholesaler and solution provider, has hired Chris Coalson as vice president and senior broker. Prior to joining PMC,...
Medical Errors in Massachusetts Cost Hundreds of Millions
Jun 12 2019 // A new survey has found that nearly 62,000 medical errors in Massachusetts in one year cost about $617 million for follow-up care. The Boston Globe reports that the survey released Monday by the Betsy Lehman Center for...
Massachusetts Construction Industry Confronts Drug Addiction Among Ranks
Jun 11 2019 // Massachusetts construction companies and labor unions held work stoppages at project sites across the state on Wednesday as their industry attempts to confront a high rate of fatal opioid overdoses among its ranks. Robert...
Brown & Brown of Massachusetts Acquires Twinbrook Insurance
Jun 6 2019 // Brown & Brown of Massachusetts LLC has acquired substantially all of the assets of Twinbrook Insurance. Founded in 1960, Twinbrook Insurance provides property and casualty insurance products and services to customers...
Massachusetts’ Activer Solutions Appoints Feirer as Chief Marketing Officer
May 29 2019 // Activer Solutions, a Marlborough, Mass.-based, strategic service partner providing business process outsourcing to the property and casualty insurance industry, has appointed Ernie Feirer as chief marketing officer. This...
Worker Seriously Injured at Massachusetts Construction Site
May 28 2019 // A worker has been seriously injured at a construction site in Lynn, Mass. Lynn Deputy Fire Chief Arthur Richard says the 38-year-old man was taken by helicopter Friday morning to a Boston hospital after suffering the...
Speedy Reactor Cleanups May Carry Both Risks and Rewards
May 24 2019 // Companies specializing in the handling of radioactive material are buying retired U.S. nuclear reactors from utilities and promising to clean them up and demolish them in dramatically less time than usual – eight...
Pianist Injured in Massachusetts Building Facade Collapse Files Lawsuit
May 24 2019 // An aspiring concert pianist whose career was likely ended when she lost a finger and suffered other severe injuries when a Boston restaurant’s brick and concrete facade collapsed on her has sued. The Boston Globe...
Massachusetts’ Sullivan Insurance Group Hires Russell as a Principal
May 23 2019 // Sullivan Insurance Group has hired Peter Russell as a principal. Russell has worked in the insurance industry for more than 30 years and is responsible for the management of client insurance and risk management programs,...
Jimcor Agency Hires Burke in Massachusetts
May 23 2019 // Jimcor Agency Inc., a Montvale, N.J.-based independent managing general agent and insurance wholesaler, has hired Joshua Burke in its Hopkinton, Mass., location as it seeks to expand its footprint in the New England...
Massachusetts Restaurant Customers Warned of Potential Hepatitis Exposure
May 21 2019 // Massachusetts health officials say a seafood restaurant worker has tested positive for hepatitis A and are warning customers they may have been exposed to the disease. The state Department of Public Health and local health...
