Latest Massachusetts Headlines
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Massachusetts’ Sullivan Insurance Group Hires Weber as Principal
Mar 15 2019 // Sullivan Insurance Group has hired Thomas Weber as a principal. Weber has worked in the insurance industry for more than 24 years and is responsible for the management of client insurance, risk management programs and new...
Massachusetts Shop Owners Frustrated with Natural Gas Disaster Response
Mar 13 2019 // More than six months after natural gas explosions rocked Massachusetts’ Merrimack Valley, small business owners in the region say they’re still reeling. Convenience store, grocery and salon owners complained at...
The Hilb Group Acquires Massachusetts’ Marsh-Kemp Insurance Agency
Mar 13 2019 // The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired Massachusetts-based Marsh-Kemp Insurance Agency Inc. (MK). The transaction became effective March 1, 2019. Established in 1912, MK provides clients with a variety of personal and...
Gas Company to Replace Heating Equipment Damaged in Massachusetts Disaster
Mar 12 2019 // The natural gas company blamed for a series of explosions and fires in Massachusetts’ Merrimack Valley says it’ll resume replacing damaged heating equipment for property owners this spring. Columbia Gas of...
OSHA Scraps Obama Workplace Injury Reporting Rule; 6 States Sue
Mar 11 2019 // Citing a concern over potential public disclosure of sensitive worker information, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently eliminated a requirement that businesses with 250 or more employees...
Massachusetts’ Wellfleet Hires Farmer as Vice President
Mar 7 2019 // Wellfleet, a Springfield, Mass.-based Berkshire Hathaway company specializing in accident and health insurance benefits, has hired William Farmer as vice president of National Distribution and Workplace Benefits. Farmer,...
Mass. High Court Rules Statute of Repose Applies to Asbestos-Related Claims
Mar 6 2019 // The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that a statute of repose barring many construction-related personal injury claims after a time limit of six years also applies to claims involving diseases with extended...
One Dead, Two Injured After Beams Fall at MIT Construction Site in Massachusetts
Mar 4 2019 // The Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office says one of three workers injured at an MIT building construction site has died. The Cambridge Fire Department tweeted Thursday that temporary support beams fell on the...
Police Say Two Killed in Plane Crash at Massachusetts Airport
Feb 26 2019 // Massachusetts State Police say two people have died after a small plane crashed and caught fire at Mansfield Municipal Airport. Saturday’s crash occurred at about 12:36 p.m., according to the state police...
Officials Say Plane Had Fuel Tank Issues Before Fatal Massachusetts Crash
Feb 25 2019 // The National Transportation Safety Board says a plane crashed into an apartment building in Massachusetts, killing a former mayor, had fuel tank issues months before the fatal crash. The Eagle-Tribune reports that...
Family of Massachusetts Woman Killed by Manhole Cover Files Lawsuit
Feb 21 2019 // The family of a Massachusetts woman killed on her way to work when a 200-pound manhole cover flew up and crashed through her vehicle’s windshield has sued the state Transportation Department and two contractors. The...
C&S Insurance Acquires Massachusetts’ Francis M. Walley Insurance Agency
Feb 20 2019 // C&S Insurance has acquired Dedham, Mass.-based Francis M. Walley Insurance Agency. Since assuming ownership in 2012, C&S Insurance second-generation owners Ben Cavallo and Keith Signoriello have completed seven...
PMC Insurance Group Hires Skinner as Assistant Vice President in Massachusetts
Feb 19 2019 // PMC Insurance Group, a Bedford, Mass.-headquartered, national workers’ compensation wholesaler, has hired Richard Skinner as assistant vice president for its staffing programs division, StaffPRO3. In his new role,...
Massachusetts Medical Marijuana Site Ordered Closed After State Inspection
Feb 11 2019 // State regulators have ordered a medical marijuana dispensary in Acton, Mass., to close its doors temporarily. The Cannabis Control Commission announced on Twitter on Friday that it had issued a cease-and-desist order...
Massachusetts’ XS Brokers Promotes McVicker
Feb 8 2019 // XS Brokers, a Quincy, Mass.-based independent wholesale insurance underwriting brokerage service provider, has promoted Sean McVicker to division leader of Brokerage Casualty. Previously, McVicker served as assistant vice...
Massachusetts’ Custom House Risk Advisors Hires Schwartz, Procter
Feb 7 2019 // Custom House Risk Advisors (CHRA) has hired Jack Schwartz as a senior risk management consultant and Lee Procter as a risk management associate. [inline-ad-1]CHRA, based in Westwood, Mass., specializes in risk management...
Mass. Insurance Agency to Pay $5M Restitution for Agent Overcharging Customers
Feb 4 2019 // A Peabody, Mass.-based insurance agency has been ordered by a Massachusetts judge to pay more than $5 million in restitution to its small business customers after they were overcharged for insurance products. The final...
Beazley Appoints Sheehan as Underwriter Based in Massachusetts
Feb 1 2019 // Beazley has expanded its healthcare management liability team with the appointment of Jack Sheehan as an underwriter based in Boston, Mass. Sheehan brings 15 years of financial lines insurance experience in both broking...
Massachusetts Judge Says More Details in Purdue Pharma Case Must Be Released
Jan 30 2019 // A Massachusetts judge says more details contained in a lawsuit that accuses the maker of OxyContin of deceiving patients and doctors about the risks of opioids must be made public. Suffolk Superior Court Judge Janet...
Kaplansky Insurance Acquires Massachusetts’ KW Insurance
Jan 17 2019 // Kaplansky Insurance, an independent locally owned agency in the Northeastern U.S., has acquired KW Insurance, a full-service agency with locations in Dedham and Cambridge, Mass. Following the acquisition, the KW Dedham...
