Latest Massachusetts Headlines
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Exxon Climate Judge Orders ‘Unprecedented’ Questioning
Nov 21 2016 // A federal judge in Texas is giving Exxon Mobil Corp. an unprecedented chance to question a state law-enforcement officer who is investigating whether the energy company hid damaging data about climate change from...
After Trump Win, Massachusetts Becoming a Hub of Resistance
Nov 21 2016 // As Republican Donald Trump prepares to take over as president, Massachusetts is fashioning itself into a hub of resistance, with politicians and advocacy groups vowing to battle what they see as the extremes of a Trump...
City Officials in Massachusetts Seek Advice on Legal Pot Issues
Nov 17 2016 // Boston officials will be getting some firsthand advice on how to deal with issues surrounding the legalization of recreational marijuana. Two public health officials from Denver will participate remotely in a meeting of...
Eastern Insurance Group of Massachusetts Hires Surette
Nov 16 2016 // Eastern Insurance Group, an insurance agency headquartered in Natick, Mass., and a subsidiary of Eastern Bank, an independent, mutually owned bank in New England, has hired William Surette as a senior vice president and...
Hub Acquires Assets of Massachusetts Based DFM Insurance Agency
Nov 10 2016 // Global insurance brokerage Hub International Limited (Hub) has acquired certain assets of Luk-Sal LLC, doing business as DFM Insurance Agency and based in Cape Cod, Mass. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The...
Judge Rules AIG Must Defend Bill Cosby in Defamation Claims
Nov 10 2016 // A federal judge said Bill Cosby’s homeowner’s insurance company must defend him against three civil defamation lawsuits in Massachusetts brought by several women who accused the once-beloved entertainer of...
Massachusetts Student Says Northeastern Mishandled Sex Assault Complaint
Nov 9 2016 // A Northeastern University student who says she was raped on campus after a 2013 Halloween party alleges in a lawsuit that the school mishandled her case. Morgan Helfman alleges negligence, breach of contract, intentional...
Court Rules in Favor of Massachusetts Insurers Insolvency Fund in Workers’ Comp Suit
Nov 4 2016 // The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts in Boston, Mass., has ruled that the Massachusetts Insurers Insolvency Fund is authorized to recover certain amounts paid by the fund in workers’ compensation benefits on...
USI Insurance Services Hires Bark to Massachusetts Office
Oct 21 2016 // USI Insurance Services (USI), an insurance brokerage and consulting firm headquartered in Valhalla, New York, has hired Brian D. Bark as president of the employee benefits practice in its Woburn, Mass., office. In this...
Tarpey Insurance Group Acquires TSB Insurance Services in Massachusetts
Oct 18 2016 // Tarpey Insurance Group Inc., a family owned and operated independent insurance agency headquartered in Wakefield, Mass., has acquired TSB Insurance Services, also of Wakefield, Mass. TSB Insurance Services will be...
CMIC’s 2017 Rates Unchanged for Connecticut and Massachusetts Members
Oct 14 2016 // CMIC, an A- (A.M. Best) rated company and member-owned medical professional liability insurance provider, announced that the overall rate indication for Connecticut and Massachusetts policyholders will remain unchanged for...
Massachusetts’ A.I.M. Mutual Insurance Cos. Adds to Field Operations Team
Oct 13 2016 // A.I.M. Mutual Insurance Cos., a Burlington, Mass., based workers’ compensation insurer, has named two to its field operations team. Daniel Landers has been named director of field operations, in which he will be...
Seat Belt Usage in Massachusetts Has Grown but Still Lags U.S., Study Finds
Oct 12 2016 // Seat belt usage has climbed to an all-time high in Massachusetts, yet according to new research from the state highway safety division more than one in five motorists still do not buckle up. An observational study...
Massachusetts Based H.J. Knight International Insurance Agency Hires Urnek
Oct 12 2016 // H.J. Knight International Insurance Agency, a Braintree, Mass., based full service brokerage firm specializing in insurance and risk management solutions, has named Joscelyn Urnek to the newly created position of director...
Massachusetts Town Settles with Family of Man Killed by Police for $3.75M
Oct 3 2016 // The town of Framingham, Mass., has reached a $3.75 million settlement with the family of a grandfather accidentally shot and killed by police during a 2011 drug raid. The town announced Wednesday that the settlement with...
Conner Strong & Buckelew Opens Massachusetts Office
Oct 3 2016 // Conner Strong & Buckelew, an insurance, risk management and employee benefits brokerage and consulting firm duel headquartered in Marlton, N.J., and Philadelphia, Penn., has opened a Boston, Mass., office. This move...
Wal-Mart Employee Sets 3 Fires Inside Massachusetts Store
Sep 30 2016 // Police are looking for an employee of a Massachusetts Wal-Mart they say set three fires inside the store, forcing the disposal of all the food on the sales floor. Police say they identified the suspect through security...
Owners of a Massachusetts Company Charged in Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme
Sep 29 2016 // The owners of Caron Contracting, a Fall River, Mass., based contracting company, have been indicted on charges of workers’ compensation fraud over failure to disclose the true nature of their company’s work,...
Massachusetts Educators, Police to Discuss Campus Safety at Conference
Sep 27 2016 // Keeping students safe on college campuses is the focus of an upcoming conference in Massachusetts. The state Department of Higher Education says the gathering scheduled for Wednesday at the DCU Center in Worcester is...
Massachusetts’ The Hanover Insurance Group Hires Farber
Sep 23 2016 // The Hanover Insurance Group Inc., a Worcester, Mass. based holding company for several property and casualty insurance companies, has appointed Jeffrey M. Farber as executive vice president and chief financial...
