Latest Massachusetts Headlines
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The Hilb Group Acquires Massachusetts’ Gould & Naimoli Partners
Nov 13 2019 // The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired Massachusetts-based Gould & Naimoli Partners LLC/G&N Insurance (G&N). The transaction became effective November 1, 2019. G&N is a property and casualty insurance agency...
Massachusetts’ EverQuote Hires Sanborn as Vice President
Nov 4 2019 // EverQuote Inc., an online insurance marketplace based in Cambridge, Mass., has hired Joseph Sanborn as senior vice president of Corporate Development and Strategy. Sanborn possesses more than two decades of experience...
Massachusetts Roofing Company Did Not Comply with Safety Settlement
Nov 1 2019 // The U.S. Department of Labor has asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit to hold The Roof Kings LLC and its owner, Craig Galligan, in civil contempt for not fulfilling the terms of an order issued by the...
Massachusetts Launches Investigation into Natural Gas Disaster
Oct 28 2019 // Massachusetts officials are opening their own investigation into last September’s Merrimack Valley natural gas disaster. More than 100 structures were damaged in Lawrence, Andover and North Andover in the Sept. 13,...
Massachusetts Sues Exxon for Misleading Investors, Consumers About Climate Change
Oct 25 2019 // The state of Massachusetts sued Exxon Mobil Corp on Thursday, accusing the oil giant of misleading investors and consumers for decades about the role fossil fuels play in climate change. Attorney General Maura Healey filed...
Massachusetts’ Risk Strategies Appoints Dubraski as Chief Growth Officer
Oct 24 2019 // Risk Strategies, a Boston, Mass.-headquartered, privately held insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has appointed its National Health Care Practice leader, Bob Dubraski, as chief growth officer. In his expanded...
Ban on Vaping Product Sales in Massachusetts Allowed to Stand
Oct 23 2019 // A state judge has allowed Massachusetts’ four-month ban on the sale of all vaping products to stand as a legal challenge makes its way through the courts. Suffolk Superior Court Judge Douglas Wilkins in a decision...
Massachusetts’ Tremor Appoints Ginter as Vice President of Sales
Oct 23 2019 // Tremor, a Boston, Mass-based, programmatic insurance and reinsurance risk marketplace, has appointed Jeremy Ginter as the company’s new vice president of sales. Ginter brings more than fifteen years of experience in...
Ex-Salon Chief Suing Wynn Resorts for Spying on Him
Oct 22 2019 // A former beauty salon director who went public about sexual misconduct allegations against casino mogul Steve Wynn nearly two years ago is suing Wynn Resorts and company executives, alleging they invaded his privacy and...
Eversource Worker in Massachusetts Shocked with Nearly 7,500 Volts
Oct 10 2019 // A utility worker has been hospitalized after receiving an electric shock of nearly 7,500 volts while working at a Massachusetts substation. Sandwich Fire Chief John J. Burke said Tuesday the Eversource worker suffered both...
Massachusetts Cleaning Company Owner Sentenced for $74K Insurance Fraud
Oct 10 2019 // The owner of a Malden, Mass.-based cleaning company pleaded guilty and was sentenced to jail in connection with an insurance fraud scheme that involved worker misclassification, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey...
Massachusetts’ Risk Strategies Names Mina as CEO
Oct 9 2019 // Risk Strategies, a Boston, Mass.-headquartered, privately held national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has named President John Mina as CEO. Mina will succeed Michael Christian, Risk Strategies founder and...
Massachusetts Lawsuit Against Purdue Pharma Over Opioid Crisis Will Move Forward
Oct 9 2019 // A judge has rejected a request by the billionaire owners of Purdue Pharma LP to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Massachusetts over their role in the state’s opioid crisis. The decision by Superior Court Judge Janet...
Judge Upholds Massachusetts’ Vaping Products Ban for Now
Oct 8 2019 // A federal judge upheld Massachusetts’ four-month ban on the sale of vaping products on Friday, at least for now. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani denied the vaping industry’s request for a temporary reprieve...
Massachusetts Officials Order Additional Safety Measures After Gas Leak
Oct 4 2019 // Massachusetts officials say the utility company blamed for last year’s destructive gas explosions faces millions of dollars in fines if it fails to complete additional safety measures following a major gas leak that...
Massachusetts Man Indicted for $45K Insurance Fraud Scheme
Sep 30 2019 // A Salem, Mass., man was indicted in connection with a scheme to set up a shell company to fraudulently collect benefits under a long-term care insurance policy, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey...
Massachusetts’ EverQuote Hires Watt as Senior VP of Distribution Services
Sep 30 2019 // EverQuote Inc., a Cambridge, Mass.-headquartered, online insurance marketplace in the U.S., has hired Jay Watt as senior vice president of Distribution Services. In this role, Watt will focus on growing EverQuote’s...
Federal Agency Discusses Findings in Massachusetts Natural Gas Disaster
Sep 26 2019 // Federal officials are discussing their findings from a yearlong investigation into last September’s natural gas explosions and fires in Massachusetts. The National Transportation Safety Board met in Washington, D.C.,...
Massachusetts’ XS Brokers Announces New Executive Leadership Structure
Sep 25 2019 // XS Brokers (XSB), an independent insurance underwriting and wholesale brokerage group, has announced a new executive leadership structure. Eric Wirkus has been promoted to president, effective immediately. XSB Former...
Massachusetts’ Activer Solutions Hires Cassata as Assistant Vice President
Sep 24 2019 // Activer Solutions, a Marlborough, Mass.-based provider of business process outsourcing to the property and casualty insurance industry, has hired Cindy Cassata as assistant vice president of Product Solutions and...
