Latest Massachusetts Headlines
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Alleging Fraud, Minnesota AG Swanson Sues Comcast
Dec 28 2018 // Minnesota’s attorney general sued Comcast/Xfinity on Dec. 21, alleging that the company has overcharged thousands of consumers for cable TV packages, charged them for unordered equipment and services, and failed to...
Massachusetts Bill Would Bar Workers from Being Fired for Private Pot Use
Dec 28 2018 // A proposed law in Massachusetts would bar employers from firing workers for using marijuana legally on their own time. While recreational marijuana use is legal for adults in the state, workers can still be fired for using...
The Hilb Group Acquires Massachusetts’ H.J. Knight International Insurance Agency
Dec 27 2018 // The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired Massachusetts-based H.J. Knight International Insurance Agency Inc. (HJK). The transaction became effective December 1, 2018. HJK is a full-service brokerage in the commercial...
Officials Identify Worker Who Fell Down Elevator Shaft in Massachusetts
Dec 21 2018 // Officials have identified the construction worker who died after falling down an elevator shaft in Massachusetts as 41-year-old Carlos Ortiz. The Essex district attorney’s office says Ortiz was working on the roof of...
The Hilb Group Acquires Massachusetts’ Bruce Crohn
Dec 19 2018 // The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired Bruce Crohn LLC. The transaction became effective December 1, 2018. Founded in 2009, Crohn is a full-service employee benefits consultant and insurance brokerage firm located in...
Massachusetts Lawmakers Grill Natural Gas Execs After September Explosions
Dec 14 2018 // Natural gas companies in Massachusetts are compromising safety by increasingly turning to outside contractors for pipeline work while cutting back on staff that would oversee these projects, state lawmakers said Tuesday at...
The Hilb Group Acquires Massachusetts’ Mackintire Insurance Agency
Dec 13 2018 // The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired Massachusetts-based Mackintire Insurance Agency Inc. The transaction became effective December 1, 2018. Mackintire is a commercial and personal lines retail insurance agency founded in...
Hub Acquires Assets of Pennsylvania’s Nolen Associates, Massachusetts’ Dadgar Insurance
Dec 13 2018 // Hub International Limited (Hub), a global insurance brokerage, has acquired the assets of Nolen Associates Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Located in Springfield, Penn., Nolen Associates is a full-service...
Kaplansky Insurance Acquires Massachusetts’ Burak Insurance
Dec 12 2018 // Kaplansky Insurance, an independent, Needham, Mass.-based agency, has acquired Burak Insurance, located in Canton, Mass. The addition of Burak marks Kaplansky Insurance’s 31st overall acquisition and its fourth for...
Massachusetts Lawmakers Eye Action on Natural Gas Safety Bill
Dec 12 2018 // Top Statehouse Democrats say they’re hoping to pass legislation aimed at improving natural gas infrastructure safety before the end of the year. Republican Gov. Charlie Baker filed the bill. On Monday, he met with...
Massachusetts’ Energi Names Windstein Chief Underwriting Officer
Dec 10 2018 // Energi, the Peabody, Mass.-headquartered parent company for Energi Insurance Services Inc., has named Michael Windstein as chief underwriting officer. In this role, Windstein will support Energi’s underwriting...
Lockout of Gas Workers to be Focus of Massachusetts Legislative Hearing
Dec 3 2018 // Massachusetts lawmakers are considering a bill that would require National Grid to provide health insurance to locked-out gas workers and prohibit public funds from flowing to the company until the labor dispute ends. The...
Mass. Appeals Court Rules Medical Device Manufacturer Illegally Fired Employee
Dec 3 2018 // A Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled that Dielectrics, a Massachusetts-based medical device manufacturer, illegally fired Ileana Bermudez after she collected workers’ compensation benefits and filed a lawsuit...
Family of Woman with Opioid Addiction Sues a Mass. Police Department for Records
Nov 30 2018 // The family of a 30-year-old Vermont woman whose obituary gained national attention for its discussion about her opioid addiction are suing a Massachusetts police department for information about the days leading up to her...
Massachusetts Pot Shops Report Sales Above $2.2M in 1st Week of Operation
Nov 30 2018 // The first commercial pot shops in Massachusetts sold more than $2.2 million worth of marijuana products during the first five days they were open for business. That’s according to figures released Tuesday by the...
Former Students Sue Massachusetts College that Abruptly Closed
Nov 28 2018 // Students who attended a Massachusetts college that abruptly shut its doors filed a class-action lawsuit Monday against the school and former administrators and trustees, alleging they were victims of fraud,...
Mass. Pot Shops May Be Open, but Workers Can Still Be Fired Over Weed
Nov 26 2018 // The long-awaited opening of the first recreational marijuana stores in Massachusetts was cheered by cannabis enthusiasts and entrepreneurs, but it doesn’t change the reality that workers can be fired or face...
Mass. Appeals Court Rules Medical Device Manufacturer Illegally Fired Employee
Nov 21 2018 // A Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled that Dielectrics, a Massachusetts-based medical device manufacturer, illegally fired Ileana Bermudez after she collected workers’ compensation benefits and filed a lawsuit...
U.S. Senate Committee Holding Hearing on Massachusetts Natural Gas Incident
Nov 21 2018 // U.S. senators are holding a hearing in Lawrence, Mass., to review the response to the September natural gas explosions that rocked Merrimack Valley communities. The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation...
First Legal Pot Stores in Massachusetts Open at Same Time
Nov 20 2018 // The first two recreational marijuana stores in Massachusetts opened at the same exact time this week. A spokeswoman for Cultivate in Leicester said Saturday the store planned to move up its regular 10 a.m. start time to 8...
