Latest Massachusetts Headlines
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Mass. Raises Minimum Wage, Creates New Paid Leave Program
Jul 16 2018 // Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker has signed into law an act that will mandate an annual August sales tax holiday, increase minimum wage over the next five years and create a new paid family and medical leave program in...
Massachusetts Woman Pleads Guilty to Stealing about $2.7M from Employer
Jul 12 2018 // A Massachusetts woman has pleaded guilty to stealing about $2.7 million from her former employer. Federal prosecutors say 57-year-old Debra Mulloy, of Milford, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to aggravated identity theft and...
Federal Agency Issues Citations to Massachusetts Quarry Blasting Company
Jul 9 2018 // The federal government has cited a Massachusetts blasting company for its role in a Rhode Island quarry blast that injured two workers and damaged nearby buildings. The Mine Safety and Health Administration, a division of...
Massachusetts’ Partners Insurance Group Promotes Audette
Jul 9 2018 // Partners Insurance Group LLC, a Swansea, Mass.-headquartered independent insurance agency with eight locations in Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island, has promoted Kristine Audette to assistant vice president of...
New Hampshire’s The Concord Group Adds Greene in Massachusetts
Jul 2 2018 // The Concord Group Insurance Companies, located in Concord, N.H., has added Sue Greene to its Massachusetts marketing team as a senior marketing representative. Greene spent the past 18 years with an insurance carrier in...
Massachusetts Raises Minimum Wage, Creates New Paid Leave Program
Jun 29 2018 // Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker has signed into law an act that will mandate an annual August sales tax holiday, increase minimum wage over the next five years and create a new paid family and medical leave program in...
Official Says 30 Hospitalized After Hazmat Response at Massachusetts Plant
Jun 29 2018 // A possible chemical leak at a Massachusetts electronic cigarette manufacturer resulted in a hazmat response and the hospitalization of dozens of plant workers. Officials say a hazmat team was called to the e-cigarette...
Railroads, Airlines Seek to Bypass States’ Paid Sick Leave Laws
Jun 21 2018 // Fed up with state and local laws that require private employers to offer paid sick days, the airlines and railroads have filed suit, claiming that the interstate nature of their businesses should make them exempt. Airlines...
The Hilb Group Adds Massachusetts’ BAR Insurance Brokerage
Jun 20 2018 // The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has added Needham, Mass.-based BAR Insurance Brokerage Inc. (BAR). The transaction became effective June 1, 2018. BAR is an employee benefits firm that provides a range of group benefits products...
Kaplansky Insurance Acquires Massachusetts’ Kelleher & Mackey Insurance Agency
Jun 19 2018 // Kaplansky Insurance, a Needham, Mass.-based, independent and locally owned agency, has acquired Kelleher & Mackey Insurance Agency (K&M) in Quincy, Mass. Following the acquisition, K&M will be merging into...
Massachusetts Sues Opioid Maker Purdue Pharma, Executives
Jun 14 2018 // Massachusetts on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against Purdue Pharma LP, accusing the OxyContin maker of illegally promoting the use of opioids, and became the first state to sue the drugmaker’s executives and directors to...
Massachusetts Brewing Company to Be Investigated After Man Burned
Jun 8 2018 // The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the cause of a worker’s injuries at a Massachusetts brewing company. Fire officials say a man suffered serious burns at Trillium Brewing Company...
Mass. SJC Rules Independent Contractor Statute Doesn’t Apply in Workers’ Comp Case
Jun 4 2018 // The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) has ruled the state’s independent contractor statute does not determine whether a claimant is an employee eligible for workers’ compensation benefits in a case...
Massachusetts’ The Hanover Appoints Baron President of Alternative Markets
Jun 1 2018 // The Hanover Insurance Group Inc. has appointed Frank M. Baron as president of Alternative Markets, a newly formed business unit within the company’s domestic specialty group. In this role, Baron will lead the...
Massachusetts’ Insurance Center of New England Hires Slezek as CFO
May 30 2018 // Insurance Center of New England (ICNE), a privately owned and independent insurance agency with three offices in Agawam, Gardner and Westford, Mass., has hired Lori A. Slezek as chief financial officer. In this role,...
Monomoy, Rogers & Gray, Spinnaker Launch Admitted Homeowners Product in Mass.
May 30 2018 // Monomoy Insurance Group and Rogers & Gray Insurance have launched an admitted residential homeowners product in Massachusetts through a partnership with Spinnaker Insurance Company (Spinnaker), a national property and...
Risk Strategies Acquires Massachusetts’ Corporate Benefit Audits
May 23 2018 // Risk Strategies, a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has announced the acquisition of Corporate Benefit Audits (CBA), a firm providing claim outsourcing and audit services to the...
Man Says Artillery Fire in Massachusetts Caused Hearing Damage, Sues for $10M
May 21 2018 // A Los Angeles man who says he suffered permanent hearing damage when he stumbled upon a ceremonial artillery-firing exercise on Boston Common has filed a lawsuit seeking $10 million. The Boston Globe reports that A....
Risk Strategies Acquires Massachusetts’ Costello Benefits Group
May 17 2018 // Risk Strategies, a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired Costello Benefits Group (CBG Benefits Inc.), a full-service employee benefits brokerage firm headquartered in Woburn,...
Salem Five Acquires Massachusetts’ Fabri & Rourke Insurance
May 17 2018 // Salem Five, a commercial and personal insurance provider based in Salem, Mass., has acquired Fabri & Rourke Insurance, headquartered in Georgetown, Mass. This is the second Georgetown-based acquisition for Salem Five,...
