Latest Massachusetts Headlines
All the headlines from our Massachusetts Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Massachusetts’ Sullivan Insurance Group Hires Eisnor
Nov 8 2017 // Sullivan Insurance Group is continuing to grow its personal lines department with the addition of Shilo E. Eisnor. Eisnor has worked in the insurance industry for twenty years at several agencies, most recently at the...
Breitstone Named CEO of Massachusetts Insurtech Company Goji
Nov 6 2017 // Peter Breitstone, a former senior executive at Insureon, Aon and Zurich, was named CEO of Goji, a Boston, Mass.-based, technology-enabled personal lines insurance distribution platform that matches high lifetime value...
Massachusetts Chicken Eatery Owner Sentenced for Fraud
Nov 6 2017 // A New York man who had an ownership stake in 11 fried chicken restaurants in the Boston, Mass., area has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for tax, insurance and immigration fraud. Federal prosecutors say...
Eastern Insurance Group in Massachusetts Promotes Tucker
Nov 6 2017 // Eastern Insurance Group has promoted Katelyn Tucker to vice president and benefits account executive at Eastern Benefits Group, the insurance firm’s employee benefits division. Tucker, who works out of the Wakefield,...
Massachusetts Family Still Without Power Poisoned by CO from Generator
Nov 3 2017 // A Massachusetts family still without power days after a violent wind and rain storm struck New England was taken to the hospital after carbon monoxide from an outside generator seeped into their home. Fire officials in...
Anderson Appointed as Commissioner of Massachusetts Division of Insurance
Nov 2 2017 // Governor Charlie Baker has appointed Gary D. Anderson as commissioner of the Massachusetts Division of Insurance (DOI), a regulatory agency under the Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation. Anderson has served...
Allstate Sues Former Agent Over EA Agreement in Mass. Federal Court
Oct 31 2017 // Allstate is suing one of its former agents in United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, alleging the agent breached a one-year non-compete clause by misusing Allstate’s confidential information...
Massachusetts’ Morrison Mahoney Elects Six New Partners
Oct 20 2017 // Morrison Mahoney LLP, a Boston, Mass.-headquartered law firm, has announced the election of six new partners. The partners represent a range of practice areas including appeals, insurance coverage, construction litigation,...
Mass. SJC Reverses Lower Court’s Decision in Legal Malpractice Suit
Oct 18 2017 // The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has reversed a Superior Court decision in favor of a law firm in a legal malpractice suit. The plaintiff, Kiribati Seafood Company LLC, brought the legal malpractice claim against...
Windham Group Receives 1st Case in Mass. Alternate Opioid Treatment Pathway
Oct 17 2017 // Windham Group, a workers’ compensation case management company, has received the first case in Massachusetts’ Alternate Opioid Treatment Pathway (OATP) program. The state’s Department of Industrial...
Mass. Nanny Gets 15 Months for Stealing More Than $100K from Employer
Oct 12 2017 // A Massachusetts nanny who stole more than $100,000 from her employers has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison. Prosecutors say 36-year-old Stacy Fortunato was also sentenced Tuesday to three years of probation...
New Vehicle Inspection System in Massachusetts Hits Bumps
Oct 11 2017 // October did not start out as a good month to get your car inspected in Massachusetts. Despite promises of a smooth transition, many local mechanics have been unable to perform auto inspections since the state’s...
Massachusetts’ Kaplansky Insurance Hires Stanton
Oct 10 2017 // Kaplansky Insurance, a Needham, Mass.-based provider of personal and commercial insurance products, has appointed Donna Stanton as director of business development, effective immediately. In her new role, Stanton will...
Integro Insurance Brokers Hires Buckley to Massachusetts Office
Oct 3 2017 // International broker and risk management firm Integro Insurance Brokers has hired Julie Buckley as managing principal and executive broker in the healthcare practice. At Integro, Buckley will apply her more than 30...
Massachusetts’ XS Brokers Hires Buccinna to New York Office
Sep 29 2017 // XS Brokers, a Quincy, Mass.-headquartered independent insurance brokerage, has hired Peter Buccinna to head a new local office for the firm in East Chatham, N.Y. The hiring of Buccinna as assistant vice president and...
Massachusetts’ AG Healey Announces Data Breach Bill Following Equifax Hack
Sep 26 2017 // After bringing the nation’s first enforcement action against Equifax for its failure to protect the personal information of nearly three million Massachusetts residents, Attorney General Maura Healey announced...
East Coast Watching Effect of ‘Zombie’ Storm Jose on Maria’s Path
Sep 21 2017 // Hurricane Maria continued its thunderous roll northward as forecasters struggled to pin down a trajectory. Whether the storm makes landfall again could be determined by a zombie. That’s what former Hurricane Jose...
The Hilb Group Acquires Massachusetts’ Mid-State Insurance Agency
Sep 19 2017 // The Hilb Group LLC (THG), a property and casualty insurance and employee benefits broker based in Richmond, Va., has announced the acquisition of Massachusetts-based Mid-State Insurance Agency Inc. (MSIA). The transaction...
Weakening Hurricane Jose Could Graze Massachusetts Wednesday
Sep 18 2017 // A weakened Hurricane Jose could graze the Northeast as Hurricane Maria tears through the Caribbean, gaining strength and possibly heading toward the U.S. in a week. Jose will probably be downgraded to a tropical storm as...
Massachusetts’ Insurance Recovery Group Appoints James as President and CEO
Sep 14 2017 // Paul James has been appointed to the role of president and chief executive officer of Insurance Recovery Group Inc. (IRG) by David A. Jollin, IRG’s chairman of the board. IRG is a national subrogation, second injury...
