Latest Massachusetts Headlines
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Mass. Behavioral Health Facility Faces $207K in Fines for OSHA Violations
Aug 16 2017 // A Massachusetts behavioral health facility faces $207,690 in proposed penalties from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for violations found while conducting a...
Massachusetts Governor Signs Bipartisan Pregnant Worker Protection Legislation
Aug 16 2017 // Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker last month signed H. 3680, a bipartisan bill to extend protections to pregnant workers in the state. The legislation, An Act Establishing the Massachusetts Pregnant Workers Fairness...
Two Firms Fight Insurance Claim on Boat That Sank Off Massachusetts
Aug 7 2017 // Two firms are trying to avoid reimbursing a Connecticut native for the loss of his boat after it sank with his mother on board under suspicious circumstances. The Hartford Courant reported Thursday the National Liability...
Massachusetts’ The Hanover Eliminating Approximately 160 Positions
Aug 7 2017 // The Hanover Insurance Group Inc., a Worcester, Mass.-based holding company for several property and casualty insurance companies, reported in its second quarter results that it has initiated expense actions to eliminate...
Declarations
Aug 7 2017 // Egregious Fallony “The Fallons’ alleged theft from injured workers is particularly egregious. By stealing from injured workers who depend on the funds for future care, the Fallons may have left many victims...
Massachusetts SJC Rules in Favor of Employee Fired for Medical Marijuana Use
Aug 7 2017 // The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled in favor of a woman who was fired by her employer for testing positive for her prescribed use of marijuana to treat a medical condition. The court found that because...
Massachusetts’ Arbella Insurance Group Promotes Jansky
Aug 3 2017 // The Arbella Insurance Group, a Quincy, Mass.-headquartered regional property and casualty insurance company, has appointed Karen Jansky as director of application development in information technology. Reporting to Matthew...
Blaze Rips Through Massachusetts Apartment Complex Under Construction
Jul 25 2017 // Fire officials say a blaze tore through an apartment complex under construction in Massachusetts. Waltham Fire Chief Paul Ciccone says the complex’s five buildings collapsed in the early Sunday fire. Ciccone says...
Man Indicted in Scheme to Sell Paintings from Massachusetts Art Heist
Jul 24 2017 // A Boston federal jury has indicted a West Virginia man on charges he tried to sell paintings he did not have access to and falsely claimed were stolen in the largest art heist in U.S. history. Prosecutors allege that...
Massachusetts SJC Rules in Favor of Employee Fired for Medical Marijuana Use
Jul 20 2017 // The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled in favor of a woman who was fired by her employer for testing positive for her prescribed use of marijuana to treat a medical condition. The court found that because...
Massachusetts Marijuana Deal Calls for Up to 20 Percent Tax on Pot Sales
Jul 19 2017 // State House and Senate negotiators reached an agreement Monday on a revamped version of Massachusetts’ voter-approved marijuana law that would allow retail pot sales to be taxed at a maximum 20 percent rate. The deal...
Massachusetts’ Kaplansky Insurance Hires Wolberg as VP of M&A
Jul 18 2017 // Kaplansky Insurance, a Needham, Mass.-based insurance agency, has appointed David Wolberg as vice president of mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Wolberg brings with him experience from the sell-side of mergers and...
Massachusetts Businesses Evacuated After Sulfuric Acid Spill
Jul 17 2017 // Several Massachusetts businesses had to be evacuated after a drum inside a truck leaked sulfuric acid. Police responded to the report of a chemical spill in Billerica, Mass., Thursday afternoon. Officers found a...
Morse Insurance Agency Acquires Quaglia Insurance in Massachusetts
Jul 17 2017 // Morse Insurance Agency Inc. has acquired Quaglia Insurance in Attleboro, Mass. “While clients may experience a few small differences in process and procedures, our ultimate goal is to make the transition seamless...
McGowan Purchases Assets of Massachusetts’ NAPLIA
Jul 11 2017 // The McGowan Companies (McGowan), a Fairview Park, Ohio-based company offering specialized insurance programs, has purchased the assets of Framingham, Mass.-based North American Professional Liability Insurance Agency LLC...
Business Moves
Jul 10 2017 // Cross Insurance, Appleby & Wyman Insurance Agency Cross Insurance, a Bangor, Maine-based subsidiary of Cross Financial Corp., has acquired Appleby & Wyman Insurance Agency, making it the 16th Massachusetts...
Mass. Court Says Arbitration Allowed in Underinsured Motorist Claim Suit
Jul 10 2017 // The Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled that Arbella Mutual Insurance Co. did not engage in unfair settlement practices by demanding arbitration in a lawsuit involving an underinsured motorist claim. In the case, Heather...
Massachusetts’ Knight-Dik Insurance: 100 Years, Four Generations of Leadership
Jul 10 2017 // When Thomas Babb launched his insurance agency – Thomas Babb Insurance Agency – in an 11-story building in downtown Worcester, Mass., in 1917, he also launched a legacy that would span a century of growth and...
Midwest States Show Slightly Better Return-to-Work Results
Jul 10 2017 // From 10 to 18 percent of injured workers never reach “substantial return to work,” according to new research by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) comparing outcomes for injured workers in six...
FM Global Opens Learning Center Facility in Massachusetts
Jun 29 2017 // Commercial property insurer FM Global has opened the FM Global Learning Center, a facility in Norwood, Mass., where employees and clients will explore property-loss prevention and insurance-related training through...
