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The National Weather Service Confirms Tornado in Western Massachusetts
Feb 28 2017 // The National Weather Service has confirmed that a tornado with winds up to 110 mph touched down in western Massachusetts. Meteorologists say the EF-1 tornado touched down Saturday evening in Conway in Franklin County. The...
Police Say Worker Dies After Falling from Roof of Massachusetts Home
Feb 27 2017 // Police say a man working on a house under construction in Duxbury, Mass., has died in a fall from the roof. The Patriot Ledger reports that police and firefighters were called to the construction site at around 7:45 a.m....
Massachusetts-Headquartered Eastern Insurance Group Hires Goyer
Feb 24 2017 // Eastern Insurance Group, a Natick, Mass.-headquartered subsidiary of Eastern Bank, has hired Mark J. Goyer as vice president and sales executive within Eastern Benefits Group, the insurance firm’s employee benefits...
XS Brokers Insurance Agency Inc. Opens Second Massachusetts Office
Feb 17 2017 // XS Brokers Insurance Agency Inc., a Northeast wholesale and managing general agent (MGA) brokerage headquartered in Quincy, Mass., has announced the opening of a new office in Worcester, Mass. The firm now has four East...
The Concord Group Insurance Companies in New Hampshire Hires McCabe
Feb 17 2017 // The Concord Group Insurance Companies, a Concord, N.H.-based insurance carrier, has announced that Daniel L. McCabe has joined the senior leadership team as a vice president. “Dan will play an important role on our...
Criminal Charges Announced in Fatal Massachusetts Water Main Break
Feb 10 2017 // Criminal charges have been announced in connection with a Boston, Mass., water main break that killed two workers. Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel Conley on Wednesday announced a grand jury had returned indictments...
Freezing Rain Turns Some Massachusetts Roads into Sheets of Ice
Feb 9 2017 // State police are reporting numerous multi-vehicles accidents on Boston-area highways that were turned into skating rinks by early morning freezing rain. Police tweeted that Route 128 northbound north of Interstate 93 in...
Smoking Around Medical Oxygen Likely Cause of Fatal Massachusetts Fire
Feb 8 2017 // Massachusetts fire officials say smoking around a medical oxygen system was the likely cause of a fatal fire in Haverhill. A 68-year-old man died in a house fire that started around 4 a.m. Saturday morning. The State Fire...
Correction: Mass. Court Reviews Assessment of Damages Against Insurer in Shuttle Bus Accident Case
Feb 7 2017 // The Supreme Judicial Court in Massachusetts has ruled that post-judgment interest is not included in any enhanced damages in connection with damages that have already been awarded under the Massachusetts Consumer...
Massachusetts’ Rogers & Gray Insurance Promotes McEachern
Feb 7 2017 // Rogers & Gray Insurance, a South Dennis, Mass., headquartered independent insurance agency, has promoted Allison McEachern to senior vice president and director of human resources, effective January 2017. In her new...
Massachusetts Court Reminds Auto Insurers of Importance of Retail Book Value
Feb 6 2017 // A Massachusetts appeals court used a recent case to warn auto insurers about the importance of taking retail book value into consideration early in the settlement process. While the court ruled in favor of defendant...
Eastern Insurance Group Acquires Chase and Lunt in Massachusetts
Feb 2 2017 // Eastern Insurance Group LLC, a wholly owned, Natick, Mass., headquartered subsidiary of Eastern Bank, has acquired the assets of the Chase and Lunt Insurance Agency LLC, a full-service insurance agency located in...
Charles Taylor Adjusting Appoints Cole as Massachusetts-Based U.S. CEO
Jan 27 2017 // Charles Taylor Adjusting (CTA), an international loss adjusting business focused on commercial losses and claims, has appointed Vince Cole as U.S. CEO and regional head. Based in Boston, Mass., he will be responsible for...
Sullivan Insurance Group in Massachusetts Announces Two Promotions
Jan 27 2017 // Sullivan Insurance Group, an insurance and risk management firm headquartered in Worcester, Mass., has promoted Beth Grenier to vice president of claims and Monica T. DiPietro to manager of personal lines. Grenier has been...
Massachusetts Worker Blamed for Accidental Fire Damaging 18 Buildings
Jan 26 2017 // Fire investigators in Cambridge, Mass., say a massive 10-alarm blaze that damaged or destroyed 18 buildings last month was caused by the careless disposal of smoking material by a worker. The results of the investigation...
Worker Dies in Accident at Massachusetts Supermarket Distribution Center
Jan 26 2017 // Police and federal safety officials are investigating a fatal workplace accident in Freetown, Mass. It happened early Tuesday afternoon at a distribution center for Stop & Shop supermarkets. Police say a man later...
Alarm System Broke 2 Days Before Fatal Massachusetts Apartment Fire
Jan 23 2017 // The Massachusetts Fire Marshal says the communications connection between the fire alarm system and the alarm monitoring company had broken two days before a New Year’s Day fire in a Holyoke apartment building that...
Risk Strategies Company Acquires Massachusetts’ University Health Plans
Jan 23 2017 // Risk Strategies Company, a privately held national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired University Health Plans (UHP), a Quincy, Mass., based brokerage firm specializing in student health insurance...
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Jan 23 2017 // Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker has appointed Todd R. Johnson, senior vice president and property-casualty practice leader of the USI Insurance Services’ (USI) Massachusetts offices located in Woburn, Needham and...
Massachusetts Court Reminds Auto Insurers of Importance of Retail Book Value
Jan 20 2017 // A Massachusetts appeals court used a recent case to warn auto insurers that it is important to take retail book value into consideration early in the settlement process. While the court ruled in favor of defendant...
