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Seat Belt Usage in Massachusetts Has Grown but Still Lags U.S., Study Finds
Oct 12 2016 // Seat belt usage has climbed to an all-time high in Massachusetts, yet according to new research from the state highway safety division more than one in five motorists still do not buckle up. An observational study...
Massachusetts Based H.J. Knight International Insurance Agency Hires Urnek
Oct 12 2016 // H.J. Knight International Insurance Agency, a Braintree, Mass., based full service brokerage firm specializing in insurance and risk management solutions, has named Joscelyn Urnek to the newly created position of director...
Massachusetts Town Settles with Family of Man Killed by Police for $3.75M
Oct 3 2016 // The town of Framingham, Mass., has reached a $3.75 million settlement with the family of a grandfather accidentally shot and killed by police during a 2011 drug raid. The town announced Wednesday that the settlement with...
Conner Strong & Buckelew Opens Massachusetts Office
Oct 3 2016 // Conner Strong & Buckelew, an insurance, risk management and employee benefits brokerage and consulting firm duel headquartered in Marlton, N.J., and Philadelphia, Penn., has opened a Boston, Mass., office. This move...
Wal-Mart Employee Sets 3 Fires Inside Massachusetts Store
Sep 30 2016 // Police are looking for an employee of a Massachusetts Wal-Mart they say set three fires inside the store, forcing the disposal of all the food on the sales floor. Police say they identified the suspect through security...
Owners of a Massachusetts Company Charged in Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme
Sep 29 2016 // The owners of Caron Contracting, a Fall River, Mass., based contracting company, have been indicted on charges of workers’ compensation fraud over failure to disclose the true nature of their company’s work,...
Massachusetts Educators, Police to Discuss Campus Safety at Conference
Sep 27 2016 // Keeping students safe on college campuses is the focus of an upcoming conference in Massachusetts. The state Department of Higher Education says the gathering scheduled for Wednesday at the DCU Center in Worcester is...
Massachusetts’ The Hanover Insurance Group Hires Farber
Sep 23 2016 // The Hanover Insurance Group Inc., a Worcester, Mass. based holding company for several property and casualty insurance companies, has appointed Jeffrey M. Farber as executive vice president and chief financial...
Massachusetts Resisting Drugmakers’ Efforts to Weaken Anti-Opioid Measures
Sep 21 2016 // Massachusetts appears to be bucking efforts by makers of prescription painkillers to kill or weaken measures aimed at stemming the tide of prescription opioids. The drugmakers say they’re combating the addiction...
Massachusetts Based XS Brokers Hires Kent to Connecticut Office
Sep 20 2016 // XS Brokers, a Quincy, Mass., headquartered independent insurance brokerage, has hired Jason Kent as a broker in the firm’s Connecticut office. His hiring comes as the firm has seen continued growth in its...
Court Rules Massachusetts Law Applies in Rhode Island Contamination Suit
Sep 19 2016 // The Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled that Massachusetts law should apply in deciding whether Narragansett Electric Co. (NEC), a Rhode Island-based utilities provider, is entitled to insurance coverage for...
New Big ‘I’ Leadership Team with Chairman Houldin Installed
Sep 13 2016 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) last week installed new officers who have begun serving their terms. Connecticut independent agent Spencer Houldin was inaugurated as the...
Renaissance Alliance Insurance Services of Massachusetts Adds Seven Members
Sep 9 2016 // Renaissance Alliance Insurance Services, a Wellesley, Mass., based network of New England independent insurance agencies, insurers and service providers, has expanded with the addition of seven new, full service member...
Court Rules Massachusetts Law Applies in Rhode Island Contamination Suit
Sep 8 2016 // The Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled that Massachusetts law should apply in deciding whether Narragansett Electric Co. (NEC), a Rhode Island-based utilities provider, is entitled to insurance coverage for...
Massachusetts’ Gordon Insurance and Atlantic Advisers Announce Merger
Sep 7 2016 // Andrew G. Gordon Insurance Inc., a Norwell, Mass., based insurance provider, and Atlantic Advisers Insurance Agency Inc., also of Norwell, Mass., have announced their merger. The companies will combine to operate as Gordon...
CVS in Massachusetts Agrees to Pay $795K to State in Opioids Settlement
Sep 6 2016 // CVS Pharmacy Inc., the largest pharmacy chain in the U.S., is set to strengthen its policies around dispensing opioids in Massachusetts and pay $795,000 to the state in a recent settlement between the pharmacy and Attorney...
Massachusetts Hospitals Saw 60% Increase in Medical Errors Last Year
Sep 6 2016 // State public health officials say preventable medical errors reported by full-service Massachusetts hospitals jumped 60 percent last year, but attributed the rise in large part to a problem at a single hospital. The...
Fire Destroys 19th Century Massachusetts Farmhouse
Aug 31 2016 // A central Massachusetts farmhouse dating to 1800 has been destroyed by a fire. The Worcester Telegram & Gazette reports that emergency crews responded to a three-alarm fire early Sunday at a home known as the Goodrich...
Massachusetts Hospitals Saw a 60% Increase in Medical Errors Last Year
Aug 26 2016 // State public health officials say preventable medical errors reported by full-service Massachusetts hospitals jumped 60 percent last year, but attributed the rise in large part to a problem at a single hospital. The...
Massachusetts-Based Landy Insurance Lands Certified Bookkeepers Group Account
Aug 24 2016 // ICBUSA, a Scottsdale, Ariz., based member of the Institute of Certified Bookkeepers (ICB), a London-headquartered professional membership organization for bookkeepers, and the Landy Insurance Agency of Needham, Mass., have...
