Latest Massachusetts Headlines
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New England Insurance Group Network Launched in Massachusetts
Mar 10 2015 // Executives from a Massachusetts-based independent insurance agency recently announced the launch of a new agency network. The New England Insurance Group Network, which began operation in January, is based in Newton,...
Arbella Insurance Foundation Partners With Heritage Museums & Gardens
Mar 9 2015 // The Arbella Insurance Foundation will be the leading sponsor for Massachusetts-based Heritage Museums & Gardens’ 2015 season, which begins April 18, according to an announcement by the Arbella Insurance Group in...
Epic Snows Brought Economic Woes to New England
Mar 9 2015 // Ignore anyone who tells you snow is free. Every workday lost during New England’s winter has meant millions of dollars taken out of the regional economy. IHS Global Insight, an economic analysis firm, estimates...
Massachusetts Official Surveys Storm Damage Along Coast
Mar 2 2015 // Parts of the Massachusetts coastline could face a lengthy recovery process after being pummeled by severe winter storms, the state’s top environmental official said on Feb. 27. Secretary of Energy and Environmental...
Mass. Gov. Baker: Federal Officials Encouraging on Disaster Relief
Feb 25 2015 // Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker said Monday he’s gotten encouraging signs from federal officials as he’s begun reaching out to them with Massachusetts preparing a formal request for disaster relief following...
Roof Collapses Mount Across Boston Region in Weekend Snow, Rain
Feb 23 2015 // Roofs continue to collapse under record snow across the Boston area, most over warehouses and barns, as the latest weekend storm brings three to five inches of snow, topped off by up to a half-inch of rain in some...
Snow Brings Out Scammers in Massachusetts
Feb 20 2015 // Massachusetts police are warning residents to beware of people charging exorbitant prices for snow removal services. Senior citizens in several communities have been targeted. The Anguses of Bedford, Massachusetts, paid...
Snowbound Boston Area Braces for Collapsing Roofs as Rain Comes
Feb 20 2015 // The latest menace dealt by New England’s historic snowbound winter — the creak, crack and boom of collapsing roofs — may get worse as the region heads into a weekend forecast of rain. Rooftops, especially...
Dozens of Massachusetts Roofs Buckling Under Weight of Snow
Feb 19 2015 // Roofs across eastern Massachusetts are collapsing or buckling under the weight of several feet of snow, but no major injuries have been reported. The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency says it has received 74...
FBinsure Acquires Newbury Insurance Agency in Massachusetts
Feb 18 2015 // FBinsure, an independent insurance agency based in Taunton, Massachusetts, announced that it has acquired Henry L. Newbury Insurance Agency, an independent agency in North Attleboro, Massachusetts. Terms of the transaction...
Insurers Brace for Claims as More Snow Expected to Hit Storm-Weary Boston
Feb 13 2015 // Since the first winter storm hit Boston at the end of January, the city has removed over 10,000 truckloads of snow after a record six feet of snowfall in the last 30 days — breaking the previous record of 58.5...
Massachusetts Insurance Federation’s Harrington Announces Retirement
Feb 11 2015 // James T. Harrington James T. Harrington has announced his retirement as executive director of the Massachusetts Insurance Federation (MIF). MIF said a new executive director has not yet been named. As executive director, a...
New England Digs Out From Latest Winter Storm, Braces for More Snow
Feb 11 2015 // Snow-choked New England braced for more winter grief later in the week as people dug out from another 2 feet of snow Tuesday amid below-freezing temperatures and stranded Boston commuters scrambled to find other ways to...
N.Y., Mass. Adopt Certificates of Insurance Law
Feb 9 2015 // New York and Massachusetts in January became the latest states to enact laws to prohibit improper use of certificates of insurance. On Jan. 28, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law a bill (A.9590/S.6545-A) that would...
Few Claims Reported From Winter Storm Juno
Feb 9 2015 // Winter Storm Juno – a blizzard that swept through the Northeast during the last week of January and brought record and near-record snowfalls and high winds – has resulted in relatively few insurance claims so...
Eastern Insurance Group Acquires James J. Sullivan Agency in Mass.
Feb 3 2015 // Eastern Insurance Group in Natick, Massachusetts, has acquired James J. Sullivan Insurance Agency, an independent insurance agency based in Quincy, Massachusetts. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. James J....
N.Y., Mass. Adopt Certificates of Insurance Law
Feb 2 2015 // New York and Massachusetts in January became the latest states to enact laws to prohibit improper use of certificates of insurance. On Jan. 28, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law a bill (A.9590/S.6545-A) that would...
Few Claims Reported From Winter Storm Juno
Feb 2 2015 // Winter Storm Juno — a blizzard that swept through the Northeast during the last week of January and brought record and near-record snowfalls and high winds — has resulted in relatively few insurance claims so...
Massachusetts Coastal Communities Hit Hard by Blizzard
Jan 30 2015 // Some of the areas hardest hit by the blizzard that tore through Massachusetts were on the coastline, where oceanfront homes took the brunt of raging seas. In Marshfield, Massachusetts, officials were still assessing the...
AIR Worldwide Reports on This Week’s Northeast Blizzard
Jan 29 2015 // A blizzard in the Northeast this week primarily impacted eastern Long Island in New York, southeastern Connecticut, Rhode Island, eastern Massachusetts and Cape Cod and the islands, New Hampshire, and Maine, with record...
