Latest Massachusetts Headlines
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MIT Researcher Exposing Bias in Facial Recognition Tech Triggers Amazon’s Wrath
Apr 8 2019 // Facial recognition technology was already seeping into everyday life — from photos on Facebook to police scans of mugshots — when Joy Buolamwini noticed a serious glitch: Some of the software couldn’t detect...
Massachusetts Auto Repair Shop Owner Charged in $170K Vehicle Fraud Scheme
Apr 3 2019 // A Shrewsbury, Mass., man who owns two automotive repair businesses has been indicted in connection with a motor vehicle fraud scheme in which he damaged vehicles and stole $170,000. Adam Haddad was indicted last week by a...
Purdue’s Sackler Family Asks Judge to Toss Massachusetts Opioid Case
Apr 3 2019 // Members of the Sackler family behind OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP have asked a judge to toss a lawsuit by Massachusetts’ attorney general claiming they helped fuel the U.S. opioid epidemic, arguing it contains...
Everest Insurance Hires King to Life Sciences Team in Massachusetts
Apr 2 2019 // Everest Insurance has hired Jennifer King to its Life Sciences team based in the company’s Boston, Mass., office. In this role, King will have underwriting responsibility for the recently-launched Life Sciences...
Massachusetts Insurance Agency CEO Charged in $270K Insurance Fraud Scheme
Mar 29 2019 // The president and CEO of a Taunton, Mass., insurance agency has been indicted in connection with an alleged embezzlement scheme that left client companies uninsured. David Pietro of Sandwich, Mass., and his company, DGP...
Bills on Tap at Massachusetts Statehouse Target Lead in School Water
Mar 26 2019 // Lawmakers on Beacon Hill are pushing legislation aimed at improving the safety of drinking water in schools in part by requiring schools and child care centers to test every drinking water outlet each year for elevated...
Massachusetts Man Charged in Connection with Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme
Mar 21 2019 // The owner of a Revere, Mass.-based contracting company has been indicted in connection with a workers’ compensation insurance fraud scheme, according to Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey. Anner Valentin...
Mass. Court Finds Insurer Duty to Defend Subcontractor in Property Damage Case
Mar 20 2019 // A Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled that an insurance company is responsible for insuring alleged property damage caused by its subcontractor client, vacating an earlier Superior Court decision that the insurer has no...
Former Mass. Agents’ Group CEO Mancini Partners with Renaissance Alliance
Mar 19 2019 // Francis A. Mancini, former president and CEO of the Massachusetts Association of Insurance Agents (MAIA), has partnered with Renaissance Alliance Insurance Services LLC (RAIS) working on new business development and...
OSHA Scraps Obama Workplace Injury Reporting Rule; 6 States Sue
Mar 18 2019 // Citing a concern over potential public disclosure of sensitive worker information, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently eliminated a requirement for businesses with 250 or more employees to...
Mass. High Court Rules Statute of Repose Applies to Asbestos-Related Claims
Mar 18 2019 // The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that a statute of repose barring many construction-related personal injury claims after a time limit of six years also applies to claims involving diseases with extended...
Massachusetts’ Sullivan Insurance Group Hires Weber as Principal
Mar 15 2019 // Sullivan Insurance Group has hired Thomas Weber as a principal. Weber has worked in the insurance industry for more than 24 years and is responsible for the management of client insurance, risk management programs and new...
Massachusetts Shop Owners Frustrated with Natural Gas Disaster Response
Mar 13 2019 // More than six months after natural gas explosions rocked Massachusetts’ Merrimack Valley, small business owners in the region say they’re still reeling. Convenience store, grocery and salon owners complained at...
The Hilb Group Acquires Massachusetts’ Marsh-Kemp Insurance Agency
Mar 13 2019 // The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired Massachusetts-based Marsh-Kemp Insurance Agency Inc. (MK). The transaction became effective March 1, 2019. Established in 1912, MK provides clients with a variety of personal and...
Gas Company to Replace Heating Equipment Damaged in Massachusetts Disaster
Mar 12 2019 // The natural gas company blamed for a series of explosions and fires in Massachusetts’ Merrimack Valley says it’ll resume replacing damaged heating equipment for property owners this spring. Columbia Gas of...
OSHA Scraps Obama Workplace Injury Reporting Rule; 6 States Sue
Mar 11 2019 // Citing a concern over potential public disclosure of sensitive worker information, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently eliminated a requirement that businesses with 250 or more employees...
Massachusetts’ Wellfleet Hires Farmer as Vice President
Mar 7 2019 // Wellfleet, a Springfield, Mass.-based Berkshire Hathaway company specializing in accident and health insurance benefits, has hired William Farmer as vice president of National Distribution and Workplace Benefits. Farmer,...
Mass. High Court Rules Statute of Repose Applies to Asbestos-Related Claims
Mar 6 2019 // The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that a statute of repose barring many construction-related personal injury claims after a time limit of six years also applies to claims involving diseases with extended...
One Dead, Two Injured After Beams Fall at MIT Construction Site in Massachusetts
Mar 4 2019 // The Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office says one of three workers injured at an MIT building construction site has died. The Cambridge Fire Department tweeted Thursday that temporary support beams fell on the...
Police Say Two Killed in Plane Crash at Massachusetts Airport
Feb 26 2019 // Massachusetts State Police say two people have died after a small plane crashed and caught fire at Mansfield Municipal Airport. Saturday’s crash occurred at about 12:36 p.m., according to the state police...
