Latest Massachusetts Headlines
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Power Slowly Coming Back Three Days After Nor’easter
Mar 6 2018 // Power is slowly being restored in the hardest hit areas of the East Coast, days after a destructive nor’easter downed trees and power lines, flooded coastal towns and forced a number of school districts to cancel...
Nor’easter May Break Records, Threatens Billions in Real Estate
Mar 2 2018 // A potentially record-breaking nor’easter is set to pummel the U.S. East Coast with wind, snow and rain Friday, putting billions of dollars of coastal real estate at risk from “unprecedented...
Massachusetts Tax Data Breach Twice as Large as Originally Thought
Mar 1 2018 // Officials with Massachusetts’ tax collection agency say a data breach that exposed private information from about 39,000 business taxpayers was twice as large as originally thought. The Massachusetts Department of...
Officials Say Massachusetts Trolley Driver Paid Man $2K to Attack Him on Job
Feb 27 2018 // Authorities say a Massachusetts trolley driver paid a man $2,000 to attack him while wearing a Halloween mask so the driver could fraudulently collect workers’ compensation and disability insurance. A Suffolk County...
Massachusetts Launches Online Portal for Data Breach Reports
Feb 8 2018 // Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey has unveiled a new online portal to let businesses and organizations report data breaches. The Democrat said the online portal should make it easier to alert her office to the...
Repairs After Massachusetts Library Flooding Estimated to Cost $300K
Feb 8 2018 // Officials estimate it will cost about $300,000 to repair a Massachusetts library after a burst pipe dumped thousands of gallons of water into the building. The Pollard Memorial Library in Lowell, Mass., remains closed...
Massachusetts’ Rogers & Gray Insurance Promotes Gaynier
Feb 7 2018 // Rogers & Gray Insurance, a Kingston, Mass-based independent insurance agency, has promoted John Gaynier to executive vice president and partner. Gaynier has been with the agency for five years and focuses primarily on...
Former Genitrix Board Members, Investors Not Liable Under Mass. Wage Act
Feb 5 2018 // The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (SJC) has ruled two former board members and investors in a limited liability company are not liable for failing to pay the LLC’s former president, in a case that the SJC...
Massachusetts Launches Online Data Breach Reporting Portal
Feb 2 2018 // Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey has launched a new Data Breach Reporting Online Portal, which businesses and organizations can use to provide notice to the AG’s Office as required by the Massachusetts...
Massachusetts’ Arbella Insurance Group Promotes Martin
Jan 31 2018 // The Arbella Insurance Group, a Quincy, Mass.-based regional property and casualty insurance company, has appointed Karin Martin to assistant vice president in its contact centers. Reporting to Janet Corcoran, executive...
Radius Financial Group Launches Massachusetts-Based Insurance Agency
Jan 30 2018 // Licensed mortgage lender Radius Financial Group has launched a new company to service clients’ insurance needs. The Norwell, Mass.-headquartered private, full-service insurance agency is called Radius Insurance Group...
Eastern Insurance Acquires Massachusetts’ Southeastern Insurance Agency
Jan 29 2018 // Eastern Insurance Group LLC, a Natick, Mass.-headquartered, wholly-owned subsidiary of Eastern Bank, has acquired the assets of the Southeastern Insurance Agency Inc., a full-service insurance agency with locations in...
Massachusetts’ Coverys Invests in Patient Engagement, Medical Education Companies
Jan 19 2018 // Coverys, a Boston, Mass.-based medical professional liability insurance provider, has announced its investment in two separate organizations, Knowledge Diffusion Inc. (Osmosis) and Pack Health LLC (Pack Health). Osmosis is...
Kaplansky Insurance Acquires Massachusetts’ Anthony and Malcolm Insurance Agency
Jan 18 2018 // Kaplansky Insurance has acquired Anthony and Malcolm Insurance Agency in Bradford, Mass. Founded in 1919, Anthony and Malcolm Insurance provides a range of insurance services to both personal and commercial clientele. The...
Unlicensed Contractor Sentenced to Prison for Fraud in Massachusetts
Jan 17 2018 // An unlicensed home improvement contractor whose false promises left an elderly Massachusetts woman’s home in ruins and others temporarily homeless is heading to prison. The Salem News reports that 49-year-old Jaime...
Insurance Center of New England Acquires Massachusetts’ Eastman & Davis
Jan 16 2018 // Insurance Center of New England (ICNE), based in Agawam, Mass., has added Eastman & Davis Insurance Agency of West Springfield, Mass., to its company. ICNE is a privately-owned and independent insurance agency with...
Risk Placement Services Announces Opening of Massachusetts Branch Office
Jan 16 2018 // Risk Placement Services (RPS) has announced the opening of a branch office in Hopkinton, Mass. RPS is a managing general agent, underwriting manager and nationally focused wholesale insurance broker. Rich Martino is...
Massachusetts Radiology Lab Loses Medical Records of About 9,400 People
Jan 12 2018 // A Massachusetts radiology lab says it has lost a portable hard drive that may contain the personal information and X-ray images of almost 9,400 patients. Charles River Medical Associates, based in Framingham, Mass., mailed...
Former Genitrix Board Members, Investors Not Liable Under Mass. Wage Act
Jan 8 2018 // The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (SJC) has ruled that two former board members and investors in a limited liability company are not liable for failing to pay the LLC’s former president, in a case that the...
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Jan 8 2018 // Rogers & Gray Insurance, a South Dennis, Mass.-headquartered insurance agency, has hired Erin Schaaf as the company’s new chief operating officer. Schaaf brings nearly three decades of experience in the insurance...
