Latest Massachusetts Headlines
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Massachusetts’ Kaplansky Insurance Hires Stanton
Oct 10 2017 // Kaplansky Insurance, a Needham, Mass.-based provider of personal and commercial insurance products, has appointed Donna Stanton as director of business development, effective immediately. In her new role, Stanton will...
Integro Insurance Brokers Hires Buckley to Massachusetts Office
Oct 3 2017 // International broker and risk management firm Integro Insurance Brokers has hired Julie Buckley as managing principal and executive broker in the healthcare practice. At Integro, Buckley will apply her more than 30...
Massachusetts’ XS Brokers Hires Buccinna to New York Office
Sep 29 2017 // XS Brokers, a Quincy, Mass.-headquartered independent insurance brokerage, has hired Peter Buccinna to head a new local office for the firm in East Chatham, N.Y. The hiring of Buccinna as assistant vice president and...
Massachusetts’ AG Healey Announces Data Breach Bill Following Equifax Hack
Sep 26 2017 // After bringing the nation’s first enforcement action against Equifax for its failure to protect the personal information of nearly three million Massachusetts residents, Attorney General Maura Healey announced...
East Coast Watching Effect of ‘Zombie’ Storm Jose on Maria’s Path
Sep 21 2017 // Hurricane Maria continued its thunderous roll northward as forecasters struggled to pin down a trajectory. Whether the storm makes landfall again could be determined by a zombie. That’s what former Hurricane Jose...
The Hilb Group Acquires Massachusetts’ Mid-State Insurance Agency
Sep 19 2017 // The Hilb Group LLC (THG), a property and casualty insurance and employee benefits broker based in Richmond, Va., has announced the acquisition of Massachusetts-based Mid-State Insurance Agency Inc. (MSIA). The transaction...
Weakening Hurricane Jose Could Graze Massachusetts Wednesday
Sep 18 2017 // A weakened Hurricane Jose could graze the Northeast as Hurricane Maria tears through the Caribbean, gaining strength and possibly heading toward the U.S. in a week. Jose will probably be downgraded to a tropical storm as...
Massachusetts’ Insurance Recovery Group Appoints James as President and CEO
Sep 14 2017 // Paul James has been appointed to the role of president and chief executive officer of Insurance Recovery Group Inc. (IRG) by David A. Jollin, IRG’s chairman of the board. IRG is a national subrogation, second injury...
Massachusetts Pot Regulatory Board Set With Naming of Three More Members
Sep 6 2017 // The board responsible for regulating marijuana in Massachusetts is now in place after the selection of three more members. Democratic Attorney General Maura Healey on Friday appointed Britte McBride, a former assistant...
Declarations
Sep 4 2017 // Campus Guns “College campuses as gun-free zones present an environment where murderers, rapists and other criminals may commit crimes without fear of being harmed by their victims.” — An NRA lobbyist who...
Massachusetts’ Hospitality Insurance Group CEO to Retire in 2018
Sep 1 2017 // Hospitality Insurance Group President and CEO John W. Tympanick has announced his 2018 retirement after 26 years with the Southborough, Mass.-based company. “After 26 years helping...
Massachusetts Police Warn of Social Media Scams After Record Powerball Win
Sep 1 2017 // Police in Massachusetts are warning of fake social media accounts that have popped up after a woman won the $758.7 million Powerball jackpot. Chicopee police say fake accounts are being created on Twitter, Facebook and...
Massachusetts Man Arrested for Allegedly Running Motor Vehicle Theft Scheme
Aug 31 2017 // An Avon, Mass., man has been arrested and arraigned in connection with allegedly running a major motor vehicle theft scheme. Authorities arrested Jose Sostre on Tuesday in Avon. Following his arrest, Sostre was arraigned...
Massachusetts Prosecutors Seek $13M in Deadly Meningitis Outbreak
Aug 29 2017 // Boston federal prosecutors are seeking more than $13 million from a Massachusetts pharmacy co-founder who was sentenced to prison in a nationwide meningitis outbreak that killed 76 people and sickened hundreds more. The...
Lawyers: Massachusetts Withheld Evidence About Breathalyzers
Aug 28 2017 // Lawyers representing 750 drunken driving defendants in Massachusetts say the state withheld evidence that might show Breathalyzer results were flawed. The Boston Globe reports the lawyers believe they are missing about 400...
Senator Flanagan First Appointee to Massachusetts Marijuana Regulatory Post
Aug 25 2017 // A state senator was named Wednesday by Governor Charlie Baker to the regulatory board that will oversee the cannabis industry in Massachusetts. Sen. Jennifer Flanagan, of Leominster, is the first appointee to the...
Massachusetts Fire Chief Hospitalized After Explosive Blaze Hits Three Homes
Aug 25 2017 // The fire chief in Millbury, Mass., has been hospitalized after flames hit three homes and caused several propane tanks to explode. Chief Richard Hamilton was taken to UMass Medical Center in Worcester early Wednesday with...
Massachusetts’ Boston Insurance Brokerage Promotes Two
Aug 24 2017 // Boston Insurance Brokerage (BIB), a Boston, Mass.-based national wholesale brokerage offering commercial insurance solutions, has promoted John Roderiques to associate vice president of its workers’ compensation...
Massachusetts’ Arbella Insurance Group Promotes Mann
Aug 23 2017 // The Arbella Insurance Group, a Quincy, Mass.-headquartered regional property and casualty insurance company, has promoted Ellen Mann to assistant vice president of human resources. Reporting to Gayle O’Connell,...
Massachusetts’ Partners Insurance Group Promotes McDonald
Aug 17 2017 // Partners Insurance Group LLC, a Swansea, Mass.-headquartered independent insurance agency with eight locations in Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island, has promoted Michelle McDonald to vice president. McDonald...
