Latest Massachusetts Headlines
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Mass. Court Says Suspended Public Employee Can Receive Workers’ Comp
May 24 2017 // The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that an injured public employee is still eligible to receive workers’ compensation benefits after being suspended from employment. The court concluded that...
Mass. Court Finds Defendant Guilty of Insurance Fraud in Car Accident Case
May 16 2017 // The Massachusetts Appeals Court has affirmed a lower court’s decision to charge the defendant in a case involving a Boston car accident with motor vehicle insurance fraud. However, the Appeals Court reversed the...
Massachusetts Court Reverses Ruling in Rotten Seafood Coverage Dispute
May 15 2017 // The Massachusetts Appeals Court has reversed a lower court’s ruling in a case examining whether damage to scallops at a seafood processing facility, when the cause of damage is unknown, constitutes an occurrence...
Massachusetts Court Sides with Norfolk & Dedham in Personal Injury Suit
May 15 2017 // The Massachusetts Appeals Court has upheld a Superior Court decision that defendant, Norfolk & Dedham Mutual Fire Insurance Co., did not engage in unfair settlement practices in its handling of a personal injury claim....
Allstate’s Encompass Insurance to Exit Massachusetts This Summer
May 11 2017 // Encompass Insurance, an Allstate Insurance company that sells business through independent agents, outlined in its first quarter 2017 earnings news release its intent to withdraw from Massachusetts as part of its profit...
Massachusetts Court Affirms How to Calculate Interest in Workers’ Comp Suit
May 10 2017 // The Massachusetts Appeals Court has affirmed the Department of Industrial Accidents (DIA) reviewing board’s decision in a case involving how interest should be assessed on unpaid workers’ compensation...
Cross Insurance Acquires A.E. Barnes Insurance Agency in Massachusetts
May 10 2017 // Cross Insurance, a Bangor, Maine-based subsidiary of Cross Financial Corp., is continuing to grow its presence in Massachusetts with the purchase of the A.E. Barnes Insurance Agency of South Weymouth, Mass. Since its...
Two People Killed at Massachusetts Indoor Auto Auction Identified
May 8 2017 // Two Rhode Island residents were identified Thursday as victims of a deadly crash at a crowded indoor automobile auction in Massachusetts. Three people died Wednesday when an SUV being shown to prospective buyers suddenly...
Massachusetts’ Kaplansky Insurance Acquires Brooklawn Insurance Agency
May 5 2017 // Kaplansky Insurance, a Needham, Mass.-based independent agency, has acquired Brooklawn Insurance Agency in New Bedford, Mass. Founded in 1973, Brooklawn Insurance has built a reputation for providing a range of insurance...
Insurer’s Lawsuit Says Keurig Coffee Machine Caused Massachusetts Fire
May 3 2017 // A legal dispute is brewing between insurance company Liberty Mutual and Keurig Green Mountain, the maker of single-cup coffee machines. The Boston-based insurer has filed a lawsuit that alleges that a Massachusetts...
Massachusetts Court Reverses Ruling in Rotten Seafood Coverage Dispute
May 2 2017 // The Massachusetts Appeals Court has reversed a lower court’s ruling in a case examining whether damage to scallops at a seafood processing facility, when the cause of damage is unknown, constitutes an occurrence...
Massachusetts Court Sides with Norfolk & Dedham in Personal Injury Suit
Apr 27 2017 // The Massachusetts Appeals Court has upheld a Superior Court decision that defendant, Norfolk & Dedham Mutual Fire Insurance Co., did not engage in unfair settlement practices in its handling of a personal injury claim....
Sheriffs: Raise Massachusetts Pot Tax, Use Money for Addiction Treatment
Apr 26 2017 // Sheriffs urged Massachusetts lawmakers Monday to boost the tax consumers will pay on recreational marijuana and earmark the additional revenue for substance abuse prevention and treatment. The proposal was discussed at the...
Massachusetts’ Eastern Insurance Hires Gross from Hanover Insurance
Apr 25 2017 // Eastern Insurance Group, a Natick, Mass.-headquartered subsidiary of Eastern Bank, has hired William F. Gross as executive vice president of commercial lines. Gross, who works out of the Natick office, brings more than 17...
Massachusetts Lawmakers Debate Pot Regulators’ Independence
Apr 24 2017 // Recreational marijuana may be legal for adults in Massachusetts but who ultimately will be in charge of regulating and enforcing the new law remains the subject of behind-the-scenes maneuvering on Beacon Hill. A...
JLT Specialty USA Hires Beecher Carlson’s Nolan in Massachusetts
Apr 24 2017 // JLT Specialty USA, a U.S. subsidiary of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc. (JLT), has appointed Molly Nolan as senior vice president. Nolan comes to JLT with more than 20 years’ experience in providing insurance...
Texas Roadhouse to Pay $12M to Settle Age Discrimination Suit Filed in Massachusetts
Apr 21 2017 // Texas Roadhouse, a national, Kentucky-based restaurant chain, will pay $12 million and furnish other relief to settle an age discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC),...
Atlantic Drain Cited for 18 Violations in Massachusetts Trench Collapse
Apr 13 2017 // Robert Higgins and Kelvin Mattocks died on Oct. 21, 2016, in Boston, Mass., when the approximately 12-foot deep trench in which they were working collapsed, breaking an adjacent fire hydrant supply line and filling the...
Massachusetts’ Custom House Risk Advisors Hires 3
Apr 12 2017 // Custom House Risk Advisors (CHRA), a Westwood, Mass.-based independent risk management consulting affiliate of Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc., has hired Kathleen Nickerson as vice president, Susan M....
Risk Strategies Acquires Massachusetts’ Mosse & Mosse
Apr 11 2017 // Risk Strategies Company, a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has added to its employee benefits practice and expertise with the acquisition of Mosse & Mosse Associates LLC’s...
