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Smokers Ask Jury to Award Them Cancer Screening in Trial Over Marlboros
Feb 10 2016 // Philip Morris USA should pay for annual chest scans for thousands of longtime Marlboro smokers in Massachusetts because the company sold a defective and unreasonably dangerous product, a lawyer for the smokers told jurors...
The Hilb Group Acquires Dowling & O’Neil in Massachusetts
Feb 9 2016 // The Hilb Group, a middle market insurance agency based in Richmond, Virginia, announced Tuesday that it has acquired Dowling & O’Neil, an independent agency in Hyannis, Massachusetts. Terms of the transaction...
Brown & Brown Acquires Social Security Advocates for the Disabled in Mass.
Feb 8 2016 // Brown & Brown Inc. announced that its subsidiary, The Advocator Group LLC, has acquired substantially all of the equity interests of Social Security Advocates for the Disabled LLC (SSAD) in Norwell, Massachusetts....
Anderson, Bagley & Mayo Acquires Mendolusky Agency in Massachusetts
Feb 4 2016 // Anderson, Bagley & Mayo Insurance Agency, an independent agency based in Leominster, Massachusetts, announced that it has acquired Judy A. Mendolusky Insurance Agency, also based in Leominster. Terms of the...
Massachusetts Smokers Sue Philip Morris to Pay for Cancer Screenings
Jan 27 2016 // A decade after a group of smokers from Massachusetts sued Philip Morris USA to try to force the cigarette maker to pay for lung cancer screenings, the case will finally be heard by a jury. Smokers in the class-action...
Kaplansky Insurance Acquires Doherty & White Insurance in Massachusetts
Jan 26 2016 // Kaplansky Insurance, an independent agency based in Needham, Massachusetts, announced that it has acquired Doherty & White Insurance Agency in Quincy, Massachusetts. Terms of the transaction were not...
Cross Insurance Hires Papanastasiou as Branch Manager in Massachusetts
Jan 26 2016 // John Papanastasiou Cross Insurance, an insurance agency headquartered in Bangor, Maine, has hired John Papanastasiou as branch manager in Peabody, Massachusetts. In this new role, Papanastasiou will assume responsibility...
People – East
Jan 25 2016 // The Massachusetts Association of Insurance Agents (MAIA) announced that longtime President and Chief Executive Officer, Francis A. Mancini, will retire from the association at the end of 2016. MAIA has formed a search...
Mass. Senate to Consider Ban on Using Handheld Cellphones While Driving
Jan 21 2016 // Motorists in Massachusetts may soon have to put down their cellphones when they’re on the road. A bill prohibiting the use of hand-held mobile electronic devices while driving would also make it illegal to enter...
Mass. Association of Insurance Agents CEO Mancini to Retire at End of 2016
Jan 15 2016 // Francis A. Mancini The Massachusetts Association of Insurance Agents (MAIA) announced Thursday that its longtime president and chief executive officer, Francis A. Mancini, will retire from the association at the end of...
Massachusetts House OKs Drug Offender Driver’s License Bill
Jan 11 2016 // The Massachusetts House signed off on a measure last week that would end the state’s longstanding policy of automatically suspending for up to five years the driver’s licenses of people convicted of drug...
Massachusetts Homeowners Express Concern Over Rising Rates
Jan 11 2016 // The Massachusetts Division of Insurance recently published on its website written public comments that were received in conjunction with the Division’s informational hearings on the Massachusetts home insurance...
Massachusetts Rejects Mapfre’s Ice-Dam Deductible Request
Jan 11 2016 // The Massachusetts Division of Insurance recently denied the state’s largest commercial home insurer’s request to add an ice-dam deductible to some policies. Mapfre USA Corp. had asked the Division to approve...
Mass. Consumers, Businesses to Pay More for Health Insurance in 2016
Jan 7 2016 // Massachusetts consumers and businesses are expected to pay more for health insurance in 2016. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, the state’s biggest commercial insurer, is raising premiums an average of 5...
Mass. Homeowners See Higher Premiums After Last Year’s Winter Storms
Jan 6 2016 // Massachusetts residents are still getting hit by last year’s brutal winter. The Boston Globe reports that more homeowners are getting stuck with higher insurance bills following last year’s record-setting...
Mass. Health Insurers Partner With Police to Help Heroin Addicts
Jan 6 2016 // Health insurers in Massachusetts are pitching in to help the Gloucester Police Department with their well-known program to get heroin addicts into treatment. Under a pilot program launched Monday, members of the...
Massachusetts Lawmakers Consider Changes to Bicycle Laws
Jan 5 2016 // Bicyclists can get little respect on the road — from drivers, pedestrians, even fellow cyclists. Sometimes the angry stares are deserved, but more often the friction stems from the fact that bicycles, cars, buses,...
Insurance Journal’s Most Popular East Region Stories of 2015
Dec 31 2015 // As the year 2015 comes to a close, here’s a look at InsuranceJournal.com’s most popular East region news stories of the year. Among the 1,100 stories posted in the East region this year, the following were 50...
Tarpey Insurance Group Acquires Wilson Insurance in Massachusetts
Dec 31 2015 // Tarpey Insurance Group Inc., a family-owned and operated independent agency based in Wakefield, Massachusetts, with four additional locations in the state, announced that it has acquired the assets of the Wilson Insurance...
Massachusetts Officials Urge Drone Owners to Be Safe Over Holidays
Dec 30 2015 // State officials in Massachusetts are urging drone owners to fly responsibly this holiday season. The state Department of Transportation released suggested guidelines for operating the small, unmanned aircrafts this...
