Hub International Limited has acquired the assets of William Palumbo Insurance Agency Inc., a Boston-area based retail brokerage firm. This acquisition allows Hub to expand its presence in Massachusetts, including the Cape Cod region. Terms of the acquisition were not …
Homesite Insurance Co., a Boston-based property insurer, appointed Chubb veteran Andrew McElwee Jr. as executive vice president and chief underwriting officer. In this position, he will be part of Homesite’s executive management team and will be responsible for the underwriting …
The Hanover Insurance Group Inc. has appointed Meredith Lavallee as personal lines territory sales manager for the company’s Massachusetts market, effective Aug. 1. In her new role, Lavallee will help the company’s agents sell The Hanover’s portfolio of personal lines …
Nearly all of the proposed questions for Massachusetts’ 2012 state ballot have been given preliminary approval. Attorney General Martha Coakley certified Wednesday 23 of the 31 initiative petitions filed with her office last month, allowing them to move on to …
Two employers can be held jointly responsible for workers’ compensation benefits for an injured worker whom they both classified as an independent contractor, a Massachusetts appeals court has ruled. The Massachusetts Appeals Court said the case presented the first appellate …
As Tropical Storm Irene churned up the eastern seaboard it left many of New England’s coastal states relatively unscathed, while inflicting some of the worst damage on landlocked Vermont, where severe flooding is now a grave concern. Vermont, the furthest …
A U.S. jury has found in favor of the plaintiff in a Massachusetts lawsuit filed in connection with a 1978 art heist. The jury awarded plaintiff Michael Bakwin more than $3.1 million in damages on Tuesday. The artwork was stolen …
A Massachusetts judge has rejected a plea to suppress evidence in the case of a Northampton man accused of setting 15 fires that left two men dead and damaged property and vehicles more than a year ago. Prosecutors allege the …
Federal officials said they have reached agreement with the owners and a former operator of an inks and paint products manufacturing facility in Danvers, Mass., that exploded and burned in 2006 the day before Thanksgiving. Under a consent decree lodged …
The Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled state agencies aren’t exempt from age discrimination lawsuits, even when the discrimination is the result of a policy that doesn’t explicitly target older workers. The case involved a Department of Revenue tax examiner who …
