All the headlines from our Massachusetts Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 27 2022 // Global insurance broker HUB International Limited (Hub) reported that it has acquired the assets of Stop Loss Insurance Brokers, Inc. and Berkeley Insurance Brokers, Inc.Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Located...
Jul 26 2022 // A Rhode Island-based job placement service company will pay $230,000 in penalties under a data security settlement reached with Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey’s office.The settlement cites the...
Jul 18 2022 // World Insurance Associates reports it has acquired Allan M. Walker Insurance Agency of Taunton, Massachusetts. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The Allan M Walker Insurance Agency has been in business...
Jul 18 2022 // The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that attorney’s fees from a consumer protection lawsuit are not covered as part of bodily injury damages under a business liability policy, reversing a lower court...
Jul 13 2022 // New Jersey-headquartered Specialty Program Group (SPG) said it has acquired ESP Insurance Brokerage, a national insurance broker and program administrator for the sports, events and promotion marketing and entertainment...
Jul 7 2022 // The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that attorney’s fees from a consumer protection lawsuit are not covered as part of bodily injury damages under a business liability policy, reversing a lower court...
Jun 29 2022 // The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has given preliminary approval to a new occupational safety and health plan for Massachusetts state and local employers and their employees.If given final...
Jun 29 2022 // Maine-based insurance agency Cross Insurance has reported its acquisition of Northern Benefits of Massachusetts.Northern Benefits of Massachusetts, based in Marlborough, specializes in customized benefits brokerage and...
Jun 23 2022 // World Insurance Associates announced has acquired Commercial Insurance Agency of Belmont, Massachusetts.Terms of the May 1, 2022 transaction were not disclosed. George W. Ruggiero, Jr. established CIA in 1975 and today he...
Jun 22 2022 // Digital insurer Hippo Insurance Services announced the availability of its home insurance products in Massachusetts.Residents of the Bay State can now access Hippo’s home insurance coverage, as well as...
Jun 21 2022 // A just-passed state law allowing immigrants in the country illegally to obtain driver’s licenses in Massachusetts is now the subject of a repeal effort.Critics, including members of the Massachusetts Republican...
Jun 15 2022 // Transportation and delivery network companies including Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and Instacart have been dealt a setback in Massachusetts as the state’s high court has rejected their ballot proposals that sought to both...
Jun 8 2022 // A major medical imaging and outpatient surgery firm in Massachusetts has reported a cyber attack that may have compromised the medical data and identity of millions of patients.Shields Health Care Group said it recently...
Jun 8 2022 // A federal court is weighing settlements with a South Carolina electronics company that would provide funds for cleaning up hazardous waste sites in New Jersey and Massachusetts.The proposed consent decree between the...
Jun 1 2022 // Gov. Charlie Baker vetoed a bill Friday that would allow immigrants in the country illegally to obtain state driver’s licenses in Massachusetts.The veto came just a day after the Massachusetts House and Senate gave...
May 31 2022 // A 35-year-old employee of utility National Grid died at the hospital after he was electrocuted at a work site in Massachusetts early Thursday, officials said.The worker was alone in an electrical box in Medford when he was...
May 27 2022 // Massachusetts has sued more than a dozen companies involved in the manufacture or marketing of so-called forever chemicals, alleging they knowingly polluted the environment and endangered public health, state Attorney...
May 25 2022 // Exxon Mobil Corp. has lost another round in its fight to stop states from pursuing claims that it has deceived investors and the public regarding its products and climate change.The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has...
May 23 2022 // One of the four people who died in a fire at a Massachusetts apartment building last weekend had filed a defamation lawsuit against right-wing radio host Alex Jones and his InfoWars website in 2018, alleging they falsely...
May 19 2022 // WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) —The number of people who died in a fire at a Massachusetts apartment building last weekend has climbed to four with the discovery of two more bodies on Monday, fire officials said.The search of the...