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Hub Acquires Stop Loss Brokers in Massachusetts

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...

Job Service Settles With Massachusetts Over Data Breach, Written Security Plan Violation

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...

World Insurance Acquires Walker Agency in Massachusetts

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...

Massachusetts High Court Rules Attorney’s Fees Are Not Part of Insured Damages

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...

Specialty Program Group Acquires Entertainment/Sports Broker ESP in Massachusetts

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...

Massachusetts High Court Rules Attorney’s Fees Are Not Part of Insured Damages

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...

Massachusetts OSHA Plan for Public Sector Gets Initial Federal Nod

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...

Cross Insurance Acquires Benefits Agency in Massachusetts

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...

World Insurance Buys Commercial Insurance Agency of Massachusetts

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...

Markets/Coverages: Hippo Enters Home Insurance Market in Massachusetts

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...

Critics of Massachusetts Immigrant Driver’s License Law Seek Repeal

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...

Massachusetts High Court Nixes Gig Worker Ballot Measure Sought by Uber, Lyft

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...

Massachusetts Health Firm Reports Cyber Attack

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...

New Jersey, Massachusetts, EPA Close to Settlements Over Industrial Waste Sites

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...

Massachusetts Gov. Baker Vetoes Immigrant Driver’s License Bill

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...

National Grid Worker Electrocuted at Massachusetts Worksite

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...

Massachusetts Joins States Suing Makers, Marketers of ‘Forever Chemicals’

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...

Oil Firms Strike Out Again in Fight Against Massachusetts, Rhode Island Climate Suits

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...

Man Who Sued InfoWars’ Jones Among Victims of Massachusetts Fire

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...

Investigation Underway Into Massachusetts Apartment Building Fire That Took 4 Lives

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...