All the headlines from our Massachusetts Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 21 2020 // The U.S. Department of Labor has executed a region wide corporate settlement agreement with Target Corp. to correct exit access and storage hazards and enhance worker safety at about 200 of the retailer’s stores in...
Oct 19 2020 // Alera Group has acquired Gordon Atlantic Insurance Agency, effective October 1, 2020.Gordon Atlantic joins Alera Group through local firm Sylvia Group. The Gordon Atlantic team will continue serving clients in their...
Oct 12 2020 // Two people suffered minor injuries when a small airplane used to spot fires flipped over onto its roof at a Massachusetts airport, authorities say.The single-engine aircraft was landing at Plymouth Municipal Airport at...
Oct 12 2020 // A $56 million settlement between Massachusetts and the natural gas utility found responsible for a series of explosions and fires in the state in 2018 was approved by the state Department of Public Utilities.The settlement...
Oct 8 2020 // Ametros has hired Nicole Chappelle as vice president of Settlement Solutions, leading the professional administrator’s strategy for settlement initiatives.Chappelle’s background in workers’ compensation,...
Oct 1 2020 // The charitable arm of the gas company blamed for a series of natural gas explosions and fires in Massachusetts two years ago said it will provide $10 million to support nonprofits in the three communities affected by the...
Sep 28 2020 // Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey has filed a lawsuit against a Massachusetts law firm, alleging it accepted tens of thousands of dollars in illegal kickbacks from a pharmacy in exchange for referring hundreds of...
Sep 28 2020 // A truck driver accused of shooting his boss and wounding another person outside a Connecticut industrial building was charged Wednesday with assault and other crimes after being brought back from Massachusetts, where...
Sep 24 2020 // A shooter opened fire and wounded two people outside a Connecticut business Tuesday and was taken into custody at gunpoint on a highway in Massachusetts, police said. Both victims were treated at a hospital and...
Sep 22 2020 // Davies, a specialist professional services and technology business, has acquired TriPlus Service Inc, a long-term care insurance third party administrator (TPA) based in Massachusetts.TriPlus provides its long-term care...
Sep 7 2020 // Aon, Wills Towers WatsonShareholders of insurance brokers Aon and Willis Towers Watson have approved all of the proposals necessary to complete their previously announced combination, the firms announced. Aon intends to...
Sep 3 2020 // A Massachusetts appeals court has ruled in favor of an online newspaper in a defamation case, holding that the statute of limitations and fair report privilege apply to articles the newspaper published regarding two...
Sep 2 2020 // A national subprime auto lender made unfair and deceptive loans to thousands of Massachusetts residents, provided investors with false or misleading information regarding auto securities, and engaged in unfair debt...
Aug 31 2020 // Public health officials in Vermont said the state is considering becoming the second state to mandate flu shots as a way to ease the burden of influenza amid the coronavirus pandemic.Vermont Health Commissioner Mark Levine...
Aug 18 2020 // Covenir, a Worcester, Mass.-based insurance business process outsourcing firm, has hired Robert Guarino as its national sales manager.In this role, Guarino will develop relationships and service agreements with insurers...
Aug 17 2020 // Brown & Brown of Massachusetts Inc., a subsidiary of Brown & Brown Inc., has acquired substantially all of the assets of Amity Insurance Agency.Amity Insurance was founded in 1978 and offers insurance products and...
Aug 14 2020 // Risman Insurance Agencies acquired Insurance Associates Inc. of Burlington, Mass., on August 3, 2020.Insurance Associates has been a family-owned and -operated business and a member of the community for more than eight...
Aug 14 2020 // Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey has announced the creation of the Data Privacy and Security Division within her office to protect consumers from threats to the privacy and security of their data.Healey has also...
Aug 10 2020 // As the 2020 hurricane season gets underway, emergency officials pay attention to the growing share (29%) of the U.S. population in the nation’s 255 coastline counties.They’re also looking at ways to minimize...
Aug 6 2020 // Exxon Mobil Corp. will argue that a consumer and investor fraud lawsuit filed by the Massachusetts attorney general amounts to improper retaliation against the company over its views on climate change. The company will...