All the headlines from our Massachusetts Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 29 2019 // One evening last year, David Burek noticed charred wood and a burning smell in his attic, near his young sons’ bedroom. He climbed a ladder and saw a melted connector wire from the solar panels installed on the roof...
Aug 16 2019 // Brown & Brown of Massachusetts LLC has acquired substantially all of the assets of Yozell.Founded in 1960 by Peter Yozell, Yozell Associates strives to provide its customers with value in group employee and executive...
Aug 9 2019 // Alera Group, a national insurance firm, has acquired Comprehensive Benefit Administrators (CBA), effective Aug. 1, 2019. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. CBA, located in Norwell, Mass., specializes in brokerage...
Aug 5 2019 // Massachusetts took Purdue Pharma LP to task in a Boston courtroom Friday, blaming the opioid maker and the billionaire Sackler family that owns it for causing “thousands of people to suffer and many to die.”The...
Aug 5 2019 // The Hilb Group, 360 Corporate Benefit AdvisorsThe Hilb Group LLC has acquired New England-based 360 Corporate Benefit Advisors. The transaction became effective May 1, 2019. With offices in Fairfield, Conn., and Wayland,...
Aug 1 2019 // The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired Massachusetts-based Handy-Apple Valley LLC (HAV). The transaction became effective July 1, 2019. Located in Worcester, Mass., HAV provides personal and commercial insurance. As a part...
Jul 30 2019 // Massachusetts lawmakers will again attempt to hold a hearing into lapses at the state motor vehicle department exposed by a New Hampshire crash that killed seven motorcyclists.The Legislature’s Joint Committee on...
Jul 30 2019 // Utility operator NiSource Inc on Monday said it will pay $143 million to resolve class action lawsuits brought by residents and businesses that suffered losses caused by a series of gas explosions in three Massachusetts...
Jul 26 2019 // Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker says he’ll seek a federal disaster declaration to support cleanup and recovery efforts on Cape Cod after a tornado and high winds caused extensive damage and knocked out power to...
Jul 12 2019 // Alliant Insurance Services has hired Ross Downing as senior vice president of Alliant Healthcare.Based in Alliant’s Boston, Mass., office, Downing will provide risk management for healthcare clients. Prior to joining...
Jul 10 2019 // The family of a teenager killed during a 2018 gas explosion that injured a dozen others and destroyed scores of homes in three Boston suburbs settled its lawsuit against Columbia Gas of Massachusetts on Tuesday.Leonel...
Jul 8 2019 // Authorities are blaming misfired fireworks for starting a blaze that damaged the town hall in a Boston suburb.Firefighters in Randolph say the small fire broke out around 10 p.m. Wednesday, shortly after the town completed...
Jun 28 2019 // The company that employed a Ukrainian-born truck driver whose collision with motorcyclists in New Hampshire left seven dead has a history of violations including mechanical problems and drug-related infractions.Volodymyr...
Jun 28 2019 // Fred C. Church Insurance has hired Ian Lonsdale as an Employee Benefits client executive.The main focus of the Employee Benefits division at Fred C. Church is to serve and support its commercial clients. Utilizing five...
Jun 27 2019 // The head of the Massachusetts motor vehicle division has resigned for failing to terminate the commercial driving license of man whose collision with a group of motorcyclists in New Hampshire left seven dead.Volodymyr...
Jun 25 2019 // WELCH, West Virginia —The opioid epidemic that has so far killed half a million Americans is routinely blamed on greedy drug makers, feckless doctors and lax regulators. But there’s another group that has...
Jun 17 2019 // If Big Brother isn’t watching, maybe his little sister is listening.An international law firm has filed a federal lawsuit against Amazon.com Inc., alleging that the company’s Alexa virtual assistant product...
Jun 13 2019 // PMC Insurance Group, a Bedford, Mass.-based, national workers’ compensation program administrator, wholesaler and solution provider, has hired Chris Coalson as vice president and senior broker.Prior to joining PMC,...
Jun 12 2019 // A new survey has found that nearly 62,000 medical errors in Massachusetts in one year cost about $617 million for follow-up care.The Boston Globe reports that the survey released Monday by the Betsy Lehman Center for...
Jun 11 2019 // Massachusetts construction companies and labor unions held work stoppages at project sites across the state on Wednesday as their industry attempts to confront a high rate of fatal opioid overdoses among its ranks.Robert...