All the headlines from our Massachusetts Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 29 2024 // A burglary ring that allegedly stole more than $4 million worth of jewelry mostly from the homes of South Asians in over two dozen communities has been broken up, the Massachusetts State Police said.Four people, including...
Apr 26 2024 // A Boston man has been charged with a fraud scheme in which prosecutors say he collected about $45,000 in unearned sales commissions on insurance policies he created using personally identifiable information stolen from...
Apr 19 2024 // Developers, suppliers, and users of artificial intelligence must comply with existing state consumer protection, anti-discrimination, and data privacy laws, the Massachusetts attorney general cautioned Tuesday.In an...
Apr 15 2024 // A Rutland, Massachusetts man was sentenced in federal court in Worcester to conspiring to access a computer system of his former employer – a non-profit substance use and mental health treatment provider that operates...
Apr 12 2024 // More than a decade ago, Kristin Fritz was struggling with pain in her spine and saw a rheumatologist recommended by her doctor at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.The visit with Dr. Derrick Todd started...
Apr 11 2024 // Massachusetts-based Norfolk & Dedham (N&D) and Union Mutual in Vermont, property/casualty insurers with a combined 350 years in the business in the Northeast, announced they intend to affiliate, subject to...
Apr 9 2024 // Relatives of a Vermont woman whose obituary drew national attention for its candid and heart-breaking discussion of her opioid addiction have reached a settlement with some of the parties who were sued for allegedly...
Apr 1 2024 // A decade after two firefighters died when they became trapped in a brownstone in Boston’s historic Back Bay neighborhood by a fire caused by sparks from welders working next door, the Massachusetts Senate passed a...
Mar 20 2024 // A Springfield, Massachusetts man was sentenced last week in federal court in Boston for his role in a regional organized theft crew that stole catalytic converters from nearly 500 vehicles, robbed jewelry stores and stole...
Mar 19 2024 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners over the weekend announced Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Gary D. Anderson as the organization’s chief executive officer.Anderson will start leading the NAIC...
Mar 15 2024 // A Massachusetts beach community is scrambling after a weekend storm washed away $600,000 in sand that was trucked in to protect homes, roads and other infrastructure.The project, which brought 14,000 tons (12,701 metric...
Mar 15 2024 // A Hopkinton, Massachusetts couple has been arrested and charged in connection with separate schemes to defraud their workers’ compensation insurance carriers, the Small Business Administration (SBA) and their...
Mar 14 2024 // Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey is appealing a decision of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to deny the state’s request for a major disaster declaration to support cities and towns battered by severe weather...
Mar 7 2024 // An employee who was terminated because she would not comply with a COVID-19 vaccine requirement for religious reasons is entitled to unemployment insurance, the Massachusetts Supreme Court has ruled.The state’s high...
Feb 27 2024 // Six people have been indicted in connection with the alleged filing of fraudulent insurance claims through their auto body repair business in Everett, Massachusetts.Four of the defendants were arraigned this week in...
Feb 23 2024 // New England insurer Arbella Insurance Group has signed a partnership agreement with the New England Revolution soccer team for the 2024 and 2025 Major League Soccer seasons.As part of the sponsorship, Arbella is named the...
Feb 23 2024 // A Framingham, Massachusetts roofing contractor with a history of fall-related safety violations again exposed its employees to potentially fatal falls, this time to falls of up to 20 feet at a residential worksite in...
Feb 19 2024 // Majesco, Decision Research Corp.Majesco, a cloud insurance software provider for the insurance business, acquired the Decision Research Corporation (DRC). DRC, based in Philadelphia-based, is a SaaS-based insurance...
Feb 13 2024 // A Massachusetts Superior Court judge has dismissed negligence, infliction of emotional distress and other claims against Harvard and the operators of its medical school’s anatomical gift program by relatives of...
Jan 31 2024 // Two current and two former Massachusetts State Police troopers are among six charged in connection with an alleged conspiracy to give passing scores to certain Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) applicants, including...