All the headlines from our Massachusetts Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 27 2017 // The Supreme Judicial Court in Massachusetts (SJC) has answered a question regarding the priority of coverage for two automobile insurance policies covering a single motor vehicle accident.In its ruling, the SJC decided...
Nov 21 2017 // They may not be mad about reefer, but a growing number of Massachusetts communities are leaving their borders open to commercial marijuana businesses, bucking a wave of bans and moratoriums that followed voter approval of...
Nov 21 2017 // Specialist global insurer Hiscox has appointed Glenn Dorr as head of business development and broker relationships for North America within its London market business. Dorr joins Hiscox from Lloyd’s USA, where he was...
Nov 20 2017 // Allstate is suing one of its former agents in United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, alleging the agent breached a one-year non-compete clause by misusing Allstate’s confidential information...
Nov 15 2017 // The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired HR Knowledge (HRK) in a transaction that became effective November 1, 2017. HRK is THG’s 40th acquisition since it was founded in 2009 and its 10th acquisition this year.Located...
Nov 14 2017 // NIF Group Inc. (NIF), a wholesale broker, program administrator and managing general agency, and its parent company JenCap Holdings LLC (JCH) have agreed to acquire privately held Agency Intermediaries Inc. and A.I.I....
Nov 14 2017 // A federal workers’ safety agency is recommending $267,081 in penalties for a Massachusetts auto auction house where five people died when a vehicle suddenly accelerated into a crowd.The Occupational Safety and Health...
Nov 9 2017 // A fire has destroyed a popular restaurant in Massachusetts that just celebrated its 50th anniversary in business.Officials were called to Jamie’s Pub in Scituate, Mass., around 4:20 a.m. Sunday. Fire Chief John...
Nov 8 2017 // Sullivan Insurance Group is continuing to grow its personal lines department with the addition of Shilo E. Eisnor. Eisnor has worked in the insurance industry for twenty years at several agencies, most recently at the...
Nov 6 2017 // Peter Breitstone, a former senior executive at Insureon, Aon and Zurich, was named CEO of Goji, a Boston, Mass.-based, technology-enabled personal lines insurance distribution platform that matches high lifetime value...
Nov 6 2017 // A New York man who had an ownership stake in 11 fried chicken restaurants in the Boston, Mass., area has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for tax, insurance and immigration fraud. Federal prosecutors say...
Nov 6 2017 // Eastern Insurance Group has promoted Katelyn Tucker to vice president and benefits account executive at Eastern Benefits Group, the insurance firm’s employee benefits division.Tucker, who works out of the Wakefield,...
Nov 3 2017 // A Massachusetts family still without power days after a violent wind and rain storm struck New England was taken to the hospital after carbon monoxide from an outside generator seeped into their home.Fire officials in...
Nov 2 2017 // Governor Charlie Baker has appointed Gary D. Anderson as commissioner of the Massachusetts Division of Insurance (DOI), a regulatory agency under the Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation.Anderson has served...
Oct 31 2017 // Allstate is suing one of its former agents in United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, alleging the agent breached a one-year non-compete clause by misusing Allstate’s confidential information...
Oct 20 2017 // Morrison Mahoney LLP, a Boston, Mass.-headquartered law firm, has announced the election of six new partners.The partners represent a range of practice areas including appeals, insurance coverage, construction litigation,...
Oct 18 2017 // The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has reversed a Superior Court decision in favor of a law firm in a legal malpractice suit.The plaintiff, Kiribati Seafood Company LLC, brought the legal malpractice claim against...
Oct 17 2017 // Windham Group, a workers’ compensation case management company, has received the first case in Massachusetts’ Alternate Opioid Treatment Pathway (OATP) program.The state’s Department of Industrial...
Oct 12 2017 // A Massachusetts nanny who stole more than $100,000 from her employers has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison. Prosecutors say 36-year-old Stacy Fortunato was also sentenced Tuesday to three years of probation...
Oct 11 2017 // October did not start out as a good month to get your car inspected in Massachusetts.Despite promises of a smooth transition, many local mechanics have been unable to perform auto inspections since the state’s system...