All the headlines from our Massachusetts Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 19 2017 // The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that an injured public employee is still eligible to receive workers’ compensation benefits after being suspended from employment.The court concluded workers’...
Jun 15 2017 // Lawmakers reviewing the state’s new recreational marijuana law plan to recommend sharply higher taxes and more control for city and town officials over retail pot shops in their communities, according to a copy of a...
Jun 14 2017 // The State Fire Marshal’s Office says the improper disposal of smoking materials led to a massive fire in Massachusetts that destroyed three multifamily homes and damaged several other buildings.Officials say the fire...
Jun 13 2017 // Rogers & Gray Insurance, a Kingston, Mass.-headquartered independent insurance agency, has hired Peter Cullivan as its first chief information officer, effective June 2. In this newly-created senior management...
Jun 9 2017 // Worley Claims Services LLC (Worley), a provider of insurance claims services in the U.S., has acquired Apex Claims Service of New England LLC (Apex), a provider of daily and catastrophe commercial and residential property...
Jun 6 2017 // Cross Insurance, a Bangor, Maine-based subsidiary of Cross Financial Corp., has acquired Appleby & Wyman Insurance Agency, making it the 16th Massachusetts insurance agency to be purchased by Cross.Founded in 1903,...
Jun 6 2017 // A former manager of a western Massachusetts power plant has been sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to tampering with emissions equipment and submitting bogus reports to regulators in violation of the federal...
Jun 5 2017 // Hub International Limited (Hub), a global insurance brokerage, has acquired Rossmann-Hurt-Hoffman Inc. (RHH). Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.Based in Ellicott City, Md., RHH is a multi-lines insurance...
Jun 5 2017 // Encompass Insurance, an Allstate Insurance company that sells business through independent agents, outlined in its first quarter 2017 earnings release its intent to withdraw from Massachusetts starting in late June as part...
Jun 5 2017 // The Massachusetts Appeals Court has affirmed the Department of Industrial Accidents (DIA) reviewing board’s decision in a case involving how interest should be assessed on unpaid workers’ compensation...
May 31 2017 // The Hanover Insurance Group Inc., a Worcester, Mass.-based holding company for several property and casualty insurance companies, has elected Michael D. Price to the company’s board of directors, effective July 3....
May 26 2017 // After 32 years as a member of Hospitality Insurance Group’s Board of Directors, E. Thomas McCabe Jr. of Westborough, Mass., will be stepping down as chairman.Before joining Hospitality Insurance Group, McCabe was a...
May 24 2017 // The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that an injured public employee is still eligible to receive workers’ compensation benefits after being suspended from employment.The court concluded that...
May 16 2017 // The Massachusetts Appeals Court has affirmed a lower court’s decision to charge the defendant in a case involving a Boston car accident with motor vehicle insurance fraud. However, the Appeals Court reversed the...
May 15 2017 // The Massachusetts Appeals Court has reversed a lower court’s ruling in a case examining whether damage to scallops at a seafood processing facility, when the cause of damage is unknown, constitutes an occurrence...
May 15 2017 // The Massachusetts Appeals Court has upheld a Superior Court decision that defendant, Norfolk & Dedham Mutual Fire Insurance Co., did not engage in unfair settlement practices in its handling of a personal injury claim....
May 11 2017 // Encompass Insurance, an Allstate Insurance company that sells business through independent agents, outlined in its first quarter 2017 earnings news release its intent to withdraw from Massachusetts as part of its profit...
May 10 2017 // The Massachusetts Appeals Court has affirmed the Department of Industrial Accidents (DIA) reviewing board’s decision in a case involving how interest should be assessed on unpaid workers’ compensation...
May 10 2017 // Cross Insurance, a Bangor, Maine-based subsidiary of Cross Financial Corp., is continuing to grow its presence in Massachusetts with the purchase of the A.E. Barnes Insurance Agency of South Weymouth, Mass.Since its...
May 8 2017 // Two Rhode Island residents were identified Thursday as victims of a deadly crash at a crowded indoor automobile auction in Massachusetts.Three people died Wednesday when an SUV being shown to prospective buyers suddenly...