All the headlines from our Massachusetts Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 16 2017 // A Massachusetts behavioral health facility faces $207,690 in proposed penalties from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for violations found while conducting a...
Aug 16 2017 // Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker last month signed H. 3680, a bipartisan bill to extend protections to pregnant workers in the state.The legislation, An Act Establishing the Massachusetts Pregnant Workers Fairness Act,...
Aug 7 2017 // Two firms are trying to avoid reimbursing a Connecticut native for the loss of his boat after it sank with his mother on board under suspicious circumstances.The Hartford Courant reported Thursday the National Liability...
Aug 7 2017 // The Hanover Insurance Group Inc., a Worcester, Mass.-based holding company for several property and casualty insurance companies, reported in its second quarter results that it has initiated expense actions to eliminate...
Aug 7 2017 // Egregious Fallony“The Fallons’ alleged theft from injured workers is particularly egregious. By stealing from injured workers who depend on the funds for future care, the Fallons may have left many victims...
Aug 7 2017 // The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled in favor of a woman who was fired by her employer for testing positive for her prescribed use of marijuana to treat a medical condition.The court found that because...
Aug 3 2017 // The Arbella Insurance Group, a Quincy, Mass.-headquartered regional property and casualty insurance company, has appointed Karen Jansky as director of application development in information technology.Reporting to Matthew...
Jul 25 2017 // Fire officials say a blaze tore through an apartment complex under construction in Massachusetts.Waltham Fire Chief Paul Ciccone says the complex’s five buildings collapsed in the early Sunday fire. Ciccone says none...
Jul 24 2017 // A Boston federal jury has indicted a West Virginia man on charges he tried to sell paintings he did not have access to and falsely claimed were stolen in the largest art heist in U.S. history.Prosecutors allege that...
Jul 20 2017 // The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled in favor of a woman who was fired by her employer for testing positive for her prescribed use of marijuana to treat a medical condition.The court found that because...
Jul 19 2017 // State House and Senate negotiators reached an agreement Monday on a revamped version of Massachusetts’ voter-approved marijuana law that would allow retail pot sales to be taxed at a maximum 20 percent rate.The deal...
Jul 18 2017 // Kaplansky Insurance, a Needham, Mass.-based insurance agency, has appointed David Wolberg as vice president of mergers and acquisitions (M&A).Wolberg brings with him experience from the sell-side of mergers and...
Jul 17 2017 // Several Massachusetts businesses had to be evacuated after a drum inside a truck leaked sulfuric acid.Police responded to the report of a chemical spill in Billerica, Mass., Thursday afternoon. Officers found a...
Jul 17 2017 // Morse Insurance Agency Inc. has acquired Quaglia Insurance in Attleboro, Mass.“While clients may experience a few small differences in process and procedures, our ultimate goal is to make the transition seamless...
Jul 11 2017 // The McGowan Companies (McGowan), a Fairview Park, Ohio-based company offering specialized insurance programs, has purchased the assets of Framingham, Mass.-based North American Professional Liability Insurance Agency LLC...
Jul 10 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,...
Jul 10 2017 // The Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled that Arbella Mutual Insurance Co. did not engage in unfair settlement practices by demanding arbitration in a lawsuit involving an underinsured motorist claim.In the case, Heather...
Jul 10 2017 // When Thomas Babb launched his insurance agency – Thomas Babb Insurance Agency – in an 11-story building in downtown Worcester, Mass., in 1917, he also launched a legacy that would span a century of growth and...
Jul 10 2017 // From 10 to 18 percent of injured workers never reach “substantial return to work,” according to new research by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) comparing outcomes for injured workers in six...
Jun 29 2017 // Commercial property insurer FM Global has opened the FM Global Learning Center, a facility in Norwood, Mass., where employees and clients will explore property-loss prevention and insurance-related training through...