All the headlines from our Massachusetts Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 15 2015 // XS Brokers, a wholesale agency based in Quincy, Massachusetts, announced three promotions.Gabe Carrieri has been promoted to executive vice president. Carrieri joined XS Brokers in 2005 after a 13-year career in the...
Apr 15 2015 // Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker said Monday that federal disaster aid that the state has been granted for a late January blizzard could bring between $80 million and $90 million, but he’s disappointed his broader...
Apr 9 2015 // The Arbella Insurance Group in Quincy, Massachusetts, promoted four members of its executive team.Eileen Currie has been promoted to senior vice president of commercial lines, from vice president of commercial lines....
Apr 8 2015 // Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker plans to appoint Daniel Judson, the current president of Commonwealth Automobile Reinsurers (CAR), the state’s industry-operated residual market and statistical agent for auto...
Apr 7 2015 // If you turn on your windshield wipers, turn on your headlights as well.That’s one of the requirements of a little-known state law taking effect in Massachusetts on Tuesday, April 7. Under the law aimed at making...
Apr 6 2015 // Brown & Brown, Spain AgencyBrown & Brown Inc. announced that its subsidiary Brown & Brown of New York Inc. has acquired certain assets of Spain Agency Inc., an independent agency based in Mahopac, N.Y. Terms...
Mar 31 2015 // A new law set to take effect this week aims to increase protections for domestic workers in Massachusetts.The law requires people who hire nannies, caregivers and other domestic workers in Massachusetts to adhere to...
Mar 29 2015 // After the Big Dig-out, it’s time for the Big Payout. Or will it be the Big Denial?New England’s epic winter is on pace to produce a corresponding number of claims as thousands of homeowners seek to repair...
Mar 28 2015 // Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker formally asked the federal government on Friday, March 27, to declare a disaster in 10 Massachusetts counties after a relentless series of winter storms brought record snowfall and frigid...
Mar 27 2015 // Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey’s office sent a letter to the state’s Division of Insurance (DOI) this week, urging regulators to reject the proposed fee hike in the Massachusetts Automobile...
Mar 26 2015 // The Big Melt is coming.In the next day or so, southern New England and the lower Hudson Valley are going to shed a lot of snowpack as a storm passing just north of the region pulls in warm air from the south and drops a...
Mar 25 2015 // Two business owners in Milford, Massachusetts, have been indicted in connection with failing to accurately report their total payroll and workforce to avoid paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in insurance premiums,...
Mar 23 2015 // John P. Murphy The Massachusetts Insurance Federation has named John P. Murphy as its new executive director, effective March 23. He succeeds James T. Harrington, who retired from the post in February. As executive...
Mar 23 2015 // Cross Insurance, an independent insurance agency headquartered in Bangor, Maine, announced today it has purchased Corcoran & Havlin Insurance Group, an independent agency in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Terms of the...
Mar 18 2015 // Kaplansky Insurance Agency, an independent agency headquartered in Needham, Massachusetts, recently announced that it has acquired North State Insurance Agency of Chelmsford, Massachusetts. Terms of the transaction were...
Mar 12 2015 // Do you prefer a fixed price or a la carte? How about paperless or paper? Are you a cat person or a dog person? Do you prefer “old school” or “new school”?These are some of the optional questions for...
Mar 10 2015 // Executives from a Massachusetts-based independent insurance agency recently announced the launch of a new agency network.The New England Insurance Group Network, which began operation in January, is based in Newton,...
Mar 9 2015 // The Arbella Insurance Foundation will be the leading sponsor for Massachusetts-based Heritage Museums & Gardens’ 2015 season, which begins April 18, according to an announcement by the Arbella Insurance Group in...
Mar 9 2015 // Ignore anyone who tells you snow is free.Every workday lost during New England’s winter has meant millions of dollars taken out of the regional economy. IHS Global Insight, an economic analysis firm, estimates...
Mar 2 2015 // Parts of the Massachusetts coastline could face a lengthy recovery process after being pummeled by severe winter storms, the state’s top environmental official said on Feb. 27.Secretary of Energy and Environmental...