All the headlines from our Massachusetts Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Feb 25 2015 // Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker said Monday he’s gotten encouraging signs from federal officials as he’s begun reaching out to them with Massachusetts preparing a formal request for disaster relief following...
Feb 23 2015 // Roofs continue to collapse under record snow across the Boston area, most over warehouses and barns, as the latest weekend storm brings three to five inches of snow, topped off by up to a half-inch of rain in some...
Feb 20 2015 // Massachusetts police are warning residents to beware of people charging exorbitant prices for snow removal services.Senior citizens in several communities have been targeted. The Anguses of Bedford, Massachusetts, paid...
Feb 20 2015 // The latest menace dealt by New England’s historic snowbound winter — the creak, crack and boom of collapsing roofs — may get worse as the region heads into a weekend forecast of rain.Rooftops, especially...
Feb 19 2015 // Roofs across eastern Massachusetts are collapsing or buckling under the weight of several feet of snow, but no major injuries have been reported.The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency says it has received 74 reports...
Feb 18 2015 // FBinsure, an independent insurance agency based in Taunton, Massachusetts, announced that it has acquired Henry L. Newbury Insurance Agency, an independent agency in North Attleboro, Massachusetts. Terms of the transaction...
Feb 13 2015 // Since the first winter storm hit Boston at the end of January, the city has removed over 10,000 truckloads of snow after a record six feet of snowfall in the last 30 days — breaking the previous record of 58.5...
Feb 11 2015 // James T. Harrington has announced his retirement as executive director of the Massachusetts Insurance Federation (MIF). MIF said a new executive director has not yet been named. As executive director, a position he has...
Feb 11 2015 // Snow-choked New England braced for more winter grief later in the week as people dug out from another 2 feet of snow Tuesday amid below-freezing temperatures and stranded Boston commuters scrambled to find other ways to...
Feb 9 2015 // New York and Massachusetts in January became the latest states to enact laws to prohibit improper use of certificates of insurance.On Jan. 28, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law a bill (A.9590/S.6545-A) that would...
Feb 9 2015 // Winter Storm Juno – a blizzard that swept through the Northeast during the last week of January and brought record and near-record snowfalls and high winds – has resulted in relatively few insurance claims so...
Feb 3 2015 // Eastern Insurance Group in Natick, Massachusetts, has acquired James J. Sullivan Insurance Agency, an independent insurance agency based in Quincy, Massachusetts. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. James J....
Feb 2 2015 // New York and Massachusetts in January became the latest states to enact laws to prohibit improper use of certificates of insurance.On Jan. 28, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law a bill (A.9590/S.6545-A) that would...
Feb 2 2015 // Winter Storm Juno — a blizzard that swept through the Northeast during the last week of January and brought record and near-record snowfalls and high winds — has resulted in relatively few insurance claims so...
Jan 30 2015 // Some of the areas hardest hit by the blizzard that tore through Massachusetts were on the coastline, where oceanfront homes took the brunt of raging seas.In Marshfield, Massachusetts, officials were still assessing the...