All the headlines from our Massachusetts Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 28 2014 // Unionized carpenters in Massachusetts want the state to rescind a 20-year tax increment financing deal to the developer of a water park and resort in Fitchburg, Mass.The New England Regional Council of Carpenters says...
May 28 2014 // Laurie ParsonsThe Associated Industries of Massachusetts Mutual Insurance Companies, a workers’ compensation insurer based in Burlington, Mass., has promoted Laurie Parsons to director of claims. As director of...
May 27 2014 // Eastern Insurance Group in Massachusetts has added five new executives to its team of more than 300 employees.Gregory Grintchenko has joined Eastern as senior vice president, personal lines sales manager. Grintchenko, of...
May 23 2014 // Tower Group International Ltd., the insurer that agreed to be bought by ACP Re Ltd. amid a stock plunge, hired Greenhill & Co. to provide advice on repaying debt if the takeover collapses.Tower hired the bank as the...
May 22 2014 // Mike McKinleyXS Brokers Insurance Agency Inc., an insurance wholesaler based in Quincy, Mass., has named Mike McKinley as chief sales officer. In this newly created position, McKinley will oversee all sales and production...
May 19 2014 // The Massachusetts Division of Insurance (DOI) announced on May 1 it reached an agreement with auto insurance giant GEICO to resolve inconsistencies in its reporting of auto accident information to Massachusetts state...
May 16 2014 // Acadia Insurance, a Westbrook, Maine-based subsidiary of W.R. Berkley Corp., promoted David LeBlanc to senior vice president, chief underwriting and marketing officer; he will be based in Acadia’s home office in...
May 16 2014 // A New Hampshire drywall company and its owner have been sued for allegedly misclassifying employees as independent contractors, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley’s office announced today.The lawsuit,...
May 12 2014 // The Massachusetts Senate has unanimously passed legislation to create a “bill of rights” for nannies, caregivers and other domestic workers by establishing labor standards and other worker protections.The bill...
May 5 2014 // Hub International Limited said its subsidiary Hub International New England, LLC has acquired the assets of E.J. Wells Insurance Agency Inc., a Westford, Mass.-based insurance brokerage firm. Terms of the acquisition were...
May 2 2014 // An Illinois-based premium financing provider has agreed to pay $200,000 to resolve allegations that it illegally and prematurely cancelled certain financed auto insurance policies affecting nearly 200 Massachusetts...
May 2 2014 // Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Joseph Murphy announced Thursday an agreement with auto insurance giant GEICO to resolve inconsistencies in its reporting of auto accident information to Massachusetts state agencies...
Apr 25 2014 // A woman who said she was sexually abused over several years in the 1990s was awarded $35 million by a civil jury, though her attorney acknowledged it was unlikely the defendant would ever be able to pay all of it.The jury...
Apr 24 2014 // Eastern Insurance Group has acquired Smith Buckley & Hunt, an insurance agency based in Brockton, Mass.Smith Buckley & Hunt was founded in 1875 and the Smith Family has owned the agency since 1922. The principals...
Apr 23 2014 // Massachusetts Division of Insurance’s last data call showed that the vast majority of insurance claims stemming from the Boston marathon bombing tragedy have been resolved.The data also revealed that among the 160...
Apr 17 2014 // For landlord Peter Zagorianakos, terrorism insurance wasn’t a necessity until the bombs went off last April at the Boston Marathon and revealed a frightening pattern.Two buildings he owns stand within a half-mile...
Apr 15 2014 // Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc. has appointed Stephen Primiano as healthcare risk specialist. Primiano will be working out of Starkweather’s Westwood, Mass., location, where he will continue to...
Apr 14 2014 // A Massachusetts judge has ordered AIG Inc. to pay at least $7 million to a Wellesley, Mass., man injured after he was struck by a bus in a scathing decision that accuses the insurer of hiding evidence and manipulating...
Apr 10 2014 // The largest health insurer in Massachusetts has cut prescriptions of narcotic painkillers by an estimated 6.6 million pills in 18 months as part of a campaign to curb abuse.The decline in prescribed opiates including...
Apr 7 2014 // The Massachusetts Division of Insurance (DOI) announced on March 21 that it has reached a settlement with the Workers’ Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau (WCRIB) and the Massachusetts Attorney General’s...