All the headlines from our Massachusetts Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 11 2023 // When Ashoke and Vinita Rampuria’s son returned home after taking a year off from college, to complete his course work, he didn’t seem like himself.“He was unable to complete tasks. He was lying on the...
Apr 6 2023 // Massachusetts workers’ compensation rates will fall an average 10.2% starting July 1, a considerably bigger reduction than the industry recommended.Insurance Commissioner Gary Anderson signed off on the cut that will...
Mar 31 2023 // Massachusetts regulators have opened an investigation into sales of company stock by top executives at First Republic Bank in the weeks leading up to the recent banking turmoil.Massachusetts’ Secretary of the...
Mar 14 2023 // A Framingham, Massachusetts man was sentenced this week for his role in a business email compromise (BEC) scheme.Gustaf Njei was sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV to 27 months in prison and...
Mar 7 2023 // The former manager of a Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles branch has agreed to plead guilty to federal extortion charges for allegedly taking bribes and in exchange for issuing passing scores on learner’s...
Mar 1 2023 // A Massachusetts hospital has been denied its insurance claim for Covid-19 related costs and lost revenues under business interruption and disease contamination provisions of its property insurance policy.U.S. District...
Feb 27 2023 // National insurance broker World Insurance Associates reports it acquired the business of Durfee Buffinton Insurance Agency, Inc. of Fall River, Massachusetts. Terms of the December 31, 2022 transaction were not...
Feb 23 2023 // A Waltham-based construction contractor, Devens-based plumbing contractor, and Woburn-based demolition company will pay up to $325,000 in civil penalties to settle allegations of illegal asbestos work during a renovation...
Feb 10 2023 // A Roman Catholic Diocese that covers central Massachusetts has published a new report about clergy sexual abuse of minors between 1950 and 2022, but unlike similar reports released by many other dioceses, the report did...
Feb 9 2023 // A fire at a Massachusetts hospital’s electrical transformer forced an undetermined number of evacuations on Tuesday morning and power was shut off to the building for safety reasons, officials said.“We are...
Feb 6 2023 // MKS Instruments Inc. said on Monday it was investigating a ransomware attack that occurred last week and affected the semiconductor equipment maker’s production-related systems.The company said it was in the early...
Jan 23 2023 // In one of his last official acts in office, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker signed a bill designed to curb the theft of catalytic converters by regulating the purchase of the automobile parts by scrap metal dealers.Scrap...
Jan 20 2023 // PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Massachusetts construction company and a former employee have been charged with illegally dumping thousands of tons of contaminated fill in Providence during a highway construction project, the...
Jan 18 2023 // Leader Bank in Massachusetts reports it has launched a subsidiary, Leader Insurance, to provide property, auto, and umbrella insurance to its loan clients on its digital platform. According to Jay Tuli, president, Leader...
Jan 17 2023 // The Massachusetts insurance department will hear testimony virtually on February 3 regarding a proposed 4.0% decrease in average workers’ compensation rates.The rate filing submitted by the Workers’...
Jan 11 2023 // Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey marked her first full day on the job Friday by issuing an executive order creating what she says is the nation’s first cabinet-level state climate chief.Healey said the climate chief...
Jan 9 2023 // In a pollution liability case, the Massachusetts high court has determined that an insurer does not have a common law duty to cover the expenses that a business incurred in its efforts to prevent an imminent covered...
Jan 6 2023 // In one of his last official acts in office, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker yesterday signed a bill designed to curb the theft of catalytic converters by regulating the purchase of the automobile parts by scrap metal...
Dec 22 2022 // A 68-year-old man died and another man was taken to the hospital for treatment after an ammonia leak at a food processing facility in Massachusetts, authorities said.Police officers and firefighters went to the plant in...
Dec 20 2022 // Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey announced that a pharmacy benefits manager, Health E Systems, has agreed to pay $275,000 for allegedly failing to follow prescription pricing procedures that are designed to...