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Massachusetts' new sick time law went into effect today, opening up access to paid sick time leave to over a million people as state officials allow businesses to become acclimated to the voter-approved legislation.

Hanover Insurance Group has completed the transfer of its United Kingdom motor business to Markerstudy Group, the Worcester-headquartered company announced Tuesday.

Worcester-based Fallon Health and two other insurance plans have asked the state’s Health Connector Insurance Authority to...

Massachusetts newspapers will be required to publish legal notices of government hearings online as well as in...

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Google and Eastern Bank are wading into the debate over transgender rights, announcing Wednesday they support legislation granting people the right to use sex-segregated public accommodations consistent with their gender-identity.

Bowditch & Dewey has a launched a blog —which it believes to be the first from a major U.S. law firm —focused on legal issues concerning the LGBTQ community.

Forking over $233 million that should have been covered by insurers, MassHealth violated state and federal regulations and should seek to recoup the improper payments, according to an audit released Tuesday.

Two weeks ago, Steward Health Care, the state's second-largest health care system, made headlines when Chief Strategy Officer David Morales called for a new approach to managing the state's Medicaid patients under the state insurance provider MassHealth.

Premiums on health insurance plans available only on the federal Health Insurance Marketplace are, on average, more expensive than those sold both on and off the exchange, according to a new analysis by HealthPocket.com, a website that compares and ranks health insurance plans.

Allstate Insurance, which did not do business in Massachusetts for 25 years before returning in 2012, is expanding its Bay State market, and looking to line up a few Central Massachusetts agents and licensed sales professionals as part of those plans.