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Fitchburg-based digital marketing company 190 Group has agreed to purchase an ecommerce Web design and development firm, adding 1,300 customers to its client base, the company announced.

Boston Scientific Corp. of Marlborough was ordered Wednesday to pay a Texas woman $73 million—including $50 million in punitive damages — after a jury found the company negligent in both the design and marketing of its Obtryx transvaginal mesh sling.

MAPFRE U.S.A., the parent of Webster-based Commerce Insurance, has entered the life insurance market with a term life product in Massachusetts.

Southbridge-based Harrington HealthCare and Heywood Healthcare in Gardner have formed a new company that will allow the systems to pool and manage their patients' care, giving them an advantage in negotiating risk-based contracts with insurers.

Fresh off a strong quarter, Hanover Insurance Group of Worcester declared a quarterly stock dividend of 37 cents per share to stockholders of record as of the market close on Sept. 12.

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Driven by what is said were “strong price increases” for its personal and commercial lines, The Hanover Insurance Group Inc. Thursday reported a bump in both revenue and net income for the second quarter.

Unum, the insurance company that employs more than 600 in downtown Worcester, saw earnings growth in the second quarter based on its core businesses in the United States and United Kingdom, the company reported.

Media and internet company IAC said it will acquire The Princeton Review, the Natick-based test preparation and college admission services company owned by Charlesbank Capital Partners.

Professional business services firm Marsh & McLennan, which has an office in Worcester, has named insurance industry executive Jerry Alderman as president of its New England property and casualty division.