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The Hanover reports $165M profit in fourth quarter

The Hanover Insurance Group in Worcester reported $164.6 million in profits for the company’s fourth quarter, according to a Wednesday earnings report, a 50% increase from the same quarter a year prior.

🔒The influencer economy: Using social media to launch a one-person marketing shop

If you’re part of a tech-savvy company launching a consumer-oriented product or service, one unconventional, yet increasingly popular, marketing strategy might have crossed your desk in the last several years: working with influencers to promote or review your brand on social media.

MAPFRE’s Jaime Tamayo returns as North American president and CEO

MAPFRE’s Jaime Tamayo has returned as president and CEO of the Webster insurance company’s North American operations, returning to a role he held from 2008 to 2016, the company announced on Monday.

Movers & Shakers for Jan. 11, 2021

People are on the move at Webster Five, Slowey McManus, RemodelWerks and more.
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🔒WBJ’s 2021 predictions

Every December, the WBJ Editorial Staff makes 10 predictions of news events and trends coming in the next year for the Central Massachusetts economy. Here's what they expect to happen in 2021.

Former Telegram & Gazette publisher departs executive role days after high-profile buyouts

The former publisher of the Telegram & Gazette, who was more recently elevated to a regional executive role with the newspaper's parent company, has departed Gannett the same week as many of its newspapers announced buyouts.

The COVID pandemic led to a jump in domestic violence, as experts worry about the looming holidays

The workplace has long been many different things for many different people – a space to chase one’s career ambitions, to network, pursue passions, make ends meet, among others – but for some, it’s been a safety net.

Eastern Insurance Group acquires Dorchester agency

Eastern Insurance Group LLC of Natick, a subsidiary of Boston-based Eastern Bank, announced on Tuesday it has acquired the assets of Dorchester-based Campbell, Flaherty & Ring Insurance Agency, Inc.
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Telegram loses multiple longtime journalists as part of wide-scale Gannett buyouts

Longtime journalists at the Worcester Telegram & Gazette had their final day on the job Tuesday as the newspaper offered buyouts as a small part of roughly 500 who were voluntarily let go of by parent company Gannett.

🔒Two years after taking over Vision Advertising, Julia Becker Collins faces a new crisis: thyroid cancer

Earlier this year, before the coronavirus pandemic upended every corner of society and the economy, the COO of marketing agency Vision Advertising in Westborough had a regular checkup scheduled for March – one she nearly skipped.
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