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President and CEO Glenn Welch (center) with some of his team.

Century Unlimited   When asked what might come next for Freedom Credit Union, Glenn Welch said simply, “we’re going to continue doing what we’ve been doing for the past 100 […]

Current and future leaders at the Dowd Agencies

Putting a Premium on Measured Growth There’s a framed picture of downtown Holyoke on one wall of the conference room at the Dowd Agencies — downtown Holyoke circa 1870. The […]

Price Pressure The cost of healthcare, not the COVID-19 pandemic, is now the top healthcare concern facing residents of the Commonwealth. Massachusetts residents reported that only inflation and the cost […]

Counting the Cost By HUB International New England   When do you need to list your teen driver on your car-insurance policy, and how can you make this additional coverage […]

Water, Water Everywhere By Peter Normand   According to a 2020 report from the First Year Foundation, there were 336,000 properties in Massachusetts alone that were at some level of […]

Into the Breach       When hackers gained access to a large retailer’s computer network through scam emails to employees, more than 900 store locations were affected, and 2 […]

team of mortgage consultants

Matters of Interest     Mike Ostrowski remembers signing for his first mortgage. The year was 1982. The 30-year adjustable rate was … wait for it … 16.37%. “You could […]

Monson Savings Bank’s birthday celebration

Pedal to the Mettle Monson Savings Bank has been commemorating its 150th birthday in many different ways, from a time capsule to assembling and donating $15,000 worth of bicycles to […]

Jeff Sullivan

Making Contact When BusinessWest spoke to Jeff Sullivan in late 2019, about six months after New Valley Bank & Trust opened in downtown Springfield — the first Springfield-based bank to […]

On the Rise By Lisa Johnson   You have probably noticed higher prices in many areas of your life. From gas to groceries, prices are going up, with the U.S […]

Changing Rules of the Road LexisNexis Risk Solutions recently released its 2022 U.S. Auto Insurance Trends Report, which aggregates annual market data about driving behaviors, auto-insurance shopping, underwriting, and claims […]

SPRINGFIELD — In the spring of 2017, Healthcare News and its sister publication, BusinessWest, created a new and exciting recognition program called Healthcare Heroes. It was launched with the theory […]

FLORENCE — Florence Bank announced that president and CEO Kevin Day will retire on Nov. 25, and a focused search is underway for a new leader. Day took over as […]

A Policy of Purpose After a long career growing FieldEddy (later HUB International New England) into one of the region’s most notable insurance success stories, Sam Hanmer called it quits, […]

And Why Does it Matter to My Business? By Colleen Berndt, CPA   State tax nexus refers to the amount and type of business activity that must be present before […]