Latest Maine Headlines
All the headlines from our Maine Topic Page, ordered by recency.
MEMIC to Distribute Early $17M Dividend for Eligible Maine Policyholders
Jun 18 2020 // In recognition of economic stress being experienced by many of its 18,000 Maine workers’ compensation insurance policyholders, Portland, Maine-based MEMIC’s board of directors has authorized the immediate...
Maine Insurance Superintendent Encourages All Mainers to Purchase Flood Coverage
Jun 3 2020 // Maine Insurance Superintendent Eric Cioppa is encouraging all Mainers to consider purchasing flood insurance, even those who live outside of federally designated flood zones, as the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is...
Maine Believes Increase in Unemployment Claims Tied to Fraud
Jun 2 2020 // Another 24,500 individuals have filed initial claims for unemployment benefits last week – more than double the number of claims the previous week, the Maine Department of Labor said Thursday. The large number of...
Maine’s AK Insurance Joins Satellite Agency Network Group
May 29 2020 // AK Insurance of Westbrook, Maine, recently joined Satellite Agency Network (SAN) Group Inc., an alliance of independent insurance agencies in the Northeast. AK Insurance was founded in April 2020 by owner Alex Kapothanasis...
Investigations Continue Following Blast at Maine Paper Mill
May 18 2020 // The Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspection of the site of a paper mill blast could take several more months. OSHA has until six months after the date it entered the Pixell Specialty Solutions mill on...
Maine’s The MEMIC Group Releases Back-to-the-Workplace Safety Guidance
May 8 2020 // As states begin to lift restrictions on employers in various segments of the economy, MEMIC, a Portland, Maine-headquartered workers’ compensation insurance specialty company, has released an employer guide for...
Texas AG Accuses Largest Egg Producer in US of Price Gouging
Apr 28 2020 // Texas’ attorney general has accused the nation’s largest egg producer of price gouging during the coronavirus pandemic. A lawsuit filed by Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton alleges that Cal-Maine Foods...
Investigation Begins into Cause of Massive Paper Mill Blast in Maine
Apr 21 2020 // State and federal investigators began searching Thursday for the cause of a paper mill explosion that shook the ground and sent debris and a slurry of chemicals raining down on nearby cars and buildings. Elation over the...
Next Up, Locusts? Maine Had Five Potential Disasters in a Week
Apr 20 2020 // A third of the state lost power because of a freak snowstorm and a powerful windstorm as residents were locked down because of the pandemic. Rivers swelled because of heavy rain. Then an explosion ripped through a paper...
Explosion Causes Significant Damage to Maine Paper Mill; No Injuries
Apr 17 2020 // An explosion at a paper mill in Maine shook the ground Wednesday and produced a plume of black smoke that was visible for miles around, but it appeared no one was injured. The blast rocked the Androscoggin Mill in Jay, in...
Allstate Announces $1.3M Shelter-in-Place Payback to Mainers
Apr 8 2020 // Allstate is returning savings resulting from shelter-in-place orders back to consumers. This comes as the company cited an unprecedented decline in driving due to shelter-in-place orders, which translates into fewer...
Disaster Declaration Sought; Stay-Home Order Underway in Maine
Apr 3 2020 // Maine Governor Janet Mills requested a federal disaster declaration Wednesday as the state recorded two more COVID-19 deaths, dozens more people tested positive, and the start of a “stay-at-home” order...
Maine’s Rios Agency Joins Satellite Agency Network Group
Mar 25 2020 // Rios Agency recently joined Satellite Agency Network (SAN) Group Inc., an alliance of independent insurance agencies in the Northeast. Rios Agency provides all lines of property, casualty, life and health insurance...
Maine Moves to Help Businesses, Workers as Closures Mount
Mar 17 2020 // Maine’s governor announced steps Sunday designed to protect businesses and workers as closures mount amid the coronavirus pandemic. Governor Janet Mills said she has submitted emergency legislation to temporarily...
Maine Gas Utility Will Be Fined $50K for Safety Problems
Mar 12 2020 // Maine regulators are going to fine a gas utility $50,000 for failures to meet safety requirements. The company, Maine Natural Gas of Brunswick, is a subsidiary of Avangrid, which also owns Central Maine Power. Maine...
Woman Sues Maine Motels for Ignoring Signs of Sex Trafficking
Jan 28 2020 // A former Maine resident is becoming the first woman in the state to join a national effort to force hotel and motel owners to compensate victims of sex trafficking. The woman, identified in court documents by the initials...
Lawmaker Says Maine Cannabis Needs Bank, Insurance Access
Jan 16 2020 // A Maine legislator is calling on the state’s legislative body to push the U.S. Congress to make banking and insurance accessible to legalized cannabis businesses. Republican Rep. John Andrews of Paris, Maine, said he...
Police Report Multiple Injuries in 30-Car Maine Highway Pileup
Jan 9 2020 // Multiple people were injured in a major pileup involving about 30 vehicles during the Tuesday morning commute on a highway in Maine, state troopers said. There were no fatalities, but several ambulances and a medical...
Maine Municipal Employee Hit and Killed by City Truck He Was Using
Dec 4 2019 // Maine police say a city employee was struck and killed by the bucket truck he had been driving while he and another worker were hanging Christmas wreaths. The Portland Press Herald reports the two workers were hanging...
Maine Roofing Company Facing More Fines After Worker Fell to Death
Dec 2 2019 // The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is imposing additional fines on a roofing contractor in Maine charged in the 2018 death of a worker. The new fines of $278,000 bring the total to more than $2 million in...
