Latest Maine Headlines
All the headlines from our Maine Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Maine-Based MEMIC’s Founding President and CEO to Retire in 2017
Dec 15 2016 // The MEMIC Group, the Portland, Maine, headquartered workers’ compensation insurer, has announced the retirement of its founding President and CEO, John T. Leonard, effective September of 2017. Leonard serves as the...
Maine-Based Cross Insurance Acquires Colt Insurance of Massachusetts
Dec 15 2016 // Cross Insurance, a Bangor, Maine, based subsidiary of Cross Financial Corp. and one of the largest independent insurance providers in New England, has further expanded its presence in western Massachusetts, New York and...
State Marijuana Laws Are Changing But Employer Attitudes, Federal Law Aren’t
Dec 14 2016 // Changing marijuana laws aren’t necessarily making weed more welcome in the workplace. For now, many employers appear to be sticking with their drug testing and personal conduct policies, even in states where...
Maine-Based MEMIC Group Promotes Sabatino
Dec 13 2016 // Workers’ compensation specialist The MEMIC Group, headquartered in Portland, Maine, has promoted Deb Sabatino to the position of director of human resources. In this role, she is responsible for planning and managing...
Maine-Based MEMIC Promotes Abboud and Fongemie
Dec 8 2016 // The MEMIC Group, a Portland, Maine, headquartered workers’ compensation specialist, has promoted Chris Abboud to senior underwriter and has also promoted Eileen Moran Fongemie to vice president of finance and...
People – East
Dec 5 2016 // Henderson Brothers Inc., a Pittsburgh, Penn., based independent broker, has hired Braden Brodsky as a senior financial analyst in the employee benefits department. In this role, Brodsky will use his three years of industry...
Opponents of Maine Marijuana Vote Take Out Recount Papers
Nov 14 2016 // Opponents of a vote to legalize marijuana in Maine have taken the first step toward a potential recount request. Voters in the state chose to legalize recreational marijuana via a referendum vote this week. The referendum...
The MEMIC Group Names Morehouse a Safety Management Consultant in New York
Nov 2 2016 // The MEMIC Group, a workers’ compensation insurer headquartered in Portland, Maine, has appointed Randy Morehouse as a safety management consultant in New York. Morehouse will join safety management consultants...
Maine’s The MEMIC Group Hires Levesque
Oct 17 2016 // The MEMIC Group, a Portland, Maine, headquartered workers’ compensation specialist, has appointed Adam Levesque as safety management consultant to provide safety training services and advice to MEMIC’s customer...
Maine Town Votes to Change Dangerous Dogs Law, 2nd Vote Planned
Oct 13 2016 // Winslow, Maine, officials have voted at the first of two scheduled hearings to change the town’s rules on dangerous dogs after a woman was hurt and her dog was killed over the summer during an attack by two other...
Maine Building Where 6 Died Was Unsafe, Prosecutor Says
Oct 10 2016 // A building where six people died in one of the deadliest fires in Maine in decades was unsafely operated as an illegal rooming house, a prosecutor said in a closing statement in the trial of the building’s...
Trial Underway for Owner of Maine Building Where 6 Died in Fire
Oct 5 2016 // An apartment house where six people died in a fire had been neglected during foreclosure and lacked alternative exits, allowing several bedrooms to become “death traps” when the blaze spread upstairs, a...
Hub International Acquires the Assets of Maine’s Norton Insurance
Oct 3 2016 // Global insurance brokerage Hub International Limited, headquartered in Chicago, Ill., has acquired the assets of Norton Insurance Agency and Norton Financial Services Inc. Terms of the acquisition were not...
Maine Headquartered MEMIC Promotes Meinke
Sep 26 2016 // The MEMIC Group, a Portland, Maine, headquartered workers’ compensation specialty insurer, has promoted Scott Meinke to executive underwriter for the Atlantic region. Meinke initially joined MEMIC in 2014 as a senior...
Maine Denies Progressive’s Appeal to Raise Premiums for Older Drivers
Sep 6 2016 // Maine Bureau of Insurance Superintendent Eric Cioppa has denied Progressive’s request to raise auto insurance rates for new customers above the age of 65. Cioppa stated in the August 10 ruling that the move would...
Brown, Holmes & Milliken of Maine Hires Freeman
Aug 19 2016 // Brown, Holmes & Milliken Agency, an independent insurance agency based in Ellsworth, Maine, has hired Larry Freeman to join its sales staff. In his new role, Freeman will service commercial accounts along with selling...
Maine Denies Progressive’s Appeal to Raise Premiums for Older Drivers
Aug 16 2016 // Maine Bureau of Insurance Superintendent Eric Cioppa has denied Progressive’s request to raise auto insurance rates for new customers above the age of 65. Cioppa stated in the August 10 ruling that the move would...
Cross Insurance of Maine Hires Hersey
Aug 15 2016 // Cross Insurance, a Bangor, Maine, headquartered insurance agency, has hired Christopher S. Hersey as vice president and treasurer of its parent company, Cross Financial Corp.. In his new role, Hersey will be responsible...
Maine Natural Gas Company to Pay $307K for Safety Violations
Aug 11 2016 // Summit Natural Gas of Maine has agreed to pay the state a $307,000 fine for safety violations, including a potentially catastrophic gas leak in Augusta, Maine. The state Public Utilities Commission said the violations stem...
Northeast Drought, Wildfire Risk Could Last Through October
Aug 8 2016 // The drought that has taken hold in the Northeast, from Maine to Pennsylvania, is being driven by a second year of below-average rainfall. Though not as dire as the West Coast drought of five-years running, the dry, hot...
