Latest Maine Headlines
All the headlines from our Maine Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Below Average Chance of Spring Floods in Maine This Year
Mar 8 2016 // The Maine River Flow Advisory Commission says there is a below average chance of flooding this spring in most of the state, with the exception of the northern reaches. The commission says the chance of flooding in northern...
Brown & Milliken Agency, Holmes Agency Announce Merger in Maine
Mar 8 2016 // The Brown & Milliken Agency and the Holmes Agency, two independent insurance agencies based in Ellsworth, Maine, announced that their firms have merged as of March 1. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The...
SAN Group Hires Cassell as Regional VP for New Hampshire, Maine
Feb 29 2016 // Jim Cassell Satellite Agency Network (SAN) Group Inc., an alliance of independent property/casualty insurance agencies in the Northeast, has hired Jim Cassell as regional vice president for New Hampshire and Maine. In this...
Maine Obtained $1.5M in Recoveries for Consumers, Businesses in 2015
Jan 20 2016 // Cases filed with the Maine Bureau of Insurance in 2015 resulted in nearly $1.5 million in recovered funds for Maine residents, according to Maine Insurance Superintendent Eric Cioppa. More than $1.2 million was recovered...
Cross Insurance Hires Jermyn as Employee Benefits VP in Maine
Jan 13 2016 // Eric Jermyn Cross Insurance, an insurance agency headquartered in Bangor, Maine, has hired Eric Jermyn as vice president of business development for Cross Employee Benefits. He will be based in Portland, Maine. In this new...
Maine Sees Most Motorcycle Deaths Since 1991
Jan 5 2016 // Maine ended the year 2015 with 32 motorcycle deaths, the most since 1991, and safety officials say there’s no single factor that seems to be behind the spike. Mild weather that extended the riding season through...
Maine Legislature Pushed to Address Volunteer Firefighter Shortage
Jan 4 2016 // Some Maine fire officials hope lawmakers will consider measures aimed to attract more volunteers and allow departments to remain financially afloat. Small towns throughout Maine face a shortage of trained firefighters and...
Maine Police Stumped by Rise in Pedestrian Deaths in 2015
Dec 30 2015 // Maine law enforcement officials are perplexed by a troubling year-end statistic: 2015 has been the worst year for pedestrian deaths in nearly two decades. Numbers compiled by the Maine Department of Transportation and...
Maine Group Urges Law for Drivers Under Marijuana Influence
Dec 23 2015 // A Maine working group has recommended that lawmakers pass legislation setting a blood-level limit for drivers under the influence of marijuana. The group, which includes state troopers and marijuana legalization advocates,...
Lac Megantic Train Crash Victims’ Fund to Begin Payments without CP Rail
Dec 23 2015 // A C$460 million (US$330.46 million) settlement fund for victims of the 2013 Lac-Megantic crude-by-rail disaster will begin disbursements this week without the participation of Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd [CP], the monitor...
Best, Worst States for Insurance Regulation
Dec 21 2015 // Vermont, Utah, Iowa, Virginia and Kentucky get an “A” and North Carolina an “F” in one think tank’s annual grading of states on how they regulate the property/casualty insurance industry. The...
Once Profitable, Maine’s Community Health Option Is Now Losing Millions
Dec 15 2015 // The lone health insurance cooperative to make money last year on the Affordable Care Act’s public insurance exchanges is now losing millions and suspending individual enrollment for 2016. Maine’s Community...
Northeasterners Are Beginning to Wonder: Where’s Winter?
Dec 10 2015 // Some Northeasterners are beginning to wonder if a white Christmas may just be a dream, and business owners who rely on snow are starting to worry if warm weather could lead to a nightmare winter. In Maine, an outdoor...
Maine Pedestrian Deaths in 2015 Highest in Past 10 Years
Dec 9 2015 // The Maine Department of Public Safety says more pedestrians in the state have been killed by motor vehicles in 2015 than any other year in at least a decade. The Portland Press Herald reports state records show 16 Mainers...
Maine High Court Rejects Insurance Payout to Assault Victim’s Estate
Dec 3 2015 // Maine’s highest court says the estate of a man killed in a Portland punching incident isn’t entitled to money from the puncher’s family’s insurance policy. Eric Benson’s estate sued William...
Maine’s MEMIC Group Announces 3 Promotions
Dec 1 2015 // Wanda Periou The MEMIC Group, a workers’ compensation insurer based in Portland, Maine, has promoted Wanda Periou to director of Claims for the Atlantic region, Karen Porter to director of Technical Operations for...
Best, Worst States for Insurance Regulation
Dec 1 2015 // Vermont, Utah, Iowa, Virginia and Kentucky get an “A” and North Carolina an “F” in one think tank’s annual grading of states on how they regulate the property/casualty insurance industry. The...
Clark Insurance Hires Nadeau as Account Executive in Maine
Nov 20 2015 // David Nadeau Clark Insurance, an independent insurance agency based in Portland, Maine, has hired David Nadeau as account executive for the agency’s Business Insurance Department. Nadeau most recently worked as...
Maine Issues Bulletin on Insurers’ Adverse Action Notices
Sep 21 2015 // The Maine Bureau of Insurance recently issued a bulletin on the topic of insurance scoring and adverse action notices. The bulletin 406, “Insurance Scoring – Adverse Action Notices,” was addressed to...
Maine Issues Bulletin on Insurance Scoring, Adverse Action Notices
Sep 9 2015 // The Maine Bureau of Insurance recently issued a bulletin advising insurers in the state that use credit information in underwriting or rating personal insurance policies. The bulletin examined the topic of insurance...
