Latest Maine Headlines
All the headlines from our Maine Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Maine Chicken Barn Fire Kills 72,000 Birds
Feb 1 2010 // Maine fire officials say they’ll probably never know the cause of a fire that killed 72,000 chickens in a barn in Belfast. The fire early Thursday morning destroyed a three-story, 500-foot poultry barn in the...
Maine’s United Insurance Acquires Mexico Agency from Northeast
Dec 23 2009 // Falmouth, Maine-based insurance agency United Insurance has acquired the Mexico Agency business from Northeast Bank Insurance Group. The Mexico Agency, which was acquired by Northeast in 2004, writes approximately $900,000...
2009 P/C Insurance Mergers, Acquisitions Large and Small
Dec 20 2009 // Large insurers AIG, Farmers and The Hartford made moves in 2009, as did large brokers Marsh, Aon, Willis, Gallagher, Brown & Brown, Hub and Wells Fargo. So, too, did, many regional insurers and Main Street agencies....
Maine Supreme Court Asked to Clarify Data Breach Law on Damages
Dec 3 2009 // Maine’s supreme court may have the final say over whether victims of the Hannaford supermarket chain’s data breach can sue for damages. A federal judge who’s considering a class-action lawsuit asked the...
Six Former Employees at Maine College Claim Age Discrimination
Dec 1 2009 // Six former employees of the University of Southern Maine who lost their jobs in a consolidation move are claiming they were discriminated against because of their ages. The former employees, between the ages of 55 and 65,...
Feds Report Fewer Workplace Deaths in New England
Nov 23 2009 // New England recorded fewer work-related deaths last year, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday, a trend that could be at least partly attributable to the economic downturn. Preliminary figures for the...
Small Earthquake Shakes Western Maine
Nov 20 2009 // The New England Seismic Network says a small earthquake shook parts of western Maine early Thursday morning. According to Weston Observatory at Boston College, the earthquake happened at 2 a.m. and had a magnitude of...
Maine Workers’ Comp Rates Drop
Nov 15 2009 // Maine’s Insurance Bureau says workers’ compensation rates will decrease by an average of 7 percent. Insurance Superintendent Mila Kofman said this month that an industry request for a decrease has been...
New Markets
Nov 15 2009 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Commercial Construction Liability Market...
Maine Highway Safety Campaign Launched
Nov 13 2009 // As the holiday season approaches, Maine state officials are kicking off a campaign to encourage safe driving habits. The campaign announced Thursday in the State House focuses on seat belt usage, observing speed limits,...
Maine Workers’ Comp Rates Drop
Nov 4 2009 // Maine’s Insurance Bureau says workers’ compensation rates will decrease by an average of 7 percent. Insurance Superintendent Mila Kofman said Monday that an industry request for a decrease has been approved. It...
Maine Woman Cited under New Distracted Driver Law
Oct 6 2009 // A West Bath, Maine woman who crashed her vehicle into a telephone pole has been cited under the state’s new distracted driver law. The Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Department says Kandi Frame was talking on a...
Lawsuit Filed in Maine over Propane Explosion
Oct 1 2009 // A lawsuit has been filed against C.N. Brown Co. alleging the company was responsible for a propane explosion that destroyed a home and severely burned a man in western Maine in 2004. The complaint in Oxford County Superior...
New Markets
Sep 21 2009 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Misc. Medical Malpractice Market Detail:...
NTSB: No Mechanical Problems with Maine Helicopter
Aug 19 2009 // A preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board on the emergency landing of a helicopter in Maine says there were no mechanical problems reported before the crash. WCSH reports the NTSB states a...
Maine Officials Say Flood Map Would Hurt Harbor
Aug 11 2009 // Officials in Portland, Maine say a new flood insurance map of the city harbor being prepared by federal officials would limit development options on all the city’s piers. Portland City Planning Director Penny St....
Maine’s High Court Rejects Church Officials’ Charitable Immunity Defense
Jul 9 2009 // Maine’s highest court has ruled against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland in a sex-abuse case, concluding that a charitable immunity defense cannot be raised if church officials acted intentionally. In a 5-2...
Maine Panel to Oversee Response to Juvenile Fire-Setters
Jun 26 2009 // A committee formed to oversee the state of Maine’s response to juveniles who set fires will be meeting for the first time Monday. State Fire Marshal John Dean said that since 2000, there have been 2,163 fires in...
Arson Guts Maine Topless Coffee Shop
Jun 5 2009 // A deliberately set fire destroyed a topless coffee shop in Vassalboro, Maine early Wednesday, just hours after the owner talked with local officials about making the business more like a strip club, investigators said. The...
Judge Tosses Most Supermarket Data Breach Claims
Jun 1 2009 // Only those customers who weren’t reimbursed for fraudulent charges may sue the Hannaford Bros. supermarket chain over a data breach that exposed 4.2 million credit and debit card numbers to computer hackers, a...
