Latest Maine Headlines
All the headlines from our Maine Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Lawmakers Consider Again Extending Maine Pot Sales Ban
Jan 11 2018 // Maine lawmakers on Tuesday considered a proposal to extend a ban on retail sales of marijuana until May 1 to give the state more time to craft rules about legal pot. Lawmakers in the state are trying once again to sort out...
2018 Insurance Industry Meetings & Events Directory
Jan 8 2018 // CIWA Industry Days Jan 8-10 Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines La Jolla, Calif. California Insurance Wholesalers Association (CIWA) Contact: Thomas Shovlin, thomas@ciwa.net The 19th Annual Windstorm Insurance Conference Jan...
FEMA Announces Federal Disaster Assistance for Several Northeast States
Jan 4 2018 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the states of Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the...
New Laws Aimed at Medical Bills Come into Effect in Maine
Jan 3 2018 // Two new laws aimed at health care costs are coming into effect. Starting the new year, Maine health insurance carriers will face new requirements under a law backed by Republican Sen. Rodney Whittemore. Carriers must allow...
Law Aimed at Maine Opioid Crisis Goes into Effect
Jan 3 2018 // A new law aimed at addressing Maine’s opioid crisis is coming into effect as advocates demand more urgency. Law enforcement officials say 376 Mainers died of a drug overdose in 2016. Republican Rep. Deborah Sanderson...
Top Insurance Journal East Stories of 2017
Dec 29 2017 // As 2017 wraps up, Insurance Journal is looking back on some of its most popular stories of the year while preparing for what is ahead for the insurance industry in 2018. These are just a few of many topics Insurance...
Maine’s BroGue Insurance & Financial Services Hires Guerin
Dec 11 2017 // BroGue Insurance & Financial Services, a Bangor, Maine-based independent insurance agency, has hired Timothy Guerin as an insurance agent. Guerin’s insurance sales career began with Liberty Mutual...
Maine’s Lynam Insurance Agency Hires Jagger
Dec 6 2017 // Lynam Insurance Agency, a full-service, independent insurance agency based in Bar Harbor, Maine, has hired John Jagger as an insurance agent and agency manager. Jagger started his insurance sales career with Liberty Mutual...
Business Moves
Dec 4 2017 // Hub, Wells Fargo Global insurance broker Hub International Ltd. has agreed to acquire the assets of the crop insurance broker business of Wells Fargo Insurance. Terms of the agreement to buy the business, known as Wells...
People
Nov 20 2017 // The Central Insurance Companies announced the election of Evan Purmort to its board of directors as well as his appointment to the executive committee of the Central Companies. Purmort resides in Boston, Mass. As regional...
Patron Injured After Car Crashes Into Maine Diner
Nov 17 2017 // Police in Maine say a man has been injured and another man arrested after a car involved in a collision barreled into a diner. According to police, three vehicles were involved in a collision in Sanford around 3:36 p.m....
Maine Notifies More Than 2,000 About Information Breach
Nov 15 2017 // Maine officials say they’re notifying some 2,100 people of an incident that might have caused their personal information to be temporarily exposed. The Maine Office of Information Technology says the potential breach...
Maine’s The MEMIC Group Hires Bialek to Support New York Market Growth
Nov 14 2017 // The MEMIC Group, a Portland, Maine-headquartered workers’ compensation specialist, has hired Tammy Bialek as senior production underwriter to support growth within the New York market. Bialek has more than 25 years...
Fire Destroys Historic Maine Building
Nov 9 2017 // Authorities in Maine say a fire has destroyed a historic building that once served as a Navy barracks in World War II. Crews responded to the fire at the Eastport building around 1 p.m. Tuesday. Firefighters contained the...
Hundreds of Utility Crews in Maine as Power Outages Continue
Nov 3 2017 // Hundreds of out-of-state utility crews are in Maine to help the state recover from a strong storm that pounded the Northeast and left about 1.5 million homes and businesses without power. Maine was one of the hardest hit...
Drought May Have Aided Storm That Walloped Maine, Northeast
Nov 2 2017 // Drought conditions across much of Maine may have contributed to the large numbers of trees that toppled during a storm that walloped the Northeast this week, officials said. The storm cut power to nearly 1.5 million homes...
Cross Insurance Acquires Holden Agency and Its Benefits Division in Maine
Nov 1 2017 // Cross Insurance, a subsidiary of Cross Financial Corp. and an independent insurance provider in New England, has acquired the Holden Agency and its benefits division, Employee Benefits Solutions Inc., both are based in...
Former Maine Fire Chief Admits Starting Blaze That Burned 42 Acres
Oct 30 2017 // A former Maine fire chief has pleaded guilty to setting a wildfire that burned 42 acres in 2016. The Journal Tribune reports that 61-year-old Ricky Plummer pleaded guilty Wednesday to starting the fire when he was chief,...
Maine’s MMG Insurance Hires Tawfall as Vice President of Personal Lines
Oct 25 2017 // MMG Insurance, a Presque Isle, Maine-headquartered regional property and casualty insurance company, has hired Eric Tawfall as its new vice president of personal lines. Tawfall will be relocating from Illinois to Northern...
Company to Require Helmets for Ski Resort Employees after Maine Worker Death
Oct 24 2017 // A company that operates nine ski resorts in the U.S. and Canada will require workers to wear safety helmets when working on the mountains. The new policy follows the death in March of Alexander Witt, who wasn’t...
