Latest Maine Headlines

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Norton Insurance Agency Acquires Brennan Insurance in Maine

Jan 15 2015 // Norton Insurance Agency, a division of Norton Insurance Financial in Cumberland, Maine, announced that it has acquired the Brennan Insurance Agency of Winthrop, Maine. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Norton...

Clark Insurance Promotes Payne to Business Development VP in Maine

Jan 2 2015 // Tony Payne Clark Insurance, an employee-owned independent insurance agency with offices in Maine and New Hampshire, has promoted Tony Payne to vice president of business development. Payne has been serving as director of...

Clark Insurance Adds 2 Account Managers in Portland, Maine, Office

Dec 30 2014 // Clark Insurance, an employee-owned independent insurance agency with offices in Maine and New Hampshire, has hired two new employees in its Portland, Maine, office. Angela Duran has joined the Personal Insurance Department...

Portland, Maine, Looks to Regulate Uber Ride Service

Dec 24 2014 // The city attorney for Portland, Maine, will draft an ordinance to regulate Uber, the online ride service that began operating in the city in October. City officials say the service is not licensed by the city nor is it...

Officials in Portland, Maine, Considering Database After Deadly Fire

Dec 16 2014 // Portland, Maine officials may roll out a centralized database for tracking housing complaints in response to a deadly November fire that killed six people. The Portland Press Herald reports the city is also getting ready...

Sen. Collins Finds Route to Help Trucking Industry

Dec 15 2014 // For the second time in three years, the trucking industry has found a friend in Senator Susan Collins. The Maine Republican got a rider attached to the spending bill approved over the weekend so truckers will no longer...

Clark Insurance Announces 2 Appointments in Maine

Dec 12 2014 // Clark Insurance, an employee-owned independent insurance agency with offices in Maine and New Hampshire, announced two appointments in its Portland, Maine, office. Tammy Volock has been named controller at Clark Insurance....

Maine Expands Online Access to Approved Insurer Filings

Sep 26 2014 // Maine regulators said this week they have expanded the online public access to approved insurance contract and rate filings submitted by insurance companies doing business in Maine. Officials said the approved filings for...

Clark Insurance Adds New Employees in Portland, Maine, Office

Sep 25 2014 // Clark Insurance, an employee-owned independent insurance agency with offices in Maine and New Hampshire, announced the following new employees in its Portland, Maine, office. Pamela Cyr will serve as an account manager in...

Maine’s SurePoint Re Advisors to Be Acquired by Willis Re

Sep 11 2014 // Willis Group Holdings plc announced today that Willis Re Inc., its North American reinsurance business, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of SurePoint Reinsurance Advisors, LLC, in Portland,...

Data: Connecticut, Maine Have Slow Economic Growth

Aug 22 2014 // Economic growth in New England has been slowest in Connecticut and Maine since the end of the recession in 2009, according to new federal statistics released Wednesday. Quarterly gross domestic product — the value of...

Maine Woman Sues GM, Claims Burn From Heated Car Seat

Aug 19 2014 // A Maine woman who says she suffered a third-degree burn from a heated seat in Chevrolet Suburban has sued General Motors. Emma Verrill says in her suit filed in U.S. District Court in Portland, Maine, that GM failed to...

Maine Officials Alert Consumers, Businesses to Flood-Damaged Autos

Aug 18 2014 // Maine Gov. Paul R. LePage and Maine Insurance Superintendent Eric Cioppa cautioned consumers and businesses that recent severe weather and flooding in Maine, throughout the Northeast and in other parts of the country...

Acadia Insurance Launches Small Business Product in Maine, New Hampshire

Aug 15 2014 // Acadia Insurance, a W. R. Berkley Co., has launched a new insurance policy for small businesses in Maine and New Hampshire called AcadiaAdvantage. The product is expected to be available in additional states this...

MEMIC Hires 2 Senior Underwriters in New York

Aug 15 2014 // The MEMIC Group, a workers’ compensation insurer in Portland, Maine, hired Steven Crobar and Margaret Templeton as senior production underwriters to serve its agents in the state of New York. Together, Crobar and...

Clark Insurance Appoints Account Executive in Maine

Aug 4 2014 // Julie ElwellClark Insurance, an employee-owned independent insurance agency with offices in Maine and New Hampshire, appointed Julie Elwell as account executive within the firm’s employee benefits group. Elwell, with...

Drunken Driving Crackdown Among New Maine Laws

Aug 4 2014 // A new Maine law that aims to crack down on people with multiple drunken driving violations is among several that kicked in last Friday, roughly three months after the Democratic-led Legislature wrapped up its short,...

Business Moves

Aug 4 2014 // Aon, National Flood Services Aon Affinity, the consumer, association and program business of Aon Risk Solutions, has completed its acquisition of StoneRiver National Flood Services Inc. and related entities from StoneRiver...

6.5 Million Homes from Maine to Texas at Risk for Storm Surge: CoreLogic

Aug 4 2014 // More than 6.5 million homes along the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf coasts are at risk of storm surge inundation, representing nearly $1.5 trillion in total potential reconstruction costs. More than $986 billion of that risk is...

20K Maine Residents to Get Health Insurance Premium Rebates

Jul 31 2014 // Nearly 20,000 Maine customers of health insurer Aetna are getting premium rebates because a provision in the Affordable Care Act limits what insurance companies can spend on administrative costs. The rebates for 2013...