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Survey: MMG of Maine Named Best Ease of Doing Business Performer

Oct 23 2007 // More than 8,000 independent agents and brokers assessed the performance of over 220 property and casualty carriers in Deep Customer Connections Inc.’s (DCC) 5th annual Ease of Doing Business (EDB) survey. MMG...

Do Medical Malpractice Screening Panels Lower Costs or Save Time?

Oct 14 2007 // A two-year-old New Hampshire law that was supposed to speed up the processing of medical malpractice lawsuits has slowed things down instead. The law created special screening panels designed to encourage people to settle...

Evidence v. Emotion: How Medical Malpractice Screening Panels Work

Oct 12 2007 // Not all medical injuries are malpractice. “It’s not easy to tell a patient, ‘You have a harm but it’s not anybody’s fault,”‘ says Marilyn Ashcroft, a medical injury screening panel...

Maine laws on bike helmets, seat belts, teens’ cell phone use

Oct 8 2007 // Like other driving instructors across Maine, Dwight Hawkins has a new lesson to add to his course this fall: If you’re under 18 and behind the wheel, lose the cell phone. As of Sept. 20, a new Maine law will prohibit...

Maine cop hit by stolen police car covered

Oct 8 2007 // A sheriff’s deputy who was run over by his own police vehicle after it was stolen by a Jefferson man on Christmas five years ago is entitled to compensation from his personal car insurance company, Maine’s...

Maine laws on bike helmets, seat belts, teens’ cell phone use

Oct 8 2007 // Like other driving instructors across Maine, Dwight Hawkins has a new lesson to add to his course this fall: If you’re under 18 and behind the wheel, lose the cell phone. As of Sept. 20, a new Maine law will prohibit...

Maine cop hit by stolen police car covered

Oct 8 2007 // A sheriff’s deputy who was run over by his own police vehicle after it was stolen by a Jefferson man on Christmas five years ago is entitled to compensation from his personal car insurance company, Maine’s...

Oct 8 2007 // People The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America has named Deputy Secretary of Commerce David A. Sampson to serve as the association’s president and chief executive officer. Sampson takes over the reins...

Maine-based Workers’ Comp Writer MEMIC on the March– Now in 42 States

Oct 3 2007 // MEMIC Indemnity Co., a member of The MEMIC Group, has recently earned authorization to write workers’ compensation insurance in Rhode Island, North Carolina, Virginia and Colorado. The MEMIC Group can now offer...

Maine Court: Deputy Injured by Own Police Car Covered by Personal Policy

Sep 25 2007 // A sheriff’s deputy who was run over by his own police vehicle after it was stolen by a Jefferson man on Christmas five years ago is entitled to compensation from his personal car insurance company, Maine’s...

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Sep 24 2007 // The National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices has named its officers and directors for the 2007-2008 term. The new NAPSLO president is Mary Ellen Rozzell, who is with Continental/Marmorstein & Malone...

Dirigo Will Save Maine Health System $33 Million, State Estimates

Sep 19 2007 // The state’s Dirigo Health program will save the Maine health care system $32.8 million in its third year of operation, the Maine superintendent of insurance has ruled. In a 23-page report, Bureau of Insurance Acting...

New Maine Laws Affect Teens, Drivers, Bicyclists, Elders and Employers

Sep 19 2007 // Like other driving instructors across Maine, Dwight Hawkins has a new lesson to add to his course this fall: If you’re under 18 and behind the wheel, lose the cell phone. As of Sept. 20, a new Maine law will prohibit...

Maine Governor Forecasts Increased Competition for Health Plans

Sep 11 2007 // The Baldacci administration is anticipating heightened competition in Maine’s health insurance market as Harvard Pilgrim Health Care becomes the state’s partner in administering Dirigo policies, saying...

Northeast Bank in Maine Acquires Lewiston Agency

Aug 31 2007 // Northeast Bank Insurance Group, Inc announced it fifth insurance agency acquisition in less than a year. The Hartford Insurance Agency, family-owned and headquartered in Lewiston, is the latest in a string of deals for the...

Waters Named SAN Group Regional V.P. for Northern New England

Aug 24 2007 // The insurance network SAN Group, Inc. has added Frank J. Waters as the regional vice president of Northern New England. Waters’ responsibilities will include the overall strategic growth of SAN Group in Maine, New...

Maine Court Rejects Expansion of Snow Plow Subcontractors’ Liability

Aug 17 2007 // Businesses hired to remove snow from town roads do not owe a general duty of care to people who ride on them, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court has ruled. In denying the appeal of a man whose wife was killed in a collision...

Court Upholds Maine Law Mandating Blood Tests in Fatal Crashes

Aug 16 2007 // Maine’s highest court has upheld a state law that mandates blood alcohol and drug testing on drivers when a motor vehicle accident results in a fatality. The decision stemmed from a manslaughter case in which a lower...

Maine Court Rules Employer May Offset Workers Comp by Disability Sum

Aug 10 2007 // An employer may use a payment to an injured worker under its group life and disability plan to offset its workers’ compensation benefit payment, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court has ruled. The plaintiff had argued...

People and Places

Aug 6 2007 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America has named Deputy Secretary of Commerce David A. Sampson to serve as the association’s president and chief executive officer. Sampson takes over the reins on Sept....