Maine News

Hall Named Top Exec at Great Falls

Maine-based Great Falls Insurance Co., a newly licensed insurer specializing workers’ compensation coverage has named Gary Hall as president and CEO. Hall has three decades of insurance experience, with a majority of that experience being in Maine and northern New …

Maine Jury Awards $6.7M in Malpractice Case

A Maine jury has awarded $6.7 million to a woman whose husband died at Eastern Maine Medical Center following an all-terrain vehicle accident. A Penobscot County jury on Monday granted the award to 49-year-old Paula Braley, of Lee, for the …

Maine Jury Awards $6.7 Million in Hospital Malpractice Case

A Maine jury has awarded $6.7 million to a woman whose husband died at Eastern Maine Medical Center following an all-terrain vehicle accident. A Penobscot County jury granted the award to 49-year-old Paula Braley, of Lee, for the 2005 death …

OSHA Proposes $243K Fine for Maine Contractor

Federal workplace safety officials are proposing that a Lewiston, Maine roofing contractor be fined $243,000 for alleged safety violations at its work sites. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced the proposed fines Friday against Lessard Brothers Construction Inc. OSHA …

Cioppa Named Acting Superintendent in Maine

Eric Cioppa will serve as acting superintendent of the Maine Bureau of Insurance, following the departure of Mila Kofman last month. Cioppa most recently served as deputy superintendent. He joined the Bureau of Insurance in 1988 as a statistician and …

Maine Superintendent Stepping Down

Insurance Superintendent Mila Kofman will step down from the Maine Bureau of Insurance at the end of the month. Kofman has served as superintendent since March 2008. Prior to state service, Kofman was on faculty at Georgetown University and had …

Top Aide to Maine Governor Resigns

Maine Gov. Paul LePage’s communications director resigned Saturday, a day after a newspaper reported he was facing possible foreclosure on five buildings, including an apartment house destroyed by arson. Dan Demeritt announced his resignation in a statement from the governor’s …

Maine Couple Loses Lawsuit Against Cement Company

A Maine couple has lost its lawsuit against Dragon Cement claiming the company’s cement plant made their nearby home unsellable. In their lawsuit, Stephen and Kathy Darney of Thomaston claimed Dragon caused a nuisance and was negligent for the dust …

Former NAIC Pres. Atchinson to Head Geneva Ass’n. Institutional Relations

The Geneva Association, an important international insurance think tank, announced that Brian Atchinson has been appointed as Acting Head of Institutional Relations. He is a former President of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) and a former superintendent of …

Business Chief to Stay on in Maine Cabinet

Gov. Paul LePage is keeping Anne Head in his Cabinet as commissioner of the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation. Head, of Yarmouth, was appointed by former Gov. John Baldacci in August 2008. LePage said Monday that Head has a …