February 10, 2008
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February 10, 2008
States aim to prevent residential fires by requiring ‘fire safe’ cigarettes Movies — think Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart in “The Big Sleep” — often make cigarette smoking look glamorous. Of course, in reality, the practice is anything but. In …
February 8, 2008
Uncertain economic times prompt many small business owners to look for ways to cut costs. There are obvious ones, like buying energy-efficient light bulbs and forgoing national brands for the store’s own label when buying office supplies. But many owners …
February 6, 2008
Two people charged in connection with a Poland, Maine car crash that killed six people on Christmas Eve 2006 are scheduled to go on trial next month. Twenty-eight-year-old Ryan Brissette of Poland is accused of allowing a group of including …
February 1, 2008
The second fire in two weeks and the third within the past year has damaged the Stage Neck Inn at York Harbor, Maine. No injuries were reported in the Wednesday night blaze that broke out in the oceanfront hotel’s main …
January 29, 2008
Massachusetts independent agents are facing a challenge to hang onto their whopping 86 percent market share in personal lines as the state embarks upon a new competitive auto insurance system that will bring some of the predictive analytics that agents …
January 28, 2008
Maine Governor John E. Baldacci has nominated Mila Kofman as superintendent of the Maine Bureau of Insurance. Kofman has experience in the academic, government and not-for-profit sectors. She currently serves as Associate Research Professor at the Georgetown University Health Policy …
January 28, 2008
Employers can fire workers found to have used medical marijuana even if it was legally prescribed, the California Supreme Court ruled last Thursday, dealing the state another setback in its standoff with U.S. law enforcement. The high court upheld a …
January 27, 2008
State officials and some in Congress remain skeptical about new federal rules for driver’s licenses, even after major changes designed to cut the cost of those rules and provide more flexibility. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Jan. …
January 27, 2008
Please Call “Those of you that don’t write in Massachusetts, please call us.” —Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Nonnie S. Burnes, addressing a crowd of property casualty insurers at the Insurance Information Institute’s Joint Industry Forum in New York last month. The …