Latest Maine Headlines
All the headlines from our Maine Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Maine-Based MEMIC Group Names Communications Production Manager
Jul 26 2012 // The MEMIC Group, a workers’ compensation insurer headquartered in Portland, Maine, has promoted Kelly Barden to the new position of communications production manager.Kelly BardenIn her new role, she will oversee and...
Maine-Based Insurance Firm Buys Naming Rights to New Bangor Arena
Jul 23 2012 // The City of Bangor, Maine, announced last Friday that its new 8,000-seat multi-purpose sports and entertainment venue currently under construction will be named the Cross Insurance Center as a result of a new, long-term...
Maine Advises Residents to Assess Storm Risks, Review Flood Insurance
Jul 11 2012 // Maine’s top insurance regulator is advising state residents to assess the risks associated with severe weather, and take steps to protect themselves and their property. Maine Insurance Superintendent Eric Cioppa...
Homeowners’ Complaints About Bears Soaring Across Maine
Jul 9 2012 // Maine wildlife officials say the number of complaints about bears has more than doubled so far this year. Officials say between Jan. 1 and July 3, the Maine Warden Service had received 542 complaints from the public about...
Maine Gov. LePage Attacks Supreme Court’s Healthcare Ruling
Jul 9 2012 // Maine Gov. Paul LePage used his weekly radio address this past Saturday to attack the Supreme Court’s decision that upheld the president’s health care law. He also described the Internal Revenue Service as the...
Maine Man Sentenced for Insurance Theft
Jun 11 2012 // A Maine man recently convicted of federal gun charges has pleaded no contest in state court to insurance fraud charges for burning down his house. Joseph T. Smith of Township 6 pleaded no contest last week to a charge of...
Maine-Based WC Insurer MEMIC Group Hires 2 Senior Underwriters
Jun 7 2012 // The MEMIC Group, a workers’ compensation insurer headquartered in Portland, Maine, has appointed two senior underwriters: Mark Darragh for New Jersey and surrounding areas operations and Katrinka Casamassa for...
Average Approved WC Loss-Cost Change +2.8% in Northeast in 2012
May 21 2012 // The workers’ comp loss-costs are continuing to go up in most Northeastern states, according to the National Council on Compensation Insurance Inc. Based in Boca Raton, Fla., NCCI analyzes industry trends, prepares...
Maine Workers’ Comp Reform Bill Signed Into Law
May 7 2012 // A new Maine bill that brings wide-ranging changes to the state’s workers’ compensation system was signed into law last month. The bill, signed into law by Maine Gov. Paul LePage, is called An Act to Review and...
Settlement Reached in Maine Class-Action Disability Lawsuit
May 4 2012 // A federal judge in Maine has approved a settlement in a class action lawsuit on behalf of 40 people with long-term disabilities who wanted opportunities to live outside nursing homes. District Judge Nancy Torreson on...
Federal Lawsuit Targets MaineCare Cuts
Apr 24 2012 // A new federal lawsuit targets a rollback of MaineCare benefits supported by Maine Gov. Paul LePage that eliminated health care coverage for hundreds of legal immigrants living in the state. The lawsuit filed last week by...
Maine Workers’ Comp Reform Bill Signed Into Law
Apr 24 2012 // A new Maine bill that brings wide-ranging changes to the state’s workers’ compensation system was signed into law last week. The bill, signed into law by Maine Gov. Paul LePage, is called An Act to Review and...
Maine Businessman Gets 2 1/2-Year Prison Term for Insurance Fraud
Apr 24 2012 // The owner of a Kittery, Maine, medical equipment supply company has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for health care fraud and for lying on an application for a loan from the U.S. Small Business...
Maine Woman Awarded $1.9M in Malpractice Suit
Apr 17 2012 // A Maine woman who sued a doctor for malpractice because she said he overprescribed her methadone has been awarded $1.9 million by a jury Charlene Whalen of Corinth sued Dr. Steven Weisberger, alleging the dosage of the...
Maine House OKs Workers’ Compensation Overhaul
Apr 16 2012 // A workers’ compensation overhaul bill that Republicans say brings Maine’s law into line with other states has won initial House passage. Representatives voted 75-71 last Thursday along party lines, with...
Willis North America Appoints Account Executive in Maine
Apr 11 2012 // Willis North America, a New York-headquartered division of global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings, appointed Michael Sullivan as account executive for Willis of Northern New England. He is based in Portland,...
Quarter Century Since Epic Maine Flood
Apr 2 2012 // Sunday, April 1, marked the 25th anniversary of one of the worst floods in Maine history. On April 1, 1987, major rivers overflowed their banks, ripping out bridges and roads, destroying homes and wrecking businesses. A...
Maine Court Says Insurer Not Required to Cover Worker’s Road Rage
Mar 24 2012 // Maine’s supreme court says a business’ insurer isn’t obligated to cover damage caused by a company driver during an incident of road rage. The court ruled unanimously Thursday in a case brought after The...
Maine-based Great Falls Insurance Appoints Business Director
Mar 9 2012 // Great Falls Insurance Company, a workers’ compensation insurer based in Auburn, Me., appointed industry veteran Keith Smaldon as director of business development. In his new role, Smaldon will work with agents to...
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