Latest Maine Headlines
All the headlines from our Maine Topic Page, ordered by recency.
New Markets
Apr 7 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Child Welfare Insurance Services Nuts...
Holdout Maine Agrees to Cooperate on National Real ID License
Apr 3 2008 // The governor of the first state to rebuke the federal government over plans to tighten driver’s license rules promised this week to work with the Department of Homeland Security to meet federal demands so residents...
Maine to Start Fining Motorists Caught Not Using Seat Belts
Apr 2 2008 // Maine has a seat belt law, but police have just been issuing warnings to violators since it was bolstered last September. As of this week, it’s no more Mr. Nice Guy. Maine’s Bureau of Highway Safety, its...
Maine Doctor to Pay $1.9M for Botched Surgery in New York
Mar 28 2008 // A Lewiston, Maine neurosurgeon has been found liable for a surgery that left a man in a wheelchair before the doctor came to Maine. Dr. Victor T. Ho agreed to pay $1.9 million under a settlement and won’t appeal the...
Maine Seeks Federal Waiver on Real ID Secure Driver Licenses
Mar 28 2008 // Maine Gov. John Baldacci has asked the federal government not to penalize Maine travelers if the state fails to make driver’s licenses more secure. Baldacci sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Homeland...
Maine Legislative Panel Weighs Statewide Building Code
Mar 26 2008 // Maine contractors who work in more than one town will have a unified building code to follow rather than rules that vary from one community to another, if a bill before a legislative committee becomes law. The Business,...
New Markets
Mar 24 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Contractors Nuts & Bolts: Lemac &...
Maine Man Convicted of Drunk Driving for 10th Time
Mar 17 2008 // Maine officials say a Clinton man who was convicted last week of drunken driving has the dubious distinction of being the state’s worst OUI offender. Fifty-seven-year-old Daniel Dumont was convicted in Waterville...
Maine County Dogged by Police Canine Liability
Mar 10 2008 // Three police dogs that work for the Cumberland County, Maine Sheriff’s Department were being confined to their kennels while off-duty. The issue of liability arose when Jag, a German shepherd, bit a newspaper carrier...
New Markets
Mar 10 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Blanket Accident Insurance Nuts &...
Maine County Dogged by Liability for Off-Duty Police Canines
Feb 29 2008 // Three police dogs that work for the Cumberland County, Maine Sheriff’s Department are being confined to their kennels while off-duty. The issue of liability arose when Jag, a German shepherd, bit a newspaper carrier...
Maine Race Track Sued Over 2006 Accident
Feb 26 2008 // Unity Raceway in Skowhegan, Maine is being sued by a former auto racing television host who was badly injured during an accident two years ago. John Crawford’s lawyer says the Mainely Motorsports host suffered...
Maine Legislative Panel Endorses Kofman to be Insurance Superintendent
Feb 14 2008 // Maine Gov. John Baldacci’s nominee for the open post of Maine insurance superintendent has won the endorsement of a legislative review committee split along party lines. The 8-5 vote by the Insurance and Financial...
Kofman to be Maine Insurance Chief
Feb 10 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...
Trials Set in Fallout from Maine Crash That Killed 6
Feb 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...
Third Fire Damages Maine Resort
Feb 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...
10 Tips for Mass. Insurance Agents Moving into Competitive Market
Jan 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...
Gov. Balducci Nominates Professor Kofman to be Maine Insurance Chief
Jan 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...
Second Fire within Year Damages Upscale Maine Resort
Jan 22 2008 // The Maine fire marshal’s office is investigating a fire at the upscale Stage Neck Inn in York a year after another fire damaged the oceanfront resort hotel. York Village Fire Chief Chris Balentine estimated the...
Maine Study: Suspended Drivers in High Number of Deadly Crashes
Jan 22 2008 // Suspended drivers represent a small minority of all motorists but are involved in a disproportionately large number of serious highway crashes in Maine, the Maine Sunday Telegram reported. After analyzing records from a...
