Latest Maine Headlines
All the headlines from our Maine Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Maine Bill Bars Teens from Chatting While Driving
Jun 6 2007 // Maine tenagers who are used to chatting while driving may have to break the habit and leave their cellular phones alone while they’re behind the wheel. A bill, which has won all-but-final Senate approval after it was...
Maine Bicyclists Could Face Helmet, Drunk Pedaling Rules
Jun 1 2007 // Maine’s growing legion of bicyclists — and motorists who share the road with them — will have some new rules to ride by if a bill that addresses such issues as helmet use, safety margins and drunk pedaling...
Maine Close to Approving Dirigo Self-Insurance Venture
May 29 2007 // Despite arguments that the state should keep out of a business where only private enterprise belongs, the Maine Senate gave its blessing last week to a proposal to allow the state to venture further into health...
Maine Bill to Ban Teen Drivers’ Cell Phone Use Advances
May 21 2007 // A bill to ban teen drivers in Maine from using cell phones and other electronic devices has won unanimous approval from a legislative committee. The original bill was supposed to ban the use of hand-held cell phones by...
Maine Touts Improved Ranking on Workers’ Comp Costs
May 21 2007 // The Maine Bureau of Insurance noted that a recent study of workers’ compensation costs shows improvement in Maine’s national ranking. A recent report covering 2006, issued by Actuarial and Technical Solutions,...
Maine adopts primary seat belt law
May 21 2007 // Maine Gov. John Baldacci has signed a bill that will make failure by motorists to use seat belts a primary offense, but violators will only get warnings for the first few months the law’s in effect. Under current...
My New Markets
May 7 2007 // Earthquake Nuts and Bolts: Wholesale Connection Insurance Services, located in Woodland Hills, Calif., added a new carrier to its list of Earthquake markets in California. Dollars: Capacity in zones A, B and E is...
Maine Adopts Primary Seat Belt Law
May 3 2007 // Maine Gov. John Baldacci has signed a bill that will make failure by motorists to use seat belts a primary offense, but violators will only get warnings for the first few months the law’s in effect. Under current...
Business Moves
Apr 23 2007 // AXIS Capital, Media/Pro AXIS Capital, a global specialty commercial property and casualty insurer and reinsurer, has agreed to acquire the assets and operations of Media/Professional Insurance (Media/Pro), a managing...
Majority of medical malpractice claims close without payment
Apr 23 2007 // The majority of medical malpractice claims in a study of seven states were closed without any compensation paid to those claiming a medical injury, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)...
Maine Law Restricts Agents’ Cross-Selling of Insurance Products
Apr 20 2007 // Prompted by complaints from Maine consumers, the Legislature has enacted a law to prohibit insurance agents who schedule appointments to discuss Medicare from trying to interest people in other policies. Gov. John Baldacci...
1st Circuit: Aroostook Tribe Subject to Maine Employment Laws
Apr 20 2007 // A ruling by a panel of the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals means the Aroostook Band of Micmacs is subject to state employment discrimination laws after all. In a divided ruling, the three-judge panel overturned a federal...
N.H., Maine Still Dealing with Flooding, Power Outages, Washed-Out Roads
Apr 19 2007 // Rain continued falling on much of New Hampshire late Wednesday, keeping some schools closed and lengthening the morning commute for drivers detouring around washed-out roads. Thousands of homes and businesses still had no...
Direct Mail? 63 Years Later, Letter Returned to Maine Insurer
Apr 10 2007 // A letter that was sent from an insurance company office in Portland, Maine, but never delivered has been returned to the sender — 63 years after it was mailed. A mail carrier returned the letter two weeks ago to a...
Majority of medical malpractice claims close without payment
Apr 9 2007 // The majority of medical malpractice claims in a study of seven states were closed without any compensation paid to those claiming a medical injury, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)...
Majority of medical malpractice claims close without payment
Apr 9 2007 // The majority of medical malpractice claims in a study of seven states were closed without any compensation paid to those claiming a medical injury, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)...
Maine Governor Wants Health Coverage to be Mandatory
Apr 6 2007 // A broad package of health insurance reforms that builds upon Dirigo and would lead to mandatory coverage for businesses and individuals was unveiled Wednesday by Maine Gov. John Baldacci. Baldacci’s plan, designed to...
Maine Gov. Baldacci Ready to ‘Re-energize’ Dirigo Health Plan
Apr 5 2007 // Maine Gov. John Baldacci planned a major health policy announcement this week that will focus on insurance market reforms, an expansion of the Dirigo Health program and new regulatory provisions, all designed to promote...
Northeast Bank Acquires Southern Maine Agency
Apr 2 2007 // Northeast Bank Insurance Group, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Maine-based Northeast Bank, continues acquiring insurance agencies in Maine. The latest acquisition is Southern Maine Insurance Agency, located in...
U.S. Study Finds Majority of Medical Malpractice Claims Close Without Payment
Mar 26 2007 // The majority of medical malpractice claims in a study of seven states were closed without any compensation paid to those claiming a medical injury, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)...
