Latest Maine Headlines
All the headlines from our Maine Topic Page, ordered by recency.
2 Maine Teens Who Stole 8 Cars Caught Breaking Into 9th, Police Say
Jul 1 2016 // State police say two 15-year-old boys stole eight cars and caused $50,000 in damage to some of the vehicles and the Litchfield Fairgrounds. The Kennebec Journal reported that police say the teenagers, of Farmingdale and...
Maine Town Ends Flying of U.S. Flags Due to Insurance Cost
Jun 29 2016 // A lack of adequate liability insurance has put an end to a project honoring military veterans by flying American flags on utility poles in Maine’s smallest town. The Kennebec Journal reports Randolph Fire Association...
Aetna to Offer Individual Plans in Maine’s Health Exchanges
May 18 2016 // Aetna plans to offer individual plans in part of Maine on the Affordable Care Act’s health exchanges, bringing more competition to the market. A filing with the state indicates Aetna will join Community Health...
Maine Insurers Request Double-Digit Rate Hikes Under Health Care Law
May 12 2016 // Insurers are seeking double-digit premium increases in the coming year for tens of thousands of Mainers who receive insurance through President Barack Obama’s health care law. Proposals filed with the Maine Bureau of...
Greater New York Insurance Companies Expands to Maine Market
May 2 2016 // Greater New York Insurance Companies (GNY), a super-regional carrier in commercial property/casualty insurance, announced it will begin issuing policies in Maine beginning May. “Many New England business owners and...
NCCI Sees Stable Trends in New England
May 2 2016 // The National Council on Compensation Insurance says it is seeing generally stable trends in Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont — five New England states where NCCI serves as a licensed rating...
Climate Change and The Conservative Republican
Apr 28 2016 // If you’re a conservative Republican, there’s a decent chance that you believe in climate change. Compared with two years ago that is. Don’t tell this to Rush Limbaugh or presidential hopeful Donald Trump....
NCCI Sees Stable Trends in New England
Apr 28 2016 // The National Council on Compensation Insurance says it is seeing generally stable trends in Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont — five New England states where NCCI serves as a licensed rating and...
Maine Police Step Up Distracted Driving Enforcement
Apr 21 2016 // The Augusta, Maine, Police Department says officers in the state’s capital city will be more focused on cracking down on distracted driving from now until September. Sgt. Christian Behr says extra patrols dedicated...
Maine Lawmakers Reject Marijuana OUI Bill
Apr 18 2016 // A Maine bill that would allow a blood test to determine whether a driver is impaired from marijuana use is heading to defeat. The Maine House on April 1 voted unanimously to reject the bill, which set a blood level limit...
Maine Lawmakers Reject Marijuana Blood Test Bill for Drivers
Apr 6 2016 // A Maine bill that would allow a blood test to determine whether a driver is impaired from marijuana use is heading to defeat. The Maine House on April 1 voted unanimously to reject the bill, which set a blood level limit...
Maine Bill Seeks Strong Limits on Opioid Prescriptions
Apr 1 2016 // The Maine Legislature is poised to pass a bill sponsored by Gov. Paul LePage that would put the state on the front line of a national movement to monitor and restrict opioid painkillers. The Republican’s bill would...
Cross Insurance Adds 2 New Account Executives in Maine
Mar 29 2016 // Cross Insurance, an insurance agency headquartered in Bangor, Maine, has hired Abram Treadwell as account executive/Personal Lines and Sean Doyle as account executive/Commercial Lines. Both will be based in Cross...
New Hampshire, Maine Monitoring Struggling Health Insurance Co-Op
Mar 22 2016 // New Hampshire insurance regulators are working with their counterparts in Maine to monitor a financially struggling health insurance cooperative that serves both states. Community Health Options, based in Lewiston, Maine,...
Maine’s Nonprofit Health Insurer Sets Aside $43M to Cover Potential Losses
Mar 14 2016 // The lone health insurance cooperative to make money in 2014 on the Affordable Care Act’s public insurance exchanges saw big losses in 2015 and is now setting aside $43 million to cover possible big losses this...
Below Average Chance of Spring Floods in Maine This Year
Mar 8 2016 // The Maine River Flow Advisory Commission says there is a below average chance of flooding this spring in most of the state, with the exception of the northern reaches. The commission says the chance of flooding in northern...
Brown & Milliken Agency, Holmes Agency Announce Merger in Maine
Mar 8 2016 // The Brown & Milliken Agency and the Holmes Agency, two independent insurance agencies based in Ellsworth, Maine, announced that their firms have merged as of March 1. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The...
SAN Group Hires Cassell as Regional VP for New Hampshire, Maine
Feb 29 2016 // Jim Cassell Satellite Agency Network (SAN) Group Inc., an alliance of independent property/casualty insurance agencies in the Northeast, has hired Jim Cassell as regional vice president for New Hampshire and Maine. In this...
Maine Obtained $1.5M in Recoveries for Consumers, Businesses in 2015
Jan 20 2016 // Cases filed with the Maine Bureau of Insurance in 2015 resulted in nearly $1.5 million in recovered funds for Maine residents, according to Maine Insurance Superintendent Eric Cioppa. More than $1.2 million was recovered...
Cross Insurance Hires Jermyn as Employee Benefits VP in Maine
Jan 13 2016 // Eric Jermyn Cross Insurance, an insurance agency headquartered in Bangor, Maine, has hired Eric Jermyn as vice president of business development for Cross Employee Benefits. He will be based in Portland, Maine. In this new...
