Latest Maine Headlines
All the headlines from our Maine Topic Page, ordered by recency.
AIR Worldwide Reports on This Week’s Northeast Blizzard
Jan 29 2015 // A blizzard in the Northeast this week primarily impacted eastern Long Island in New York, southeastern Connecticut, Rhode Island, eastern Massachusetts and Cape Cod and the islands, New Hampshire, and Maine, with record...
United Insurance Acquires Shiretown Agency in Maine
Jan 28 2015 // United Insurance, an independent insurance agency headquartered in Falmouth, Maine, announced the acquisition of the Shiretown Agency in Farmington, Maine. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. United Insurance has...
Clark Insurance Acquires James L. Cooney Agency in Massachusetts
Jan 27 2015 // Clark Insurance, an employee-owned independent insurance agency with offices in Maine and New Hampshire, has acquired the James L. Cooney Insurance Agency of Lowell, Massachusetts. Terms of the transaction were not...
Workers’ Comp Upheld for Maine Man Who Died on Treadmill
Jan 26 2015 // Maine’s highest court on Jan. 22 upheld workers’ compensation benefits for the widow of a Salvation Army portfolio manager who died from a heart attack on a treadmill while monitoring the financial markets on...
Maine Expresses Opposition to OSHA’s SHARP Program Changes
Jan 23 2015 // Maine’s Commissioner of Labor Jeanne Paquette said in a statement Wednesday that the state’s Department of Labor is opposed to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) changes to the...
Maine Bureau of Insurance Recovered $3.4M for Consumers in 2014
Jan 21 2015 // Maine Insurance Superintendent Eric Cioppa said the state Bureau of Insurance recovered nearly $3.4 million on behalf of Maine consumers and businesses in 2014. More than $2.4 million was recovered for consumers by the...
Norton Insurance Agency Acquires Brennan Insurance in Maine
Jan 15 2015 // Norton Insurance Agency, a division of Norton Insurance Financial in Cumberland, Maine, announced that it has acquired the Brennan Insurance Agency of Winthrop, Maine. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Norton...
Clark Insurance Promotes Payne to Business Development VP in Maine
Jan 2 2015 // Tony Payne Clark Insurance, an employee-owned independent insurance agency with offices in Maine and New Hampshire, has promoted Tony Payne to vice president of business development. Payne has been serving as director of...
Clark Insurance Adds 2 Account Managers in Portland, Maine, Office
Dec 30 2014 // Clark Insurance, an employee-owned independent insurance agency with offices in Maine and New Hampshire, has hired two new employees in its Portland, Maine, office. Angela Duran has joined the Personal Insurance Department...
Portland, Maine, Looks to Regulate Uber Ride Service
Dec 24 2014 // The city attorney for Portland, Maine, will draft an ordinance to regulate Uber, the online ride service that began operating in the city in October. City officials say the service is not licensed by the city nor is it...
Officials in Portland, Maine, Considering Database After Deadly Fire
Dec 16 2014 // Portland, Maine officials may roll out a centralized database for tracking housing complaints in response to a deadly November fire that killed six people. The Portland Press Herald reports the city is also getting ready...
Sen. Collins Finds Route to Help Trucking Industry
Dec 15 2014 // For the second time in three years, the trucking industry has found a friend in Senator Susan Collins. The Maine Republican got a rider attached to the spending bill approved over the weekend so truckers will no longer...
Clark Insurance Announces 2 Appointments in Maine
Dec 12 2014 // Clark Insurance, an employee-owned independent insurance agency with offices in Maine and New Hampshire, announced two appointments in its Portland, Maine, office. Tammy Volock has been named controller at Clark Insurance....
Maine Expands Online Access to Approved Insurer Filings
Sep 26 2014 // Maine regulators said this week they have expanded the online public access to approved insurance contract and rate filings submitted by insurance companies doing business in Maine. Officials said the approved filings for...
Clark Insurance Adds New Employees in Portland, Maine, Office
Sep 25 2014 // Clark Insurance, an employee-owned independent insurance agency with offices in Maine and New Hampshire, announced the following new employees in its Portland, Maine, office. Pamela Cyr will serve as an account manager in...
Maine’s SurePoint Re Advisors to Be Acquired by Willis Re
Sep 11 2014 // Willis Group Holdings plc announced today that Willis Re Inc., its North American reinsurance business, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of SurePoint Reinsurance Advisors, LLC, in Portland,...
Data: Connecticut, Maine Have Slow Economic Growth
Aug 22 2014 // Economic growth in New England has been slowest in Connecticut and Maine since the end of the recession in 2009, according to new federal statistics released Wednesday. Quarterly gross domestic product — the value of...
Maine Woman Sues GM, Claims Burn From Heated Car Seat
Aug 19 2014 // A Maine woman who says she suffered a third-degree burn from a heated seat in Chevrolet Suburban has sued General Motors. Emma Verrill says in her suit filed in U.S. District Court in Portland, Maine, that GM failed to...
Maine Officials Alert Consumers, Businesses to Flood-Damaged Autos
Aug 18 2014 // Maine Gov. Paul R. LePage and Maine Insurance Superintendent Eric Cioppa cautioned consumers and businesses that recent severe weather and flooding in Maine, throughout the Northeast and in other parts of the country...
Acadia Insurance Launches Small Business Product in Maine, New Hampshire
Aug 15 2014 // Acadia Insurance, a W. R. Berkley Co., has launched a new insurance policy for small businesses in Maine and New Hampshire called AcadiaAdvantage. The product is expected to be available in additional states this...
