The U.S. Senate voted Monday to end debate on a bill to extend unemployment benefits and COBRA health insurance subsidies that also includes a reauthorization of the national flood insurance program. The vote to end a Republican fillibuster was 60 …
Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty sent a letter to the state’s media outlets on April 9 regarding the current property insurance system and what should be done to improve it. In it, he says the exodus of national carriers from …
Maine-based Acadia Insurance Co. has named Leonard J. Ryer as its new regional vice president for the insurer’s New Hampshire operations. Ryer will help to develop and monitor the overall underwriting, marketing, loss control and claims strategies for the New …
The Northeast is seeing more frequent “extreme precipitation events” in line with global warming predictions, a study shows, including storms like the recent fierce rains whose floodwaters swallowed neighborhoods and businesses across New England. The study does not link last …
Maine fire investigators say a former boyfriend of a waitress at a topless coffee shop is being charged with arson for last year’s fire that destroyed the shop and some adjoining apartments in the small town of Vassalboro. Officials say …
Many U.S. states are worried that the health care overhaul plan approved by the U.S. House of Representatives will usurp their sovereignty and impose more spending on their already stretched budgets. Republican attorneys general in at least 12 states announced …
The parent company of Maine-based Northeast Bank Insurance Group has raised $16.2 million in new investment it says will be used to expand its insurance, banking and financial services divisions. Northeast Bancorp says the group of investors will also purchase …
Maine Insurance Superintendent Mila Kofman has been reappointed by the state Senate. Kofman has served as superintendent since 2008, and was nominated for reappointment by Gov. John E. Baldacci earlier this month. Prior to her appointment as superintendent, Kofman was …
TD Insurance Inc. in South Portland, Maine, has hired Leah K. Halsey as an account executive in employee benefits. She is responsible for working with employers throughout Northern New England to design, implement and manage their various employee benefit programs, …
Maine-based insurer Acadia Insurance Co. has named Christopher Rourke as its new regional vice president-Connecticut branch manager. Rourke will help to develop and monitor the overall underwriting, marketing, loss control and claims strategies for the Connecticut office. He will be …
