All the headlines from our Maine Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 25 2019 // The National Transportation Safety Board faults law enforcement planning in a report on a double fatal crash during the United Bikers of Maine Toy Run in September 2017.The report, released Tuesday, said an unsafe maneuver...
Apr 23 2019 // The owner of a home improvement company charged with manslaughter following the death of a worker is set for a court hearing.The Portland Press Herald reports the arraignment of Saco-based contractor, Shawn D. Purvis, is...
Apr 22 2019 // A combination of warm weather, rain and melting snow was feeding floodwaters in low-lying areas of Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine on Saturday.No injuries were reported, but in Vermont the Stowe swift water rescue team...
Apr 1 2019 // Workers’ compensation specialist The MEMIC Group has appointed Amanda Roberts as director of financial reporting, in which she will oversee its financial forecasting, budgeting and general ledger...
Mar 26 2019 // The National Transportation Safety Board says a United Express regional jet didn’t slide off a runway in Maine – it missed the runway altogether.A preliminary report indicates the 50-seat Embraer 145 approached...
Mar 20 2019 // For Maine dairy farmer Fred Stone, the discovery in 2016 that his cows were producing tainted milk has since brought financial ruin and threatened to shut down a century-old family business.Now state regulators and health...
Mar 18 2019 // A Maine marketing firm has settled a lawsuit with a former employee who claimed she was drugged at a company party and fired after requesting accommodations to recover.The Portland Press Herald reports an attorney for...
Mar 15 2019 // Maine lawmakers are considering a bill that would require horse-drawn buggies to display reflectors or lights at night.The Portland Press Herald reports the push comes after several crashes involving motor vehicles in...
Mar 5 2019 // Workers’ compensation specialist The MEMIC Group has appointed Beth Austerman to senior production underwriter to support continued growth in the Central and Western New York markets. Austerman has more than 14 years...
Feb 19 2019 // BroGue Insurance & Financial Services has promoted Heather Kinney to agency manager and hired Derek Cole.Kinney began her insurance career in 1990 and has been a licensed agent since 1999, with experience in both...
Feb 5 2019 // Workers’ compensation specialist The MEMIC Group promoted Ben Delcourt to underwriting manager and Shae-Li Fendler to underwriting analyst manager.Delcourt manages the underwriting team, which represents more than 60...
Jan 7 2019 // From big data and blockchain to autonomous vehicles and new technology that isn’t yet on the radar, “change is inevitable” for the insurance industry in 2019.“Insurance companies, insurance...
Dec 17 2018 // The Maine company that employed a roofer who fell to his death has faced several fines lodged by federal safety authorities.The Portland Press Herald reports that Purvis Home Improvements has been ordered to pay over...
Nov 19 2018 // State insurance regulators have elected new officers of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). The following officers will assume their duties on Jan. 1, 2019:President: Maine Insurance Superintendent...
Sep 11 2018 // A Maine lobster wholesaler is suing one of its owners, claiming he embezzled nearly $1.5 million worth of lobsters.Sea Salt, which is a Saco-based restaurant and wholesale lobster company, alleges Matthew Bellerose created...
Aug 28 2018 // The owner of a Maine apartment where six people died in a fire has begun serving his jail sentence for a safety code violation. Fifty-two-year-old Gregory Nisbet reported to Cumberland County Jail Wednesday. He was...
Aug 13 2018 // When police investigators tried to figure out what caused a multi-vehicle crash that killed an elderly woman in Morton, Illinois, last month, they looked to the sky for help.Like a growing number of police agencies...
Aug 9 2018 // Hub International Limited, a global insurance brokerage, has acquired the assets of Kilbride & Harris Insurance Services LLC. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.Located in South Portland, Maine, Kilbride &...
Aug 2 2018 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency says it has obligated more than $1 million in assistance to Maine stemming from a severe storm and flooding last fall. The agency says the storm impacted 13 of the state’s 16...
Aug 2 2018 // The National Transportation Safety Board says a twin-engine propeller aircraft reported a loss of power right before a crash that killed three people. A spokesman for the NTSB said the plane, called an Aerostar AEST, was...