All the headlines from our Maine Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 4 2017 // Hub, Wells FargoGlobal insurance broker Hub International Ltd. has agreed to acquire the assets of the crop insurance broker business of Wells Fargo Insurance. Terms of the agreement to buy the business, known as Wells...
Nov 20 2017 // The Central Insurance Companies announced the election of Evan Purmort to its board of directors as well as his appointment to the executive committee of the Central Companies. Purmort resides in Boston, Mass.As regional...
Nov 17 2017 // Police in Maine say a man has been injured and another man arrested after a car involved in a collision barreled into a diner.According to police, three vehicles were involved in a collision in Sanford around 3:36 p.m....
Nov 15 2017 // Maine officials say they’re notifying some 2,100 people of an incident that might have caused their personal information to be temporarily exposed. The Maine Office of Information Technology says the potential breach...
Nov 14 2017 // The MEMIC Group, a Portland, Maine-headquartered workers’ compensation specialist, has hired Tammy Bialek as senior production underwriter to support growth within the New York market. Bialek has more than 25 years...
Nov 9 2017 // Authorities in Maine say a fire has destroyed a historic building that once served as a Navy barracks in World War II.Crews responded to the fire at the Eastport building around 1 p.m. Tuesday. Firefighters contained the...
Nov 3 2017 // Hundreds of out-of-state utility crews are in Maine to help the state recover from a strong storm that pounded the Northeast and left about 1.5 million homes and businesses without power.Maine was one of the hardest hit...
Nov 2 2017 // Drought conditions across much of Maine may have contributed to the large numbers of trees that toppled during a storm that walloped the Northeast this week, officials said.The storm cut power to nearly 1.5 million homes...
Nov 1 2017 // Cross Insurance, a subsidiary of Cross Financial Corp. and an independent insurance provider in New England, has acquired the Holden Agency and its benefits division, Employee Benefits Solutions Inc., both are based in...
Oct 30 2017 // A former Maine fire chief has pleaded guilty to setting a wildfire that burned 42 acres in 2016.The Journal Tribune reports that 61-year-old Ricky Plummer pleaded guilty Wednesday to starting the fire when he was chief,...
Oct 25 2017 // MMG Insurance, a Presque Isle, Maine-headquartered regional property and casualty insurance company, has hired Eric Tawfall as its new vice president of personal lines.Tawfall will be relocating from Illinois to Northern...
Oct 24 2017 // A company that operates nine ski resorts in the U.S. and Canada will require workers to wear safety helmets when working on the mountains. The new policy follows the death in March of Alexander Witt, who wasn’t...
Oct 23 2017 // A large fire has ravaged a neighborhood in Maine, with officials saying it destroyed six buildings and sent at least four people to the hospital.Witnesses told the state Fire Marshal’s Office they smelled smoke long...
Oct 19 2017 // A Machiasport, Maine, man is suing a salmon farm over a workplace injury in which he lost two fingers.Jesse Redman sued True North Salmon US Inc. and Cooke Aquaculture USA Inc. last week in U.S. District Court in Bangor,...
Oct 18 2017 // Hub International Limited (Hub), a global insurance brokerage, has acquired the assets of Graffam Insurance Group LLC (Graffam). Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Based in Cumberland Center, Maine, Graffam...
Oct 16 2017 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York (IIABNY) announced that Lisa K. Lounsbury has been appointed as the organization’s permanent president and chief executive officer.She has been acting on an...
Oct 9 2017 // Maine Employers’ Mutual Insurance Company has returned $21 million to Maine employers insured by the workers’ compensation provider. About 18,000 employers in the state will see insurance returns from the...
Sep 26 2017 // Workers’ compensation specialist The MEMIC Group, based in Portland, Maine, has appointed Anthony Payne as senior vice president of external affairs.In this role, Payne will oversee corporate communications and...
Sep 18 2017 // The Maine supreme court on Wednesday began considering whether a paper millworker left suicidal by narcotic painkillers should receive workers’ compensation for medical marijuana.It’s the first time the court...
Sep 11 2017 // Brady Risk Management Inc., a Huntington, N.Y.-based financial risk management firm, has announced the opening of Brady Risk New England Property/Casualty Managing General Insurance Agency based in Portland, Maine.The new...