All the headlines from our Maine Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 23 2015 // A Maine working group has recommended that lawmakers pass legislation setting a blood-level limit for drivers under the influence of marijuana.The group, which includes state troopers and marijuana legalization advocates,...
Dec 23 2015 // A C$460 million (US$330.46 million) settlement fund for victims of the 2013 Lac-Megantic crude-by-rail disaster will begin disbursements this week without the participation of Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd [CP], the monitor...
Dec 21 2015 // Vermont, Utah, Iowa, Virginia and Kentucky get an “A” and North Carolina an “F” in one think tank’s annual grading of states on how they regulate the property/casualty insurance industry.The...
Dec 15 2015 // The lone health insurance cooperative to make money last year on the Affordable Care Act’s public insurance exchanges is now losing millions and suspending individual enrollment for 2016.Maine’s Community...
Dec 10 2015 // Some Northeasterners are beginning to wonder if a white Christmas may just be a dream, and business owners who rely on snow are starting to worry if warm weather could lead to a nightmare winter.In Maine, an outdoor sports...
Dec 9 2015 // The Maine Department of Public Safety says more pedestrians in the state have been killed by motor vehicles in 2015 than any other year in at least a decade.The Portland Press Herald reports state records show 16 Mainers...
Dec 3 2015 // Maine’s highest court says the estate of a man killed in a Portland punching incident isn’t entitled to money from the puncher’s family’s insurance policy. Eric Benson’s estate sued William...
Dec 1 2015 // The MEMIC Group, a workers’ compensation insurer based in Portland, Maine, has promoted Wanda Periou to director of Claims for the Atlantic region, Karen Porter to director of Technical Operations for the Atlantic...
Dec 1 2015 // Vermont, Utah, Iowa, Virginia and Kentucky get an “A” and North Carolina an “F” in one think tank’s annual grading of states on how they regulate the property/casualty insurance industry.The...
Nov 20 2015 // David Nadeau Clark Insurance, an independent insurance agency based in Portland, Maine, has hired David Nadeau as account executive for the agency’s Business Insurance Department. Nadeau most recently worked as...
Sep 21 2015 // The Maine Bureau of Insurance recently issued a bulletin on the topic of insurance scoring and adverse action notices.The bulletin 406, “Insurance Scoring – Adverse Action Notices,” was addressed to...
Sep 9 2015 // The Maine Bureau of Insurance recently issued a bulletin advising insurers in the state that use credit information in underwriting or rating personal insurance policies. The bulletin examined the topic of insurance...
Sep 8 2015 // Rebecca LeClair The MEMIC Group, a workers’ compensation insurer based in Portland, Maine, promoted Rebecca LeClair to information technology director of Application Development where she will oversee the maintenance...
Sep 7 2015 // Insurance broker Marsh said David Marino has joined the firm to lead its U.S. Construction Practice.Marino brings to Marsh 20 years of insurance and construction industry experience. He joins the firm from Aon, where he...
Sep 7 2015 // The District of Columbia, Maine and Pennsylvania have recently joined a growing number of states and jurisdictions that issued directives prohibiting the use of price optimization.In Washington, D.C., the Department of...
Sep 1 2015 // Cross Insurance, an independent insurance agency based in Bangor, Maine, appointed vice presidents Michael J. McInnis, Sr. and Scott S. Colford as co-leaders of its newly formed Franchised Dealer Practice that will focus...
Sep 1 2015 // Maine State Police have issued a distracted driving summons to a man who they say crashed into a tree while taking a “selfie” with his passengers, injuring several of them. State police say Jordan Toner was...
Aug 26 2015 // Maine Insurance Superintendent Eric A. Cioppa stated in a bulletin published Monday that in Maine, personal lines property/casualty insurers that use price optimization should submit revised rate filings removing such...
Aug 24 2015 // Clark Insurance, an employee-owned independent insurance agency based in Portland, Maine, announced that its board of directors has elected new officers as part of its long-planned internal leadership succession.Kenneth...
Aug 19 2015 // Maine Insurance Superintendent Eric Cioppa is highlighting a new Maine law, the Transportation Network Company Insurance Act, emphasizing that it will help to protect passengers, pedestrians and other motorists from losses...