Latest Maine Headlines

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MEMIC Hires Hartt as Agency Services Administrator in Maine

Aug 4 2015 // Marcia Hartt The MEMIC Group, a workers’ compensation insurer based in Portland, Maine, hired Marcia Hartt as agency services administrator to enhance MEMIC’s relationship with insurance agencies. She is based...

NAIA Hires Sherwood as Director of Marketing & Communications in Maine

Jul 27 2015 // Rebecca Sherwood North American Insurance Alliance (NAIA), an agency alliance based in Rangeley, Maine, hired Rebecca Sherwood as director of marketing and communications. For the past seven and a half years, Sherwood was...

Most Maine Crimes Drop in 2014 Even as Drug Arrests Grow

Jul 23 2015 // The Maine Department of Public Safety says crime dropped nearly 15 percent last year, the largest drop in the four decades that the state has kept detailed records.Commissioner John Morris said Wednesday every crime...

Bike Advocates Applaud Passage of Safety Bill in Maine

Jul 7 2015 // Bike safety advocates are celebrating a new law in Maine that they say will make the roads safer for bikers and pedestrians.Brian Allenby of the Bicycle Coalition of Maine tells the Maine Public Broadcasting Network that...

Obamacare Tax Subsidy Recipients in Northeast Express Relief

Jun 26 2015 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the tax subsidies for health insureds across the country including those in states without their own health exchanges that use the federal health insurance exchange. The following...

Canada Lays New Charges Against Railway in Lac-Megantic Derailment

Jun 23 2015 // The Canadian government has hit Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway Ltd. with fresh charges over a 2013 derailment that killed 47 people.The charges were laid Monday against the company and its president, Robert...

MEMIC Promotes Holbrook to VP of Information Technology in Maine

Jun 22 2015 // Matthew Holbrook The MEMIC Group, a workers’ compensation insurer based in Portland, Maine, promoted Matthew Holbrook to vice president of Information Technology from director of IT applications. Based in Portland,...

Supreme Court Rejects Maine’s Obamacare Challenge

Jun 9 2015 // The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a bid by Maine to escape one requirement of Obamacare, as the justices prepare to rule on a more far-reaching challenge that might unravel the health-care law.The justices Monday left intact...

Clark Insurance Adds 2 to Business Insurance Department in Maine

Jun 3 2015 // Clark Insurance hired Zachary Henry and Andrew Shaw for the firm’s Business Insurance Department in the Portland, Maine, office. Both will serve as associate account managers until they earn their property/casualty...

Maine’s Highest Court Upholds Workers’ Comp Fraud Conviction

May 22 2015 // Maine’s highest court is upholding the conviction of a northern Maine man convicted of collecting more than $50,000 in workers’ compensation benefits while operating an engine repair business. An Aroostook...

Clark Insurance Hires Lacadie as Account Manager in Maine

May 12 2015 // Darlene Lacadie Clark Insurance hired Darlene Lacadie as account manager in the Personal Insurance Department. She is based in Clark Insurance’s Portland, Maine, office. Lacadie is a licensed property/casualty agent...

New England States Launch Regional Crackdown on Speeding

May 7 2015 // State police across New England launched the region’s first coordinated crackdown on speeding and failing to wear seat belts.Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on Monday announced the “New England Drive to Save...

Maine’s MEMIC Group Announces Senior Promotions

Apr 23 2015 // The MEMIC Group, a workers’ compensation insurer based in Portland, Maine, announced the following senior promotions.Gregory Jamison has been promoted to senior vice president of underwriting. A 29-year veteran of...

Maine’s MEMIC Promotes McGarvey to Chief Operating Officer

Apr 8 2015 // Daniel J. McGarvey The MEMIC Group, a workers’ compensation insurer based in Portland, Maine, promoted Daniel J. McGarvey to the newly created position of chief operating officer. McGarvey is based in The MEMIC...

Maine Workers’ Comp Loss Cost Increases

Apr 1 2015 // The National Council on Compensation Insurance’s (NCCI) filing for the overall average workers’ compensation loss cost level change of +2.6 percent in Maine took effect on a new and renewal basis as of April...

Clark Insurance Hires Joy as Director of Employee Benefits Services in Maine

Mar 24 2015 // Clark Insurance has hired Christopher Joy to fill the newly created position of director of Employee Benefits Services in the Portland, Maine, office. With more than 15 years of experience in the benefits realm, Joy will...

Clark Insurance Names Ramsdell Senior VP in Maine

Mar 16 2015 // Lee Ramsdell The Board of Directors at Clark Insurance has elected Lee Ramsdell to the position of senior vice president. Ramsdell was previously vice president and also serves as corporate secretary. He is based in...

Maine Senators, LePage Seek Federal Aid After Winter Storm

Mar 11 2015 // Maine Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King are joining Republican Gov. Paul LePage in urging the federal government to provide assistance to towns still grappling with the costs of the January blizzard.Collins and King are...

Business Moves

Feb 23 2015 // Majesco, AgileInsurance technology firm Majesco has completed the acquisition of the insurance business of Agile Technologies, a technology consulting firm with revenues of more than $9 million. Terms of the deal were not...

Snowbound Boston Area Braces for Collapsing Roofs as Rain Comes

Feb 20 2015 // The latest menace dealt by New England’s historic snowbound winter — the creak, crack and boom of collapsing roofs — may get worse as the region heads into a weekend forecast of rain.Rooftops, especially...