All the headlines from our Maine Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 21 2012 // A former Poland Regional High School cheerleader has sued her coach and the school district for head injuries she says she received during practice.Olivia Doyer of Mechanic Falls and her parents, Douglas and Roxanne Doyer,...
Sep 20 2012 // A state Transportation Department worker has been convicted of stealing thousands of dollars’ worth of workers compensation benefits by doing strenuous activities at his home when he was supposedly too hurt to...
Sep 10 2012 // Maine’s top insurance regulator is highlighting a new mobile app that can help motorists take the guesswork out of auto accidents.Maine Insurance Superintendent Eric Cioppa said last month that a new...
Aug 30 2012 // Maine’s top insurance regulator is highlighting a new mobile application that can help motorists take the guesswork out of auto accidents.Maine Insurance Superintendent Eric Cioppa said this week that a new...
Aug 28 2012 // Three independent insurance agencies in Maine have made the state’s seventh annual “Best Places to Work in Maine” list. The list is published by the Maine State Council of the Society for Human Resources...
Aug 21 2012 // A news report says an Augusta, Maine, construction company has been cited for violations and fined in the death of an employee after a house collapsed. Morning Sentinel reports that the Occupational Safety and Health...
Aug 15 2012 // Public safety officials say the number of highway deaths in Maine is up 50 percent over last year. The Bureau of Highway Safety says 97 people have died on Maine roads so far this year as of last Friday, August 10. At the...
Aug 8 2012 // The Kraft Sports Group in Massachusetts said this week it has named Cross Insurance, a subsidiary of Bangor, Maine-based Cross Financial Corp., as its official insurance brokerage firm.Under the deal, Cross Insurance will...
Jul 26 2012 // The MEMIC Group, a workers’ compensation insurer headquartered in Portland, Maine, has promoted Kelly Barden to the new position of communications production manager.Kelly BardenIn her new role, she will oversee and...
Jul 23 2012 // The City of Bangor, Maine, announced last Friday that its new 8,000-seat multi-purpose sports and entertainment venue currently under construction will be named the Cross Insurance Center as a result of a new, long-term...
Jul 11 2012 // Maine’s top insurance regulator is advising state residents to assess the risks associated with severe weather, and take steps to protect themselves and their property.Maine Insurance Superintendent Eric Cioppa...
Jul 9 2012 // Maine wildlife officials say the number of complaints about bears has more than doubled so far this year. Officials say between Jan. 1 and July 3, the Maine Warden Service had received 542 complaints from the public about...
Jul 9 2012 // Maine Gov. Paul LePage used his weekly radio address this past Saturday to attack the Supreme Court’s decision that upheld the president’s health care law. He also described the Internal Revenue Service as the...
Jun 11 2012 // A Maine man recently convicted of federal gun charges has pleaded no contest in state court to insurance fraud charges for burning down his house. Joseph T. Smith of Township 6 pleaded no contest last week to a charge of...
Jun 7 2012 // The MEMIC Group, a workers’ compensation insurer headquartered in Portland, Maine, has appointed two senior underwriters: Mark Darragh for New Jersey and surrounding areas operations and Katrinka Casamassa for...
May 21 2012 // The workers’ comp loss-costs are continuing to go up in most Northeastern states, according to the National Council on Compensation Insurance Inc.Based in Boca Raton, Fla., NCCI analyzes industry trends, prepares...
May 7 2012 // A new Maine bill that brings wide-ranging changes to the state’s workers’ compensation system was signed into law last month.The bill, signed into law by Maine Gov. Paul LePage, is called An Act to Review and...
May 4 2012 // A federal judge in Maine has approved a settlement in a class action lawsuit on behalf of 40 people with long-term disabilities who wanted opportunities to live outside nursing homes. District Judge Nancy Torreson on...
Apr 24 2012 // A new federal lawsuit targets a rollback of MaineCare benefits supported by Maine Gov. Paul LePage that eliminated health care coverage for hundreds of legal immigrants living in the state.The lawsuit filed last week by...
Apr 24 2012 // A new Maine bill that brings wide-ranging changes to the state’s workers’ compensation system was signed into law last week.The bill, signed into law by Maine Gov. Paul LePage, is called An Act to Review and...