Latest Maine Headlines

All the headlines from our Maine Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Small Earthquake Felt in Eastern Maine

Jul 18 2011 // A small earthquake across Maine’s Blue Hill peninsula prompted a handful of calls to law enforcement officials, but no damages were reported. According to the Weston Observatory at Boston College, the magnitude 2.3...

Small Earthquake Felt in Eastern Maine

Jul 11 2011 // A small earthquake across Maine’s Blue Hill peninsula prompted a handful of calls to law enforcement officials, but no damages were reported. According to the Weston Observatory at Boston College, the magnitude 2.3...

People

Jul 4 2011 // Anthony A. Ambrose has been promoted to vice president and senior broker at New York-based wholesale broker Russell Bond. Ambrose joined Russell Bond in 1994 and is currently responsible for financial institutions, medical...

Maine Police Brutality Case Settled

Jun 29 2011 // A Maine man is going to get $725,000 as part of a police brutality settlement that was reached as the case was set to go to trial in federal court.Ronald Eaton of Deer Isle had sued several Hancock County and Ellsworth...

How Workers’ Compensation Politics Shut Maine Government 20 Years Ago

Jun 28 2011 // The hallways of Maine’s State House were jammed with irate, screaming protesters, and scores of state workers pitched a tent “union city” in a park across the street.The already cool relations between the...

Citi Skimped on ID Theft Protection for Data Breach Victims: Reuters

Jun 24 2011 // After a massive data breach last month, Citigroup did not offer its hacked clients the same degree of identity-theft protection that many other companies provide, drawing criticism from privacy advocates.Citigroup, which...

Hall Named Top Exec at Great Falls

Jun 24 2011 // Maine-based Great Falls Insurance Co., a newly licensed insurer specializing workers’ compensation coverage has named Gary Hall as president and CEO. Hall has three decades of insurance experience, with a majority of...

Maine Jury Awards $6.7M in Malpractice Case

Jun 20 2011 // A Maine jury has awarded $6.7 million to a woman whose husband died at Eastern Maine Medical Center following an all-terrain vehicle accident. A Penobscot County jury on Monday granted the award to 49-year-old Paula...

Maine Jury Awards $6.7 Million in Hospital Malpractice Case

Jun 16 2011 // A Maine jury has awarded $6.7 million to a woman whose husband died at Eastern Maine Medical Center following an all-terrain vehicle accident. A Penobscot County jury granted the award to 49-year-old Paula Braley, of Lee,...

OSHA Proposes $243K Fine for Maine Contractor

Jun 15 2011 // Federal workplace safety officials are proposing that a Lewiston, Maine roofing contractor be fined $243,000 for alleged safety violations at its work sites.The Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced the...

Cioppa Named Acting Superintendent in Maine

Jun 2 2011 // Eric Cioppa will serve as acting superintendent of the Maine Bureau of Insurance, following the departure of Mila Kofman last month. Eric Cioppa Cioppa most recently served as deputy superintendent. He joined the Bureau of...

Maine Superintendent Stepping Down

May 18 2011 // Insurance Superintendent Mila Kofman will step down from the Maine Bureau of Insurance at the end of the month. Kofman has served as superintendent since March 2008. Prior to state service, Kofman was on faculty at...

Top Aide to Maine Governor Resigns

Apr 18 2011 // Maine Gov. Paul LePage’s communications director resigned Saturday, a day after a newspaper reported he was facing possible foreclosure on five buildings, including an apartment house destroyed by arson.Dan Demeritt...

Report Tallies Economic Costs of Violence to States

Apr 6 2011 // States with the most violence are spending billions of dollars on medical care and prisons and recording lower productivity than more peaceful states, according to a new study on the effects of peace and violence on the...

People

Apr 4 2011 // Maine-based workers’ comp insurer The MEMIC Group has promoted Michael P. Bourque to senior vice president for external affairs. Bourque joined MEMIC in 1995 and was appointed vice president for corporate marketing...

Maine Couple Loses Lawsuit Against Cement Company

Mar 29 2011 // A Maine couple has lost its lawsuit against Dragon Cement claiming the company’s cement plant made their nearby home unsellable. In their lawsuit, Stephen and Kathy Darney of Thomaston claimed Dragon caused a...

Former NAIC Pres. Atchinson to Head Geneva Ass’n. Institutional Relations

Mar 25 2011 // The Geneva Association, an important international insurance think tank, announced that Brian Atchinson has been appointed as Acting Head of Institutional Relations. He is a former President of the National Association of...

My New Markets

Mar 21 2011 // Behavioral Health Care Market Detail: Negley Associates is underwriting manager for A+XV Rated carrier. Coverages include workers’ comp, professional and general liability, directors and officers (including EPLI),...

Business Chief to Stay on in Maine Cabinet

Mar 16 2011 // Gov. Paul LePage is keeping Anne Head in his Cabinet as commissioner of the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation. Head, of Yarmouth, was appointed by former Gov. John Baldacci in August 2008. LePage said...

Maine Gets Break in Federal Health Care Overhaul

Mar 10 2011 // The federal government has granted Maine a waiver of a key provision in President Obama’s health care overhaul, citing the likelihood that enforcement could destabilize the state’s market for individual health...