All the headlines from our Maine Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 15 2009 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com.Commercial Construction Liability Market...
Nov 13 2009 // As the holiday season approaches, Maine state officials are kicking off a campaign to encourage safe driving habits. The campaign announced Thursday in the State House focuses on seat belt usage, observing speed limits,...
Nov 4 2009 // Maine’s Insurance Bureau says workers’ compensation rates will decrease by an average of 7 percent. Insurance Superintendent Mila Kofman said Monday that an industry request for a decrease has been approved. It...
Oct 6 2009 // A West Bath, Maine woman who crashed her vehicle into a telephone pole has been cited under the state’s new distracted driver law. The Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Department says Kandi Frame was talking on a...
Oct 1 2009 // A lawsuit has been filed against C.N. Brown Co. alleging the company was responsible for a propane explosion that destroyed a home and severely burned a man in western Maine in 2004. The complaint in Oxford County Superior...
Sep 21 2009 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com.Misc. Medical Malpractice Market Detail: NAS...
Aug 19 2009 // A preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board on the emergency landing of a helicopter in Maine says there were no mechanical problems reported before the crash.WCSH reports the NTSB states a...
Aug 11 2009 // Officials in Portland, Maine say a new flood insurance map of the city harbor being prepared by federal officials would limit development options on all the city’s piers.Portland City Planning Director Penny St....
Jul 9 2009 // Maine’s highest court has ruled against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland in a sex-abuse case, concluding that a charitable immunity defense cannot be raised if church officials acted intentionally.In a 5-2...
Jun 26 2009 // A committee formed to oversee the state of Maine’s response to juveniles who set fires will be meeting for the first time Monday. State Fire Marshal John Dean said that since 2000, there have been 2,163 fires in...
Jun 5 2009 // A deliberately set fire destroyed a topless coffee shop in Vassalboro, Maine early Wednesday, just hours after the owner talked with local officials about making the business more like a strip club, investigators said.The...
Jun 1 2009 // Only those customers who weren’t reimbursed for fraudulent charges may sue the Hannaford Bros. supermarket chain over a data breach that exposed 4.2 million credit and debit card numbers to computer hackers, a...
Jun 1 2009 // Insurance giant Allstate Corp. is closing its claims office in South Portland, a move that affects 55 people.Company spokesman Mike Siemienas said Wednesday the shutdown will take place by July 31 and is part of a...
May 22 2009 // Tim Schott has been named deputy superintendent of the Maine Bureau of Insurance. Schott has been a county attorney in Webster County, Iowa since 2002, and has over a decade of prosecutorial experience – felony and...
May 22 2009 // Investigators say a propane leak was the cause of a weekend explosion that leveled a house in Bridgton. Officials say the house exploded around 1 p.m. Sunday while the homeowner was sitting outside after taking his dog for...
May 20 2009 // Northeast Bank Insurance Group has expanded its presence in Southern Maine, adding Goodrich Insurance Associates of Berwick to the list of what is now eight agencies the bank has acquired in the last two years.In...
May 14 2009 // Only those customers who weren’t reimbursed for fraudulent charges may sue the Hannaford Bros. supermarket chain over a data breach that exposed 4.2 million credit and debit card numbers to computer hackers, a...
May 11 2009 // A 49-year-old Maine man who was accused of working under the table for Saco-area hotels while collecting workers’ compensation benefits has been sentenced to eight months in jail for theft by deception. Kenneth...
May 8 2009 // Jennifer Curran could only sit in the pews of her Roman Catholic church over the years and watch as bride after bride — friends, her two sisters — walked down the aisle.Now that her home state of Maine has...
May 4 2009 // Diane Sammer and her partner, Pam Dennis, were careful to sign papers giving Sammer power of attorney over Dennis’ affairs. Yet after Dennis died of a heart attack and her body was to be cremated, the undertaker...