All the headlines from our Maine Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 7 2008 // The multi-million dollar tab for replacing credit and debit cards compromised by the security breach at the Hannaford Bros. Co. will likely be borne by banks and credit unions that issued the cards.“The banks and the...
Apr 7 2008 // 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.Liquor Liability with Assault and...
Apr 7 2008 // 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.Child Welfare Insurance Services Nuts &...
Apr 3 2008 // The governor of the first state to rebuke the federal government over plans to tighten driver’s license rules promised this week to work with the Department of Homeland Security to meet federal demands so residents...
Apr 2 2008 // Maine has a seat belt law, but police have just been issuing warnings to violators since it was bolstered last September. As of this week, it’s no more Mr. Nice Guy.Maine’s Bureau of Highway Safety, its federal...
Mar 28 2008 // A Lewiston, Maine neurosurgeon has been found liable for a surgery that left a man in a wheelchair before the doctor came to Maine.Dr. Victor T. Ho agreed to pay $1.9 million under a settlement and won’t appeal the...
Mar 28 2008 // Maine Gov. John Baldacci has asked the federal government not to penalize Maine travelers if the state fails to make driver’s licenses more secure. Baldacci sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Homeland...
Mar 26 2008 // Maine contractors who work in more than one town will have a unified building code to follow rather than rules that vary from one community to another, if a bill before a legislative committee becomes law.The Business,...
Mar 24 2008 // 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.Contractors Nuts & Bolts: Lemac &...
Mar 17 2008 // Maine officials say a Clinton man who was convicted last week of drunken driving has the dubious distinction of being the state’s worst OUI offender.Fifty-seven-year-old Daniel Dumont was convicted in Waterville...
Mar 10 2008 // Three police dogs that work for the Cumberland County, Maine Sheriff’s Department were being confined to their kennels while off-duty.The issue of liability arose when Jag, a German shepherd, bit a newspaper carrier...
Mar 10 2008 // 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.Blanket Accident Insurance Nuts &...
Feb 29 2008 // Three police dogs that work for the Cumberland County, Maine Sheriff’s Department are being confined to their kennels while off-duty.The issue of liability arose when Jag, a German shepherd, bit a newspaper carrier...
Feb 26 2008 // Unity Raceway in Skowhegan, Maine is being sued by a former auto racing television host who was badly injured during an accident two years ago.John Crawford’s lawyer says the Mainely Motorsports host suffered...
Feb 14 2008 // Maine Gov. John Baldacci’s nominee for the open post of Maine insurance superintendent has won the endorsement of a legislative review committee split along party lines. The 8-5 vote by the Insurance and Financial...
Feb 10 2008 // Maine Governor John E. Baldacci has nominated Mila Kofman as superintendent of the Maine Bureau of Insurance.Kofman has experience in the academic, government and not-for-profit sectors. She currently serves as Associate...
Feb 6 2008 // Two people charged in connection with a Poland, Maine car crash that killed six people on Christmas Eve 2006 are scheduled to go on trial next month. Twenty-eight-year-old Ryan Brissette of Poland is accused of allowing a...
Feb 1 2008 // The second fire in two weeks and the third within the past year has damaged the Stage Neck Inn at York Harbor, Maine. No injuries were reported in the Wednesday night blaze that broke out in the oceanfront hotel’s...
Jan 29 2008 // Massachusetts independent agents are facing a challenge to hang onto their whopping 86 percent market share in personal lines as the state embarks upon a new competitive auto insurance system that will bring some of the...
Jan 28 2008 // Maine Governor John E. Baldacci has nominated Mila Kofman as superintendent of the Maine Bureau of Insurance.Kofman has experience in the academic, government and not-for-profit sectors. She currently serves as Associate...