All the headlines from our Maine Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 29 2006 // The national spotlight shone on Maine’s universal health care access program when it was launched two years ago. Policymakers nationwide watched to see if Dirigo Health would deliver on its promise to provide health...
Dec 26 2006 // Elected officials should consider increases in a variety of state taxes as they look for ways to make health insurance available to more Mainers, a panel that’s been studying the issue for several months voted last...
Dec 25 2006 // A family devastated by the Mother’s Day flood that inundated their home along the Mousam River in Kennebunk, Maine, says errors in federal maps prompted them to forgo the purchase of flood insurance, a decision that...
Dec 25 2006 // From Maine to Virginia, agents and adjusters helped property owners dig out from damaging floods. High waters seemed to hit a new state every week. Meanwhile, these same agents had to worry about whether their income was...
Dec 24 2006 // From Maine to Virginia, agents and adjusters helped property owners dig out from damaging floods. High waters seemed to hit a new state every week. Meanwhile, these same agents had to worry about whether their income was...
Dec 24 2006 // A family devastated by the Mother’s Day flood that inundated their home along the Mousam River in Kennebunk, Maine, says errors in federal maps prompted them to forgo the purchase of flood insurance, a decision that...
Dec 22 2006 // A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of a Maine car salesman who says he was unjustly fired while taking medical leave that should have been protected by state law.The 1st U.S Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday...
Dec 21 2006 // Crustaceans and clams starred as unlikely informants in a workers’ compensation fraud case in Hancock County, Maine. An almost three-year case of “something’s fishy” finally ended this week with the...
Dec 19 2006 // This year, the target for Maine lawmakers in Augusta was habitual offenders. Next year, it’ll be repeat drunken drivers.State Sen. Bill Diamond was a sponsor of Tina’s Law, which was signed into law earlier...
Dec 15 2006 // Zurich Financial Services Group has appointed Maine Insurance Superintendent Alessandro A. Iuppa as head of Government and Industry Affairs for General Insurance, and as chief government affairs officer, North America....
Dec 12 2006 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners presented Robert Wake, staff attorney for the Maine Bureau of Insurance, with the Robert Dineen Award, the association’s most prestigious individual honor. Wake...
Dec 7 2006 // On the heels of the recently announced Palmer Insurance Agency acquisition, Northeast Bank Insurance Group, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Maine-based Northeast Bank, has acquired a second insurance agency in less than...
Dec 6 2006 // Maine Superintendent of Insurance Alessandro Iuppa has announced his intention to step down from his position effective Jan. 13, 2007.“After 20 years, including 13 in Maine, in the insurance regulatory community it...
Dec 6 2006 // A family devastated by the Mother’s Day flood that inundated their home along the Mousam River in Kennebunk, Maine says errors in federal maps prompted them to forgo the purchase of flood insurance, a decision that...
Dec 5 2006 // According to the third annual “Most Secure U.S. Places to Live” rankings from Farmers Insurance Group of Companies, the most secure location to live in the United States is St. George, Utah.The rankings,...
Dec 4 2006 // The insurance subsidiary of Northeast Bank, Northeast Bank Insurance Group, Inc. has acquired the Palmer Insurance Agency of Turner, Maine.Palmer has six employees and generated $4 million in gross premiums over the past...
Nov 22 2006 // The administrator of a Canton nursing home said a plan to address “serious deficiencies” cited by state overseers has been submitted to the Maine Department of Health and Human Services.The filing follows an...
Oct 26 2006 // Maine’s highest court this week reinstated a lawsuit targeting VIP Inc. over a fatal collision caused by one of its employees, but Chief Justice Leigh Saufley criticized the ruling as harmful to the state’s...
Oct 25 2006 // Additional aftershocks are possible in the days and weeks ahead after a series of four small earthquakes shook the BBar Harbor, Maine area last Sunday.The tremors were normal aftershock activity from an Oct. 2 quake with a...
Oct 20 2006 // The Maine Bureau of Insurance confirmed that typical workers compensation premiums will not be going up for 2007.The department reported that the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) will not be filing a...