All the headlines from our Maine Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 4 2004 // The Maine Supreme Judicial Court in a 5-2 vote has ruled that insurers may not restrict their liability under uninsured motorists coverage to less than what Maine law requires.The Sept 30 ruling in Butterfield v. Norfok...
Oct 4 2004 // Small businesses and self-employed individuals in Maine can begin signing up for the state’s new health insurance program today, Oct. 4, with coverage beginning on Jan. 1.But people who are unemployed or work for a...
Sep 22 2004 // Maine officials have warned consumers and industry professionals about a scam involving an unlicensed company using a name and logo similar to those of The Hartford, the well-known insurer, and one of its duly licensed...
Sep 20 2004 // A rifle manufacturer’s decision to pay $550,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by victims and victims’ families in the Washington, D.C.-area sniper shootings is a first, according to a gun control lawyer. Bushmaster...
Sep 13 2004 // Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) have elected a slate of three new officers in interim elections held during the 2004 NAIC Fall National Meeting. Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner...
Sep 2 2004 // Officials at Banknorth Group, Inc. (NYSE: BNK) of Portland, Maine, and TD Bank Financial Group (TDBFG) of Toronto announced that they have signed a definitive agreement for TDBFG to acquire 51 percent of the outstanding...
Aug 24 2004 // The state of Maine and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield have negotiated an agreement that will allow the state to begin offering its Dirigo universal health plan to uninsured residents this fall.DirigoChoice could be on...
Aug 23 2004 // Attendees at the 12th Annual Mid-Year Property and Casualty Symposium presented in July by the Insurance Council of Texas and the Association of Fire and Casualty Companies in Texas (AFACT) were treated to a series of...
Jul 30 2004 // The Maine Workers Compensation Board is not subject to the more strict rules of evidence governing other courts and should be open to evidence from a variety of sources so long as it is sufficiently reliable, the state...
Jul 16 2004 // The Prime Insurance Syndicate Inc. said that it has received approval to write surplus lines insurance business in the state of Maine effective July 2, 2004.Prime, which offers solutions for hard-to-place risks, will offer...
Jul 16 2004 // The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) presented Bill Thornton, president of Acadia Insurance Company in Westbrook, Maine, with the Raymond Mauk Leadership Award at the ICT’s 12th Annual Mid-Year Property and Casualty...
Jun 16 2004 // As of July 1, 2004, Maine resident insurance producers, consultants, and adjusters will be taking their licensing examinations through a new testing provider. The Bureau of Insurance has awarded a three year testing...
Jun 1 2004 // Maine Superintendent of Insurance Alessandro A. Iuppa has announced a new resource to assist property owners who have had difficulty obtaining insurance for specific types of residential property insurance risks.“It...
May 28 2004 // Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Maine has emerged as a possible sole bidder to provide coverage under Maine’s Dirigo Health Program.But Anthem, the only one of five insurance companies that expressed an interest...
May 18 2004 // Maine Superintendent of Insurance Alessandro A. Iuppa reported that Maine has become the sixth state to join the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact Commission, a commission which has been developed by the...
Apr 19 2004 // Maine’s Dirigo’ board has voted to seek bidders interested in making its universal health coverage available. The state-private venture is considered the nation’s most far-reaching attempt at universal...
Apr 19 2004 // Speakers at this year’s annual meeting of the Maine Insurance Agents Association didn’t let a sneaky spring snowfall get them down as they issued positive reports on markets, products, association business and...
Apr 12 2004 // The Maine Supreme Court has upheld the right of an insurer not to renew a homeowners policy for insureds operating at-home day care centers, even though the operators had a separate commercial policies for their...
Apr 6 2004 // Legislation paving the way for a voluntary market assistance plan (MAP) for homeowners insurance, which would be succeeded by a mandatory plan if the volunteer route failed, is close to becoming law in Maine. The proposed...
Apr 5 2004 // The Protector Group Insurance Agency of Worcester, Mass., has three new additions to its management staff. Grace H. Marrano is the new employee benefits manager. She is responsible for managing employee benefits account...