All the headlines from our Maine Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 21 2002 // The National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) announced support for an actuarial report urging an increase of the threshold of access to permanent workers’ compensation benefits by Maine employees. During...
Aug 8 2002 // According to the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII), The Maine Supreme Judicial Court handed another victory to the insurance industry in a recent ruling where it rejected the diminished value...
May 30 2002 // The annual Conference of the Professional Insurance Agents of New Hampshire (PIANH) featured a panel discussion on the hardened insurance market, entitled “Market Conditions and Strategies for 2002,” Moderated...
Apr 2 2002 // Copart, Inc. the California-based auto salvage and disposal service, announced that it has opened a new auction facility to serve the State of Maine, bringing the total number of its operating sites to 89 locations in 40...
Jun 20 2001 // On Tuesday Maine’s Governor Angus King vetoed a workers’ compensation bill (LD 1175) that contained provisions which would have automatically entitled injured workers to full compensation during full-time...
May 31 2001 // Maine Governor Angus King signed into law a financial services privacy bill (LD 1640), which is, according to the American Insurance Association (AIA), consistent with the federal privacy regulations in Title V of the...
Apr 2 2001 // Progressive Corp. customers can now make insurance payments, find local agents and get information about Progressive products by connecting to progressive.com using web-enabled cellular phones. Progressive.com became the...
Mar 5 2001 // State National Insurance Company has been granted permission by Maine authorities to write fire, allied lines, commercial multi-peril, inland marine, other liability, products liability, auto liability, auto physical...
Feb 14 2001 // Popular novelist Stephen King filed a lawsuit in a Maine Superior Court against his insurer, Commercial Union York Insurance Co. The suit alleges that the insurance company failed to provide full coverage for injuries King...
Feb 6 2001 // Hilb, Rogal and Hamilton Co. has acquired a Maine agency. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. HRH purchased The Dunlap Corp. based in Auburn, Maine, which operates four offices in Maine and New Hampshire. Founded in...