MEMIC

Portland-based MEMIC Group approved an $18.7 million dividend distribution to as many as 17,000 eligible policyholders who obtain their workers’ compensation insurance from the company.

Letters mailed to more than 20,000 students accepted to one of Maine's public universities were signed by employers including WEX, MEMIC and MaineHealth.

Liz Cotter Schlax will step down as president and CEO of United Way of Southern Maine in January 2025.

Global credit rating agency A.M. Best upgraded its outlook for the Portland workers' comp insurer from negative to stable, and affirmed the company's other ratings of excellent.

L.L.Bean, MEMIC and Saddleback are among the companies to install protections to keep birds from inadvertently flying into windows.

The final round came down to Jessica Estes, president of the Boulos Co., who was playing for Learning Works, and Jacqueline Edmondson, president of the University of Southern Maine, who was playing for the USM Scholarship Fund.

On X, LinkedIn and Facebook, users posted messages and several variations of a map of Maine with a heart in place of Lewiston using hashtags such as #LewistonStrong and #MaineStrong to get the word out. Some included broken hearts.

Checks will go out to 14,000 Maine policyholders starting in mid-November from the Portland-based workers' compensation insurance company.

The department said the rise in injuries among young workers is “most concerning.”

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