Press Releases
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Maine Department of Professional and Financial Regulation
35 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0035
Phone: (207) 624-8525
Fax: (207) 624-8595
On this page: Department of Professional & Financial Regulation | Bureau of Financial Institutions | Bureau of Insurance | Consumer Credit Protection | Office of Professional and Occupational Registration | Office of Securities
Prior Year Press Releases
Professional & Financial Regulation |
Date |
Description |
Bureau of Insurance |
March 21, 2023 |
Insurance Bureau Recovers $1.8 Million on Behalf of 499 Mainers in 2022; Lost Life Insurance Policies Matched to Additional 240 Mainers Through NAIC
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February 21, 2023 |
Maine's Bureau of Insurance Approves 11.9% Average Decrease in Workers Compensation Loss Costs
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July 1, 2022 |
Maine Health Insurers File Proposed Rates for 2023 Plan Year
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March 14, 2022 |
Insurance Bureau Conducts 435 Investigations for Consumers in 2021, Resulting in More Than $1.3 Million Recovered on Behalf of Mainers
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March 9, 2022 |
Maine Insurance Superintendent Eric Cioppa to Retire April 1, Capping Decades of State and National Service
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February 15, 2022 |
Maine's Historic Action Today Will Merge Its Individual and Small Group Health Insurance Markets in 2023 and Create More Stable Pricing in Both
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February 10, 2022 |
Maine Insurance Superintendent Issues Cease and Desist Order Against Senior Health Insurance Company of Pennsylvania (SHIP)
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November 30, 2021 |
Maine Bureau of Insurance to Hold Virtual Public Forum December 2nd To Discuss Proposed Long-Term Care Insurance Rate Increases by Genworth
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Bureau of Consumer Credit Protection |
Office of Professional and Occupational Registration |
Office of Securities |
April 21, 2021 |
Attorney General and Securities Administrator Warn Public About New Phone Scam
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September 25, 2020 |
Maine Securities Administrator Joins with CFTC to Charge Precious Metals Dealers in $185 Million Scheme Targeting Elderly Investors
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April 21, 2020 |
Maine Supreme Court Affirms Convictions in Elder Financial Exploitation Case
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April 3, 2020 |
Maine Securities Administrator Warns COVID-19-Related Investment Schemes Anticipated
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March 25, 2020 |
Maine Securities Administrator Issues Order Providing Temporary Regulatory Relief For Financial Industry
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March 10, 2020 |
Maine Securities Administrator Reminds Investors To Remain Calm During Market Volatility And Beware Of Con Artists
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December 23, 2019 |
Maine Securities Administrator Announces Top Investor Threats For 2020
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June 13, 2019 |
Military & Families Resource Fair
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April 24, 2019 |
Maine Securities Administrator Announces 10 Year Sentence in Elder Financial Exploitation Case
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November 13, 2018 |
Maine Securities Administrator Announces Conviction in Elder Financial Exploitation Case
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May 25, 2018 |
Maine Securities Administrator Finalizes $19.4 Million Agreement with Merrill Lynch Regarding Maines NextGen College Investing Plan
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April 20, 2018 |
Securities Administrator Reminds Investors to Approach Binary Options with Caution; Issues Cease and Desist Order Against Overseas Company
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March 5, 2018 |
Maine Securities Administrator Announces Sentencing in Case of Theft and Securities Fraud
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June 13, 2017 |
In Highlighting Elder Abuse Awareness Day, State Officials Urge Mainers to Report Suspected Cases of Financial Exploitation
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August 22, 2016 |
Maines Office of Securities Announces First Fund-ME Crowdfunding Offering in Maine -- Fund-ME Provides New and Existing Businesses with Opportunity to Obtain Investments Needed to Start or Expand Operations
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Last Updated:
November 14, 2017