MMG holds annual meeting

    PRESQUE ISLE – The annual meeting of Maine Mutual Group was held April 8 at the home office of the company in Presque Isle. Roger J. Roy, executive vice president and chief operating officer, reported the financial results of 2008 to the policyholders present.      Larry M. Shaw, president and chief executive officer announced, after a vote by policyholders present and by proxy, that the following directors were elected to a new three-year term: John H. Cashwell III, Michael D. MacPherson, Jay Y. McCrum and Lisa M. Ventriss.
    Currently serving on the board of directors are Tom E. Gagnon, chairman, Presque Isle; John H. Cashwell III, vice chairman, Bangor; Larry M. Shaw, CPCU, president and CEO, Presque Isle; Samuel W. Collins, Caribou; Harold A. Dakin, Londonderry, N.H.; Rep. Dawn Hill, Esq., Cape Neddick; Michael D. MacPherson, Presque Isle; Jay Y. McCrum, Mars Hill; Donald W. Perkins Jr., Westbrook; Jon J. Prescott, Island Falls and Lisa M. Ventriss, South Burlington, Vt. George Ellis of Scarborough serves as an honorary director.
    Maine Mutual Group is the mutual holding company for MMG Insurance Co., a property and casualty insurer founded in 1897. MMG is represented by 142 independent agencies, located in 352 offices, in the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and Pennsylvania. The company currently writes $114 million in premium and employs 158 people.