AUGUSTA – Maine Superintendent of Insurance Alessandro Iuppa recently launched an assistance program for property owners who have had difficulty obtaining insurance for specific types of residential property insurance risks.

Types of risks covered under the program include: coastal and island properties, log homes, mobile homes, day cares and homes more than 75 years old.

The Bureau of Insurance has compiled a list of names of property and casualty insurance companies that have indicated a willingness to consider insuring certain types of risk in the Maine homeowner market. The list is available online at www.maineinsurancereg.org. Consumers also can reach the Maine Bureau of Insurance at (800) 300-500 or 624-8475.