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V O L . X X V I I I N O. I I JA N UA R Y 2 4 , 2 0 2 2 10 B U S I N E S S M A I N E B U S I N E S S M A I N E B U S I N E S S N E W S F RO M A RO U N D T H E S TAT E Cross Insurance crosses state lines for deal Cross Insurance said it acquired the Lougee Insurance Agency in Duxbury, Mass. In January 2012, Lougee Insurance merged with the Corcoran & Havlin Insurance Group, a division of Cross Insurance. e combination of the two firms has fur- ther strengthened Lougee Insurance's ability to provide customers with insurance service and risk manage- ment advice. Since its founding in 1954, Cross Insurance has grown through the acquisition of more than 120 insurance agencies throughout the Northeast. e company now has over 1,000 employees operating out of offices in Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Florida. N O T E W O R T H Y N O R T H E R N & E A S T E R N Royal Leaf Apothecary opened at 415 Main St. in Presque Isle. If you're interested in joining a friendly, professional banking team that puts customers and community first, we invite you to explore a career at Kennebec Savings Bank. www.KennebecSavings.Bank Scan to view open positions Kennebec Savings Bank is an Equal Opportunity Employer B R I E F With plans in place for other Navy ships, the final Zumwalt destroyer leaves BIW B y J e s s i c a H a l l B A T H — The third and final ship in the Zumwalt class of destroyers, the Lyndon B. Johnson, sailed away from Bath Iron Works in early January, allowing the shipyard to now focus on a different class of destroyers. The stealth destroyer, DDG 1002, is on its way to the Huntington Ingalls Industries in Mississippi to have its com- bat systems installed. The Navy formally accepted completion of production and test activity from BIW for the destroyer. The Navy's acceptance in November of hull, mechanical and electrical completion fol- lowed extensive tests, trials and demonstrations of the ship's systems both at the pier and during sea trials last summer. "The sail away of the third and final Zumwalt-class destroyer marks an important milestone," said Dirk Lesko, president of Bath Iron Works, which is owned by General Dynamics, (NYSE: GD). "The completion of our work on the most sophisticated surface combatant ever built is the culmination of more than two decades of dedicated effort by thousands of employees." BIW laid the keel for the 610-foot-long guided missile warship in 2017, and it was christened in 2019. After it is fully tested, commissioned and outfitted, DDG 1002 will operate out of San Diego as home port. The Department of Defense originally planned 32 of the high-tech ships when they were planned almost 20 years ago. But over the years, budget constraints and changes in naval strategy reduced the number to three. Lesko said BIW will now fully focus on DDG 51s, the Navy's slightly smaller Arleigh Burke-class destroyers that have been a staple of BIW's shipbuilding since the 1980s. In addition to the two previously delivered Zumwalt-class destroyers, there are currently 37 Bath-built Arleigh Burke- class destroyers serving in the U.S. fleet. BIW, which employs about 7,400 workers, is one of Maine's largest employers. P H O T O / C O U R T E S Y O F B AT H I RO N WO R K S The Lyndon B. Johnson, the third and final Zumwalt destroyer, sailed away from Bath Iron Works N O R T H E R N & E A S T E R N

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