AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine's Bureau of Insurance says it recovered nearly $3.5 million from insurance companies in 2010 for Maine individuals and businesses.

Insurance Superintendent Mila Kofman says the bureau recovered nearly $2 million for consumers for health and life insurance claims that were improperly denied. It collected another $1.5 million in auto, homeowners and renters insurance claims that were denied.

For the year, the bureau received nearly 1,000 formal complaints.

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