Latest Vermont Headlines
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Vt. Fire Chief: Chimney Fires on the Rise Because of Warmer Weather
Feb 7 2012 // A Vermont fire chief says there’s been an increase in chimney fires because of the warmer weather. Townshend Fire Chief Doug Winot says two fires over the weekend were apparently caused by clogged chimneys. He tells...
Two Vermont Towns to Decide on Abandoned Asbestos Mine
Jan 31 2012 // Voters in Lowell and Eden are going to vote on whether to request that an abandoned asbestos mine be declared a federal Superfund hazardous waste site so it can be cleaned up and eventually redeveloped as a biomass power...
Union Mutual of Vermont Companies Appoints VP of Underwriting
Jan 27 2012 // Union Mutual of Vermont Companies has appointed Robert Glass as the vice president of underwriting. Robert Glass Glass comes to Union Mutual with 24 years of insurance experience, most recently with The Hartford Insurance...
N.J., N.Y. Have Worst Tax Climates for Business, Report Says
Jan 26 2012 // New Jersey and New York have the worst tax climates in the nation for business, according to a new report by the Tax Foundation,a Washington, D.C.-based research firm. Two other Northeastern states, Vermont and Rhode...
Irene Flooding Left Vermont Home on Unexpected Island
Jan 24 2012 // June Tierney and Kellie Burke never envisioned island living in the Vermont woods, but Tropical Storm Irene had other ideas. Their home, a two-story, natural-sided saltbox, was a rural idyll on a wooded 10-acre lot off a...
Vermont Added 41 New Captives in 2011
Jan 23 2012 // Vermont added 41 new captive insurance companies last year, bringing the total number of licenses to 952, with 590 active captive insurance companies, according to data released by the Vermont Banking, Insurance,...
Vermont Governor Unveils Next Step in Health Care Plans
Jan 19 2012 // Aides to Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin have unveiled the next steps in his plan to move Vermont toward a single-payer health care system, and some business groups aren’t happy about it. Administration officials on...
2011 Vermont Traffic Deaths at Lowest Level Since 1944
Jan 13 2012 // The number of people who died on Vermont highways last year dropped 22 percent last year, to 55, the lowest number since 1944, officials said this week. The statistics released by Public Safety Commissioner Keith Flynn and...
Vermont Added 41 New Captive Insurance Companies in 2011
Jan 11 2012 // Vermont added 41 new captive insurance companies last year, bringing the total number of licenses to 952, with 590 active captive insurance companies, according to data released by the Vermont Banking, Insurance,...
Lack of Workers’ Comp Closes Vermont Trucking Company
Dec 31 2011 // A trucking company owned by a Vermont state senator and his son has been shut down for not having workers’ compensation insurance. A court has granted a permanent injunction against Starrs United, Inc. Sen. Bobby...
Vermont Mutual Appoints Property Risk Control Manager
Dec 22 2011 // Vermont Mutual Insurance Company, based in Montpelier, Vt., recently appointed industry veteran Donald Rung as property risk control manager. Rung has more than 33 years of loss control experience in the insurance industry...
2011 Hurricane Season Spared Usual Targets While Flooding Northeast
Dec 5 2011 // The 2011 Atlantic hurricane season was a study in contradictions: It spared the usual Southern targets, while Irene paralyzed the Eastern seaboard and devastated parts of the Northeast with deadly flooding. The season...
Vermont-based CSI Appoints Ames & Gough New Program Manager
Nov 4 2011 // Consumer Specialties Insurance Company, a risk retention group, appointed Ames & Gough Insurance/Risk Management Inc. as the new program manager for the CSI program. CSI said it had been working with Hanna, Kremer...
Vermont Lawsuit Says Ex-Wife of Murder Suspect Negligent
Oct 19 2011 // The father of a slain Braintree, Vermont, girl is accusing the suspect’s ex-wife of playing a role in her death by not protecting her. The Vermont Supreme Court heard an appeal from James Bennett on Tuesday, Oct....
Congress Raises Anxiety, Anger Levels of Disaster Victims
Sep 28 2011 // For disaster victims rebuilding their homes, towns and lives, the anxiety is matched only by anger at Congress for entangling their future in a political battle over government spending. A sharply divided Congress has...
Officials Urge Vermonters to Get Flood Insurance Before Sept. 30
Sep 23 2011 // In the wake of spring flooding and additional flooding caused by Tropical Storm Irene, state and federal officials are encouraging Vermonters to sign up for federally-backed flood insurance before the end of the month,...
Vermont Businesses Plan ‘Floodstock’ to Aid Irene Recovery
Sep 20 2011 // A group of business owners in the Vermont town of Wilmington, devastated by Tropical Storm Irene, are going to raise recovery money with an event they’re calling “floodstock.” On Friday and Saturday eight...
Irene Raises Hurricane Deductible Questions in Hard-Hit Northeast States
Sep 7 2011 // New York and New Jersey regulators said recently that hurricane deductibles should not apply on homeowners’ insurance policies for Irene damages in their states. That’s because Irene was downgraded and...
Vermont Towns Seek Donations to Help People Post-Irene
Sep 7 2011 // Vermont communities recovering from Tropical Storm Irene are seeking donations to help urgent family housing needs. Until state and federal money is available, officials in Waterbury say donations would help solve some...
Update: Irene State by State Estimates
Sep 2 2011 // Catastrophe modeling company Eqecat, whose software is used by insurers to predict exposure to disasters, estimated the economic losses in the United States from Hurricane Irene at more than $10 billion. Irene was the 10th...
