Latest Vermont Headlines
All the headlines from our Vermont Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Vermont Officials Seek Flood Damage Reports
Jun 10 2011 // United Way officials in Vermont say they want to collect information to help make the case to the federal government that the state should be eligible for individual assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency...
Vermont Companies Lauded for Workplace Safety
May 20 2011 // Several Vermont companies have received recognition for their commitment to workplace safety, with King Arthur Flour of Norwich taking the top award for large companies. Ryegate Associates in East Ryegate and Curtis Lumber...
Vermont’s DUI Breath-Testing Program Under Fire
May 19 2011 // A mistake in the software set-up on a breath analysis machine and whistleblowers’ complaints about unethical lab work threaten dozens of drunken-driving prosecutions in Vermont. At issue are breath tests performed by...
Lake Flooding Continues to Plague Vermont and New York
May 6 2011 // At one end of the Burlington, Vermont neighborhood, 16-year-old Nathan Shappy was filling sandbags to put around his family’s house. Nearby, Maria Spadanuda waded through 8-inch deep floodwaters surrounding her home,...
Vermont Economic Development Legend Moulton Dies at 85
May 4 2011 // Elbert “Al” Moulton, the man credited with keeping billboards out of Vermont and creating the state’s captive insurance industry, has died. Moulton died Sunday at his Townshend home. He was 85. The cause...
Vermont Mutual Hires Liberty
Apr 28 2011 // Paul Liberty Vermont Mutual Insurance Group has hired Paul Liberty as its property claim program manager. Liberty is a 30-year industry veteran. He most recently held a senior management position with Narragansett Bay...
Vermont Lawmakers Ask for Study on Medical Malpractice Claims
Apr 4 2011 // Vermont lawmakers may ask the Shumlin administration to produce recommendations for reforming the medical malpractice system in the state with an eye toward lowering health care costs. The issue of medical malpractice...
Vermont Lawmakers Ask for Study on Medical Malpractice
Mar 22 2011 // Vermont lawmakers may ask the Shumlin administration to produce recommendations for reforming the medical malpractice system in the state with an eye to lowering health care costs. In debates over health care reform both...
Vermont Charges Contractor with Workers’ Compensation Violation
Feb 22 2011 // Williston, Vermont-based home improvement contractor Donald Bevins with three counts of failing to maintain workers’ compensation insurance and two counts of violating a stop work order by state labor...
New Deputy Vermont Insurance Commissioner Named
Feb 10 2011 // A Massachusetts insurance regulator is set to become the deputy commissioner of Vermont’s Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration. Susan Donegan will come to Vermont from her job...
Captivated By Potential
Jan 24 2011 // Northeast State Have Uneven Success Attracting Captives States across the Northeast continue to look at captive insurance companies as a potential source of new business — and tax revenue — but the continued growth of...
Vermont Settles Data Breach Case with Insurer for $55K
Jan 20 2011 // The Vermont Attorney General’s office says a Connecticut-based health insurance company is ready to pay $55,000 to settle a complaint that it didn’t inform customers that personal information had been lost...
Vermont Added 33 New Captives in 2010
Jan 13 2011 // Vermont licensed 33 new captives last year, bringing the state’s total of licensed captives to 911, according to the Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration. The new captives...
Kimbell Named Vermont Commissioner
Dec 17 2010 // Longtime state lobbyist Steve Kimbell will serve as insurance commissioner of Vermont, incoming Gov. Peter Shumlin has announced Kimbell will head the Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care...
Ratings Recap: National Guaranty, Standard Casualty, Affiliates RRG
Nov 24 2010 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating of “a-” of National Guaranty Insurance Company of Vermont (NGIC), both with stable outlooks. The...
Man Drops Claim in Vermont Over Condom in Burger
Oct 19 2010 // A former Vermont man who claimed he bit into a Burger King sandwich and found an unwrapped condom has dropped his lawsuit, with the restaurant agreeing to drop its counterclaim. The man and the store’s owners agreed...
Foremost Insurance Expands Dwelling Fire Program in Vermont
Sep 1 2010 // Foremost Insurance Group is expanding its Dwelling Fire program in Vermont effective September 1, 2010 and is introducing new Dwelling Fire policies and endorsements specifically designed for landlord, owner-occupied or...
Court: Vermont Can’t Collect on Pollution Cleanup
Aug 11 2010 // The state of Vermont can’t collect from a succession of owners of a property in downtown Barre that was polluted by a former dry cleaning shop, the Vermont Supreme Court has ruled. The justices on Friday upheld a...
Declarations
Aug 2 2010 // New England Wind “The barn was completely flattened.” —Kati King, of Gorham, Maine, where 54 mph winds destroyed her 150-year-old, 40,000-square-feet cow barn. Similar scenes were recorded throughout New...
Lee Named Branch VP for The Hanover in New Hampshire and Vermont
Jul 27 2010 // The Hanover has appointed Michael H. Lee as branch vice president for Commercial Lines for the company’s New Hampshire and Vermont markets. In this new role, Lee will lead the company’s efforts to strengthen...
