Latest Vermont Headlines
All the headlines from our Vermont Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Vermont Captive Insurance Regulator Calls It Quits
Jun 11 2010 // A regulator who’s been a fixture in Vermont’s captive insurance industry for two decades is calling it quits. Peter Raymond, director of captive insurance for the Vermont Department of Banking, Insurance,...
Police Seek Cause of Vermont House Explosion
Jun 4 2010 // Vermont State Police fire investigators are seeking the cause of an explosion that destroyed a house in the town of Norwich. Police say that when firefighters arrived at the New Boston Road home at about 6 p.m. Monday they...
Texting While Driving Ban Now Law in Vermont
Jun 2 2010 // It’s now illegal to text while driving in Vermont. Gov. Jim Douglas signed the ban into law Tuesday at the Montpelier High School, joining at least 25 states that have banned the practice. The measure also bans the...
Vermont Commissioner Resigns, Deputy Named as Replacement
May 20 2010 // Deputy Commissioner Mike Bertrand will be appointed insurance commissioner in Vermont, after Paulette Thabault resigned from that position earlier this week. Gov. Jim Douglas said Thabault will take a position with CVS...
Worker Misclassification Bill Advances in Vermont
May 10 2010 // Vermont lawmakers appear poised to pass a bill cracking down on misclassification of workers by employers looking to avoid paying workers’ compensation premiums and unemployment insurance tax. Backers of the measure...
Vermont Lawmakers to Ban Driving While Texting
May 6 2010 // Vermont lawmakers want to put an S-T-O-P to drivers who text. Under a deal reached Tuesday between lawmakers, texting by drivers of any age will be banned, starting this summer. And the bill that says so goes a step...
Vermont School Had $200K in Winter Flood Damage
May 5 2010 // School officials in Vermont say winter flooding at a Bennington elementary school caused $200,000 in damage. Officials say the Jan. 17 water main break at the Molly Stark Elementary School affected 17 rooms and closed the...
Survey Shows Vermont Companies Safer than Peers
Apr 23 2010 // Vermont’s Department of Labor says companies enrolled in a state voluntary worker safety program have fewer reports of job-site injuries and illnesses than the national average. The Burlington Free Press reports two...
Maine, Vermont Tops for Low Car Insurance
Apr 14 2010 // People who live in northern New England have some of the lowest car insurance rates in the country. A survey by Insure.com says the lowest rates are found in Maine, followed by Vermont. New Hampshire and Massachusetts also...
Vermont Firms to See Decline in Workers’ Comp Costs
Mar 3 2010 // Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas says the state’s business owners are going to be paying less for workers’ compensation insurance. The new rates that will take effect April 1 will mark the fourth consecutive year in...
Vermont Locals Vow to Rebuild Twice-Torched Historic General Store
Feb 2 2010 // Twice burned, the Putney General Store in Vermont is rising from the ashes. On Monday night, the Putney Historical Society hosted a community gathering to update the status of a rebuilding project being planned for the...
Vermont Supreme Court: Landowner Can Sue Mine President
Jan 20 2010 // The Vermont Supreme Court says a landowner can sue the president of the Vermont Asbestos Group over contamination on property next to a former asbestos mine in Eden and Lowell. The Supreme Court has overruled a lower...
USDA Taps Former Head of Vermont Captive Insurance Association
Jan 19 2010 // Molly Lambert, former president of the Vermont Captive Insurance Association, has been appointed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture as rural development director for New Hampshire and Vermont. She was nominated for the...
Chartis Assumes Ownership of Vermont Ski Resort
Jan 8 2010 // The Stowe Mountain Resort in Vermont has a new owner. The resort’s previous owner, the American International Group, had transferred ownership to its P/C insurance division, Chartis. Ski operations, two golf courses...
Montpelier Officials Happy Insurance Covers City’s 2004 Accounting Error
Dec 15 2009 // Two months after revelations about a $462,000 overpayment to a contractor thrust Vermont’s tiny capital into a round of finger-pointing and soul-searching over accounting and accountability, the mayor and city...
Second Fire at Historic Vermont General Store Ruled Arson
Nov 12 2009 // It was a heartwarming story: A 200-year-old general store suffers a fire, the owner can’t afford to rebuild it and the town’s historical society steps in to buy the building, hoping to make it the commercial...
Former Vermont Commissioner Ledbetter Dies
Nov 10 2009 // A former U.S. Senate candidate who once served as Vermont’s banking and insurance commissioner has died. Stewart Ledbetter died Thursday. He was 76. Ledbetter served in the administration of Gov. Richard Snelling and...
Fire Strikes Historic Vermont General Store Again
Nov 4 2009 // When a fire destroyed the beloved, centuries-old Putney General Store 18 months ago, some people here cried. The creaky wooden building where locals arrived for coffee, hardware and gossip, and where tourists ducked in to...
Sheffield to Tout Regulatory Role in Georgia Insurance Commissioner Race
Oct 28 2009 // Attorney Maria Sheffield has become the latest candidate to enter the Republican primary to be the next insurance commissioner in Georgia. She is one of several candidates hoping to succeed current Insurance Commissioner...
Healthcare Quality Varies Widely By State, Study Finds
Oct 8 2009 // The quality of healthcare Americans receive depends largely on where they live, with insurance coverage, access to preventive medicine and disease treatment varying widely from state to state, according to a study released...
