Latest Vermont Headlines
All the headlines from our Vermont Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Vermont Adopts Credit-Based Insurance Scoring Model Law
Jun 6 2018 // A bill outlining various consumer protections regarding the use of credit-based insurance scores has passed the Vermont House and Senate and has been allowed to become law without the governor’s signature, effective...
Sewage Spill Forces Closure of Two Beaches in Vermont
May 24 2018 // Officials have closed two Burlington, Vt., beaches amid concerns about a sewage spill in the neighboring wetlands of Lake Champlain. Local 22 News reports concerns of a water main break in Burlington on Monday night led to...
More Than $560K in Storm Damage to Vermont Railroad Causeway
May 23 2018 // A Vermont town says preliminary repair estimates for an old railroad causeway and bridge across a section of Lake Champlain are $563,000 after it was heavily damaged by a storm earlier this month. The May 4 storm caused...
Vermont’s USA Risk Group Promotes Lyford to Senior Vice President
May 2 2018 // USA Risk Group (USARG), a Barre, Vt.-based independent captive management firm, has promoted Cindy Lyford to senior vice president. Lyford currently serves as office head for the Vermont and Western domiciled captive...
Vermont’s USA Risk Group Named Rasmussen VP of Business Development
Apr 25 2018 // USA Risk Group, a Barre, Vt.-headquartered independent captive management firm, has named Peter Rasmussen vice president of business development. Rasmussen will be responsible for driving all sales activity, and in this...
Vermont to Freeze Remaining Assets in Ski Resort Fraud Case
Apr 13 2018 // A judge has approved freezing the remaining assets of a former Vermont ski resort owner who is being investigated on suspicion of investment fraud. Michael Pieciak, commissioner of the state Division of Financial...
Union Mutual of Vermont Companies Promotes Three
Mar 27 2018 // Union Mutual of Vermont Companies, a property and casualty insurance group, has promoted John W. Amick, Anna G. Coon and Emile F. Willett Jr. Amick was promoted to vice president of claims, and Coon was named executive...
Vermont Agency Is Newest Addition to Satellite Agency Network Group
Feb 27 2018 // Neshobe Falls Insurance Agency recently joined Satellite Agency Network (SAN) Group Inc., an alliance of independent insurance agencies in the Northeast. Neshobe Falls Insurance is a full-service insurance agency founded...
Vermont Legalizes Marijuana, but Lake Champlain is Considered Federal
Feb 12 2018 // While possessing small amounts of marijuana will be legal in Vermont later this year, it will remain off-limits on the waters of Lake Champlain. The lake is considered federal water because it borders Canada. The...
Businessman in Vermont Ski Resort Fraud Case Agrees to Pay $81M
Feb 7 2018 // A Miami businessman accused of massive fraud involving foreign investors’ money in a Vermont ski area has agreed to pay back more than $81 million and give up ownership of two ski resorts, the Securities and Exchange...
Vermont’s USA Risk Group Appoints Roseman as President and CEO
Feb 6 2018 // USA Risk Group (USARG), a Barre, Vt.-headquartered, independent captive management firm, has appointed Stephen Roseman as president and CEO. Roseman will lead USARG’s Operational Leadership Team (OLT) that has been...
Vermont Poised to Enact Legal Pot Through Legislature
Jan 12 2018 // The Vermont Senate on Wednesday gave final approval to a bill that would allow the recreational use of marijuana, putting the state on course to become the first in the country to legalize pot by an act of the Legislature...
FEMA Announces Federal Disaster Assistance for Several Northeast States
Jan 4 2018 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the states of Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the...
Vermont Hospital to Bring Captive Insurance Firm to State
Jan 2 2018 // The University of Vermont Health Network is going to bring a wholly owned insurance company home to Vermont. The UVM Network’s captive insurance company, which provides malpractice insurance for its medical...
Vermont Man Whose Relatives Died Mysteriously Must Give Gun Info
Dec 11 2017 // A Vermont man whose mother and grandfather died in mysterious circumstances must turn over information related to a missing gun, as well as phone and other records, in a Rhode Island lawsuit over insurance on his sunken...
Vermont Man Whose Relatives Died Mysteriously Denies Allegations
Dec 8 2017 // A Vermont man denied in court papers Wednesday allegations that he killed his millionaire grandfather in 2013 and claims he doesn’t know the whereabouts of his mother who disappeared after a boat they were on sank...
Insurer Says Troubled Vermont Town Must Comply with Conditions
Nov 28 2017 // A Vermont organization that serves the state’s municipal governments says the town of Victory must comply with certain conditions of probation or lose its insurance. The Caledonian Record reports that the conditions...
Legal Troubles, Political Discourse Lead to Insurance Probation for Vermont Town
Oct 30 2017 // The insurance provider for the small Vermont town of Victory has placed the town on probation after a series of legal disputes and internal strife among current and former elected officials. The board of the Vermont League...
How Warming Seas Could Cost South Carolina $12 Billion
Oct 16 2017 // If oceans warm at a rate predicted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the United Nation-sponsored group that assesses climate change research and issues periodic reports, expected financial losses caused by...
‘Curious Sinking’: Lawyers Blast Vermont Man Whose Mom Lost at Sea
Sep 29 2017 // Insurance company lawyers on Monday blasted a Vermont man whose mother was lost at sea, saying he made suspicious alterations to his boat before what they called its “most curious sinking.” Lawyers for Nathan...
