Latest Vermont Headlines
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Sheffield Joins Georgia Insurance Commissioner Race
Oct 5 2009 // One Priority Will be Growing the Captive Sector, Says Former Department Employee Attorney Maria Sheffield has become the latest candidate to enter the Republican primary to be the next insurance commissioner in...
Smith to Head Vermont Captive Insurance Association
Sep 9 2009 // Richard Smith has been named president of the Vermont Captive Insurance Association (VCIA). Smith currently serves as deputy commissioner of the state of Vermont’s Public Service Department. The long-time government...
Vermont Hits Massachusetts Company with $217K Safety Fine
Aug 27 2009 // The state of Vermont has issued one of its largest ever workplace safety fines against a Massachusetts firm that formerly installed cable for Comcast. The Vermont Occupational Safety and Health Administration found six...
Court: Family Can Sue in Vermont Trooper’s Death
Aug 26 2009 // The family of Vermont State Police Sgt. Michael Johnson can sue the state’s insurance company for as much as $11 million in connection with Johnson’s death during a 2003 car chase. That’s the upshot of a...
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Jul 20 2009 // Colemont Insurance Brokers has named John Cleary as vice president and casualty broker. Cleary will be physically located in New Jersey, but he will be working as part of the Hartford, Connecticut office. He brings over 25...
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Jul 6 2009 // DeCotis Insurance Associates Inc. has named Devin B. Haughey chief operations manager. Haughey will oversee the general management and operations of DeCotis, an independent excess, surplus and specialty lines firm with...
Supreme Court Nominee Sotomayor Shows Record of Favoring Insurers
Jun 15 2009 // Philadelphia-Based Insurance Attorney Finds Rulings to be ‘Very Insurer-Friendly’ The Supreme Court almost never takes up insurance related cases. Even so, President Obama’s recent Supreme Court...
Vermont CPCU Society Elects New Officers
Jun 4 2009 // The Vermont Chapter of the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters Society (CPCU) recently elected new officers. Laura Backus Hall, State Relations Executive for NCCI, will continue on for a second term in the role of...
AIG Puts Vermont Ski Resort on the Block
May 15 2009 // Bailed-out insurance giant American International Group Inc. says it’s taking offers for Stowe Mountain Resort in Vermont. AIG spokesman Peter Tulupman confirmed that the resort went up for sale Wednesday but gave...
Bogardus Joins TD Insurance in Vermont
Apr 28 2009 // TD Insurance Inc. has hired Linda Bogardus as an account manager in the Core Division of Commercial Lines. Bogardus, who is based in Burlington, Vermont, will oversee marketing and servicing large commercial insurance...
Brush Fire Destroys House in Vermont
Apr 22 2009 // Dry, windy conditions across Vermont are being blamed for brush fires, including one that destroyed a house in Lyndon. Vermont State Police Detective Sgt. Fred Cornell says the fire Monday in Lyndon — believed to...
Vermont Says Asbestos Deaths Linked to Work Not Home
Apr 3 2009 // Five people who died of an asbestos-related lung disease were exposed to the material at their jobs and not because they lived near a now-closed asbestos mine in northern Vermont, the state Health Department said...
Vermont Begins Hearings on Same-Sex Marriage Bill
Mar 18 2009 // Vermont lawmakers are starting a week of hearings on a bill to legalize same-sex marriage. In 2000, Vermont became the first state in the U.S. to adopt civil unions. House and Senate leaders want to pass the gay marriage...
Vermont Police Search for Suspect behind String of 22 Arsons
Mar 10 2009 // Police in Barre, Vermont are trying to solve a string of 22 arson fires that go back to October, including three on Thursday. Police released a surveillance video of what appears to be a suspect setting a fire in a trash...
Vermont Weighs Expansion of Workers’ Compensation Benefits
Feb 22 2009 // Vermont lawmakers will consider a bill that would extend workers’ compensation to cover mental and emotional problems suffered on the job. But the proposal is getting a cool reception from the insurance...
Jury Clears Volkswagen in Car Crash That Paralyzed Vermont Man
Feb 12 2009 // A jury says Volkswagen isn’t to blame for the injuries suffered by a Vermont man in a 2002 wreck that paralyzed him. The suit stemmed from a Christmas Eve accident in Hanover, New Hampshire, in which a 1999 Jetta...
Vermont Weighs Expansion of Workers’ Comp
Feb 11 2009 // Vermont lawmakers will consider a bill that would extend workers’ compensation to cover mental and emotional problems suffered on the job. But the proposal is getting a cool reception from the insurance...
Vermont Quadriplegic Sues Volkswagen
Jan 20 2009 // A Vermont man paralyzed in a 2002 accident is suing Volkswagen AG, saying the Jetta he was riding in wasn’t “crash worthy.” Twenty-nine-year-old Owen Milne’s product liability suit goes to trial...
Vermont to Issue Enhanced Drivers’ Licenses Next Month
Jan 13 2009 // The state of Vermont is planning to begin issuing enhanced driver’s licenses on Feb. 17. The new licenses will allow holders to cross the United States-Canada border without a passport or other supporting...
$2.5M Settlement Reached in Vermont Fatal Accident
Jan 6 2009 // A settlement has been reached in a fatal crash in Westmore that killed two teenagers five years ago and pitted the parents of the driver and the teens against each other. The settlement amount was not disclosed in federal...
