Latest Vermont Headlines
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Zurich North America Forms Captive Insurance Company in Vermont
Dec 23 2015 // Zurich North America has selected Vermont as the domicile for a new sponsored cell captive company, according to the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation. The captive, Hoplite Reinsurance Company of Vermont, is...
Best, Worst States for Insurance Regulation
Dec 21 2015 // Vermont, Utah, Iowa, Virginia and Kentucky get an “A” and North Carolina an “F” in one think tank’s annual grading of states on how they regulate the property/casualty insurance industry. The...
Supreme Court Hears Liberty Mutual Case Against Vermont Data Law
Dec 21 2015 // Members of the U.S. Supreme Court indicated on Dec. 2 that Vermont and 17 other states could be prevented from collecting healthcare information from certain employee health plan administrators. The nine justices heard a...
Vermont Court Lets Home Insurer Off the Hook in Pesticide Lawsuit
Dec 17 2015 // A Vermont family who said their home was made unlivable by an exterminator who used a banned pesticide has had their lawsuit against an insurance company overturned. Neil and Patricia Whitney said a foster child brought...
Vermont Program Gives Low-Income Motorists a Break on Their Old Tickets
Dec 14 2015 // Program helps low-income drivers get suspended licenses back Since 2009, Brenda Kennett has been watching the cost of a handful of minor traffic violations add up, reaching about $1,500 in fines and fees. On Dec. 11, she...
Northeasterners Are Beginning to Wonder: Where’s Winter?
Dec 10 2015 // Some Northeasterners are beginning to wonder if a white Christmas may just be a dream, and business owners who rely on snow are starting to worry if warm weather could lead to a nightmare winter. In Maine, an outdoor...
People – East
Dec 7 2015 // CNA Financial Corporation announced the appointment of Dino E. Robusto as its chairman and chief executive officer, effective on or about Dec. 1, 2016. Robusto will succeed Thomas F. Motamed who has decided to retire at...
Vermont Trooper Specializes in Speeders on I-89 Hotspot
Dec 3 2015 // A stretch of the southbound side of Interstate 89 in Vermont is a hotspot for speeders traveling faster than 100 miles per hour and a member of the Vermont State Police’s traffic safety unit has made a specialty of...
Supreme Court Hears Liberty Mutual Case Against Vermont Data Law
Dec 3 2015 // Members of the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday indicated that Vermont and 17 other states could be prevented from collecting healthcare information from certain employee health plan administrators. The nine justices heard...
Vermont Health Connect Promises Fixes After Critical Review
Dec 2 2015 // Although Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin recently proclaimed the Vermont Health Connect a “totally different ballgame” in comparison to last year’s performance, a House committee on Monday heard of several...
Best, Worst States for Insurance Regulation
Dec 1 2015 // Vermont, Utah, Iowa, Virginia and Kentucky get an “A” and North Carolina an “F” in one think tank’s annual grading of states on how they regulate the property/casualty insurance industry. The...
Union Mutual of Vermont Companies Promotes Markolf to Director of Marketing
Nov 11 2015 // Alexis Markolf Union Mutual of Vermont Companies has promoted Alexis Markolf to director of marketing. She is based in the company’s Montpelier, Vermont, office. Markolf joined Union Mutual of Vermont Companies in...
Vermont Reviewing Suspended Driving Convictions
Nov 5 2015 // Vermont is reviewing about 900 convictions from the last 16 months for criminal driving with a suspended license to determine how many might have been improperly resulted from incomplete information about a driver’s...
For Vermont Police, Checking for Pot-Impaired Drivers Is Work in Progress
Oct 21 2015 // It’s common knowledge that driving with blood alcohol content higher than .08 violates the law. But with marijuana, things are a lot more hazy. As Vermont and other states consider following the lead of Colorado and...
Gunmakers’ Liability Shield Emerges as Issue in Democratic Presidential Race
Oct 13 2015 // Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Sunday backed away from a controversial vote he cast in 2005 on legislation to grant immunity to gun manufacturers and dealers from liability if their firearms are used...
Willis Launches Protected Cell Company Insurance Facility in Vermont
Sep 30 2015 // Willis Global Captive Practice, a unit of Willis Group Holdings plc, today announced it has set up a Willis-owned and managed protected cell company (“PCC”) insurance facility in Vermont. Willis announced that...
Rise in Bicycle-Related Fatalities Prompts Awareness Push in Vermont
Sep 15 2015 // Vermont transportation officials are set to launch an awareness campaign to make Vermont roads safer for bicyclists and motorcyclists. Vermont Public Radio reports officials are pushing the campaign because of an unusually...
4 Years After Irene, Long-Term Rebuilding Projects Nearing End in Vermont
Aug 24 2015 // The first new building at the still under-reconstruction Vermont State office complex in Waterbury is now occupied by state employees and more are due back before the end of the year. Down Main Street, a new town office...
Vermont to Pay $1.6M to Blue Cross Blue Shield After Exchange Errors
Aug 18 2015 // The administration of Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin will pay Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont $1.6 million to cover past due premiums and incorrectly paid claims because of technical problems with the state’s...
Vermont Licensed 14 New Captives So Far This Year
Aug 17 2015 // The Vermont Department of Financial Regulation announced on July 31 that the state regulators licensed 14 new captives during the first seven months of 2015, already nearing the full-year 2014 total of 16. The newly...
