Latest Vermont Headlines
All the headlines from our Vermont Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Audit Planned of Troubled Vermont Health Connect
Aug 27 2014 // The Vermont state auditor’s office will be doing an audit of the actions taken to fix the state’s troubled online health insurance marketplace. Auditor Doug Hoffer sent a letter to state officials last...
Vermont Enticing Disaster Preparedness With Money
Aug 25 2014 // Vermont is preparing to implement new rules that encourage communities to take steps to reduce future flood damage in exchange for more money to help them recover from the next big flood. Communities across Vermont have...
Ratings Recap: Continental, Nat’l. Guaranty, Westminster, Triangle, Ellington Mutual
Aug 22 2014 // A.M. Best has upgraded the financial strength rating to ‘A’ (Excellent) from ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating to “a” from “a-“of Chicago-based Continental...
Vermont DFR Taps Samsom to Lead Insurance Division
Aug 13 2014 // Kaj SamsomVermont Department of Financial Regulation (DFR) Commissioner Susan L. Donegan announced Tuesday the appointment of Kaj Samsom as deputy commissioner of the Insurance Division, effective immediately. In his new...
Vermont Family in Bed Bug Case Sues Homeowners Insurer
Aug 12 2014 // A Vermont couple who reached a $450,000 settlement with the state after saying their home was made uninhabitable when it was sprayed for bed bugs with a banned pesticide is now suing their insurance company. Neil and...
Vermont Seeks Flood Damage Assessment After Storm
Aug 4 2014 // The state of Vermont is asking officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to help them determine if repairs to damage from flash flooding in the Chester area would be eligible for disaster assistance. If the...
Vermont Town Sees Worst Flooding Since Irene
Jul 31 2014 // The fire chief in Chester, Vermont, said more than 3 inches of rain fell on his community creating the worst flooding since Tropical Storm Irene hit Vermont almost three years ago. Chief Matthew Wilson said the Monday...
Vermont Transportation Boss Faces Insurance Fraud Charge
Jul 28 2014 // A Vermont Transportation Agency foreman is facing charges he lied to police and his insurance company after reporting damage to his personal truck was a hit-and-run accident, when it was hit by a new employee. Roger...
Driver, Family Reach Settlement in Fatal Vermont Crash
Jun 25 2014 // The family of a Vermont woman killed in a hit-and-run crash last year has reached a settlement with the driver. Merrill Outslay of Mendon, Vt., the husband of 71-year-old Jane Outslay, sued Christopher Sullivan in Rutland...
Vermont to Hold Disaster Aid Briefings for Communities Hit by April Flooding
Jun 17 2014 // The Vermont Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security is holding mandatory briefings for communities seeking federal disaster relief from flooding in mid-April. The eligible counties are Caledonia, Essex,...
Vermont Businesses Recovering From Irene Can Apply for More Grants
Jun 11 2014 // Two regional development groups in Vermont have been awarded $1.5 million in grants to help businesses recovering from Tropical Storm Irene. Brattleboro Development Credit Corp. and Springfield Regional Development Corp....
Vermont Highway Check Produces $17,800 in Fines
Jun 9 2014 // Vermont Commercial Vehicle Enforcement officers and police issued almost $18,000 in fines after a three-day, around-the-clock inspection of commercial vehicles in Colchester on Interstate 89 and on U.S. Route 7. The...
Vermont AG Sues 2 Dozen U.S. Refiners Over Pollution
Jun 6 2014 // BP Plc, Chevron Corp. and Exxon Mobil Corp. are among two dozen U.S. refiners sued by Vermont Attorney General William Sorrell and accused of polluting the state’s groundwater with a gasoline additive. Sorrell filed...
Union Mutual of Vermont Cos. Names Director of Commercial Lines Underwriting
May 30 2014 // Geoffrey J. SmithUnion Mutual of Vermont Companies has hired Geoffrey J. Smith as the director of commercial lines underwriting. He is based in Montpelier, Vermont. Smith has over 27 years of experience underwriting and...
Vermont Becomes 1st State to Offer Text-to-911 Service Statewide
May 22 2014 // Sometimes a voice call to 911 just won’t work, such as for deaf people in need of help or in certain domestic violence cases. Now, in a big step toward moving the nation’s emergency dispatch system out of...
Kane USA Appoints Client Services Director in Vermont
May 19 2014 // Mary DesranleauKane USA, a subsidiary of Kane Holdings Inc. in Guernsey, has appointed Mary Desranleau as client services director. Based in the firm’s Burlington, Vt., office, Desranleau will report to Ann West,...
Construction Underway in Vermont to Replace Irene-Damaged State Offices
May 8 2014 // Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin helped construction crews pour one of the first concrete footings Tuesday in what will become the new state office complex, replacing a series of buildings that became unusable after flooding...
Vermont Mutual Insurance Group Appoints Senior VP
May 6 2014 // Vermont Mutual Insurance Group in Montpelier, Vt., has appointed Mark J. McDonnell as senior vice president.Mark J. McDonnellMost recently, McDonnell was vice president of personal lines sales for Tower Group Companies,...
Vermont’s Updated Law Offers ‘Welcome Option’ for Inactive Captives
May 5 2014 // Vermont’s updated captive insurance law now offers inactive captives in the state a chance to apply for a “dormant” status. Vermont regulators said this latest modification reflects the state’s...
Vermont Jury Awards $35 Million in Sex Abuse Case
Apr 25 2014 // A woman who said she was sexually abused over several years in the 1990s was awarded $35 million by a civil jury, though her attorney acknowledged it was unlikely the defendant would ever be able to pay all of it. The jury...
