Latest Vermont Headlines
All the headlines from our Vermont Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Runoff Specialist RiverStone Buying Vermont Captive Insurer Western P&C
Aug 11 2022 // RiverStone, the U.S. insurance runoff specialist of the Fairfax insurance group, announced a tentative agreement to acquire Western Property & Casualty Insurance Co. to be effective this month. The shareholders of...
Climate Migration: California Wildfire Pushes Family to Vermont ‘Climate Haven’
Aug 9 2022 // PROCTOR, Vt. (AP) — Weeks after surviving one of the deadliest and most destructive wildfires in California history, the Holden family just wanted a new home. The family of seven couldn’t find anything nearby to...
Union Mutual Invests in Vermont Solar Project
Aug 5 2022 // Union Mutual Insurance Co. recently announced its participation in community-owned solar project under development by the Acorn Renewable Energy Co-op of Middlebury. As the sole Series A member investor, Union Mutual has...
Alera Acquires Vermont’s Noyle Johnson Group
Jul 19 2022 // Independent agency Alera Group reports it has acquired Noyle Johnson Group, a Vermont agency with offices in Montpelier, Danville and Bethel. Noyle Johnson Group offers personal and commercial lines of coverage from more...
Vermont Gov. Scott Names Financial Services, Insurance Regulators
Jul 12 2022 // Vermont Governor Phil Scott has appointed Kevin Gaffney as commissioner of the Department of Financial Regulation (DFR) and Emily Brown as the department’s deputy commissioner of insurance. Both appointments are...
Vermont Man Facing Murder, Insurance Fraud Charges Seeks Release From Custody
Jul 8 2022 // The Vermont man charged with killing his mother at sea in a plot to inherit millions of dollars has asked a federal court to authorize his release from custody pending trial. The attorneys for Nathan Carman filed a motion...
People Moves: Travelers’ Zimmerman Moves to MAPFRE; Bigglestone to Succeed Provost at Vermont Captive Unit; Koch Named New Jersey Workers’ Comp Chief Judge
Jun 10 2022 // MAPFRE USA Hires Zimmerman to Lead Commercial Lines MAPFRE USA, a leading personal and commercial auto writer and home insurer in Massachusetts, announced that Jesse Zimmerman has joined the leadership team as vice...
Vermont Captive Insurance Law Changes Include Green Light on Parametric Contracts
Jun 3 2022 // Governor Phil Scott recently signed legislation (H.515) into law modernizing Vermont’s captive insurance statutes, including giving captive insurance companies authority to enter into parametric risk transfer...
Vermont Creates Panel to Oversee Opioid Settlement Spending
May 24 2022 // Vermont Gov. Phil Scott has signed legislation into law that creates an advisory committee to make recommendations on how to spend the state’s share of settlement money with drug manufacturers and distribution...
How Sunken Boat Insurance Claim Factors Into Vermont Murder Case
May 17 2022 // A boat insurance claim denial and fraud investigation have surfaced as integral pieces of the murder case being brought against a 28-year-old Vermont man charged with killing his grandfather and mother for inheritance...
Vermont Financial Services Regulator Pieciak Announces Run for State Treasurer
May 9 2022 // Vermont’s former chief financial services regulator, Mike Pieciak, announced last Friday that he is running to be state treasurer. Pieciak made the announcement in Montpelier just days after stepping down from his...
Vermont Financial Regulator Pieciak to Leave Post
May 2 2022 // Vermont Governor Phil Scott announced Commissioner Mike Pieciak will be stepping away from his role leading the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation (DFR) next month to pursue other opportunities. Pieciak was...
New Vermont Law Permits Lawsuits Seeking Medical Monitoring for Toxic Exposure
Apr 25 2022 // Vermont Gov. Phil Scott signed a bill into law Thursday that will allow people exposed to toxic substances to sue the culpable facility for medical testing or procedures to monitor for diseases from the exposure. The...
Hilb Group Acquires Vermont’s Paige & Campbell and Taylor Palmer Agencies
Apr 21 2022 // National insurance agency The Hilb Group reports it has acquired Vermont-based Paige & Campbell, Inc., and its subsidiary the Taylor Palmer Agency in Bradford, expanding the company’s growing presence throughout...
Judge Approves $34M Settlement Over PFOA Contamination of Vermont Community
Apr 21 2022 // A federal judge has given final approval to a $34 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit against a plastics company over toxic chemical contamination of soil and groundwater in a southern Vermont...
Vermont Opioid Deaths Rose 33% to Record in 2021
Apr 12 2022 // The number of opioid-related overdose deaths in Vermont increased by 33% in 2021 to a record number of 210 fatalities, the Vermont Health Department reported. The report released this week found that fentanyl was involved...
Police Investigate Allegations of Women’s Rugby Team Hazing at Vermont University
Apr 5 2022 // Police in Vermont are investigating allegations of hazing involving the women’s rugby team at Norwich University, authorities said. Multiple law enforcement agencies went to a residence hall at the private military...
Vermont Jury Awards $5.25M to Florida Woman Impregnated by Own Fertility Doctor
Apr 1 2022 // A federal court jury in Vermont on Wednesday awarded a Florida woman $5.25 million from a doctor who used his own sperm to impregnate her during an artificial insemination procedure in 1977. The federal court jury in...
Vermont Court Sides With Ambassador Insurance in Allocation of Asbestos Losses
Mar 8 2022 // The Vermont Supreme Court has denied a bid by a manufacturer of asbestos products to bypass Vermont law in determining the allocation of losses for insurance purposes. In so doing, the Vermont court sided with Ambassador...
Vermont Police Continue Probe Into 36-Car Pileup
Mar 7 2022 // Vermont State Police say the recent multi-car pileup on I-89 likely was the largest motor vehicle crash in state history. Thirty-six vehicles were directly involved in the crash Feb. 28 in heavy and blowing snow and icy...
