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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...
In Vermont, Flooding Threat Wanes
Dec 31 2008 // Cooling temperatures and falling Winooski River water levels have all but eliminated the threat of flooding in Montpelier, Vermon — for now. The river’s depth, which had risen because of an ice jam, dropped by...
Vermont Jury Awards $3.6M to Victim in Priest Sex Abuse Case
Dec 19 2008 // A Vermont jury has awarded a former altar boy nearly $3.6 million because the Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington didn’t protect him from an abusive priest in the 1970s. The Chittenden County Superior Court jury...
Vermont Workers’ Comp Rates Likely to Go Down
Dec 8 2008 // Officials say Vermont businesses should be paying less for workers’ compensation insurance. The National Council on Compensation Insurance is recommending a 13 percent drop in rates in Vermont. If state regulators...
Vermont Readies New Driver’s Licenses to Ease Border Crossing to Canada
Nov 26 2008 // Vermont is getting ready to issue its first enhanced driver’s licenses, which will allow holders to cross the United States-Canada border without a passport or other supporting documents. State Motor Vehicle...
Vermont Man Pleads Not Guilty in Crash That Sparked Fire
Nov 13 2008 // A passenger involved in a car accident that triggered a huge building fire in Vermont says the driver had been drinking and driving fast before the crash. Gabrielle Perez told police her boyfriend, Robert Dragon III, 18,...
