Latest Vermont Headlines
All the headlines from our Vermont Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Vermont Mutual Promotes Gray
Apr 30 2007 // Vermont Mutual Insurance group has announced the promotion of Mary J. Gray to the position of assistant vice president of underwriting. Gray joined the Vermont Mutual in 1984 and has served in several key positions in...
Captive insurers honor Vermont regulator
Apr 23 2007 // For more than 30 years, Leonard Crouse has been credited as a key figure in advancing the captive insurance industry. Now Crouse, the deputy commissioner for captive insurance for Vermont, has been honored for his efforts...
Vermont Employers Enjoy Declining Workers’ Compensation Prices
Apr 19 2007 // Workers’ compensation insurance is costing less for most Vermont employers since new rates became effective April 1. The Vermont Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration approved...
Vermont Jury Awards Firm $2.3 Million from DuPont
Apr 19 2007 // A federal jury in Burlington, Vemont ordered chemical giant DuPont to pay a Colchester company $2.3 million to settle a dispute about a coating made to line steel ducts used in the semiconductor industry. Fab-Tech Inc., of...
Vermont Diocese Found Lacking in Anti-Abuse Audit
Apr 13 2007 // Vermont’s Catholic Diocese has met most of the standards set by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to prevent sexual abuse by priests, but came up short in training volunteers, an audit has found. Vermont and...
Captive Insurers Honor Vermont Regulator
Apr 10 2007 // For over 30 years Leonard Crouse has been credited as a key figure in advancing the captive insurance industry. Crouse, the deputy commissioner for captive insurance for the State of Vermont, has been honored for his...
National Guard Helps Vermont with Potential Flood Issue
Mar 13 2007 // Gov. Jim Douglas authorized the mobilization of a National Guard task force to assist the City of Montpelier, Vt. with preparations for a potential flood. It is estimated that the soldiers, working with the specially...
Farm Loans Available in Vt. for Collapsed Barns, Livestock Loss
Mar 12 2007 // Farmers who suffered damages during Vermont’s Valentines Day blizzard are eligible for emergency federal loans. The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Services Agency has designated eight counties in which...
Vt. Surgeon Ordered to Pay $1.1 Million
Feb 21 2007 // A federal court jury ordered a Brattleboro, Vt. surgeon to pay $1.1 million to a Massachusetts man who lost part of his leg after a burn on his toe became infected. The jury ruled on Monday after a five-day trial that Dr....
It Figures
Feb 12 2007 // $1 million The punitive damages amount to be lodged against State Farm after the federal judge overseeing the Mississippi Katrina claims cases reduced a recent $2.5 million jury award. U.S. District Judge L.T. Senter ruled...
Vermont Lowering Lead Poison Threshold to Reach More Kids at Risk
Feb 5 2007 // The state of Vermont plans to lower the threshold at which government gets involved when lead is found in the bloodstream of children, calling lead poisoning a pervasive problem that retards growth and contributes to a...
Perr & Knight Expands Rate Filings for Mass., R.I., Maine and Vt.
Jan 30 2007 // Perr & Knight, a provider of competitive intelligence services to the insurance industry, is now obtaining all approved property and casualty filings for all lines of business in Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode Island and...
Insurer to investigate Vermont diocese’s sex abuse
Jan 28 2007 // An insurance company for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington, Vermont wants to investigate the church’s conduct in 27 cases of alleged child sex abuse by a former priest before paying the costs of litigation...
Vermont Captive Insurance Industry Continues to Expand
Jan 23 2007 // “Steady and sustained growth,” is how Vermont officials described 2006’s final tally for captive insurance as 37 new captive insurance entities were licensed. New to the nation’s largest captive...
Insurer to Investigate Vermont Diocese’s Handling of Priest Sex Abuse
Jan 17 2007 // An insurance company for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington wants to investigate the church’s conduct in 27 cases of alleged child sex abuse by a former priest before paying the costs of litigation associated...
Thabault Promoted to Top Job at Vermont Regulatory Agency
Jan 5 2007 // Vermont Governor Jim Douglas has appointed Paulette Thabault as the Commissioner of the Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration (BISHCA). Thabault steps into the position upon the...
States Keep Looking for Ways to Expand Health Care Access
Dec 29 2006 // The national spotlight shone on Maine’s universal health care access program when it was launched two years ago. Policymakers nationwide watched to see if Dirigo Health would deliver on its promise to provide health...
Hub Acquires Vermont-Based Transportation Agency Coburn
Dec 19 2006 // Hub International Limited said it plans to accelerate its penetration of the transportation insurance market by acquiring Vermont-based Coburn Insurance Agency, Inc. The $9 million revenue broker has entered into a letter...
Vermont Sprucing Up Welcome Mat for Life Reinsurance Captives
Dec 19 2006 // Vermont officials are looking to ride the latest wave in captive insurance company formations– companies looking to reinsure life insurance policies. The Vermont Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities and...
Vermont Temporarily Delays New Workers Comp Rehab Rules
Dec 15 2006 // The Vermont Labor Department has put off plans to change the way injured workers are evaluated for workers’ compensation claims. Stephen Monahan, director of the Workers Compensation & Safety Division, on...
