Vermont News

InsuranceNoodle Licensed in Wyoming

InsuranceNoodle has signed its 800th “NoodleNetwork” insurance agency partner to quote and bind small commercial insurance business using the e-broker’s proprietary web-based agency technology, and has been licensed in Wyoming, the 46th state in which it is selling small business …

Calif. Won’t Adopt Terror Exclusions

According to a Jan. 7 Los Angeles Times article, California has refused to allow insurers to adopt terrorism exclusion language, a move which has already been by approximately 20 other states in the wake of Sept. 11. The Times quoted …

ProMutual Opens NJ Claims Office

ProMutual Group, a leading provider of medical malpractice insurance in New England, announced that it has opened a local claims office in Morristown, New Jersey, headed by Cheryl M. DeKleine. Richard W. Brewer, president and CEO noted that recent growth …

Michigan Producer Licensing Bill Signed

Michigan Governor John Engler signed House Bill 5313, which enacts the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Model Producer Licensing Act and meets the producer licensing reciprocity requirements outlined in the federal Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA). The bill becomes effective March …

Alliance Says New Mexico Privacy Rules Violate State Law

The Alliance of American Insurers has questioned the legality of recently adopted privacy regulations in New Mexico. “Earlier this year, the New Mexico Legislature directed the superintendent of insurance to adopt rules governing the privacy of ‘nonpublic personal information of …

Welcome to the 3rd Annual “Top Ten Stories of the Year”

In what became one of the most significant, traumatic and challenging years in U.S. history, the insurance industry, along with the rest of the nation, has had to come to terms with the terrorist attacks perpetrated against our country on …

Top 10 Stories of 2001

Recollections and Renewal: Looking Back at 2001 with an Eye to the Future This is the year that was. It is one that many people will be glad to see come to an end because the new year always brings …

InsuranceNoodle Adds Five States to Roster

InsuranceNoodle announced it has begun selling insurance in Mississippi, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Dakota and Utah. With the addition of these five states, the e-broker is now licensed in 45 states and the District of Columbia and reaches 96 percent …

Colonial Names Dave Rather VP Sales for Northeast

Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Co. announced that Dave Rather has been named Vice President of Sales for the Northeast region, including Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and New York. He’ll also be responsible for Colonial’s public sector business in Rhode …

Hardening Market Heralds Rush to Alternatives

During the last hard market, much of corporate America wasted little time in stepping up the search for risk transfer alternatives to traditional commercial insurance. The current hard market appears to be no different if rates, premium growth and expanding …