Vermont News

Insurer sues arson suspect over fire truck damage

A Vermont man already facing arson charges in two apartment house fires is being sued by the city of Rutland’s insurance company. The insurer maintains that the suspect, Robert Vandriel, is responsible for more than $50,000 in damage the blaze …

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Non-Profit Organization D&O Liability Nuts & Bolts: Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Inc. is offering a not-for-profit directors and officers program designed to insure small to medium IRS tax-exempt 501(c)3 and 501(c)4 organizations. Policy features include: insured includes the organization, its …

OSHA Cites Postal Facility in Vermont

The U.S. Postal Service mail processing facility is facing $44,250 in fines for what are being called “willful and serious” workplace safety violations. The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration said that after a May visit to the facility by …

Vermont Court Says Drug Maker Owes $6.8M for Woman’s Amputation

Drug maker Wyeth must pay nearly $6.8 million to a Vermont woman whose arm had to be amputated after she was injected with one of its medications, the Vermont Supreme Court ruled, upholding a lower court’s ruling. In a case …

Flaherty to Succeed Keehfus as First Cardinal President, CEO

Latham, N.Y.-based First Cardinal LLC, a provider of third-party administrative services for workers’ compensation self-insurance groups, announced that co-founder and chief operating officer Richard S. Flaherty has been promoted to president and chief executive officer of First Cardinal and its …

Insurer Sues Vermont Arson Suspect for Fire Truck Damage

A Vermont man already facing arson charges in two apartment house fires now is being sued by the city of Rutland’s insurance company, which says the blazes damaged a fire truck. Robert Vandriel has pleaded innocent to setting the fires …

Thin ice

Identity theft costs American businesses and consumers a reported $50 billion, and victimizes an estimated 10 million people in the United States each year, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. While those numbers are expected to grow, the information-laden …

People and Places

The new officers of the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents were installed during the group’s September meeting in Savannah, Ga. Each officer will serve a one-year term beginning Oct. 1, at which time Donna Pile, of Lexington, Ky., becomes …

People

The new officers of the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents were installed during the group’s September meeting in Savannah, Ga. Each officer will serve a one-year term beginning Oct. 1, at which time Donna Pile, of Lexington, Ky., becomes …

Editor’s Note: Thin ice

Identity theft costs American businesses and consumers a reported $50 billion, and victimizes an estimated 10 million people in the United States each year, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. While those numbers are expected to grow, the information-laden …