All the headlines from our Vermont Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 15 2017 // Plow trucks and shovelers in the Northeast attacked the region’s newest winter storm as fresh powder piled on top of ever-growing piles and whiteout conditions made roads unsafe, immobilizing millions of...
Feb 7 2017 // Vermont Governor Phil Scott has announced that workers’ compensation insurance will cost less for most Vermont employers when new rates approved by the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation (DFR) become...
Feb 6 2017 // The costs of motor vehicle safety inspections could go up in Vermont as inspection stations start using a new electronic system.The safety requirements for vehicles will remain the same, but it’s thought some...
Jan 20 2017 // Vermont State Police are crediting two fire safety officials with saving the lives of three children and an adult who safely escaped a fire in a Brighton home days after the officials required that smoke detectors be...
Jan 18 2017 // A new report shows a significant increase in the number of Vermont children in protective state custody, such as foster care, in large part due to the opiate epidemic. The annual report on Vermont’s young children...
Jan 9 2017 // The R Street Institute, an industry think tank headquartered in Washington, D.C., found Vermont has the best insurance regulatory environment in the U.S. for the third straight year in its annual Insurance Regulation...
Dec 22 2016 // For the second year in a row, Vermont has been graded at the top of the class as having the best insurance regulatory system, while North Carolina has again been graded as having the worst, according to the fifth edition...
Dec 22 2016 // The R Street Institute, a nonprofit public policy research organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., has found that Vermont has the best insurance regulatory environment in the U.S. for the third straight year in its...
Dec 22 2016 // Vermont Governor-elect Phil Scott announced he would reappoint Michael Pieciak as commissioner of the Department of Financial Regulation. The department will also retain the deputy commissioners for each of its four...
Dec 19 2016 // Vermont transportation officials have decided to pursue a more detailed environmental study of a proposed $40 million rail tunnel project in Middlebury, which could delay construction by at least a year.The project calls...
Dec 15 2016 // A Vermont ski resort owner is suing his insurer in federal court for more than $2 million to fund his legal defense against fraud accusations brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission.Jay Peak owner Ariel Quiros...
Dec 14 2016 // Vermont’s 911 emergency calling system – and state oversight of it – are coming under scrutiny after at least four outages in less than two years.Outages in November 2014, January of this year and two...
Dec 1 2016 // A ski resort whose owner and president were accused by the Securities and Exchange Commission of massive fraud months ago is set to open for the season on Saturday with what a federal receiver overseeing it says is a $6.5...
Nov 16 2016 // North Country Insurance Group (NCIG), an alliance of independent insurance agencies located throughout Northern New England, has expanded by adding Finn & Stone Insurance and Mars Insurance to the group.Brothers Chip...
Nov 4 2016 // David Miller is a stickler for safety at the Goodwill stores he runs in central California. So when Applied Underwriters offered his nonprofit a deal on insurance for workplace accidents if he could minimize injuries, he...
Nov 3 2016 // PIA Management Services Inc., the umbrella corporation that manages the Glenmont, New York, based Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) associations, has reached an agreement with PIA National to assume management of the PIA...
Oct 31 2016 // The Vermont Division of Fire Safety and the American Red Cross are encouraging residents to take steps to help prevent home fires and save lives as the heating season gets underway. They recommend installing smoke alarms...
Oct 25 2016 // Susan Donegan has been named as the new chief regulatory services officer for the NCCI.Donegan assumed the position on Sept. 19, and succeeds Helen Westervelt, who announced her retirement in January of this year....
Oct 13 2016 // State officials say fire-related deaths in Vermont have been gradually dropping in large part due to fire safety awareness efforts.The Brattleboro Reformer reported Monday seven people died in a fire last year compared to...
Sep 1 2016 // Vermont is spreading statewide a program to make it easier for people to have their driving privileges restored after their licenses were suspended for nonpayment of fines.The three-month driver restoration program will...