All the headlines from our Vermont Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 28 2016 // The ride-hailing service Uber is now operating in Montpelier, Vermont.The San Francisco-based company says riders requesting a car in Montpelier can be dropped off at points outside the city, including in Barre, Hyde Park,...
Mar 16 2016 // Zia Gbau, who came to Vermont as a refugee from the Republic of Congo, suffered a serious stroke last year and was unable to work for several months. Without money, his truck fell into disrepair, and he got two tickets for...
Mar 15 2016 // Vermont Department of Financial Regulation (DFR) Commissioner Susan L. Donegan announced that Travelers Insurance Co. and Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. have paid Vermont $154,000 in fines and repaid consumers another...
Mar 11 2016 // A new federal audit of the first six months of operations of Vermont Health Connect details how the system failed to meet several federal requirements designed to ensure that people who sought health insurance through the...
Mar 7 2016 // Vermont Department of Financial Regulation Commissioner Susan L. Donegan announced on Feb. 26 that Continental Indemnity Co., a subsidiary of Applied Underwriters Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway company, has paid Vermont...
Mar 2 2016 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that Vermont cannot compel health insurers to hand over data on the amount paid on medical claims, backing Liberty Mutual Insurance Co’s contention that federal law prohibited...
Mar 1 2016 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that Vermont cannot compel health insurers to hand over data on the amount paid on medical claims, backing Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.’s contention that federal law prohibited...
Feb 29 2016 // Vermont Department of Financial Regulation Commissioner Susan L. Donegan announced on Feb. 26 that Continental Indemnity Co., a subsidiary of Applied Underwriters Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway Company, has paid Vermont...
Feb 22 2016 // Vermont Lt. Gov. Phil Scott and the state’s legislative Republican leaders are calling for an independent assessment of the Vermont Health Connect state insurance exchange, with an eye toward possibly closing it and...
Feb 18 2016 // Burlington, Vermont, officials have approved new rules for ride-hailing services and taxi companies in the city.The Burlington Free Press reports city councilors on Tuesday adopted a proposed ordinance that permits...
Jan 25 2016 // Vermont licensed 33 new captive insurance companies in 2015, according to data released by the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation.2015’s new licensees bring Vermont’s overall total licenses to 1,062...
Jan 12 2016 // Vermont licensed 33 new captive insurance companies in 2015, according to data released by the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation.2015’s new licensees bring Vermont’s overall total licenses to 1,062...
Jan 7 2016 // Union Mutual of Vermont Companies announced that Jennifer P. Galfetti, Lisa L. Keysar, Gary H. Ouellette and Schuyler M. Ryan were recently promoted. Galfetti was named chief financial officer, Keysar and Ouellette were...
Dec 23 2015 // Zurich North America has selected Vermont as the domicile for a new sponsored cell captive company, according to the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation. The captive, Hoplite Reinsurance Company of Vermont, is...
Dec 21 2015 // Vermont, Utah, Iowa, Virginia and Kentucky get an “A” and North Carolina an “F” in one think tank’s annual grading of states on how they regulate the property/casualty insurance industry.The...
Dec 21 2015 // Members of the U.S. Supreme Court indicated on Dec. 2 that Vermont and 17 other states could be prevented from collecting healthcare information from certain employee health plan administrators.The nine justices heard a...
Dec 17 2015 // A Vermont family who said their home was made unlivable by an exterminator who used a banned pesticide has had their lawsuit against an insurance company overturned.Neil and Patricia Whitney said a foster child brought...
Dec 14 2015 // Program helps low-income drivers get suspended licenses backSince 2009, Brenda Kennett has been watching the cost of a handful of minor traffic violations add up, reaching about $1,500 in fines and fees. On Dec. 11, she...
Dec 10 2015 // Some Northeasterners are beginning to wonder if a white Christmas may just be a dream, and business owners who rely on snow are starting to worry if warm weather could lead to a nightmare winter.In Maine, an outdoor sports...
Dec 7 2015 // CNA Financial Corporation announced the appointment of Dino E. Robusto as its chairman and chief executive officer, effective on or about Dec. 1, 2016. Robusto will succeed Thomas F. Motamed who has decided to retire at...