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How States Rate on Insurance Regulation, ‘A’ to ‘F’

Jan 26 2015 // Vermont gets a grade of “A+” and California and North Carolina get grades of “F” in the annual report card on state insurance regulation issued by the free market think tank, The R Street...

Report Card Rates States on Insurance Regulation

Jan 26 2015 // Vermont gets a grade of “A+” and California and North Carolina get grades of “F” in the annual report card on state insurance regulation issued by the free market think tank, The R Street...

Vermont Captive Insurance Gross Written Premium Nears $30B

Jan 22 2015 // Vermont licensed 16 new captives in 2014 and the state’s captive insurance gross written premium is nearing $30 billion, according to data released today by the Vermont Captive Insurance Division.The new captives...

Vermont’s Donegan to Be Reappointed as DFR Commissioner

Jan 12 2015 // Vermont’s Democratic Gov. Peter Shumlin, who was sworn in to a third two-year term last Thursday, will reappoint Susan L. Donegan as commissioner of the Department of Financial Regulation (DFR). Shumlin defeated...

Vermont Traffic Fatalities Down 38% in 2014

Jan 8 2015 // Preliminary reports show that Vermont traffic fatalities declined 38 percent in 2014 to the lowest number since World War II.The Vermont Highway Safety Alliance says 43 people died on the state’s roadways last year,...

How States Rate on Insurance Regulation, ‘A’ to ‘F’

Jan 8 2015 // Vermont gets a grade of “A+” and California and North Carolina get grades of “F” in the annual report card on state insurance regulation issued by the free market think tank, The R Street...

NCCI Proposes Decrease for Workers’ Comp Loss Costs in Vermont

Dec 5 2014 // The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) recently delivered a workers’ compensation loss cost filing to the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation.Based upon its review of the most recently available...

Cigna to Pay Vermont Nearly $400K in Fines

Dec 3 2014 // The Vermont Department of Financial Regulation (DFR) said Cigna Behavioral Health Inc. has agreed to pay nearly $400,000 to Vermont as the result of an investigation by DFR.DFR Commissioner Susan L. Donegan said today that...

Vermont Dairy Farms Face Deadline to Enroll in Price Protection Program

Dec 3 2014 // Vermont dairy farmers face a Friday deadline to enroll in a new price protection program.The Margin Protection Program is a voluntary insurance program that enables dairy farmers to protect themselves from low prices. The...

Vermont to Enforce Seat Belt Law Over Thanksgiving Holiday

Nov 25 2014 // The Vermont Governor’s Highway Safety Program is going to be sponsoring a holiday “Click It or Ticket” campaign to encourage the use of seat belts and child safety seats.Beginning on Wednesday, Nov. 26,...

Vermont Town to Repay Disaster Overpayment

Sep 24 2014 // A Vermont town is going to repay $33,000 it received from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for helping repair damage from flooding in 2011.Assistant town manager Dave Ormiston told the St. Johnsbury select board...

Vermont Health Connect Website Temporarily Shut Down

Sep 17 2014 // Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin says the state is temporarily shutting down the Vermont Health Connect website so it can be fixed before the start of the next enrollment period in November.Shumlin and other state officials said...

3 Years After Irene, New State Office Complex Rising in Vermont

Sep 2 2014 // Three years after flooding from Tropical Storm Irene made most of Vermont’s state office complex in Waterbury unusable, its replacement is rising out of what was a sodden mess that reeked of the nearby Winooski...

Audit Planned of Troubled Vermont Health Connect

Aug 27 2014 // The Vermont state auditor’s office will be doing an audit of the actions taken to fix the state’s troubled online health insurance marketplace.Auditor Doug Hoffer sent a letter to state officials last week. The...

Vermont Enticing Disaster Preparedness With Money

Aug 25 2014 // Vermont is preparing to implement new rules that encourage communities to take steps to reduce future flood damage in exchange for more money to help them recover from the next big flood.Communities across Vermont have...

Ratings Recap: Continental, Nat’l. Guaranty, Westminster, Triangle, Ellington Mutual

Aug 22 2014 // A.M. Best has upgraded the financial strength rating to ‘A’ (Excellent) from ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating to “a” from “a-“of Chicago-based Continental...

Vermont DFR Taps Samsom to Lead Insurance Division

Aug 13 2014 // Kaj SamsomVermont Department of Financial Regulation (DFR) Commissioner Susan L. Donegan announced Tuesday the appointment of Kaj Samsom as deputy commissioner of the Insurance Division, effective immediately. In his new...

Vermont Family in Bed Bug Case Sues Homeowners Insurer

Aug 12 2014 // A Vermont couple who reached a $450,000 settlement with the state after saying their home was made uninhabitable when it was sprayed for bed bugs with a banned pesticide is now suing their insurance company. Neil and...

Vermont Seeks Flood Damage Assessment After Storm

Aug 4 2014 // The state of Vermont is asking officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to help them determine if repairs to damage from flash flooding in the Chester area would be eligible for disaster assistance.If the...

Vermont Town Sees Worst Flooding Since Irene

Jul 31 2014 // The fire chief in Chester, Vermont, said more than 3 inches of rain fell on his community creating the worst flooding since Tropical Storm Irene hit Vermont almost three years ago.Chief Matthew Wilson said the Monday...