All the headlines from our Vermont Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 21 2008 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas R. Sullivan has fined Vermont Mutual Insurance Co. $144,000 for violations of state law.A market conduct exam conducted by survey alleged that Vermont Mutual had 104 agents who...
Jul 17 2008 // President Bush has declared Addison and Franklin counties disaster areas, making them eligible for federal assistance in repairing damage from last month’s flooding. The federal funds are available to state and local...
Jul 14 2008 // Giant insurer American International Group has decided to enter the Massachusetts private passenger auto insurance market, according to The Boston Globe.But AIG is not alone. In addition, Vermont Mutual will begin selling...
Jul 10 2008 // The number of traffic fatalities is up in Vermont this year, but state officials say they can’t point to a reason why.There were 12 fatalities in June, up from seven in May and eight in April. Through the first six...
Jun 23 2008 // The Cortina Inn in Killington, Vermont, which closed two months ago after being linked to Legionnaires’ disease, has filed for bankruptcy.But a bankruptcy court judge in Connecticut dismissed the inn’s case...
Jun 23 2008 // Many Roman Catholics believe that the worst of the clergy sex abuse scandal is over. But in the Diocese of Burlington, it’s deepening.The case of one cleric, assigned to Vermont parishes in the 1970s despite warnings...
Jun 16 2008 // Governor Jim Douglas has signed into law a bill making changes to Vermont’s banking and insurance laws, including provisions for streamlining and growing the state’s captive insurance industry.The bill also...
Jun 6 2008 // Governor Jim Douglas has signed into law a bill making changes to Vermont’s banking and insurance laws, including provisions for streamlining and growing the state’s captive insurance industry.The bill also...
Jun 2 2008 // Two years after a fire killed five people in Barre, a new law aimed at preventing similar tragedies is in place in Vermont.Signed by Gov. Jim Douglas, the law requires the installation of photoelectric smoke detectors in...
May 22 2008 // Vermont’s top Roman Catholic clergyman has written to parishioners around the state, apologizing to the victim in a priest sex abuse case but saying the church will appeal last week’s $8.7 million verdict...
May 20 2008 // A judge has agreed to put a lien of more than $10 million on property including the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington, Vermont, to secure damages won by the plaintiff in a suit alleging sexual abuse...
May 19 2008 // Eight lawsuits have been filed against companies involved with the heating system that malfunctioned at the Redstone Apartments near the University of Vermont in January, 2005, killing one person and sickening others.The...
May 16 2008 // Vermont Mutual Insurance Group has promoted Mary J. Gray to the position of vice president of underwriting. Gray joined Vermont Mutual in 1984 and has served in several key positions in underwriting, research and...
May 15 2008 // A jury in Vermont has awarded $8.7 million in damages to a former altar boy who sued the Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington over sexual abuse he says he suffered at the hands of a priest.The man, now a 40-year-old...
May 12 2008 // A Vermont judge said a jury in Burlington can consider awarding punitive and compensatory damages to a former altar boy suing the state’s Roman Catholic diocese over sexual abuse he says he suffered at the hands of a...
May 6 2008 // Eight lawsuits have been filed against companies involved with the heating system that malfunctioned at the Redstone Apartment complex near the University of Vermont in 2005, killing one person and sickening others.The...
May 5 2008 // Agent of Change“Taking a bad agent out of the marketplace ensures consumers are protected from unscrupulous and fraudulent behavior.” —Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas R. Sullivan, commenting on the...
May 5 2008 // Four skiers suing Killington Resort in Vermont over so-called “lifetime” passes are seeking class action status for their suit, but the current and former owners oppose it.Killington/Pico Ski Resort Partners,...
May 5 2008 // On the shoreline at Keeler Bay in South Hero, Vermont, spring has sprung.Swollen by runoff from snowmelt, the blue water of Lake Champlain laps at the boulders and brick pavers, washes up under the house and covers the...
Apr 23 2008 // The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee says he wants Vermont to study special ignition locks for repeat drunken drivers that would require a clean breath test before allowing a car to be started.“My intention...