Latest Vermont Headlines

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A.M. Best Withdraws Ratings of Public Entities’ Risk Group in Vermont

Apr 23 2008 // Insurance ratings firm A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of B+ (Good) and issuer credit rating of “bbb-” of States Self-Insurers Risk Retention Group, Inc. ((Vermont). The outlook for...

New Markets

Apr 21 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com.Liquor Liability Coverage Nuts & Bolts:...

Vermont Resort Owners Fight Class Action over Investor Passes

Apr 15 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,...

New Markets

Apr 7 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com.Liquor Liability with Assault and...

Vermont Mulls Lowered DUI Limit

Mar 31 2008 // The chairman of the Judiciary Committee in the Vermont House says he’d like lawmakers to consider lowering the threshold at which a driver is drunk behind the wheel from a blood-alcohol content of .08 percent to a...

Vermont Crash Victim’s Supporters Lobby for Stiffer DUI Laws

Mar 28 2008 // Wearing blue T-shirts in his memory, several hundred Franklin County residents descended on the Vermont Statehouse in Montpelier on Tuesday to remember a crash victim and call for stiffer laws for drunken drivers. Nicholas...

Vermont Supreme Court Upholds Fraternal Club Sex Bias Ruling

Mar 27 2008 // The Vermont Supreme Court has denied an appeal by an Elks lodge found to have discriminated against women, saying it failed to show any “reversible errors” in a 2005 trial.In an entry order received by the...

Vermont Police: Property Management Co. Victimized Dozens

Mar 26 2008 // Police in Montpelier, Vermont have identified 61 victims in the case of a property management company that suddenly went out of business, but no charges have been brought.Tenants, landlords, contractors and others who are...

New Markets

Mar 24 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com.Contractors Nuts & Bolts: Lemac &...

Vt. Workers’ Comp Rates Drop

Mar 24 2008 // Most Vermont employers for the second straight year will see lower workers’ compensation premiums become effective April 1.Rates for loss costs in the voluntary market will decrease by an average of 4.2 percent,...

Vermont’s Maple Sugar Makers Face Not-So-Sweet Vandalism

Mar 24 2008 // So far, the sugaring season has been not so sweet for some maple syrup producers, who have been the victims of thefts and vandalism.Last week, three sugarmakers reported that their equipment had been stolen or vandalized...

Vermont Supreme Court: Workers’ Comp Benefit Doesn’t Bar Damage Suit

Mar 24 2008 // The Vermont Supreme Court has reinstated the negligence claim of a man whose hand was crushed when an acetylene tank fell on it, saying his acceptance of workers’ compensation benefits from his employer didn’t...

Vermont Officials Worry about Flooding

Mar 18 2008 // Vermont officials are hoping against a quick warm-up for fear that fast melting of Vermont’s deep snow pack could trigger flooding.One potential trouble spot is the Deerfield River in Wilmington, where the town has...

Provost to Succeed Crouse as Chief Vermont Captive Regulator

Mar 17 2008 // When long-time regulator Leonard Crouse retires as deputy commissioner of the Vermont Captive Insurance Division in June, David F. Provost will step up to the post.Provost is an assistant chief examiner in the division who...

States Urged to Lower Drinking Age to Reduce ‘Underground’ Drinking

Mar 10 2008 // More than two decades after the country established a uniform drinking age of 21, a nascent movement is afoot to allow 18- to 20-year-olds to legally buy alcohol under some circumstances.Proponents say the higher age...

Vermont Cheers as IRS Drops Captive Insurance Tax Change

Mar 10 2008 // The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has dropped plans to change the way that captive insurance companies are taxed.U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and U.S. Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., said that the IRS informed them it has...

States Urged to Lower Drinking Age to Reduce ‘Underground’ Drinking

Mar 10 2008 // More than two decades after the country established a uniform drinking age of 21, a nascent movement is afoot to allow 18- to 20-year-olds to legally buy alcohol under some circumstances.Proponents say the higher age...

Vt. Workers’ Comp Rates To Drop

Mar 5 2008 // Most Vermont employers for the second straight year will see lower workers’ compensation premiums when new state-approved loss cost rates become effective April 1.Rates for loss costs in the voluntary market will...

States Urged to Lower Drinking Age to Reduce ‘Underground’ Drinking

Mar 3 2008 // More than two decades after the country established a uniform drinking age of 21, a nascent movement is afoot to allow 18- to 20-year-olds to legally buy alcohol under some circumstances.Proponents say the higher age...

IRS Agrees to Drop Captive Insurance Tax Change

Feb 21 2008 // The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has dropped plans to change the way that captive insurance companies are taxed.U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and U.S. Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., said that the IRS informed them it has...