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Vermont Business Magazine Governor Phil Scott has announced that the Department of Financial Regulation (DFR) has licensed Vermont’s 1,100th captive insurance company. AssureCap Indemnity, LLC was licensed as a Sponsored Captive Insurance Company.
Vermont Business Magazine Where Winston Churchill gave his "Iron Curtain" speech, US Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) will deliver the Green Foundation Lecture Thursday at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri.
Vermont Business Magazine All three major labor metrics improved last month. Vermont’s unemployment rate fell in August, but the better news was that the Labor Market expanded, if only modestly, and the number of employed also expanded, while those looking for work declined.
Vermont Business Magazine Vermont ski and snowboard resorts have joined together to support the hosting of the Women’s Audi FIS Ski World Cup at Killington Resort, a move characteristic of the supportive ski community in Vermont.
Vermont Business MagazineAttorney General TJ Donovan on Sunday acknowledged that Vermonters are understandably angry, frustrated, anxious, and upset to learn of a massive data breach exposing more than 240,000 of us to the loss of sensitive data. This loss of data includes our names, social security numbers, and even in some cases our credit card and drivers’ license numbers.
Vermont Business Magazine The Green Mountain Care Board (GMCB) today approved FY 2018 budgets for Vermont’s 14 community hospitals.
by Timothy McQuiston Vermont Business MagazineThe state of Vermont has virtually eliminated the waitlist for those needing to receive opioid treatment, but officials admit that victory over substance abuse is far from at hand.
Vermont Business MagazineVermont will once again share its culture and heritage with more than one million attendees at the Big E, New England’s largest agricultural fair, which commences this week in West Springfield, Massachusetts.
Vermont Business Magazine In a report released earlier this summer, Vermont did relatively well among all states in data innovation. Vermont was 14th overall, fifth in STEM degrees, 10th in Broadband (very high Internet use but relatively slow connection speeds), 46th in Electronic Health Records, and predictably low (35th) in e-Government.
Vermont Business Magazine The 12th Annual Kelly Brush Ride powered by VBT Bicycling and Walking Vacations, drew 810 cyclists and40 adaptive athletes who raised over $521,000 to empower those with paralysis through sport and recreation and to prevent ski racing injuries. The event was held Saturday, September 9 in Middlebury, Vermont.
by Timothy McQuiston Vermont Business Magazine Members of the Burlington Education Association went on strike Thursday morning as a last-minute call by a former federal mediator and Mayor Miro Weinberger failed to find a resolution Wednesday evening. Burlington public schools were cancelled for the day for the approximate 3,600 students.
by Karen Glitman, Director of Efficiency Vermont When people think about their local electric utility, their first thoughts are likely of poles and wires, and the electric meter on the side of their house. We think of them as energy producers: regulated businesses that provide us with reliable electricity – an enormous, complex, and critical task.