Vermont Business Magazine Retired Vermont Mutual President, CEO and Board Chair, William H. Brooks, passed peacefully at the age of 94 on April 12, 2025. Mr. Brooks served as Vermont Mutual’s President from 1986 to 1995.  Vermont Mutual grew...

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In a March memo to lawmakers, Florida’s Office of Insurance Regulation sharply criticized the state’s rather unique two-agency insurance regulatory structure, arguing that the Department of Financial Services has dropped...

Patriot Select Property and Casualty Insurance Co. brings several key insurance executives to the establishment of the business.A new insurance carrier is entering the Florida market now that regulators have given the green light to that company to...

Massachusetts homeowners are increasingly facing insurance nonrenewals, despite seeming to be one of the safest states in the country when it comes to natural disasters.What's happening?Surveys from 2023 found that insurance companies opted not to renew 1.51% of...

Overview: Blue Cross authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills. But the insurer did make exceptions. On several occasions, Blue Cross executives signed deals to pay for their wives’...