Vermont Department of Financial Regulation

https://dfr.vermont.gov/

Last activity: 17.10.2025

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The Vermont Department of Financial Regulation (DFR) is responsible for protecting consumers against unfair and unlawful business practices in the areas of banking, securities (investments) and insurance. The department’s website provides information on various topics such as consumer protection, insurance regulation, banking regulation, securities regulation, captive insurance, and more.
The website also provides contact information for the department.

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United States, Vermont, Montpelier

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51-200

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+1 802-828-3301

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Jan 22, 2025	Captive Insurance Formations Among Top Ten Highest in Vermont's History	2024: Another milestone year for Vermont Another Year of Continued Growth in Vermont's Captive Insurance Industry MONTPELIER, Vt., Jan. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Vermont Department of Economic Development (DED) announced today that...
Jan 10, 2025	DFR Joins NASAA Multi-State Settlement Against Edward Jones	VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL REGULATION JOINS $17 MILLON MULTI-STATE ENFORCEMENT SETTLEMENT WITH EDWARD JONES Multi-State Working Group Finds Supervisory Failures Concerning Class A Mutual Fund Shares Montpelier, VT - The Vermont Departm...
May 22, 2024	Vermont Prioritizes Quality Regulation in Legislature as Yearly Tradition	Governor Phil Scott addresses the new Vermont captive bill Vermont Improves Statute to Better Align with the Captive Marketplace MONTPELIER, Vt., May 22, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- On May 20, 2024 Governor Scott signed legislation into law ...
Jan 9, 2024	Vermont Investors to Receive Full Restitution	Montpelier, VT – Last month the Commissioner of Financial Regulation ordered Colomont, Inc. and its former CEO, Christopher Santee, to pay at least $419,000 in restitution to at least 375 individuals to whom Colomont and Mr. Santee sold cor...
Aug 11, 2023	Over 40,000-Person Data Security Breach	For Immediate Release Contact: Victoria Hudson, Information Management Officer \| 802-828-4872 \| [email protected] MONTPELIER, Vt. — The Vermont Department of Financial Regulation was notified that a large-scale data security breac...
Feb 19, 2023	Get paid up to $10,000 to move? That's great for remote workers, but economists say it's not a good investment for the cities footing the bill	Programs from Oklahoma to Vermont lure remote workers by showering them with perks, spending taxpayer dollars in hopes of boosting local economies. But do they work? Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/Insider Redeem now Many places began offering ...
Jan 8, 2023	Can crypto markets really get any worse? Industry experts say yes – and break down 3 worst-case scenarios for 2023	Last year was brutal for crypto markets, with the fallout of FTX, Celsius, and Three Arrows Capital. "Centralized lending and earn products are going the way of the dodo," one exec said. Advertisement Cryptocurrency markets took a...
Nov 10, 2022	In a flash, FTX Trading goes from crypto boom to bust	Until recently, FTX Trading was the toast of the cryptocurrency world. In 2021, the company's revenue skyrocketed more than 1,000% to $1 billion as it capitalized on public interest in the potential of digital currencies to build wealth. FT...
Sep 26, 2022	Crypto platform Nexo sued by New York, California and six other US regulators	Crypto platform Nexo is being sued by eight U.S. state securities regulators representing New York, California, Kentucky, Maryland, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Washington and Vermont. According to a press release from New York Attorney Genera...
Aug 24, 2022	Preemption of State Cybersecurity Laws: It’s Complicated	The privacy bill awaiting consideration in the U.S. House of Representatives is indeed, as Peter Swire and many others have said, a monumental achievement in both its comprehensiveness and its nuanced approach. Swire is right that the bill ...
Jul 15, 2022	Explained: Five things to know about US-based crypto lender Celsius’s crash	US based crypto lender Celsius filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. Fall of ethereum, collapse of Celsius native token and crash of Terra Luna triggered Celsius collapse. Celsius had repaid over $350 million de...
Jul 13, 2022	Crypto lender Celsius is ‘deeply insolvent’ and engaged in an ‘unregistered securities offering’, state regulator says	Sign up for the Fortune Features email list so you don’t miss our biggest features, exclusive interviews, and investigations. Celsius Network, the troubled crypto lender, “is deeply insolvent,” alleged the U.S. state of Vermont’s Department...
Jul 8, 2022	Governor Phil Scott Announces Department of Financial Regulation Leadership Appointments	Governor Phil Scott has appointed Kevin Gaffney as commissioner of the Department of Financial Regulation (DFR) and Emily Brown as the Department’s deputy commissioner of insurance. The Department of Financial Regulation is charged with pro...
Jun 30, 2022	First Financial Education Grant Awarded to Opportunities Credit Union	Montpelier, VT – The Department of Financial Regulation (DFR) was recently authorized to offer discretionary grants for financial services education initiatives undertaken by public and nonprofit organizations. The grant program is authoriz...
Apr 14, 2022	Vermont Restitution Fund Helps Defrauded Vermonter	Montpelier, VT – Commissioner Michael S. Pieciak today announced that he has approved the first-ever payment from Department of Financial Regulation’s (DFR) Victim Restitution Fund. Under recent legislative authority, Act No. 57 of 2019, th...
Jul 8, 2021	Vermont is about to become the first state to reach herd immunity. Massachusetts and Hawaii are close behind.	A National Guard soldier gives a COVID-19 vaccine at a pop-up vaccination stand at the Vermont Creamery in Websterville, Vermont, on June 29, 2021. Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images Vermont has administered at least one vaccine dose to nearly 7...
Jul 7, 2021	Vermont is about to become the first state to reach herd immunity. Massachusetts and Hawaii are close behind.	A National Guard soldier gives a COVID-19 vaccine at a pop-up vaccination stand at the Vermont Creamery in Websterville, Vermont, on June 29, 2021. Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images Vermont has administered at least one vaccine dose to nearly 75% o...
Mar 24, 2020	States Request Health Insurance Changes For COVID-19	With COVID-19 testing and treatment in sharp focus, many states responded with orders and requests to health insurance companies that should help consumers through the pandemic.
Jan 14, 2019	Vermont State Government Launching Blockchain Insurance Pilot	The U.S. state of Vermont is launching a blockchain pilot project for the captive insurance industry. The state government announced Friday that the Office of the Vermont Secretary of State and the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation...

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Parsers VC has collected 20 articles mentioning Vermont Department of Financial Regulation, among them “Captive Insurance Formations Among Top Ten Highest in Vermont's History” (Jan 22, 2025) and “DFR Joins NASAA Multi-State Settlement Against Edward Jones” (Jan 10, 2025).

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Yes, Vermont Department of Financial Regulation is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Oct 17, 2025.