Latest Connecticut Headlines
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Connecticut Launches Free Online Property Risk Mapping Tool
Oct 8 2025 // Connecticut has launched a free online risk mapping tool that allows Connecticut homeowners and businesses to assess their property’s risk from flooding, wildfires, and other perils to better understand their...
Connecticut Family Is First to Sue Over Washington Plane Crash That Killed 67
Oct 1 2025 // The Connecticut family of one of the 67 people killed when an airliner collided with an Army helicopter over Washington, D.C., sued the government and the airlines involved last week, saying they didn’t recognize the...
Connecticut Settles But Wrongful Death Suit Over Murder of Visiting Nurse Goes On
Sep 25 2025 // The state of Connecticut has paid $2.25 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the husband of Joyce Grayson, the 63-year-old visiting nurse and mother of six who was killed by a registered sex offender in a...
Agent Has No Duty to Tell Insured of Pending Nonrenewal: Connecticut High Court
Sep 9 2025 // A Connecticut insurance agent has no duty to inform clients that their home insurer intends not to renew their insurance policy, the state’s high court recently affirmed in a case where the homeowners had argued that...
Federal Appeals Panel Upholds Connecticut’s Assault Weapons Ban
Aug 27 2025 // A ban on assault weapons that Connecticut put in place after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting is constitutional, a federal appeals court said Friday, as it rejected challenges by gun rights advocates who claim it...
Connecticut House Fire Kills 2 Adults and 2 Children, Injures 5 Others
Aug 20 2025 // A fast-moving fire roared through a Connecticut home early Monday, killing two adults and two children and injuring five other people, including a firefighter, authorities said. The fire in Hartford broke out around 2:30...
‘Data-Driven’ Workers’ Compensation Writer Pie Insurance Enters Connecticut
Aug 13 2025 // Pie Insurance announced it is now offering its “data-driven” workers’ compensation insurance in Connecticut, targeting the state’s more than 365,000 small businesses. “Connecticut’s...
Connecticut Firefighter Killed in Accident While Fighting House Fire
Jul 30 2025 // A Connecticut firefighter was killed after a piece of a fire truck broke free and struck him, state police said. Raymond Moreau, 60, a 35-year veteran of the Plainville Fire Department, suffered severe leg injuries on...
Connecticut Updates Its Captive Insurance Law
Jul 28 2025 // Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed into law legislation updating the state’s law governing captive insurance and allowing new types of captives. Captives are owned by one or more businesses to insure their...
Freeway Insurance Expands to Its 28th State With Connecticut Opening
Jul 25 2025 // The insurance agency franchise Freeway Insurance is now operating in 28 states with the opening of its newest office in Danbury, Connecticut. In addition to the new Connecticut location, recent openings have included...
Smith Brothers Has Acquired Charter Oak Agency in Connecticut
Jul 11 2025 // Glastonbury, Connecticut-based Smith Brothers Insurance LLC announced that it acquired Charter Oak Agency effective July 1, 2025. Charter Oak Agency, an independent insurance agency with offices in Westport and Derby,...
Online Ticket Seller to Pay $85K for Violating Connecticut’s New Data Privacy Law
Jul 9 2025 // Connecticut Attorney General William Tong announced a settlement with TicketNetwork, Inc. as a result of an investigation into violations of the Connecticut Data Privacy Act. Under the settlement, TicketNetwork has agreed...
Connecticut Crumbling Foundation Insurer Seeks $100 Million
Jul 7 2025 // The state-created captive insurer handling Connecticut homeowners’ claims for crumbling foundations is in line for another $100 million in bond funding in the biennial budget now awaiting Gov. Ned Lamont’s...
Former Connecticut Trooper Accused of Workers’ Compensation Fraud
Jun 20 2025 // A former Connecticut state police trooper has been arrested and charged with collecting workers’ compensation benefits totaling $8,341.00 during his employment with the Connecticut Department of Emergency Services...
$20 Million Travelers Golf Championship Tees Off Today in Connecticut
Jun 19 2025 // The 2025 Travelers Championship gets underway Thursday, June 19 at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut. All 72 players in this year’s tournament will compete for four rounds. The Travelers Championship...
Connecticut Hopes to Curb Auto Claims Arbitration by Shifting Cost to Insurers
Jun 16 2025 // Connecticut lawmakers have passed a measure to shift the cost of auto insurance arbitration hearings between claimants and insurers over damage claims to the insurance industry. Currently the department of insurance...
Connecticut Closes Costly Workers’ Comp Loophole Opened by Court
Jun 16 2025 // Connecticut lawmakers last month moved to plug what could have been a very costly loophole in workers’ compensation benefits that was created by a state Supreme Court decision in March. The lawmakers effectively...
Connecticut Crumbling Foundation Insurer Seeks $100 Million to Close
Jun 10 2025 // The state-created captive insurer handling Connecticut homeowners’ claims for crumbling foundations is in line for another $100 million in bond funding in the biennial budget now awaiting Gov. Ned Lamont’s...
Trump Administration Targets Connecticut Town Over Transgender Athlete Policies
Jun 6 2025 // A school system in Connecticut that’s at the center of an ongoing legal fight over allowing transgender student athletes to participate in competitive girls’ sports is being investigated by the Trump...
Ex-Connecticut Governor Rowland Pardoned by President Trump Was Insurance Agent
May 30 2025 // Former Connecticut Gov. John Rowland, whose promising political career was upended by a corruption scandal and two federal prison stints, has been pardoned by President Donald Trump. The Republican governor, who served...
