Latest Connecticut Headlines
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Finance Chief Resigns After Connecticut Town Hacked for $200K
Sep 3 2024 // The Connecticut town of Plymouth has been hacked for more than $200,000 and the town’s finance director has resigned as a result of the cybersecurity incident. Mayor Joseph Kilduff said the town fell victim to a...
Connecticut Offers $5 Million in Grants to Help Small Businesses With Flood Recovery
Aug 27 2024 // Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont announced that the state is launching a $5 million micro-grant program to assist small businesses in the western portion of the state rebuild and recover from the record rainfall and flooding...
Flood-Stricken Connecticut Seeks Emergency Assistance from Federal Agencies
Aug 20 2024 // Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont has submitted a request to President Joe Biden and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for a federal emergency declaration for Fairfield , New Haven, and Litchfield counties in...
Amtrak Train Hits Tractor Trailer in Connecticut
Aug 12 2024 // An Amtrak train carrying nearly 100 passengers crashed into the rear section of a tractor trailer in Connecticut on Friday morning, causing minor injuries to a train engineer and damaging warning equipment at the crossing,...
AM Best Places Credit Ratings of Connecticut Attorneys Title Insurance Under Review
Aug 6 2024 // AM Best reports that it has placed under review with developing implications the Financial Strength Rating of B++ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “bbb” (Good) of Connecticut Attorneys Title...
Claims Made Commercial Lines Filings Now Subject to Scrutiny in Connecticut
Jul 12 2024 // In a change in regulatory practice, Connecticut has decided that all commercial lines claims made insurance forms and rates are now subject to full regulatory review. Citing compliance issues, Insurance Commissioner Andrew...
Connecticut’s Monroe Insurance Merges With Smith Brothers
Jul 3 2024 // Monroe Insurance Center, Inc., an independent insurance and risk management agency in Monroe, Connecticut, has merged its operations with Smith Brothers Insurance. The leadership team at Monroe Insurance Center including...
Connecticut Firefighters Sue DuPont, 3M, Honeywell Over Allegedly Contaminated Gear
Jun 27 2024 // DuPont, 3M, Honeywell and 16 other defendants were sued on Tuesday by Connecticut firefighters who said their protective gear was contaminated by toxic “forever chemicals” linked to cancer. Lawyers for the...
Student Pilot’s Solo Cross-Country Flight Crashed In Connecticut Campground
Jun 7 2024 // PLYMOUTH, Conn. (AP) — A student pilot was attempting a solo cross-country flight before crashing into a Connecticut campground, according to a federal aviation report released Tuesday. The 1968, fixed-wing,...
New Hampshire Won’t Reinstate License of Trucker Acquitted in Deadly Crash
Jun 4 2024 // New Hampshire safety officials last Thursday upheld the license suspension of a commercial truck driver who was acquitted in the 2019 deaths of seven motorcyclists but said another hearing will be held to determine how...
Gallagher Updates Regulation for Artificial Intelligence
May 22 2024 // Gallagher’s Cyber practice remains laser focused on emerging technology and the potential for increased risks as organizations begin to use them. Throughout 2024, we’re concentrated on evolving compliance...
Couple Staged Half Million Dollar Fraud Against Theater Nonprofit, Insurer Claims
May 21 2024 // Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Co. is suing a Connecticut couple the insurer alleges defrauded its insured, a Florida theater nonprofit, by using the organization’s checking and credit card accounts for more than a...
King Insurance Acquires Marcus Agency in Connecticut
May 16 2024 // Florida-based King Insurance Partners announced it has acquired Marcus Insurance, an independent agency based in Wethersfield, Connecticut. The terms were not disclosed. Founded in 1941, Marcus Insurance is a family-run...
Connecticut Establishes Fund for Fallen Police Officers’ Survivors
May 16 2024 // Connecticut has established a Fallen Officer Fund, which will provide $100,000 to the surviving family members or beneficiaries of any Connecticut local or state police officer killed in the line of duty or who sustained...
4 Killed in Yet Another Wrong-Way Highway Crash in Connecticut
May 13 2024 // A driver going the wrong way on Connecticut’s Merritt Parkway crashed head-on into a minivan early Thursday, killing all four people in the vehicles and closing one side of the highway for nearly seven hours, state...
Slain Visiting Nurse’s Husband Sues Employer, Alleging It Ignored Safety Concerns
May 8 2024 // The husband of a Connecticut visiting nurse who was killed during an appointment with a convicted rapist filed a wrongful death lawsuit Monday, alleging her employer repeatedly ignored workers’ safety concerns about...
Crews Demolish Connecticut I-95 Overpass Damaged During Fuel Truck Inferno
May 7 2024 // A bridge damaged in a fiery crash that kept Interstate 95 in Connecticut closed Thursday and Friday has been demolished. A live camera operated by the Connecticut Department of Transportation on Saturday showed excavators...
Medical Marijuana Law Does Not Impair Employers’ Right to Drug-Free Workplace
May 6 2024 // A Connecticut employer has the right to terminate an employee who is impaired by medical marijuana in the workplace. The Connecticut Appellate Court on March 19 upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit brought against a nonprofit...
Probe Into Death of Nurse on Home Visit Alleges Employer Failed to Protect Workers
May 3 2024 // A home health care company failed to protect a visiting nurse who was killed during an appointment with a convicted rapist at a Connecticut halfway house and should be fined about $161,000, federal workplace safety...
Connecticut Weighs Wide-Ranging Bill to Regulate AI. But Its Fate Is Uncertain.
May 1 2024 // The Connecticut Senate recently pressed ahead with one of the first major legislative proposals in the U.S. to rein in bias in artificial intelligence decision-making and protect people from harm, including manufactured...
