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Connecticut Pizza Shop Owner Pleads Guilty to Fraud Stemming From Fire
Apr 23 2018 // The owner of a Connecticut pizza parlor has pleaded guilty to a fraud charge for setting fire to his own business and then collecting insurance money. Federal prosecutors say 32-year-old Mustafa Zabana, an Iraqi national...
Hartford Insurtech Hub Gives 10 Startups Shots at Partnerships with Insurers
Apr 23 2018 // Emerging from a 10-week accelerator program, 10 technology-powered insurance startups presented their ideas for enhanced customer engagement, cyber security, digital health, smart home products and supply chain management...
Judge Rules Convicted Swindler in Connecticut Won’t Have to Pay Restitution
Apr 19 2018 // A judge has ruled that a former Connecticut insurance broker convicted of swindling millions of dollars from several elderly clients won’t have to repay the money, as originally ordered. Galan Newton was sentenced to...
Connecticut Man Awarded $82K After Crash with Truck
Apr 16 2018 // A Connecticut man injured when the vehicle he was in crashed with a truck carrying portable toilets has been awarded $82,000 in a lawsuit. The Connecticut Post reports that 52-year-old Randall Ryan, of Bridgeport, Conn.,...
Smith Brothers Insurance Purchases Assets of Connecticut’s Bailey Agencies Insurance
Apr 10 2018 // Smith Brothers Insurance LLC has purchased the assets of Bailey Agencies Insurance of Groton, Conn. Bailey was founded in 1890 by Henry Bailey to help protect families and businesses throughout the Southeastern Connecticut...
Connecticut Senator Says Surcharge to Help Homeowners Is Not Dead
Apr 10 2018 // A key Connecticut lawmaker says a proposed surcharge on insurance policies to raise money to help homeowners with crumbling foundations is not a dead issue. Senator Cathy Osten, the Democratic Senate chairman of the...
Former Animal Shelter Director in Connecticut Settles Dog Attack Lawsuit
Apr 9 2018 // The former director of a Connecticut animal shelter has settled a lawsuit with a volunteer who was attacked by her pet dog. The Record-Journal reports that former Meriden Humane Society Director Marlena DiBianco reached a...
$1.1M Settlement Reached Over Fatal Highway Crash in Connecticut
Apr 9 2018 // A $1.1 million settlement has been reached in a wrongful death lawsuit connected to a 2016 fatal highway crash in Windsor Locks, Conn. The Connecticut Law Tribune reports the family of Kevin Dutra agreed to the settlement...
Worldwide Facilities Acquires Connecticut’s Tennant Risk Services Insurance Agency
Apr 3 2018 // Worldwide Facilities has acquired Tennant Risk Services Insurance Agency LLC. Worldwide Facilities is a Los Angeles, Calif.-headquartered, national wholesale insurance brokerage and managing general agency. Tennant Risk...
Connecticut Homeowners Ask Legislature for Assistance on Bad Foundations
Mar 28 2018 // Connecticut homeowners said they need additional financial assistance to help with crumbling home foundations that threaten to collapse their houses. Dozens of homeowners arrived in Hartford on Monday to support a bill...
Hartford Approves Deal for Connecticut to Pay City’s Debt
Mar 27 2018 // Hartford, Connecticut’s fiscally distressed capital city, will get a much-needed lifeline after its city council on Monday approved a deal to have the state pay its debt. The accord, part of a broader oversight plan...
Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut Re-Elects Distel as President
Mar 13 2018 // Kenneth A. Distel of Avon, Conn., was re-elected president of the Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut Inc. (PIACT), at the association’s Annual Convention held March 8-9 at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in...
Alera Group Acquires Connecticut’s Benefit Planning Services
Mar 8 2018 // Alera Group, a national employee benefits, property and casualty, risk management and wealth management firm, has acquired Benefit Planning Services (BPS), located in Norwalk, Conn. Terms of the transaction were not...
5 Strategies for Success in Small Business Market
Mar 5 2018 // The small business market is big. The U.S. small commercial market represents about one-third of the total commercial lines market and generates between $99 billion and $103 billion in direct written premium, according to...
Woman Pleads Guilty to Embezzling $1.1M from Connecticut Car Dealership
Feb 27 2018 // A former employee of a luxury Connecticut car dealership has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $1 million from the business. Federal prosecutors say 50-year-old Vanessa Vence-Small, of New Windsor, New York, waived...
Bonding Awarded to Launch Crumbling Foundations Entity in Connecticut
Feb 21 2018 // A Connecticut panel has awarded funding to launch a new not-for-profit insurance company that will manage state dollars that will help homeowners with crumbling foundations. The State Bond Commission approved $350,000...
Jimcor Agency Expands into Transportation Sector, Hires Blumberger in Connecticut
Jan 31 2018 // Jimcor Agency Inc., an independent managing general agent and wholesaler, has expanded into the transportation sector with the addition of Jeffrey Blumberger as a brokerage specialist in transportation. In this role,...
Paragon in Connecticut Announces Equity Investment from EPIC and Oak Hill
Jan 30 2018 // Avon, Conn.-based Paragon Insurance Holdings LLC announced that Edgewood Partners Insurance Center and Oak Hill Capital Partners have taken an equity stake in the firm. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The investment...
Optisure Risk Partners Hires Sterrett as Life Practice Manager in Connecticut
Jan 24 2018 // Optisure Risk Partners, based in Manchester, N.H., has hired Reid Sterrett as life practice manager, reporting directly to Optisure CEO Peter R. Milnes. Sterrett will be based in Hartford, Conn., and will serve as a...
Connecticut’s Paragon Insurance Holdings Hires Petersen
Jan 23 2018 // Paragon Insurance Holdings LLC (Paragon), an Avon, Conn.-based national multi-line specialty managing general agent, has hired Andrew Petersen to the Paragon executive management team as regional president and executive...
