Latest Connecticut Headlines
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Specter of Corporate Exodus Leaves Connecticut Budget in Crisis
Oct 17 2017 // Thirty years ago, so many companies flocked to Connecticut that Stamford, a waterfront enclave of about 100,000 residents, became the third-largest center of corporate headquarters in the U.S., behind only New York City...
Connecticut Teachers’ Union, Towns Sue State to Stop Education Cuts
Oct 13 2017 // Connecticut’s largest teachers’ union and three municipalities are seeking a court order to stop Gov. Dannel P. Malloy from cutting $557 million from the majority of school districts, saying the reductions will...
Federal Officials Study Connecticut Crumbling Foundations
Oct 9 2017 // Federal officials have visited Connecticut to study the mineral blamed for causing foundations to crumble in thousands of homes. WVIT-TV reports officials with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the U.S. Army...
Man Gets Four Years in Prison for Staging Crashes in Connecticut Fraud Scam
Oct 4 2017 // A Haitian man who federal prosecutors say was the ringleader of an auto insurance scam involving as many as 50 staged car crashes was sentenced Monday to four years in prison and ordered to pay $207,000 in...
Connecticut’s Sutton James Aviation Insurance Brokers Joins Optisure
Oct 3 2017 // Sutton James Aviation Insurance Brokers, a Hartford, Conn.-based resource for aviation-related coverages throughout North and South America, has joined Optisure Risk Partners to lead the development of Optisure’s...
Alleged Leader of Connecticut Auto Insurance Fraud Scam to be Sentenced
Oct 2 2017 // A Connecticut man who federal prosecutors say was the ringleader of an auto insurance scam involving as many as 50 staged car crashes is set to be sentenced. Mackenzy Noze filed court documents saying he should receive...
Startupbootcamp Launches Insurtech Accelerator in Hartford
Sep 27 2017 // Startupbootcamp, a London-based insurance accelerator that focuses on identifying globally-located disruptive and collaborative insurance and technology innovations, has announced the launch of its new InsurTech...
Conn. Court Supports $41.7M in Damages to Student Disabled by Tick Bite on School Trip
Sep 18 2017 // A student permanently disabled by a tick bite while on a school field trip in China is entitled to $41.7 million in damages, according to the Connecticut Supreme Court’s August ruling in support of a jury’s...
Connecticut Reminds Policyholders to Be Prepared This Storm Season
Sep 1 2017 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Katharine L. Wade is reminding policyholders to review their homeowners insurance and understand their coverage as the 2017 Atlantic tropical storm season heads into its busiest time. The...
Connecticut Man Sentenced for Role in Car Insurance Fraud Scheme
Aug 30 2017 // A Connecticut man originally from Haiti has been sentenced for his role in a scheme to defraud insurance companies through staged car crashes. Jacques Fleurijeune was sentenced Monday in federal court in New Haven, Conn.,...
Conn. Court Supports $41.7M in Damages to Student Disabled by Tick Bite on School Trip
Aug 22 2017 // The Connecticut Supreme Court in August supported a jury’s decision to award $41.7 million in damages to a student permanently disabled by a tick bite while on a school field trip in China, stating that schools in...
Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Warns of Caller Posing as Department Staff
Aug 11 2017 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Katharine L. Wade has issued a consumer alert advising consumers to be wary of a phone caller who identified herself as an Insurance Department employee and is asking people for their...
New Jersey’s Widerman & Company Merges with Connecticut’s Smith Brothers
Aug 9 2017 // Widerman & Company Insurance of Haddonfield, N.J., has merged its business with Smith Brothers Insurance of Glastonbury, Conn. This combination allows Widerman & Company the opportunity to maintain its local...
Connecticut Man Gets Prison for Defrauding Investors out of $874K
Jul 21 2017 // A Connecticut man will spend almost four years in prison for operating an investment scheme that defrauded people of more than $874,000. The U.S. Attorney’s office says 54-year-old Anthony Sciarra, of Wethersfield,...
Connecticut Woman Gets Prison Time for Stealing $250K from Employer
Jul 14 2017 // A Connecticut woman who stole more than $250,000 from her Massachusetts employer even as he struggled with dementia and cancer has been sentenced to nearly two years in prison. Angela Craig was sentenced Tuesday in U.S....
Connecticut Firefighter Fired After Workers’ Compensation Investigation
Jul 13 2017 // A Connecticut fire chief says a firefighter has been fired following an investigation into alleged workers’ compensation fraud. In a statement issued Tuesday, Hartford Fire Chief Reginald Freeman says the...
Connecticut’s W.R. Berkley Corporation Sells Real Estate Investment
Jul 10 2017 // W. R. Berkley Corporation has sold its real estate investment at 1101 New York Avenue NW in Washington, D.C. The company expects to report a realized pre-tax gain of approximately $120 million on the sale in the third...
In America’s Richest State, the Capital Flirts with Bankruptcy
Jul 10 2017 // The hedge-fund enclave of Greenwich, on the Connecticut Gold Coast, is about 100 miles and a world away from the state capital. But the fiscal crisis in Hartford, the historic center of the American insurance industry, is...
Connecticut Insurers: Homes Must Fall Down to be Eligible for Coverage
Jul 5 2017 // Connecticut residents whose home foundations are crumbling are facing a perplexing problem with their insurance policies: The damage won’t be covered unless their homes collapse. More than two dozen insurance...
Aetna Settles on New York for New Headquarters in 2018
Jul 5 2017 // Aetna Inc., the third-largest U.S. health insurer, will move its corporate headquarters to New York City next year, making it the latest company to leave Connecticut as the state raises taxes and deals with a budget...
