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Connecticut State Workers Won’t Get Part of $94M Stock Windfall
Apr 3 2017 // Connecticut state workers and retirees will not get part of a $94 million stock windfall received by the state in 2001 and then used to help fill a budget gap. The state Supreme Court on Friday rejected the workers’...
Brown Thayer Shedd Insurance Agency Hires Garrity in Connecticut
Mar 29 2017 // Brown Thayer Shedd Insurance Agency (BTS Darien) has hired Ryan P. Garrity as senior vice president of its Darien, Conn., location. In this role, Garrity joins BTS Darien President Edward D. “Tim” Brown in...
Florida Court to Hear Lawsuit Against Employer, Wife of Nightclub Shooter
Mar 29 2017 // A lawsuit brought by victims of the Orlando nightclub massacre against the gunman’s employer and wife was withdrawn from federal court and filed in state court in South Florida on Monday. Attorneys for 61 Pulse...
Connecticut Dental Practice Manager Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud
Mar 20 2017 // The office manager of a Stamford, Conn., dental practice has pleaded guilty to using a retired dentist’s records to charge insurance companies almost $600,000 for work that was never performed. Elena Ilizarov pleaded...
Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut Elects Distel as President
Mar 10 2017 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut Inc. (PIACT) elected Kenneth A. Distel of Avon, Conn., as president at the association’s Annual Convention held in March at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket,...
Report: Overloaded Cars Caused Connecticut Train Derailment
Mar 3 2017 // A new report says overloaded train cars caused a freight train derailment in Connecticut last year. Nine cars containing construction and demolition debris derailed in New Britain in December. Several businesses were...
Six Charged in Death of University of Connecticut Student After Party
Feb 28 2017 // Six University of Connecticut students were charged Friday with alcohol-related offenses connected to the death of a student who was run over by a fire department vehicle after leaving a party last fall. The students had...
Man Admits Role in Scheme to Stage Dozens of Crashes in Connecticut
Feb 16 2017 // A Haitian man has admitted in federal court he was involved in a scheme to stage dozens of car crashes in Connecticut and collected up to $30,000 per wreck by submitting bogus insurance claims. Jacques Fleurijeune, also...
Renaissance Alliance Acquires the Peter M. Bakker Agency of Connecticut
Feb 16 2017 // Renaissance Alliance Insurance Services, an independent insurance agency collaboration based in Wellesley, Mass., has announced its acquisition of the Peter M. Bakker Agency Inc. of Avon, Conn. The acquisition is set to...
Connecticut Governor Says Budget Plan Will Lower Taxes for Insurance Industry
Feb 3 2017 // Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy says his two-year state budget proposal will reduce taxes for Connecticut’s insurance industry. The Democrat said Monday he wants to lower the tax rate that insurers pay on...
EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants Hires Giuditta in Connecticut
Jan 31 2017 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property, casualty brokerage and employee benefits consultant headquartered in San Francisco, Calif., has hired Christopher J. Giuditta as a vice president. Giuditta will...
Connecticut Lawmakers Consider Higher Fines for Distracted Driving
Jan 30 2017 // Some Connecticut lawmakers want to make it tougher for distracted drivers. The General Assembly’s Transportation Committee is holding a public hearing today on several bills that would increase penalties for texting...
Woman Sentenced to 4 Years for Stealing $700K from Connecticut Company
Jan 25 2017 // A former employee of a Connecticut real estate management and development business has been sentenced to four years in prison for stealing more than $700,000 from the company. Federal prosecutors say 50-year-old Debra...
Fire Destroys Connecticut Building That Houses 7 Businesses
Jan 3 2017 // An office building in Norwich that houses seven businesses has been destroyed by a fire. The Norwich Bulletin reports that fire officials say the fire started around 3:30 a.m. Saturday on West Main Street. The East Great...
Christmas Day Fire in Connecticut Blamed on Toy Hoverboard
Dec 28 2016 // New Haven, Conn., fire officials say a toy hoverboard appears to be the cause of a Christmas Day apartment fire that displaced four people and sent one to the hospital. Battalion Chief Ben Vargas tells the New Haven...
East Regulation Report Card: Vermont Ranks Best for 3rd Straight Year
Dec 22 2016 // The R Street Institute, a nonprofit public policy research organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., has found that Vermont has the best insurance regulatory environment in the U.S. for the third straight year in its...
Connecticut Insurance Department Launches Online Pay Portal
Nov 21 2016 // The Connecticut Insurance Department has issued a online pay portal to process financial transactions for licensees that conduct business daily within the department, Insurance Commissioner Katharine L. Wade announced. The...
Sandy Hook Families Ask Connecticut Top Court to Hear Suit
Nov 16 2016 // The families of some of the 26 children and educators killed at a Connecticut elementary school in 2012 asked the state’s top court on Tuesday to overturn a lower court’s dismissal of their lawsuit against the...
5 Boys Charged with Arson in Connecticut Fires
Nov 10 2016 // Authorities say five boys have been arrested in connection with two fires in Norwich last month. Police say four 13-year-olds and a 12-year-old face charges that include second-degree arson and first-degree criminal...
EPA Authorizes $1.8M to Remove Unsafe Liquids From 2 Connecticut Industrial Sites
Nov 9 2016 // Federal environmental regulators say they’re trying to contain and remove as much as 200,000 gallons of dangerous liquid chemicals and compounds found in storage tanks at two abandoned industrial properties in...
