Latest Connecticut Headlines
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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...
Connecticut’s Business Risk Partners Hires Bizzoso and Landaverde
Nov 8 2016 // Business Risk Partners (BRP), a specialty underwriter and program administrator based in Windsor, Conn., hired Greg Bizzoso as an E&O product manager and team leader for miscellaneous professional liability (MPL) and...
Connecticut Insurance Department Approves NCCI Workers’ Comp Rate Filing
Nov 1 2016 // Connecticut Insurance Department Commissioner Katharine L. Wade announced that the department has approved a rate filing from the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) that decreases workers’ compensation...
Arson Suspected in Several Recent Connecticut Fires
Oct 28 2016 // Police and fire investigators say a string of fires in Norwich, Conn., recently appear to be arson and are looking for the person or people responsible. The latest blaze occurred Monday night at the former YMCA building on...
Connecticut Based Insurer Cigna Eases Rules for Opioid Addiction Medication
Oct 24 2016 // The health insurer Cigna has agreed to end a policy that required physicians to fill out extra paperwork before they could give patients a drug used to treat opioid addiction. The move announced Friday comes after New York...
Native American Tribe Suing Connecticut for $613M for Land Taken in 1800s
Oct 19 2016 // A Connecticut-based Native American tribe is suing the state for at least $613 million in damages for land it says was taken from the tribal reservation more than a century ago. The Schaghticoke Tribal Nation said in the...
Citing Shield Law, Judge Dismisses Sandy Hook Families’ Suit Against Gun Manufacturer
Oct 17 2016 // A Connecticut judge threw out a lawsuit by families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting, a major victory for the gun industry and in particular Remington Arms Co., maker of the assault weapon used in the...
CMIC’s 2017 Rates Unchanged for Connecticut and Massachusetts Members
Oct 14 2016 // CMIC, an A- (A.M. Best) rated company and member-owned medical professional liability insurance provider, announced that the overall rate indication for Connecticut and Massachusetts policyholders will remain unchanged for...
JLT Re Names Speckman Connecticut Based Senior Vice President
Oct 14 2016 // JLT Re (North America) Inc. (JLT Re), a global provider of reinsurance broking and consultancy, has appointed John Speckman as senior vice president in Stamford, Conn. In this role, Speckman will be part of the...
Massachusetts Based XS Brokers Hires Kent to Connecticut Office
Sep 20 2016 // XS Brokers, a Quincy, Mass., headquartered independent insurance brokerage, has hired Jason Kent as a broker in the firm’s Connecticut office. His hiring comes as the firm has seen continued growth in its...
Connecticut Works to Improve Farm Safety After E.Coli Outbreak
Sep 19 2016 // With the growth of agritourism and more people visiting local farms, Connecticut officials are joining other states in educating farmers about how to mitigate health risks for their new visitors. Connecticut’s latest...
Connecticut Based RiskMatch Hires Golden
Sep 14 2016 // RiskMatch, a Greenwich, Conn., headquartered business intelligence and analytics firm that provides insurance portfolio management and placement support services to insurance brokers and insurers, has hired Michael Golden...
New Big ‘I’ Leadership Team with Chairman Houldin Installed
Sep 13 2016 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) last week installed new officers who have begun serving their terms. Connecticut independent agent Spencer Houldin was inaugurated as the...
Insurer Appeals Order to Pay Connecticut Diocese $945K for Abuse Settlements
Sep 8 2016 // An insurance company has appealed an order by a federal judge in Connecticut to reimburse the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford $945,000 for payments church officials made to settle sexual misconduct cases involving...
Connecticut’s 2017 Health Insurance Rates Expected to Rise
Sep 6 2016 // Tens of thousands of Connecticut health insurance consumers will still see double-digit increases in their 2017 rates, even though the state’s Department of Insurance has denied some rate requests filed by health...
Connecticut Working to Improve Farm Safety After E. Coli Outbreak at Local Farm
Aug 26 2016 // With the growth of agritourism and more people visiting local farms, Connecticut officials are joining other states in educating farmers about how to mitigate health risks for their new visitors. Connecticut’s latest...
Connecticut Man Awarded $10K in Police Brutality Suit
Aug 23 2016 // A Connecticut man has been awarded $10,000 in damages after a federal judge ruled that he had been beaten by a police officer after a drug fueled car chase. Donato Rinaldi, of Watertown, Conn., filed the suit in 2014...
Connecticut High Court Rejects Workers’ Injury Suit Against Contractor
Aug 22 2016 // Two workers injured in a power plant explosion that killed six other people in 2010 cannot sue a contractor for negligence, the state Connecticut Supreme Court recently ruled. Justices issued a 6-1 decision saying O&G...
Connecticut’s Smith Brothers Hires Cellucci from Cross Insurance
Aug 16 2016 // Smith Brothers Insurance, an independently operated insurance agency headquartered in Glastonbury, Conn., has hired Paul Cellucci as its director of strategic growth. In his new role, Cellucci will be responsible for...
Connecticut Man Faces Prison for Role in Over 50 Staged Accidents
Aug 11 2016 // A Connecticut man has pleaded guilty to his role in a scheme that involved staging car crashes to defraud automobile insurance companies. Connecticut U.S. Attorney Deirdre M. Daly said Frandy Dugue, of Norwich, Conn.,...
