Latest Connecticut Headlines
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7 Injured in Connecticut House Explosion
Aug 8 2016 // Fire investigators say a propane gas leak apparently caused an explosion that leveled a Vernon, Conn., home, injuring seven people. Vernon fire marshal Adam Libros said that the gas line was supplying a dryer in the...
Connecticut Supreme Court Denies Wife’s Emotional Distress Workers’ Comp Claim
Aug 8 2016 // A Connecticut woman who found her 77-year-old husband crushed to death under an all-terrain vehicle when she brought him lunch at his job cannot sue his employer for severe emotional injuries she suffered, the state...
Connecticut High Court Blocks Injury Suit Against Contractor
Aug 5 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 Father, Son Challenge Drone Regulations
Jul 25 2016 // A Connecticut father and son are headed for a court showdown with the Federal Aviation Administration over whether the agency can force them to disclose information about drones shown in two YouTube videos firing a gun and...
Ironshore Expands High Net Worth Coverage to Homeowners in Connecticut
Jul 20 2016 // Ironshore Private Client Group has expanded its Ironshore Private Insurance Portfolio product to high net worth homeowners in Connecticut. Ironshore Private Insurance Portfolio coverage is available in four states on an...
Retired Pro Wrestlers Sue WWE Over Head Injuries
Jul 19 2016 // World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. was sued on behalf of Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka and dozens of other retired wrestlers who claim the company hid the long-term effects of neurological injuries from years of being...
Potato in Tailpipe Leads to Arson Suspect in Connecticut
Jul 15 2016 // Police say a potato stuffed into a vehicle’s tailpipe helped lead them to a 19-year-old Connecticut stripper who’s now charged with setting fire to a business in a dispute over money. Willow Martin, of...
Connecticut Places ‘Unsteady’ Health Insurance Startup Under Supervision
Jul 11 2016 // Connecticut’s insurance commissioner announced Tuesday that nonprofit health insurer HealthyCT must be placed under state supervision to protect the company’s 40,000 policyholders. Commissioner Katharine Wade...
Connecticut Father, Son Challenge Government’s Authority to Regulate Recreational Drones
Jul 5 2016 // A Connecticut father and son are headed for a court showdown with the Federal Aviation Administration over whether the agency can force them to disclose information about drones shown in two YouTube videos firing a gun and...
Connecticut AG Says 4 Insurers Agree to Financing Fix for Crumbling Concrete Foundations
Jul 1 2016 // Homeowners in Connecticut are getting some help for crumbling foundations. Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen said the state has reached a deal with a handful of insurance companies to finance a program meant to...
Gunmakers Say Federal Law Shields Them from Sandy Hook Negligence Claims
Jun 21 2016 // A 2005 federal law was designed specifically to prevent gunmakers from being sued for mass killings like the one at Sandy Hook Elementary School, lawyers for the maker of the AR-15 assault weapon used in the attack told a...
Court Affirms Corruption Conviction of Connecticut Ex-Gov. Rowland
Jun 20 2016 // A federal appeals court has upheld the political corruption conviction of former Connecticut Gov. John Rowland. A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York City on Friday rejected...
Orlando Victims Watching Sandy Hook Gun Manufacturer Liability Case Opening Today
Jun 20 2016 // A case in Connecticut state court could help victims from mass shootings — including the recent massacre in Orlando — sue manufacturers of military style assault rifles used in the attacks, despite state and...
Connecticut Ethics Board to Weigh Possible Insurance Commissioner Conflict in Cigna-Anthem Oversight
Jun 20 2016 // Connecticut’s Citizens Ethics Advisory Board has agreed to review whether the state’s insurance commissioner should recuse herself from overseeing Anthem Inc.’s proposed merger with Bloomfield-based...
Connecticut Licenses New Health Care Captive
Jun 20 2016 // Connecticut Insurance Department announced that it has licensed a non-profit captive insurance cooperative comprising several Connecticut municipalities and school districts. The new health care captive aims to give...
Connecticut Regulator Licenses New Health Care Captive
Jun 9 2016 // Connecticut Insurance Department announced Thursday that it has licensed a non-profit captive insurance cooperative comprising several Connecticut municipalities and school districts that aims to give communities greater...
Connecticut Reviewing Health Insurers’ Rate Hike Requests
Jun 8 2016 // Connecticut’s Department of Insurance is reviewing rate increase requests filed by 14 health insurance companies that range on average from 2.1 percent to 32 percent. The private plans, offered on and off the...
Access Health CT Helping 18K Enrollees Find New Plans
May 31 2016 // Connecticut’s health insurance marketplace is helping up to 18,000 people who no longer qualify for Medicaid health coverage to enroll in private insurance plans. Access Health CT says it will begin reaching out on...
Feds: 6 Connecticut Men Staged 50 Car Crashes for Insurance Money
May 25 2016 // Federal prosecutors say six Connecticut residents have been charged with staging car crashes so they could make fraudulent insurance claims. U.S. Attorney Deirdre Daly said Tuesday that five Norwich residents and one New...
Business Moves
May 23 2016 // Confie, Automobile Insurance Specialists Inc., Trinity Insurance LLC, Whitehead Insurance Inc. Confie has acquired three insurance agencies in Las Vegas, South Florida, and Washington State. Confie acquired the assets of:...
