Latest Connecticut Headlines
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Narragansett Bay Hires McLaughlin as Connecticut Territory Manager
Feb 16 2016 // Narragansett Bay Insurance Company (NBIC) has hired Brendan McLaughlin as the company’s assistant vice president – Connecticut territory manager. In this position, McLaughlin will be responsible for developing...
Connecticut Announces Its 10th Captive Insurer
Feb 12 2016 // The Connecticut Insurance Department announced that a Syosset, New York-based construction services firm, RC Structures, is establishing its captive insurance operations in Connecticut. The new captive, called RCX...
Narragansett Bay to Write P/C Insurance in Connecticut
Feb 8 2016 // Narragansett Bay Insurance Company (NBIC), a Rhode Island-based specialty underwriter of homeowners insurance products and services in states along the Eastern Seaboard, said the company has been approved by the...
Connecticut Recovered $6M for Consumers in 2015
Feb 8 2016 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Katharine L. Wade announced that the Connecticut Insurance Department recovered approximately $6 million for policyholders and taxpayers in 2015, helping individuals and families with...
Connecticut Insurance Department Names Grace to Lead Captive Unit
Jan 29 2016 // Janet Grace Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Katharine L. Wade has announced that Janet Grace, a veteran risk specialist with more than 20 years of experience, has been hired as program manager to oversee the Connecticut...
Connecticut Recovered $6M for Policyholders, Taxpayers in 2015
Jan 27 2016 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Katharine L. Wade announced that the Connecticut Insurance Department recovered approximately $6 million for policyholders and taxpayers in 2015, helping individuals and families with...
Narragansett Bay Approved to Write P/C Insurance in Connecticut
Jan 27 2016 // Narragansett Bay Insurance Company (NBIC), a Rhode Island-based specialty underwriter of homeowners insurance products and services in states along the Eastern Seaboard, announced that the company has been approved by the...
Sachs Walsh Hires Satrazemis as Commercial Lines Manager in Connecticut
Jan 25 2016 // Christos Satrazemis Sachs Walsh Insurance, an independent agency in Westport, Connecticut, has hired Christos Satrazemis to replace Arthur Sachs as Commercial Lines manager. Sachs, who founded the agency in 1978, retired...
GE’s Move Leaves Many Unsettled in Connecticut Communities
Jan 20 2016 // It’s not just the loss of loyal customers that worries jeweler Howard Diamond, or the extra tax burden that businesses like his may have to carry as General Electric pulls the plug on Fairfield, Connecticut. As he...
Connecticut Launches New Website to Help Fight Fraud
Jan 15 2016 // The state of Connecticut is launching a new website to help fight fraud, waste and abuse in state government. Officials say the website, located at FightFraud.ct.gov, will make it easier for the public to report suspicious...
Connecticut Cops Consider ‘Angel’ Program to Combat Heroin Scourge
Jan 15 2016 // A growing chorus of law enforcement leaders, drug addiction experts and parents of addicts say arresting and jailing heroin users will not stem the surge in deaths and overdoses. “We realize we’re not going to...
Business Moves
Jan 11 2016 // NFP, Absolute Advantage, Vanorsdale Insurance NFP Property & Casualty has acquired Lake Havasu City, Ariz.-based Absolute Advantage Insurance Services LLC. NFP also acquired San Diego, Calif.-based Vanorsdale...
Connecticut Doctors Say ‘Concussion’ Film Could Mislead
Dec 31 2015 // In the last few years, Erik Lanese, athletic trainer at Holy Cross High School in Waterbury, Connecticut, has seen a dramatic increase in the number of diagnosed concussions. The key word is “diagnosed.”...
Conn. State Police Responded to 460 Accidents Over Christmas Weekend
Dec 29 2015 // Connecticut State Police responded to more than 460 accidents and busted 40 people for driving under the influence over the Christmas holiday weekend. Troopers say the number of accidents from Wednesday morning through...
Connecticut Warns Carriers Not to Use Price Optimization
Dec 21 2015 // Connecticut has joined the growing number of states that have banned or restricted the practice of “price optimization” in insurance pricing. Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Katharine L. Wade announced that...
Connecticut Regulator Warns of Phone Scams Targeting Policyholders
Dec 13 2015 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Katharine L. Wade is advising consumers to be wary of a scam in which a caller poses as a representative of an insurance company and informs people that their policy is being canceled for...
Brown & Brown Acquires Assets of Smith Insurance in Connecticut
Dec 11 2015 // Brown & Brown Inc. announced that its subsidiary Brown & Brown of Connecticut Inc. has acquired substantially all of the assets of Smith Insurance, an independent agency based in Niantic, Connecticut. Terms of...
N.Y., N.J., Conn. Team Up to Boost Security During Busy Holiday Season
Dec 10 2015 // Law enforcement agencies in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut are working together to boost security on New York’s public transportation network during the holidays. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive...
Insurance Fraudster Heads Back to Jail for Violating Release Terms in Conn.
Dec 8 2015 // Insurance swindler and former international fugitive Martin Frankel has been sentenced to six months in prison for violating the terms of his release. Prosecutors say a federal judge in New Haven, Connecticut, sentenced...
Connecticut Bans Use of Price Optimization in Insurance Rates
Dec 4 2015 // Connecticut has joined the growing number of states that have banned or restricted the practice of “price optimization” in insurance pricing. Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Katharine L. Wade announced that...
