Latest Connecticut Headlines
All the headlines from our Connecticut Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Kingstone OK’d to Write Insurance in Connecticut, New Jersey
Nov 16 2015 // Kingstone Companies Inc., a New York-domiciled multi-line property/casualty insurance holding company, announced that its subsidiary, Kingstone Insurance Company, was granted approval to write P/C insurance in Connecticut...
New Storm Forecast Center Pairs UConn, Electric Utility Company
Nov 10 2015 // Two days before Superstorm Sandy struck Connecticut in 2012, UConn scientists fed measurements from the storm and historical data from others into a computer model they developed and forecast where the most damage and...
Connecticut Approves Workers’ Comp Loss Cost Decrease of 3.9%
Nov 6 2015 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Katharine L. Wade said Connecticut employers can expect to pay less next year for their workers’ compensation insurance as a result of the Insurance Department’s approval this...
Connecticut Warns Homeowners Insurers
Nov 2 2015 // The Connecticut Insurance Department sent a notice to insurance companies writing homeowners insurance in the state on Oct. 6, notifying them that they are not allowed to cancel or non-renew homeowners policies based on...
Smith Brothers Acquires Bayberry Insurance in Connecticut
Oct 29 2015 // Smith Brothers Insurance, an independent agency based in Glastonbury, Connecticut, announced that it has acquired the assets of Bayberry Insurance in Groton, Connecticut. Terms of the transaction were not...
Kingstone Approved to Write P/C Insurance in Connecticut
Oct 21 2015 // Kingstone Companies Inc., a New York-domiciled multi-line property/casualty insurance holding company, today announced that its subsidiary, Kingstone Insurance Company, was granted approval to write P/C insurance in...
Connecticut to Play Key Role in Anthem/Cigna Deal
Oct 19 2015 // Connecticut’s Department of Insurance is playing a major role in a deal that would create the nation’s largest health insurer. Since Cigna is based in Bloomfield, Connecticut, the state insurance regulators are...
People – South Central
Oct 19 2015 // The Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers elected Bill Henry as the group’s 2016 chairman. Henry is CEO and chairman of Dallas-based MHBT, a Marsh & McLennan Agency company. Henry succeeds Steve Brockmeyer,...
People’s United Insurance Agency Acquires Kesten-Brown in Connecticut
Oct 16 2015 // People’s United Bank N.A., a Bridgeport, Connecticut-based regional bank with nearly 400 retail locations in six states, announced that its subsidiary, People’s United Insurance Agency, has acquired...
Attorneys: N.Y. Woman’s Lawsuit Against Nephew Was an Insurance Case
Oct 15 2015 // A New York woman who sued her 12-year-old nephew for $127,000 over injuries she received when he exuberantly greeted her at his birthday party four years ago was forced to go to court over her medical bills, her lawyers...
Conn. Warns Insurers Not to Terminate Home Policies Over Foundation Problems
Oct 13 2015 // The Connecticut Insurance Department sent a notice to insurers writing homeowners insurance in the state, notifying them they are not allowed to cancel or non-renew homeowners policies based on foundation...
CRC Insurance Services to Acquire Connecticut Underwriters
Oct 6 2015 // CRC Insurance Services Inc., a wholesale insurance unit of BB&T Corporation’s principal subsidiary Branch Banking and Trust Company, announced an agreement to acquire Connecticut Underwriters Inc. in Middletown,...
Conn. High Court Reinforces Protections for Private Sector Whistleblowers
Oct 6 2015 // Connecticut’s highest court made it easier for private sector workers to bring whistleblower claims against their employers without fear of retaliation, ruling in a case brought by a former UBS AG real estate...
Newtown Families’ Wrongful Death Suit Against Gun Maker Sent to State Court
Oct 5 2015 // A wrongful death lawsuit filed against gun maker Remington by families of some Newtown, Connecticut, school massacre victims has been sent from federal court back to state court, where it may have a better chance of...
Connecticut Insurance Dept. to Play Key Role in Proposed Anthem/Cigna Merger
Oct 5 2015 // Connecticut’s Department of Insurance is playing a major role in a deal that could create the nation’s largest health insurer, leading a 26-state review of Anthem Inc.’s proposed merger with Bloomfield,...
Big ‘I’ Agents Install Louisiana’s Lanoix as Chairman
Oct 5 2015 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (Big “I”) installed a new leadership team over the weekend with Randy Lanoix of Louisiana as chairman. The agents’ group also installed Spencer...
Farmers Opens Connecticut Territory Office
Oct 5 2015 // Farmers Insurance, which began providing insurance and financial services to Connecticut consumers on Jan. 1, 2015, announced the opening of the company’s first territory office in the state. The new office, located...
GEICO Expands Rideshare Coverage to Connecticut
Oct 5 2015 // GEICO announced on Sept. 15 that the company is expanding its ridesharing insurance product offering to drivers in Connecticut. GEICO said its product delivers end-to-end coverage for personal and ridesharing...
NCCI Proposes Decrease for Workers’ Comp Loss Costs in Connecticut
Oct 1 2015 // The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) on Sept. 24 delivered a workers’ compensation loss cost filing to the Connecticut Insurance Department. NCCI said that based upon its review of the most recently...
