Latest Connecticut Headlines
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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...
IFG Companies Hires Smith as Underwriting Manager in Connecticut
Sep 28 2015 // IFG Companies has hired Geoffrey J. Smith as underwriting manager of its nationwide Commercial Underwriting Renewal Center in Hartford, Connecticut. While managing the efficiency and effectiveness of the Commercial...
Farmers Insurance Opens Its 1st Territory Office in Connecticut
Sep 25 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...
Legal Wrangling Slows Wrongful Death Suit Over Newtown School Shooting
Sep 16 2015 // Newtown, Connecticut, and its schools are putting up a stiff fight against a wrongful-death lawsuit filed by the parents of two children killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, questioning whether the lawsuit...
GEICO Expands Ridesharing Coverage to Connecticut
Sep 16 2015 // GEICO announced Tuesday that the company is expanding its ridesharing insurance product offering to drivers in Connecticut. GEICO has rolled out its ridesharing product in Georgia, Virginia, Maryland, Texas and...
Conn. Troopers Issued 1,930 Speeding Tickets During Labor Day Weekend
Sep 10 2015 // The Connecticut troopers have issued 1,930 speeding tickets during the 2015 Labor Day weekend, the Connecticut State Police announced. The troopers patrolled the highways and roads in Connecticut over the Labor Day...
RiskMatch Promotes Kagan to Chief Client Engagement Officer in Connecticut
Sep 10 2015 // Adam Kagan RiskMatch, a Greenwich, Connecticut-based business intelligence and analytics firm that provides insurance portfolio management and placement services to brokers and insurers, promoted Adam Kagan to chief client...
Taxi Companies’ Suit Against Uber in Connecticut Dismissed
Sep 7 2015 // Uber Technologies Inc. on Aug. 13 won the dismissal of a racketeering lawsuit by 15 Connecticut taxi and limousine companies seeking to stop the ridesharing company from doing business in the state. U.S. District Judge...
Local Conn. Businesses Are Told to Plan Ahead, Prepare for Next Big Storm
Sep 3 2015 // A Category 3 hurricane with forces not seen in Eastern Connecticut for nearly 100 years barrels into the mouth of the Connecticut River. Roads are blocked by downed trees and utility lines. Power is expected to be out for...
Integro Acquires HealthCare Risk Specialists in Connecticut
Aug 27 2015 // Insurance brokerage and risk management firm Integro announced today that it acquired HealthCare Risk Specialists in West Hartford, Connecticut. Financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed. HealthCare Risk...
Highway Contractor in Connecticut to Pay for Cars Damaged by Asphalt
Aug 20 2015 // The Connecticut transportation department says a highway contractor will compensate motorists for damage to their cars as a result of a highway lane opened before asphalt dried. Agency spokesman Kevin Nursick says a...
EPIC Hires Baldauf as Broker in Connecticut
Aug 19 2015 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property, casualty and employee benefits brokerage and consultant based in San Francisco, hired Bob Baldauf as a property & casualty insurance broker/producer for...
Connecticut’s Medical Marijuana: Lower Cost, More Choice
Aug 18 2015 // Nearly a year after Connecticut’s six medical marijuana dispensaries opened, patients are changing their habits. For quick relief, they are smoking marijuana less and inhaling its vapors and therapeutic oils more,...
Connecticut Removes Age Limit for Infertility Treatment Coverage
Aug 17 2015 // The high cost of infertility treatments for some people over 40 in Connecticut may soon be covered by their insurance company. The Connecticut Department of Insurance has determined a 2006 state law mandating coverage for...
Connecticut High Court Overturns $35M Auto-Repair Award
Aug 17 2015 // The Connecticut Supreme Court on July 13 unanimously overturned nearly $35 million in damages against the Hartford Fire Insurance Company. The Supreme Court said the lower court had incorrectly concluded that the Hartford...
Taxi Companies’ Lawsuit Against Uber in Connecticut Dismissed
Aug 14 2015 // Uber Technologies Inc on Thursday won the dismissal of a racketeering lawsuit by 15 Connecticut taxi and limousine companies seeking to stop the ride-sharing company from doing business in the state. U.S. District Judge...
