Latest Connecticut Headlines
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Conn. Bill Requires Home Improvement Contractors to Have Insurance
May 15 2015 // Certain home improvement contractors in Connecticut could soon be obligated to hold liability insurance. The Connecticut House of Representatives on Thursday voted 140-2 in favor of legislation that would require...
Abbate Insurance Promotes Iannotti-Montz to Personal Lines VP in Connecticut
May 15 2015 // Lisa Iannotti-Montz Abbate Insurance Associates, an independent insurance agency in New Haven, Connecticut, promoted Lisa Iannotti-Montz to personal lines vice president from personal lines manager. In her new role, she...
AssuredPartners Acquires Jones, Raphael & Oulundsen in Connecticut
May 14 2015 // AssuredPartners Inc. announced its acquisition of Jones, Raphael & Oulundsen Inc. (JRO), an independent insurance agency based in New Britain, Connecticut. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. JRO will...
Conn.’s Work Comp Second Injury Fund Assessment Rate Remains Unchanged
May 7 2015 // Connecticut’s Office of the Treasurer announced that the assessment rate for the state’s Second Injury Fund will continue to remain unchanged for fiscal year 2016 which begins on July 1, 2015. The assessment...
New England States Launch Regional Crackdown on Speeding
May 7 2015 // State police across New England launched the region’s first coordinated crackdown on speeding and failing to wear seat belts. Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on Monday announced the “New England Drive to Save...
Highway Tolls, Taxes May Fund Connecticut Transportation Overhaul
May 5 2015 // Highway tolls, private-sector sponsorships and asset sales were some of the early ideas discussed last week as possible ways to help pay for Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s proposed $100 billion, 30-year overhaul...
U.S. Risk Insurance Group Hires Neidle as VP in Connecticut
Apr 29 2015 // Gary M. Neidle U.S. Risk Insurance Group Inc. hired Gary M. Neidle as vice president and branch manager of a new Hartford, Connecticut, office of its affiliate company, U.S. Risk Underwriters Inc. Neidle brings with him...
Connecticut Labor, Advocates to Honor Workers Who Died on the Job
Apr 28 2015 // Organized labor is marking Workers Memorial Day by calling on the Connecticut legislature to pass bills intended to improve employee safety. One measure would require the state’s Department of Administrative Services...
Widow Gets 4 Years for Burning Million-Dollar Conn. Home for Insurance Money
Apr 27 2015 // A widowed mother of two from Florida has been sentenced to four years in prison for burning down her former million-dollar home in Connecticut for the insurance money. The Connecticut Post reports that 39-year-old Amanda...
Connecticut Governor Creates Climate Change Panel
Apr 24 2015 // Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is creating a new council to make sure the state of Connecticut meets its goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Marking Earth Day on April 22, Malloy said Connecticut has...
Thomson to Serve as Connecticut Insurance Department’s Deputy Commissioner
Apr 24 2015 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Katharine L. Wade announced Thursday that she has appointed John Thomson, director of the Connecticut Insurance Department’s Captive Insurance Regulation Division, as the...
Paragon Insurance Hires Roppelt to Lead Construction Division in Connecticut
Apr 21 2015 // Paragon Insurance Holdings LLC., a managing general agency based in Avon, Connecticut, hired Randy Roppelt as president of the Construction Division. Prior to joining Paragon Insurance, Roppelt was president and chief...
Mental Health Funding Cuts Stir Outcry in Connecticut
Apr 21 2015 // Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s proposal to cut money from a state grant program to community mental health and substance abuse providers is prompting an outcry from advocates and families of Newtown massacre...
Conn. Official: Anthem Customers Reporting Spike in Fraudulent Tax Returns
Apr 20 2015 // The Connecticut attorney general’s office says Anthem Inc. customers are increasingly reporting fraudulent tax returns being filed using their names and other personal information. But spokesman Robert Blanchard said...
EPIC Hires Woodhull as Principal in Connecticut
Apr 15 2015 // Timothy C. Woodhull EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center), a retail property/casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consulting firm based in San Francisco, hired Timothy C. Woodhull as a principal. Woodhull...
Wade Confirmed as Connecticut’s Insurance Commissioner
Apr 15 2015 // Katharine L. Wade The Connecticut state Senate on Tuesday officially confirmed Katharine L. Wade as Connecticut’s new insurance commissioner. Wade was nominated by Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy on March 20 to...
Connecticut Fee Schedule for Hospitals, ASCs Takes Effect
Apr 10 2015 // Connecticut’s Medicare-based fee schedule for workers’ compensation involving hospital inpatient, hospital outpatient, and ambulatory surgical center (ASC) services went into effect April 1. Previously, there...
Connecticut Announces Online System for Adjuster/Appraiser Renewals
Apr 10 2015 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Katharine Wade announced that insurance adjusters and appraisers can now renew their Connecticut licenses online using the department’s paperless system operated through the...
Conn. Suits Seek to Access Lanza Estate’s Homeowner Policy
Apr 6 2015 // The families of nine people killed in the Newtown elementary school shooting in Connecticut have filed lawsuits against the estate of the gunman’s mother. The lawsuits contend Nancy Lanza failed to properly secure...
XS Brokers Hires Walker as Marketing Rep in Connecticut Office
Apr 1 2015 // Joyce Walker XS Brokers, a wholesale agency based in Quincy, Massachusetts, has hired Joyce Walker as marketing representative. Walker will have responsibility for business and relationship development with independent...
