Latest Connecticut Headlines
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Munich Re to Buy Hartford Steam Boiler Unit’s Headquarters Building in Conn.
Jan 23 2014 // Munich Re, the world’s largest reinsurer, said its Hartford Steam Boiler agreed to buy the 24-story building that serves as the unit’s headquarters. The structure at One State Street in Hartford, Connecticut,...
Connecticut’s Access Health CT Enrolled 86,000 Since October
Jan 17 2014 // Access Health CT, Connecticut’s health insurance marketplace, says it has so far enrolled 86,000 people in private health care plans and Medicaid since open enrollment began in October. Chief Executive Kevin Counihan...
Yale Fraternity and 86 Members Sued Over Fatal Tailgating Crash in Connecticut
Jan 15 2014 // A Yale University fraternity and its members were sued by two victims of a deadly 2011 accident at a tailgate party during the annual football game with Harvard University. The estate of Nancy Barry, a 30-year-old woman...
Credit Card Breach Update: Neiman Marcus Investigated; Target Sued by Bank
Jan 15 2014 // Neiman Marcus Group Ltd. is being investigated by states including Connecticut and Illinois over the theft of customer credit-card data by hackers, and a bank sued Target Corp. for its data breach during the holiday...
Cross Insurance Acquires Assets of Maine, Connecticut Brokers
Jan 14 2014 // Bangor, Maine-based Cross Insurance has acquired the assets of two insurance brokers – Willis of Northern New England Inc., and The Insurance Exchange Inc. of Stamford, Connecticut. Formerly known as the Dunlap Agency,...
JPMorgan Botched Mailing of Replacement Cards in Conn. After Cyber Attack
Dec 24 2013 // JPMorgan Chase & Co. mailed incorrect replacements for payment cards to about 4,000 people for the state of Connecticut after personal data stored at the bank was accessed in a cyber attack this summer. The bank made...
Business Risk Partners Hires 3 Underwriters in Connecticut
Dec 22 2013 // Business Risk Partners, a Windsor, Conn.-based managing general agency focused on specialty commercial insurance, recently added three new underwriters. Elizabeth Chapin Martinelli was hired as a miscellaneous professional...
JLT Towner Acquires Charter Risk Management Services in Connecticut
Dec 3 2013 // JLT Towner Insurance Management (USA), LLC, announced its acquisition of Charter Risk Management Services, LLC, a Connecticut captive management company. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Under the transaction,...
New York Metro-North Derailment Puts Spotlight on Rail Safety
Dec 2 2013 // A deadly derailment on a curve in Metro-North Railroad’s Hudson Line rekindled safety concerns and promised to snarl today’s commute for thousands of riders on one of New York’s major mass-transit...
Connecticut Health Department Offers Holiday Food Safety Tips
Nov 27 2013 // The Connecticut Department of Public Health is reminding people to be careful preparing food for the holidays so they don’t get sick. Tracey Weeks is coordinator of the department’s food protection program. She...
Connecticut to Forgo Obama’s Plan for Canceled Health Insurance Policies
Nov 25 2013 // The state of Connecticut will not abide by President Barack Obama’s request that states allow insurance companies to continue offering health plans that don’t meet minimum coverage levels to people who have...
In Connecticut, Number of Insurance Sector Employees Fell Slightly in 2012: Report
Nov 21 2013 // A report this month from Connecticut’s Insurance & Financial Services (IFS) Cluster and PwC shows there was a slight decline in the number of insurance sector employees in Connecticut last year, primarily due to...
Connecticut Opens 2 Additional Sandy Relief Centers for Disaster Assistance
Nov 21 2013 // The state of Connecticut is opening two additional intake centers to help homeowners seeking disaster assistance for losses caused by last year’s Superstorm Sandy. Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced Tuesday...
Connecticut Regulator Revokes License of Broker Mired in Insurance Controversy
Nov 19 2013 // Connecticut’s insurance department last week revoked the insurance licenses of Earl O’Garro Jr. and his insurance brokerage firm, Hybrid Insurance Group. O’Garro has been mired in an ongoing insurance...
State Proposals to Mandate Insurance for Gun Owners Falter
Nov 19 2013 // Plans to mandate liability coverage for U.S. gun owners after last year’s school shooting in Connecticut have languished as opponents attack the proposals by comparing them to President Barack Obama’s health...
Arbella Expands Carpartment Insurance to Connecticut
Nov 13 2013 // The Arbella Insurance Group has expanded Carpartment insurance to Connecticut, via Bearingstar Insurance agents. Designed to help make renter’s insurance policies simpler and more affordable, Carpartment offers...
Conn. Gov.: Low-Interest Loans Available for Elevating Homes, Flood-Proofing Businesses
Nov 6 2013 // Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy recently announced the creation of the Connecticut Shoreline Resiliency Fund, a low-interest loan program for state residents who are subject to coastal flooding and would like to...
Connecticut’s Interest in Berms, Dunes Grows After Sandy
Nov 4 2013 // Devastating flooding from Superstorm Sandy has sparked growing interest in building berms and sand dunes for protection along the Connecticut coast, a swath of land with some of the nation’s priciest real estate...
Connecticut Approves NCCI’s 3.2% WC Loss-Cost Increase Filing
Oct 31 2013 // Connecticut regulators this week approved the National Council on Compensation Insurance’s workers’ compensation filing for an overall +3.2 percent change for voluntary market advisory pure premium loss costs...
Hundreds Still Displaced by Sandy Damage in Connecticut
Oct 30 2013 // A year after Superstorm Sandy drove Deborah Dinan from her Milford, Connecticut, home, she lives above a loud bar and is often reduced to tears as she struggles to return. Dinan, a 59-year-old nurse on disability due to...
