Latest Connecticut Headlines
All the headlines from our Connecticut Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sandy Left-Behinds Brace for Second Year With Relief Elusive
Oct 25 2013 // For more than a half-century, Whitey’s Landing on New Jersey’s Barnegat Bay has served boaters pulling up for engine repairs or clams from the bait freezer. This season, only one-third of its 30 moorings were...
Connecticut to Help East Haven Residents Apply for Sandy Recovery Funds
Oct 23 2013 // The state of Connecticut will open an office in East Haven to help residents apply for money from a Superstorm Sandy disaster recovery fund. The office is scheduled to open on Thursday and residents can begin scheduling...
Conn. Gov., Local Officials Celebrate Opening of Navigators’ New Headquarters
Oct 17 2013 // Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy on Wednesday joined executives from The Navigators Group Inc. and state and local officials to celebrate the opening of the insurer’s new headquarters at 400 Atlantic Street in...
Connecticut Announces Its 3rd Licensed Captive Insurance Company
Oct 16 2013 // Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced last week that the corporate owner of one of the largest grocery store chains in New York City is setting up its captive insurance subsidiary in Connecticut. The Red Apple Group,...
Connecticut Police Use New Law to Target Distracted Driving
Oct 11 2013 // Connecticut Police are cracking down on motorists who text or use a hand-held cellphone while driving. Authorities call it “high-visibility enforcement” intended to call attention to a state law that took...
Connecticut’s Disaster Claims Mediation Program Bill Takes Effect
Oct 7 2013 // In Connecticut, the state’s insurance department now has the legal authority to establish a mediation program for claims disputes arising from catastrophic losses. The state’s Public Act 13-148 — which...
Connecticut Working to Attract Captive Insurance Business
Oct 2 2013 // Connecticut’s venerable insurance industry is making a pitch for business just as the new federal health insurance marketplace begins to take shape. Trade group The Connecticut Captive Insurance Association has...
Connecticut Urges Sandy Victims to Apply for Relief
Sep 29 2013 // Connecticut’s governor is pointing small businesses affected by Superstorm Sandy to a state website designed to streamline the process of filing for relief. Gov. Dannel Malloy’s office says small businesses can...
Connecticut’s Health Care Exchange Receives Key Approval
Sep 25 2013 // Connecticut’s health insurance exchange has finished testing its connection with the federal data services hub, a final step toward opening the online marketplace next month. The federal Centers for Medicare and...
NCCI Files Overall Average WC Loss Cost Level Change of +3.2% in Connecticut
Sep 24 2013 // The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) last week delivered a workers compensation loss cost filing to the Connecticut Insurance Department. Based upon its review of the most recently available data, NCCI has...
Connecticut’s Health Care Exchange Identifying Thousands of Potential Customers
Sep 20 2013 // The chief marketing officer for Connecticut’s health care exchange says thousands of people are being identified as potential customers for the new insurance marketplace. Jason Madrak said Thursday that the exchange,...
Connecticut Lawmaker Calls for More Privacy for Victims
Sep 20 2013 // The horrifying video remains online for anyone to see: surveillance camera footage of 78-year-old Angel Arces Torres getting struck by a car, thrown into the air and landing critically injured on a street in Hartford in...
Connecticut Officials to Hold Informational Forum on Sandy Relief
Sep 4 2013 // Connecticut’s Department of Housing plans to inform homeowners affected by Superstorm Sandy about how they can apply for federal relief funds. Homeowners can now apply for federal relief funds online at the website...
The Navigators Group Moves Headquarters to Stamford, Connecticut
Sep 3 2013 // The Navigators Group Inc., an international commercial property/casualty specialty insurance holding company, announced today that it has relocated its corporate headquarters to 400 Atlantic Street in Stamford, Conn., from...
CEO Says Connecticut Health Exchange in ‘Good Shape’
Aug 30 2013 // The CEO of Connecticut’s health insurance exchange says the organization is on track to begin accepting applications when open enrollment begins this fall. Kevin Counihan told reporters on Wednesday that Access...
Conn. Supreme Court Reverses Trial Court Ruling, Says Acordia Didn’t Breach CUIPA
Aug 28 2013 // The Connecticut Supreme Court issued a ruling in favor of Acordia insurance brokerage Monday. The Connecticut Supreme Court, the state’s highest court, reversed a lower trial court’s 2010 ruling that previously...
101 Sales & Marketing Ideas for Agencies
Aug 19 2013 // Insurance Journal has listened to readers, spoken with experts, combed through columns and articles and even searched outside insurance circles to find the best sales and marketing tips for independent agencies today. Here...
Requests for Conn. Sandy Aid Can Be Filed Soon
Aug 14 2013 // Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said Monday he expects the state will soon begin collecting applications for federal financial assistance from homeowners and small business affected by last year’s Superstorm...
Pfizer to Pay $1.8 Million in Prempro Punitive Damages
Aug 8 2013 // Pfizer Inc. must pay about $1.8 million in punitive damages to a Connecticut woman who developed breast cancer after taking the company’s Prempro menopause drug, a judge ruled. U.S. District Judge Janet Bond...
Conn. Insurers Required to Participate in Climate Risk Surveys
Aug 5 2013 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas Leonardi announced on July 17 that Conn.-based insurance companies will now be required to complete the annual Climate Risk Survey that was initially adopted in 2009 as a voluntary...
