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Connecticut Receives $250M in Federal Sandy Aid
Mar 28 2013 // Connecticut’s governor says more than $250 million in federal assistance has been approved to help people and businesses affected by Superstorm Sandy. The aid was made available after President Barack Obama approved...
Connecticut’s Gun Liability Insurance Bill Withdrawn After Hearing
Mar 26 2013 // Connecticut’s recently proposed bill that would require firearm owners to maintain excess personal liability insurance and self defense insurance was withdrawn last week following a two-hour hearing held earlier...
Navigators Group to Move HQ From New York to Connecticut
Mar 18 2013 // The Navigators Group, a specialty insurance holding company, confirmed on March 15 that it plans to move its corporate headquarters from Rye Brook, N.Y., to Stamford, Conn., promising to add 200 jobs in Connecticut within...
Connecticut Proposes Mediation Program for Homeowners Claims Disputes
Mar 8 2013 // Connecticut’s insurance department is proposing a new program that would offer a mediation option to resolve claims disputes between homeowners and their insurance companies that arise from catastrophes, such as...
Connecticut Lawmakers Create Fund for Newtown Workers
Mar 8 2013 // Connecticut lawmakers created a special charitable fund on Wednesday to help cover the mental health costs of first responders, educators and other workers traumatized by the Newtown school massacre. Both chambers of the...
Connecticut Homeowners Face Stark Choices After Sandy
Mar 5 2013 // Jackie Beagon loved her life along the Connecticut coast, where she and her husband walked to the beach and church and bicycled around the neighborhood. But Superstorm Sandy ripped it all apart, and the couple was forced...
Connecticut Workplace Injury Cases Up 11% to 50,600 in 2011
Mar 5 2013 // The U.S. Department of Labor says the number of workplace injuries in Connecticut jumped 11 percent in 2011 over the previous year and that the rate of injury is among the highest in the country. The Bureau of Labor...
Connecticut Bill Applies Worker’s Comp to Mental Trauma
Mar 2 2013 // Lawmakers pressed ahead Thursday, Feb. 28, with legislation requiring Connecticut’s worker’s compensation system to cover treatment costs for mental illnesses stemming from future workplace trauma, and planned...
Conn.-Based SPARTA Insurance Promotes Jones to Chief Executive Officer
Feb 25 2013 // Hartford, Conn.-based SPARTA Insurance Co. promoted President and Chief Operation Officer Ralph E. Jones, III to chief executive officer.Ralph E. Jones, IIIJones succeeds George L. Estes, III, who is stepping down from his...
Submerged Superstorm Debris Raising Pollution, Boater Safety Concerns
Feb 20 2013 // On the surface, things look calm and placid. Just beneath the waterline, however, it’s a different story. Cars and sunken boats. Patio furniture. Pieces of docks. Entire houses. A grandfather clock, deposited in a...
Selective Insurance Announces Officer Appointments in N.J., Conn.
Feb 17 2013 // Branchville, N.J.-based Selective Insurance Group Inc. announced the following appointments by its subsidiary, Selective Insurance Company of America. Brian Sarisky (Sparta, N.J.) to senior vice president, chief...
Northeast Trying to Get Back on Track After Snowstorm
Feb 11 2013 // Emergency crews and residents struggled to clear roadways and sidewalks from a storm that rampaged through the Northeast, dumping up to 3 feet of snow and bringing howling winds that knocked out power to hundreds of...
Northeast Blizzard Hit Like a Hurricane
Feb 10 2013 // A blizzard packing hurricane-force winds hammered the northeastern United States on Saturday, cutting power to 700,000 homes and businesses, shutting down travel and leaving at least nine people dead. The mammoth storm...
Connecticut Commissioner Offers Advice on Preparing for Winter Storm
Feb 8 2013 // As the Northeast and New England states brace for a major blizzard, Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas Leonardi is offering policyholders tips on preparing for the storm and filing claims if there is property...
U.S., States Weigh Suing Moody’s Over Mortgage Ratings
Feb 8 2013 // The U.S. Justice Department and multiple states are discussing also suing Moody’s Corp. for defrauding investors, according to people familiar with the matter, but any such move will likely wait until a similar...
Connecticut Commissioner Named NAIC’s International Committee Chair
Feb 5 2013 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas Leonardi has recently been named chairman of the International Committee of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC).Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas...
Connecticut Regulators Recovered $8.7M for Policyholders, Taxpayers in 2012
Feb 4 2013 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas Leonardi announced last week that the Connecticut Insurance Department recovered approximately $8.7 million for policyholders and state taxpayers in 2012. The department’s...
Conn. Bill Would Allow PTSD Claims for Workers’ Comp
Jan 28 2013 // The co-chairman of a state legislative committee in Connecticut says the panel is planning to introduce a bill allowing claims of post-traumatic stress disorder to be covered under Connecticut’s workers’...
CoreLogic Buys CDS Business Mapping in Connecticut
Jan 23 2013 // CoreLogic, a residential property information, analytics and services provider based in Irvine, Calif., acquired CDS Business Mapping LLC in Middletown, Conn. CDS will be integrated into the existing CoreLogic Spatial...
Conn. Considers Expanding Workers’ Comp to Help Emergency Workers
Jan 21 2013 // Post-traumatic stress was so great for some first responders who arrived at Sandy Hook Elementary School minutes after a gunman killed 20 children and six educators that the Connecticut legislature is considering a measure...
