Latest Connecticut Headlines
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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...
Conn. Bill Would Require PTSD Claims Coverage to Help First Responders
Jan 15 2013 // The co-chairman of a state legislative committee in Connecticut says the panel plans to introduce a bill allowing claims of posttraumatic stress disorder to be covered under Connecticut’s workers’ compensation...
2013 Insurance Industry Meetings & Conventions Directory
Jan 14 2013 // JANUARY P/C Insurance Joint Industry Forum Jan 15 Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York, NY Insurance Information Institute www.iii.org 2013 Big ‘I’ Winter Meeting Jan 16-20 The Westin Mission Hills Resort & Spa,...
Del. N.J., Conn. Approve Workers’ Comp Rate Hikes
Jan 14 2013 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart announced on Jan. 4 the approval of an amended filing submitted by the Delaware Compensation Rating Bureau Inc. (DCRB) which proposed an overall average increase of 14.6...
Lawyer Drops $100M Claim Against Connecticut in School Shooting
Jan 1 2013 // A $100 million legal claim filed against the state of Connecticut in the wake of the deadly Newtown elementary school shooting has been dropped, local media reported on Tuesday. New Haven, Connecticut-based attorney Irving...
Lawyer Seeks OK to File Claim Against State for Connecticut School Shooting
Dec 31 2012 // A lawyer who wants to sue Connecticut for $100 million on behalf of a 6-year-old survivor of the Newtown school shooting says the potential claim is about improving school security, not money. Attorney Irving Pinsky says...
U.S. Apppeals Court Revives Workplace Cybertheft Claim
Dec 27 2012 // In a decision that could make it easier for businesses to police cybertheft in the workplace, a U.S. appeals court revived a chemical company’s lawsuit accusing a former Toronto-area employee of using her home...
Proceeds From Storm Relief Concert Go to N.J., N.Y., Conn.
Dec 21 2012 // The Robin Hood Foundation says it is beginning to distribute $50 million in proceeds from last week’s benefit concert to organizations helping victims of Superstorm Sandy.Bruce Springsteen (seen here at Roskilde...
78 Texas School Districts Without Safety Plan
Dec 19 2012 // Seventy-eight Texas school districts either have failed to submit state-mandated safety plans in the event of a mass shooting or have filed ones that are too incomplete to be useful, Attorney General Greg Abbott said on...
