Latest Connecticut Headlines
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Crackdown on Distracted Drivers Under Way in Connecticut
Mar 30 2011 // Police in Connecticut are bolstering patrols this week to look for distracted drivers as part of a federal pilot program. Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman and police officials announced the fourth and final enforcement wave of the...
Connecticut Lawmakers Approve Local Lawsuit Protection Bill
Mar 28 2011 // A proposal to protect Connecticut cities and towns from lawsuits over injuries on lands owned by municipal authorities has passed a key legislative committee. The Planning and Development Committee voted 19-1 Friday to...
Connecticut Woman Tests State Workers’ Comp Laws
Mar 22 2011 // The fiancée of a victim of last August’s shooting rampage at a beer distributorship in Manchester, Connecticut is putting the state’s workers’ compensation benefits law to the test. Stephanie Laurin was...
Connecticut PIA Elects New Officers
Mar 11 2011 // James Berliner has been elected president of the Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut. He is president of Berliner-Gelfand & Co. Inc., in Bridgeport. Other newly elected officers are Vice President Brian...
People
Mar 7 2011 // Jennifer McPhillips has been promoted to senior director of federal government affairs for the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) and will serve as one of the...
Connecticut Court Rules Man Charged in Arson May Sue Insurer
Mar 7 2011 // A Connecticut man charged with burning down his beach home hours before he was supposed to give it to his estranged wife may sue the home’s insurer for emotional distress, the state Appellate Court has ruled. Richard...
Injured Connecticut Cheerleader Sues Coach, League
Feb 22 2011 // The family of a Wilton, Conn. girl who suffered permanent injuries during cheerleading practice has filed a negligence suit against her coach and a youth football league. The family’s lawyer alleges in the lawsuit...
Connecticut Court: Man Charged in Arson Can Sue Insurer
Feb 16 2011 // A Connecticut man charged with burning down his beach home hours before he was supposed to give it to his estranged wife can sue the home’s insurer for emotional distress, the state Appellate Court has ruled. Richard...
Connecticut Collected $6M in Recovered Claims and Fines Last Year
Feb 7 2011 // Connecticut regulators say they recovered approximately $3.4 million last year for consumers who complained that their insurers mishandled their claims – and then handed out another $2.35 million in fines against...
Farmers Watch Harsh Winter Crush Their Livelihoods
Feb 7 2011 // For Northeastern farmers long used to coping with all sorts of cold-weather problems, this winter presents a new one: snow and ice that’s bringing down outbuildings, requiring costly repairs, killing livestock and...
Leonardi Picked as Connecticut Insurance Commissioner
Feb 7 2011 // The head of an investment firm that works with insurance companies has been picked as Connecticut’s next insurance commissioner. Thomas B. Leonardi, chairman and CEO of Connecticut-based venture capital firm...
Connecticut Collected $6M in Recovered Claims and Fines Last Year
Jan 24 2011 // Connecticut regulators say they recovered approximately $3.4 million last year for consumers who complained that their insurers mishandled their claims — and then handed out another $2.35 million in fines against...
Captivated By Potential
Jan 24 2011 // Northeast State Have Uneven Success Attracting Captives States across the Northeast continue to look at captive insurance companies as a potential source of new business — and tax revenue — but the continued growth of...
Anderson Kill & Olick Opens Connecticut Office
Jan 19 2011 // Insurance recovery law firm Anderson Kill & Olick has opened a new office in Connecticut. The office, in Stamford, gives the firm the ability “ability to represent policyholders on the insurance industry’s...
Encharter Adding Second Connecticut Location
Jan 14 2011 // Massachusetts-based Encharter Insurance agency will open a fifth branch office, the latest in Simsbury, Connecticut Encharter will sell personal lines coverage throughout the Farmington Valley, the agency said. It is...
Malpractice Info Missing from Connecticut Docs Profiles
Jan 11 2011 // The Connecticut Public Health Department’s online doctor database frequently omits information about past malpractice payments, making it difficult for patients to make informed decisions. The Hartford Courant...
Liberty Mutual Paying $7.5M To Settle Bid-Rigging Charges
Jan 10 2011 // Boston-based insurer Liberty Mutual will pay a combined $7.5 million to New York and Connecticut to settle allegations that it steered insurance contracts by paying kickbacks large insurance brokers. In settling the suits,...
Connecticut Woman Settles Suit Against Hospital
Jan 7 2011 // A New London woman and Lawrence & Memorial Hospital have settled a lawsuit in which the woman claimed the hospital failed to properly diagnose and treat her mother after she contracted the flesh-eating bacteria. An...
Connecticut Bar Agrees to Penalty in Crash Case
Dec 30 2010 // A Connecticut bar has agreed to pay a $5,000 fine and have its license suspended for 10 days for serving two customers who were killed in a motorcycle crash after leaving the tavern. John Suchy, director of the state...
Liberty Mutual Paying $7.5M to Settle Bid-Rigging Charges
Dec 30 2010 // Boston-based insurer Liberty Mutual will pay a combined $7.5 million to New York and Connecticut to settle allegations that it steered insurance contracts by paying kickbacks large insurance brokers. In settling the suits,...
