Latest Connecticut Headlines
All the headlines from our Connecticut Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Connecticut Suit Against Ratings Agencies May Proceed
Aug 23 2010 // Lawsuits by the Connecticut Attorney General accusing three credit ratings agencies with giving artificially low credit ratings to municipalities can proceed in a Connecticut state court, a judge ruled. In a ruling made...
Connecticut Shooting Survivors, Families Told of Compensation
Aug 16 2010 // The head of Connecticut’s workers’ compensation program says the largest payouts in 12 years may eventually be made to survivors and family members of employees killed last week at a Manchester beer...
Connecticut Study: Artificial Turf No Hazard
Aug 4 2010 // A new study by four Connecticut state agencies has found no elevated health risks from artificial turf sports fields made with crushed rubber, but it recommends ventilation of indoor turf fields. The $245,000 study tested...
Conn. AG Barred from Releasing Agents’ Commission Data
Aug 3 2010 // The Connecticut Supreme Court said state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal cannot publicize confidential business documents obtained under subpoena in an antitrust probe, prompting him to say he might try to have the...
Connecticut Insurance Department Recovers $591K in Second Quarter
Jul 30 2010 // The Connecticut Insurance Department said it recovered $591,000 last quarter for insurance buyers who complained to the state about coverage and claims issues. Department staff received 1,761 new complaints or inquiries...
Connecticut Flood Victims Facing Deadline Today
Jul 27 2010 // Connecticut residents are running out of time to file federal damage claims from the March flooding that affected the eastern half of the state. Anyone with property damage has until today to file with the Federal...
Former Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Dies
Jul 22 2010 // Former Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Susan Cogswell, the first woman to hold the job, has died. She was 57. The Republican Town Committee of Torrington, where Cogswell lived, released a statement saying Cogswell died...
Connecticut to Buy, Then Demolish Flood-Prone Properties
Jul 19 2010 // The federal government has approved a grant of nearly $1.4 million for the state of Connecticut to buy and then demolish five flood-prone properties in East Haven. Demolishing the properties is intended to reduce or...
Connecticut’s American Heritage Joins SAN Group
Jul 13 2010 // American Heritage Financial, an insurance agency in Wallingford, Connecticut, has joined the Satellite Agency Network (SAN) Group Inc., both firms announced. “American Heritage Financial wants to remain an...
Health Insurer to Pay Connecticut $250K for Data Breach
Jul 8 2010 // A California-based health insurance company has agreed to pay Connecticut $250,000 for losing a disk drive containing private information of 1.5 million customers, including nearly 450,000 state residents. Attorney General...
Connecticut to Buy Then Demolish Flood-Prone Properties in East Haven
Jul 7 2010 // The federal government has approved a grant of nearly $1.4 million for the state of Connecticut to buy and then demolish five flood-prone properties in East Haven. Demolishing the properties is intended to reduce or...
Connecticut Jury’s $2.5 Million Award Recognizes Same-Sex Marriage
Jul 6 2010 // A jury awarded $2.45 million Friday in a malpractice case to the estate of a Connecticut woman who had also that claimed botched cancer treatments damaged her same-sex relationship, attorneys said. Margaret Mueller and...
Connecticut Warns Agents over Surplus Lines Placements
Jul 5 2010 // The Connecticut Insurance Department is warning producers against placing coastal homeowners in the surplus lines market if an admitted insurer has offered to renew their policies. Doing so violates Connecticut law, and in...
Connecticut Fertility Center Fined for Embryo Mistake
Jun 28 2010 // A noted Connecticut fertility center has been reprimanded and fined by state regulators after it accidentally transferred a patient’s embryos to another woman with the same last name. The Center for Advanced...
Wrestler’s Widow Suing WWE, Connecticut Senate Candidate
Jun 23 2010 // The widow of a World Wrestling Entertainment performer who died in a 1999 stunt says she’s suing the Connecticut-based company and its leaders, including Republican U.S. Senate candidate Linda McMahon. Martha Hart...
11 East Coast States Hold BP Responsible for Oil Disaster Claims
Jun 22 2010 // Eleven East Coast states have told BP they will hold it responsible for any losses caused by its still-growing oil spill in the Gulf, Connecticut’s attorney general said Monday. “Even without oil actually...
Connecticut Warns Agents over Surplus Lines Placements
Jun 18 2010 // The Connecticut Insurance Department is warning producers against placing coastal homeowners in the surplus lines market if an admitted insurer has offered to renew their policies. Doing so violates state law. In a...
Data Shows Med Mal Indemnity Payments in Connecticut Fell
Jun 10 2010 // Fewer than half of the medical malpractice claims settled by Connecticut insurers over the last four years resulted in payments to patients, and the average size of those payments fell last year, according a new report by...
Business Moves
Jun 7 2010 // Liberty Mutual Agency Corp. Boston-based Liberty Mutual Group has announced that its subsidiary, Liberty Mutual Agency Corp. (LMAC) has filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for an...
Owner of Chimpanzee in Connecticut Mauling Dies at 72
May 28 2010 // The woman whose chimpanzee mauled and blinded her friend last year, leading to lawsuits and a national debate over the regulation of exotic pets, has died, her attorney said. Sandy Herold died Monday night of a ruptured...
