Latest Connecticut Headlines
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At Least Five Workers Killed in Connecticut Energy Plant Explosion
Feb 8 2010 // An explosion at an under-construction energy plant in Central Connecticut has killed at least five workers and injured 12 others, prompting a major emergency response by local and state officials as they continue to search...
Connecticut Governor Proposes Stricter Cell Phone Laws for Drivers
Feb 3 2010 // Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell has announced she will propose stronger enforcement of the state’s 2005 law barring hand-held cell phones while driving. In a statement Saturday, Rell said she will submit legislation...
Connecticut’s Webster Financial Says It Was Victim of Embezzlement Scheme
Feb 3 2010 // Waterbury, Connecticut-based Webster Financial Corp. said it was the target of an elaborate embezzlement scheme at a subcontractor that provides bulk cash processing on behalf of one of its major vendors. The company said...
Chimpanzee Attack: Clinic Can’t Do Transplants for Connecticut Victim
Jan 27 2010 // A hospital that performed America’s first face transplant has told the family of a woman mauled and blinded by a chimpanzee a year ago that she is not a candidate for a face and hand transplant. Charla Nash’s...
Poll: Connecticut Voters Want Seat Belts on School Buses
Jan 22 2010 // A new poll says almost three of every four Connecticut voters support legislation requiring seat belts on school buses in the state. The Quinnipiac University survey released Thursday says the proposal has strong support...
Business Risk Exclusion Means No Coverage for Toppled Conn. House
Jan 21 2010 // The Hanover won’t have to pay $26,000 in claims on behalf of a Connecticut contractor who accidentally knocked over the house he was working on, a Connecticut Superior Court has ruled. The decision comes from a...
Connecticut Teen’s Death Revives Bus Seat Belt Debate
Jan 13 2010 // For more than a decade, Connecticut lawmakers have considered and dismissed the idea of requiring seat belts on school buses that carry nearly 500,000 children each day. But a deadly weekend crash in Hartford has given the...
People
Jan 10 2010 // New York-based insurance wholesaler Russell Bond & Co. has promoted Margaret J. Arnold to assistant vice president-controller. She is a 20-year veteran of the firm. In addition, the company has also promoted Derek...
Connecticut Chiropractic Board to Consider Stroke Risk
Jan 4 2010 // Connecticut’s State Board of Chiropractic Examiners is considering whether to require chiropractors to warn their patients about a possible risk of stroke from neck manipulation. The board is holding a two-day...
Connecticut Town Settles Police Discrimination Case
Dec 30 2009 // The town of Greenwich, Connecticut has agreed to pay $887,000 to settle a racial discrimination lawsuit involving several minority police officers. Town officials revealed the terms of the settlement after the Board of...
White Connecticut Firefighters Seek Back Pay, Damages
Dec 23 2009 // A group of white New Haven firefighters who won a discrimination case before the U.S. Supreme Court are seeking back pay, damages and legal fees. The high court ruled in June that New Haven officials violated white...
Parmenter Joins Cowles & Connell in Connecticut
Dec 15 2009 // Jeffrey Parmenter has joined insurance wholesaler Cowles & Connell of Conn, Inc., where he will serve as vice president of Binding Operations. Parmenter has more than 25 years of property/casualty underwriting...
Agents’ New Lobbying Agenda
Dec 6 2009 // The 2,074-page health care bill includes a range of items that some say could be time bombs in waiting for some agencies – or new opportunities. Until this year, health care was a minor blip on the radar of insurance...
Court: Owners of Truck in Fatal Connecticut Crash Can Sue Insurer
Dec 6 2009 // The Connecticut Supreme Court reinstated a lawsuit brought by the owners of a dump truck involved in a fiery crash in Avon in 2005 that killed four people and injured 11 others. In its decision, the high court overturned a...
Documents Show How Ex-Cardinal Handled Conn. Sex Abuse Claims
Dec 3 2009 // Recently retired New York Cardinal Edward Egan expressed skepticism over sexual abuse allegations against priests when he was a Connecticut bishop a decade ago, saying he found it “marvelous” that so few...
Feds Report Fewer Workplace Deaths in New England
Nov 23 2009 // New England recorded fewer work-related deaths last year, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday, a trend that could be at least partly attributable to the economic downturn. Preliminary figures for the...
Health Care Reform Dominates Trade Group’s Lobbying Agenda
Nov 20 2009 // Until this year, health care was a minor blip on the radar of insurance agents’ policy efforts in D.C. But with a major reform bill imminent, key trade groups are devoting nearly all of their time to try and tweak...
Court: Owners of Truck in Fatal Connecticut Crash Can Sue Insurer
Nov 20 2009 // The Connecticut Supreme Court reinstated a lawsuit Wednesday brought by the owners of a dump truck involved in a fiery crash in Avon in 2005 that killed four people and injured 11 others.In its decision, the high court...
Connecticut Repair Shops Win $15 Million Against Insurer Over Appraisals
Nov 19 2009 // A Connecticut jury has awarded $15 million to automobile repair shop owners in their lawsuit accusing an affiliate of The Hartford Financial Services Group of unfair trade practices. The Stamford Superior Court jury this...
Medical Errors Hidden after Connecticut Law Changed
Nov 17 2009 // Changes made five years ago to a Connecticut law aimed at revealing medical mistakes at hospitals have allowed the facilities to keep more errors secret, according to a <i>Hartford Courant</i> analysis. After...
