Latest Connecticut Headlines
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Family of Connecticut Woman Gets $1M in Malpractice Case
Aug 17 2009 // The family of a Connecticut woman who died five days after ovarian surgery has received $1 million from the insurance company of two doctors sued for medical malpractice. The lawyer for Barbara Beaudoin’s estate says...
Families File Lawsuit in Connecticut Pond Deaths
Aug 5 2009 // Two families are suing the city of Bridgeport and the Connecticut Zoological Society over the deaths of two children who drowned when a minivan plunged into a pond in 2007. Relatives of 6-year-old Jayden Wilson and...
Connecticut Regulators Recovered $1.3M in Second Quarter
Aug 4 2009 // The Connecticut Insurance Department says it recovered approximately $1.3 million from insurers for consumers in the second quarter of the year. That amount is double the recovery made in the same quarter. Forty-four...
Connecticut Dems Propose Eliminating Motor Vehicles Department
Jul 30 2009 // Legislative Democrats in Connecticut say the Department of Motor Vehicles should be eliminated and its functions and staff redistributed to other state agencies to help streamline state government. The proposal is part of...
Connecticut Fines Safeco $434K over Numerous Violations
Jul 24 2009 // The Connecticut Insurance Department has fined Safeco Cos. $434,000 following a market conduct exam of the five subsidiaries for the insurer. The fines are for violations that include improper cancellations, improper...
Connecticut Not Eligible for Federal Aid for Storm Damage
Jul 23 2009 // Connecticut officials say the federal government is rejecting a request for aid for homeowners for storm damage that included a tornado on June 26. State officials say that preliminary damage information shows the state is...
Connecticut Extends Flex-Rating Law
Jul 15 2009 // Connecticut’s flex-rating law will continue for two more years, after Gov. M. Jodi Rell signed legislation extending the practice of letting insurers vary premiums without regulatory approval. Flex-rating allows...
Connecticut Trucking Company Owner Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison
Jul 6 2009 // The former owner of a Connecticut trucking company has been sentenced to six years in jail on manslaughter and insurance fraud charges for his role in a fiery truck crash at a major suburban intersection that left four...
Connecticut Mom, Son Get Probation for Deadly 2005 Crash
Jul 2 2009 // A Connecticut woman and her son avoided jail time Tuesday and were sentenced to three years probation for attempted insurance fraud and evidence tampering after a fiery wreck at the bottom of Avon Mountain that killed four...
Connecticut Teacher Recognized for Inspiring Insurance Careers
Jul 1 2009 // A Connecticut High School teacher has been named Teacher of the Year by an insurance industry-backed group for his efforts to introduce students to careers in insurance. Gary Barcher, who has taught at Bloomfield High...
Connecticut Trucking Company Owner Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison
Jun 25 2009 // The former owner of a Connecticut trucking company has been sentenced to six years in jail on manslaughter and insurance fraud charges for his role in a fiery truck crash at a major suburban intersection that left four...
Documents Show Connecticut Officials Were Warned about Chimp
Jun 22 2009 // Connecticut officials were repeatedly warned about the dangers posed by a chimpanzee that later mauled and blinded a woman and were urged — more than three years before the attack — to take action, but failed...
Rhode Island Man Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion in Connecticut
Jun 19 2009 // A Rhode Island man has pleaded guilty to fraud and tax evasion charges involving the theft of furniture from The Hartford insurance company. Thirty-five-year-old Michael Young of Coventry, R.I., pleaded guilty Wednesday to...
Connecticut Safety Crackdown Takes 153 Vehicles off the Road
Jun 9 2009 // A state-wide highway safety crackdown on commercial trucks, buses and tractor-trailers has taken 153 vehicles off of Connecticut roads. The spot checks over a three day period last week were made along Interstate 95 and...
Chimp That Mauled Connecticut Woman had Xanax in System
May 18 2009 // A chimpanzee that mauled a Connecticut woman had the anti-anxiety drug Xanax in its system, according to toxicology tests, but investigators haven’t determined whether the drug played a role in the attack, a...
Marsh & McLennan Settles Connecticut Price-Fixing Claims
May 18 2009 // Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. has agreed to pay $2.4 million to the state of Connecticut to settle claims of bid-rigging, price-fixing and receiving kickbacks. State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal says the deal...
Marsh & McLennan Settles Connecticut Price-Fixing Claims
May 8 2009 // Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc., the New York-based insurance broker and consulting firm, has agreed to pay $2.4 million to the state of Connecticut to settle claims of bid rigging, price fixing and receiving...
Judge Agrees to Freeze Assets of Connecticut Chimp’s Owner
May 8 2009 // A judge on Wednesday approved an agreement that freezes $10 million in assets belonging to the owner of a chimpanzee that mauled a woman. The family of Charla Nash is suing the chimp’s owner, Sandra Herold, for $50...
Connecticut Boy Dies after Accident at Local Skate Park
May 6 2009 // Police in Plainfield, Connecticut say the bicycle death of a 13-year-old boy over the weekend is being investigated as an accident. William Howard died Saturday after he fell off his bike and struck his head at a...
Colwick Joins TD Insurance in Connecticut
Apr 24 2009 // Joseph D. Colwick has joined TD Insurance Inc. as an account executive based in Wethersfield, Connecticut. Colwick will be responsible for employee benefits sales to business customers throughout the Nutmeg State. He has...
