Latest Connecticut Headlines
All the headlines from our Connecticut Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Restroom Access Bill Heads to Connecticut House
Apr 23 2009 // Two Connecticut legislative committees have endorsed a proposal giving people with certain medical conditions the right to use employee bathrooms in private businesses. Several lawmakers say they have concerns about the...
Connecticut’s Gowrie Group Rebrands
Apr 21 2009 // Wetsbrook, Connecticut-based insurance, employee benefits and finance company The Gowrie Group as officially rebranded itself. The company says it will no longer use its former name, Gowrie, Barden & Brett, effective...
Connecticut Official Says State Law Doesn’t Bar AIG Bonuses
Apr 13 2009 // The controversial bonuses given to executives at bailed-out insurer American International Group Inc. do not violate Connecticut’s unfair trade practices law, the state’s consumer protection commissioner...
Push for Transgender Protection Grows in New England
Apr 9 2009 // For Ethan St. Pierre, allowing someone who is biologically female but self-identifies as male to use the men’s bathroom is a no-brainer. “Look at me,” said St. Pierre, who was born a woman but is now a...
Connecticut Woman Injured in Chimp Attack Blind for Life
Apr 8 2009 // Doctors say a Connecticut woman who was nearly killed by a chimpanzee suffered such damage to her eyes that she will be blind for life. Doctors say Charla Nash is improving, but faces two years of surgical procedures. Nash...
Connecticut AG Criticizes Bailout Money for Credit Rating Firms
Apr 8 2009 // Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is questioning why up to $400 million in federal bailout money is going to the big three credit rating agencies that he says helped create the economic meltdown. Blumenthal...
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Apr 6 2009 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut Inc. (PIACT) elected new officers. They are: President James Goodman, who is president of Goodman Insurance Inc. in Shelton; President-elect Howard Olderman, who is...
Family of Connecticut Chimp Attack Victim Seeks $50M
Apr 6 2009 // The family of a Connecticut woman who in February was mauled by a chimpanzee has filed preliminary legal papers seeking $50 million in damages against the primate’s owner. Relatives of Charla Nash filed the legal...
Connecticut Cigarette Theft Estimated at $1M
Apr 1 2009 // Connecticut police say that a weekend theft of cigarettes from a Milford warehouse is now estimated to be worth about $1 million. Police say the thieves who broke into Montano Cigarettes, Candy & Tobacco Inc. stole...
Connecticut Considers More Time for Abuse Victims to Sue
Apr 1 2009 // Connecticut lawmakers are considering a bill extending the time given to alleged victims of childhood sexual abuse to file civil lawsuits. Connecticut law currently lets people sue for alleged abuse for 30 years after...
AIG Executive Defends Multimillion Dollar Bonuses at Connecticut Hearing
Mar 27 2009 // An executive at American International Group Inc. defended the insurer’s controversial $165 million in bonuses in a hearing in Hartford, saying the recipients did not create the problems that led to a government...
Connecticut Lawmakers Delay Vote on AIG Bill
Mar 26 2009 // The Connecticut House of Representatives is not ready to vote on a bill that would stop companies that received federal assistance, such as American International Group Inc., from awarding bonuses under a state...
Connecticut Orders Liberty Mutual to Pay $930K
Mar 25 2009 // The Connecticut Insurance Department has ordered Boston-based Liberty Mutual Insurance Cos. to pay nearly $930,000 in fines and restitution for overcharging thousands of customers, settling claims incorrectly and violating...
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Mar 23 2009 // Kate Westover, vice president of Alternative Risk Financing at Innovative Captive Strategies, has received the 2009 Distinguished Service Award from the Captive Insurance Companies Association (CICA). Based in Colchester,...
Protesters Visit AIG Officials’ Lavish Connecticut Homes
Mar 23 2009 // A busload of activists representing working- and middle-class families paid visits Saturday to the lavish homes of American International Group executives to protest the tens of millions of dollars in bonuses awarded by...
Connecticut AG Says AIG Bonuses Were Higher than $165M
Mar 23 2009 // Connecticut’s attorney general says documents turned over to his office by American International Group Inc. shows the company paid out $218 million in bonuses, higher than the $165 million previously...
Family of Connecticut Chimp Attack Victim Seeks $50M
Mar 19 2009 // The family of a Connecticut woman mauled by a chimpanzee last month filed preliminary legal papers seeking $50 million in damages against the primate’s owner. Relatives of Charla Nash filed the legal papers, which...
Truck Owner Pleads Guilty in 2005 Connecticut Crash
Mar 19 2009 // A Connecticut trucking company owner whose poorly maintained dump truck lost control and caused a fiery crash that killed four people in 2005 has pleaded guilty to manslaughter and assault charges. David Wilcox, 73,...
PIACT Elects New Leadership
Mar 17 2009 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut Inc. (PIACT) elected new officers during its annual convention this week. New officers for the group are: — President James Goodman, who is president of Goodman...
Ratings Roundup: Great Western, Connecticut Life & Casualty Insurance
Mar 13 2009 // A.M. Best Co. has removed the ratings from under review with negative implications and affirmed the financial strength rating of B+ (Good) and issuer credit rating of “bbb-” of Utah-based Great Western...
