Latest Connecticut Headlines
All the headlines from our Connecticut Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Connecticut Taxis Have Unusually High Crash Rates
Dec 12 2008 // A report says Connecticut’s taxi industry has unusually high crash rates, inconsistent inspection standards and unpredictable fares. The legislature’s Program Review & Investigations Committee report...
PURE to Offer Personal Lines Coverage in Connecticut
Dec 11 2008 // White Plains, New York-based Privilege Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange (PURE) said it has received approval from the State of Connecticut Insurance Department sell homeowners’ insurance and other personal lines of...
Connecticut Town Settles Lawsuit over Suspect’s Death
Dec 8 2008 // The city of West Haven, Connecticut has agreed to pay nearly $400,000 to the family of a man who was killed on Interstate 95 while running from police. The family of 18-year-old Gary “Chris” Tyson had accused...
Connecticut Family Reaches $2.3M Settlement in Drunken Driving Case
Dec 4 2008 // The estate of a Greenwich, Connecticut teenager killed in a drunken driving accident in 2005 has been awarded $2.3 million in a settlement reached in Superior Court in Bridgeport. Court records show the lawsuit was brought...
Tri-State Governors Call on Feds to Help Ex-Financial Services Workers
Nov 30 2008 // The governors of three Northeast states hard hit by the Wall Street meltdown are urging federal officials to approve a $48.2 million grant to help retrain financial services workers who have lost their jobs. In a letter to...
Steady Habits Make for a Stable Market
Nov 30 2008 // Regulator Says Nutmeg State Will Take AIG and Catastrophe Problems in Stride Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas Sullivan considers himself something of an insider when it comes to the insurance industry –...
Tri-State Governors Call on Feds to Help Ex-Financial Services Workers
Nov 19 2008 // The governors of three Northeast States hard hit by the Wall Street meltdown are urging federal officials to approve a $48.2 million grant to help retrain financial services workers who have lost their jobs. In a letter to...
Motorcycle-Related Deaths in Connecticut Lower than 1980s
Nov 11 2008 // Connecticut transportation officials say even with thousands of new motorcyclists in Connecticut, the death rate involving motorcycles has gone down in the past two decades. As of Nov. 1, state figures show that 54 people...
Peterson Joins Gowrie Group of Cos. in Connecticut
Nov 4 2008 // Westbrook, Connecticut-based The Gowrie Group of Cos. has named Whitney Peterson vice president of marketing. Peterson will direct marketing activities for all of the Gowrie Group. Her initial efforts will focus on active...
Connecticut Family Sues Party Hosts in Drunken Driving Death
Oct 30 2008 // The family of a 19-year-old who died in a drunken driving accident is suing the hosts of a Madison party where the driver had been given alcohol. The family of Kirsten Meyer, killed in a drunken driving crash after a 2007...
Connecticut Insurance Broker to Fill GOP Slot as Honorary Candidate
Oct 30 2008 // A Bristol, Connecticut insurance broker says he’s filling in as the Republican candidate in the 76th Assembly District race to honor the original candidate who apparently took his own life last week. David L. Norton...
Insurance Affordability: Three East Coast Regulators Weigh In
Oct 28 2008 // For many East Coast homeowners, the difficulty lies not in finding insurance, but paying for it. And that so-called affordability problem affects nearly every state along the coastline. Given their recent history with...
Connecticut Insurance Department Recovers $1.4 Million from Complaints
Oct 28 2008 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas R. Sullivan reports that his agency has recovered more than $1.4 million in the third quarter from settling consumer complaints. It is the highest recovery total for the department...
Connecticut Blonde Sues over Brown Dye; Judge Brushes Off Suit
Oct 9 2008 // A Connecticut judge has given the brush-off to a blonde woman’s lawsuit claiming L’Oreal Inc. ruined her social life when she accidentally dyed her hair brunette with one of its products. Charlotte Feeney says...
Connecticut Docs Unhappy
Oct 6 2008 // A new survey shows that nearly one in three doctors in Connecticut are not happy practicing in the state and are considering changing jobs or moving. Of course, insurance costs just happen to be one of the reasons, along...
Study: Connecticut Doctors Not Happy
Sep 25 2008 // A new survey shows that nearly one in three doctors in Connecticut are not happy practicing in the state and are considering changing jobs or moving. The University of Connecticut Heath Center’s Institute for Public...
Conn. Agency Data Case Continues
Sep 22 2008 // The Connecticut Supreme Court has declined to rule on a Florida agency’s efforts to block state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal from disclosing information he obtained while investigating the insurance...
Hanna Causes Only Minor Problems in Connecticut
Sep 8 2008 // Connecticut is cleaning up after Tropical Storm Hanna blew quickly through the state. Less than 9,000 customers of Connecticut Light and Power were without power Sunday morning. United Illuminating says only a few dozen...
Conn. Case over Disclosure of Insurance Agency Data to Continue
Sep 4 2008 // The Connecticut Supreme Court has declined to rule on a Florida company’s efforts to block state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal from disclosing information he obtained while investigating the insurance...
Man Pinned under Cargo Elevator in Connecticut
Sep 3 2008 // Officials in Milford, Connecticut say a 29-year-old man has been hospitalized for traumatic injuries after he was pinned under a 1,000-pound freight elevator. Firefighters were called to the Optical Polymers International...
