Latest Connecticut Headlines
All the headlines from our Connecticut Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Conn. Opens Runaway Truck Ramp on Avon Mountain
Feb 22 2008 // Connecticut transportation officials have opened a runaway truck ramp at a dangerous hilly intersection – more than two years after a fatal wreck and five months after a second crash. Work on the $2.8 million ramp on...
Conn. to Hold Hearing on PXRE Acquisition
Feb 19 2008 // The Connecticut Insurance Department said it will hold a public hearing later this month on the proposed acquisition of PXRE Reinsurance Co. by U.K.-based Tawa. Tawa announced the plans to acquire the company from...
Conn. Exempts Some Insurers’ Form and Rate Filings
Feb 15 2008 // The Connecticut Insurance Department this month launched a year-long pilot program that will exempt some complicated commercial rate and form filings from being initially reviewed by the state – although insurers...
Conn. Court Upholds $15K Verdict in Wedding Date Lawsuit
Feb 14 2008 // A Connecticut appeals court has affirmed a lower court’s ruling that awarded a bride $15,000 for emotional distress following a “Shakespearean drama of confusion and lost opportunities” that resulted in...
Connecticut Agents Get Online License Renewals
Feb 12 2008 // There’ll be no more ink and paper for Connecticut agents looking to renew or change their insurance licenses. That’s because the state’s insurance department said it has upgraded its computer systems to...
Conn. Jury Awards Record $38.5M in Malpractice Lawsuit
Feb 11 2008 // A Superior Court jury in Stamford, Conn. has ordered a city obstetrician to pay $38.5 million to the family of a boy born with cerebral palsy in 2003. The verdict is believed to be among the largest medical malpractice...
Conn. ‘Botched’ $80M Workers’ Comp Privatization, Charges AG
Feb 10 2008 // Connecticut officials “badly botched” a 2001 deal to privatize hundreds of workers compensation claims by state employees, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has alleged following a multi-year investigation...
Conn. AG’s Report Faults Rowland-Era $80M Workers’ Comp Deal
Feb 1 2008 // Connecticut Attorney Richard Blumenthal has released a report saying the Nutmeg State “badly botched” an $80 million deal to privatize payments of more than 600 state workers’ compensation claims —...
Conn. Approves J.C. Flowers Deal for Direct Response Corp.
Jan 18 2008 // Connecticut’s top insurance regulator has signed off on a deal that makes private equity firm J.C. Flowers & Co the largest investor in Meriden-based Direct Response Corp. DRC is the holding company for The...
Top Insurance Stories in 2007 in East
Dec 31 2007 // New leaders tackled old issues and the region battled fire and rain. 1. No day at the beach Insurance markets for coastal properties continued to challenge insurers, agents, policymakers and property owners, despite an...
Conn. Insurance Chief Seeks ‘Mints on Pillow’ Treatment for Public
Dec 28 2007 // Connecticut consumers dealing with the state’s insurance regulatory agency should be left feeling they were given “mints on their pillow,” according to the no-nonsense man in charge. Insurance...
Conn. Private Coastal Insurance Market Works, Say Commissioner and Insurers
Dec 27 2007 // Acknowledging the ongoing concern over coastal property insurance in his state, Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas Sullivan maintained that the state’s coastal property insurance market is in pretty good shape...
Mich. Insurer Fined for Failing to Make Sure Agents Were Licensed, Appointed
Dec 21 2007 // A Michigan-based insurer has been fined $230,000 by the Conneticut Department of Insurance for failing to make sure agents were licensed and appointed to sell policies in the state. Foremost Insurance Co., which...
Foremost ‘Surprised’ by $230K Conn. Fine
Dec 20 2007 // Foremost Insurance Group has paid a $230,000 fine to the state of Connecticut for failing to ensure some agents who sold its products in the state were appointed to do so. The fine, which was the maximum possible, was...
State Auto Completes Affiliation with Patrons Mutual of Conn.
Dec 14 2007 // Columbus, Ohio-based State Automobile Mutual Insurance Co. today completed its affiliation with the Patrons Mutual Group of Connecticut, which includes both the Patrons Mutual Insurance Company of Connecticut and...
Conn. Insurance Groups Plan Benefit for Autism Society
Dec 14 2007 // Eight Connecticut insurance organizations are joining together to support research into autism. The Hartford Pond, the local chapter of the Honorable Order of the Blue Goose, in conjunction with seven other state insurance...
Settlement Reached in Conn. Kickback Scheme
Dec 11 2007 // A Connecticut law firm, mortgage company and real estate broker have agreed to pay $700,000 in fines, forfeitures and restitution to settle allegations that they engaged in kickback schemes that cheated hundreds of home...
Conn. Consumers to Get ‘Mints on Pillows’ Treatment
Dec 2 2007 // Commissioner Sullivan vows departmental changes; also contends private coastal insurance market is working Connecticut consumers dealing with the state’s insurance regulatory agency should be left feeling they were...
Trial Lawyers Say Research Shows Conn. Medical Liability Insurer Overcharges Physicians
Nov 18 2007 // The Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association released an actuarial analysis that it says shows that, for several years Connecticut Medical Insurance Co. has been overcharging doctors millions of dollars. They argue that this...
Conn. Trial Lawyers Say Medical Liability Insurer is Overcharging Doctors
Nov 9 2007 // The Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association charged today that one of the state’s medical liability insurers has been charging doctors excessive premiums. The lawyers association released a new actuarial analysis that...
