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Lobbyist Bill Takes Hold in Conn. Ethics Law
Mar 13 2007 // Gov. M. Jodi Rell and the Office of State Ethics announced a new educational campaign designed to inform the public about the practice of lobbying. The “Are You A Lobbyist?” campaign will help educate the...
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Mar 12 2007 // Conn. AG probes insurer, agency relationship Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has issued subpoenas in an investigation of bonus commissions and other possible financial arrangements between Middlesex Mutual...
Conn. AG probes insurer, agency relationship
Mar 12 2007 // Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has issued subpoenas in an investigation of bonus commissions and other possible financial arrangements between Middlesex Mutual Assurance Co. in Middletown and H.D. Segur...
Insurance Company Sues Contractor Behind Botched I-84 project in Conn.
Mar 8 2007 // The insurance company that guaranteed a contractor’s work on the apparently botched widening of Interstate 84 in the Waterbury area is suing, claiming company officials siphoned off millions of dollars for personal...
Judge Rules Truck in Conn. Avon Mountain Crash Was Uninsured
Mar 7 2007 // A federal judge has ruled that the insurance company for a Bloomfield trucking company involved in a fiery fatal crash on Avon mountain does not have to pay victims and families of those killed. The ruling involves...
Sarbanes-Oxley Charges in Conn. Case Worry Corporate Defense Lawyers
Mar 6 2007 // The arrest of a prominent attorney on charges of destroying evidence in a Connecticut child pornography investigation is raising alarm bells that a law targeting corporate accounting schemes could be used to prosecute...
Former U.S. Rep. Simmons Tapped to be Conn.’s First Business Advocate
Feb 27 2007 // Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell has nominated former 2nd District Congressman Rob Simmons of Stonington as the state’s first Business Advocate, a position created by the General Assembly during the 2006 legislative...
Almost Half of Conn. Cell Phone Violators Let Off the Hook
Feb 14 2007 // Violators of the state’s cell phone ban ponied up about $700,000 last year by mailing in the $100 fine and not contesting the citation, but the state potentially missed out on more money by not prosecuting the...
Tighter steering in Conn.
Feb 12 2007 // Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has drafted legislation that he says would strengthen the state’s anti-steering law prohibiting insurers from forcing consumers to use a preferred auto repair shop as a...
Conn. Agencies Merge
Feb 5 2007 // Darien, Conn.-based independent insurance agency Fisher & Fisher has merged with Westbrook-based Gowrie, Barden & Brett. John Fisher will serve as president of the company’s Personal Insurance Division. The...
Health Execs’ Group Disbands Under Antitrust Settlement with Conn.
Jan 30 2007 // A national organization of health care executives has agreed to disband amid an investigation by Connecticut authorities into whether it illegally gave preferential treatment to vendors who joined the group. State Attorney...
Conn. AG seeks to block shutter requirement
Jan 29 2007 // Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has submitted draft legislation to the General Assembly that would prohibit insurers from requiring that consumers install hurricane shutters as a condition of insurance. The...
Conn. AG seeks to block shutter requirement
Jan 28 2007 // Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has submitted draft legislation to the General Assembly that would prohibit insurers from requiring that consumers install hurricane shutters as a condition of insurance. The...
The Hartford’s Data Outsouring Reported to Affect 400 Conn. Jobs
Jan 25 2007 // Nearly 400 Connecticut jobs are being affected as The Hartford Financial Services Group outsources data services. The Hartford has signed a five-year contract with IBM, which will support and maintain systems and data...
Conn. AG Bill Targets Steering Customers to Select Body Shops
Jan 25 2007 // Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has drafted legislation that he says would strengthen the state’s anti-steering law prohibiting insurers from forcing consumers to use a preferred auto repair shop as a...
Conn. AG Files Bill to Block Insurers from Requiring Storm Shutters
Jan 22 2007 // Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has submitted draft legislation to the General Assembly that would prohibit insurers from requiring that consumers install hurricane shutters as a condition of insurance. The...
Conn. Phone-y Drivers Could Be Called Upon to Pay Bigger Fines
Jan 19 2007 // Connecticut lawmakers are considering higher fines for people who talk on their handheld cell phones while driving. More than a year after the state’s cell phone ban took effect, lawmakers say they’re concerned...
Conn. AG Urges Release of Audit on Health Insurers’ Coverage Denials
Jan 18 2007 // Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said his office has received several reports of health insurance companies denying coverage based on questionable conclusions that patients’ medical conditions...
Conn. Communities Pressured to Repair Flood Control Systems
Jan 10 2007 // Federal scrutiny of levees around the country increased after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, prompting several community in Connecticut to begin repairs on their flood control infrastructure. The Army Corps...
MEMIC Names Funk as Underwriter in N.Y., Conn.
Jan 8 2007 // Workers’ compensation insurer MEMIC Indemnity Co. recently hired Jeff Funk as an executive underwriter to lead underwriting and agency management responsibilities in MEMIC’s new Connecticut and New York...
