Latest Connecticut Headlines
All the headlines from our Connecticut Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Conn. Gov. Rell to replace Cogswell as insurance commissioner
Jan 8 2007 // Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell has accepted the resignation of Insurance Commissioner Susan Cogswell and said she will name a replacement soon. Cogswell is not leaving the department, however. She has accepted the...
Conn. Gov. Rell Unveils Health Insurance Plan
Dec 29 2006 // Gov. M. Jodi Rell unveiled a proposal this week that she says will provide affordable, comprehensive health insurance to thousands of uninsured adults in Connecticut. The initiative, called the Charter Oak Health Plan,...
Conn. Catholic Diocese Appeals Court Order Opening Sex Abuse Files
Dec 28 2006 // The Diocese of Bridgeport, Conn. has appealed a Superior Court judge’s ruling that thousands of pages of court files involving lawsuits against priests accused of sexual abuse be made public. The case could return to...
2006: Soft market offers up many new insurance products
Dec 25 2006 // E&O, Professional/Management Liability New P/C Insurance Agents’ E&O Rockwood Programs partnered with certain underwriters at Lloyd’s of London to offer professional liability coverage specifically...
ALLSTATE: NO NEW RISKS IN CONN., N.J. AND DEL.
Dec 25 2006 // Allstate Insurance Co., continuing its reappraisal of its hurricane loss exposure along the East Coast, has decided to stop writing new property insurance policies in all areas of Connecticut, New Jersey and Delaware. The...
Insurers, agents worry Conn. coastal rules could make matters worse
Dec 25 2006 // Insurers aren’t happy and agents are worried about new restrictions on coastal property underwriting being imposed by Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Susan Cogswell in a reversal of her previous policy. They warn...
2006: Mother Nature and political deals made 2006 an unsettling year
Dec 25 2006 // From Maine to Virginia, agents and adjusters helped property owners dig out from damaging floods. High waters seemed to hit a new state every week. Meanwhile, these same agents had to worry about whether their income was...
Top 10 Stories of the Year – East
Dec 24 2006 // From Maine to Virginia, agents and adjusters helped property owners dig out from damaging floods. High waters seemed to hit a new state every week. Meanwhile, these same agents had to worry about whether their income was...
Insurers, agents worry Conn. coastal rules could make matters worse
Dec 24 2006 // News Currents Insurers aren’t happy and agents are worried about new restrictions on coastal property underwriting being imposed by Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Susan Cogswell in a reversal of her previous...
Allstate: no new risksin Conn., N.J. and Del.
Dec 24 2006 // Allstate Insurance Co., continuing its reappraisal of its hurricane loss exposure along the East Coast, has decided to stop writing new property insurance policies in all areas of Connecticut, New Jersey and Delaware. The...
2006 New Markets Report
Dec 24 2006 // E&O, Professional/Management Liability New P/C Insurance Agents’ E&O Rockwood Programs partnered with certain underwriters at Lloyd’s of London to offer professional liability coverage specifically...
