Latest Connecticut Headlines
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Conn. Gov. Rell to Replace Cogswell as State’s Insurance Commissioner
Dec 21 2006 // Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell has accepted the resignation of Insurance Commissioner Susan Cogswell and said she will name a replacement within the next few weeks. Cogswell is not leaving the department, however. She...
N.Y., Conn., Ill. AGs Bring Another Suit, This Time Against Acordia
Dec 19 2006 // The attorneys general of Connecticut, Illinois and New York continued their campaign against undisclosed compensation and account steering by simultaneously bringing suit today against one of the nation’s largest...
Conn. Approves Slightly Lower Workers’ Comp Loss Costs
Dec 15 2006 //
Study Shows Iowa with Significant Insurance Industry Job Growth
Dec 12 2006 // A recent 48-page study by the Connecticut Economic Resource Center Inc. said that Iowa now surpasses Connecticut for insurance company job growth. From 1995 to 2005, insurance jobs in insurance companies in Connecticut...
Report Details How Conn. Economy Still Depends Upon Insurance Sector
Dec 11 2006 // Connecticut remains dependent upon the insurance sector for many of its jobs and much of its economic growth, a new report by an industry coalition confirms. The state has triple the U.S. average of insurance carrier jobs...
Conn. agents could face fight on contingent pay
Dec 11 2006 // Insurance executives would likely create a replacement incentive should lawmakers in Connecticut ban contingent commissions, as the state regulator has warned could happen. Executives voiced their dismay over possible...
Conn. pursues loss mitigation, market alternatives for coastal homes
Dec 11 2006 // Home insurers in Connecticut may no longer require permanently installed storm shutters as a condition for writing or renewing policies but must offer consumer choices of loss mitigation controls and deductibles, according...
Allstate to Halt New Property Business in Conn., N.J. and Del.
Dec 8 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...
Conn. Gov. Rell Touts New Jobs, Campus Construction by The Hartford
Dec 7 2006 // Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell presented some good news today by announcing that The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., plans to construct a $146 million, 450,000-square-foot campus for its Hartford Life...
Conn. Coastal Rules Could Make Matters Worse, Warn Insurers
Dec 7 2006 // Insurers aren’t happy with new restrictions on coastal property underwriting being imposed by Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Susan Cogswell in a reversal of her previous policy and they warn that the rules could...
Conn. Clamps Down on Shutters; Seeks Coastal Policy Alternatives
Dec 5 2006 // Home insurers in Connecticut may no longer require permanently installed storm shutters as a condition for writing or renewing policies but must offer consumer choices of loss mitigation controls and deductibles, according...
Plymouth Rock Names Cormier Senior Marketing Rep in Conn.
Nov 29 2006 // Plymouth Rock Assurance Corp. has named David R. Cormier as senior marketing representative based in Connecticut. He will manage existing agency relationships and develop additional agent appointment opportunities in...
AIX Group in Conn. Adds Soloway to Develop Program Business
Nov 29 2006 // AIX Group, Inc., a specialty insurance holding company headquartered in Windsor, Conn., has hired Peter Soloway as vice president of program business development. Soloway will be responsible for the coordination of program...
News Currents
Nov 20 2006 // Newly elected Democratic governors in Massachusetts, New York and Maryland are expected to name their own insurance commissioners, although it’s to early to know who the successors might be, according to insurance...
Conn. high court rules liability waiver
Nov 20 2006 // Requiring a worker to sign a liability waiver does not give blanket immunity to employers if that person is later hurt on the job, the state Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled. The ruling said the waivers do not protect...
With new governors could come new commissioners in Mass., Md., N.Y.
Nov 19 2006 // Newly elected Democratic governors in Massachusetts, New York and Maryland are expected to name their own insurance commissioners, although it’s to early to know who the successors might be, according to insurance...
Conn. high court rules liability waiver doesn’t immunize negligent employer
Nov 19 2006 // Requiring a worker to sign a liability waiver does not give blanket immunity to employers if that person is later hurt on the job, the state Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled. The ruling said the waivers do not protect...
Conn. Father Convicted of Arson on Daughter’s Testimony
Nov 17 2006 // A Trumbull man has been convicted of setting fire to his home just before Christmas four years ago to collect insurance money. Randal Licari, 50, was convicted of arson, larceny and insurance fraud and faces up to 70 years...
Conn. Agents Told to Brace for Bill to Ban Contingent Pay
Nov 17 2006 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Susan Cogswell has warned independent agents in her state that they should expect to see legislation to restrict or wipe out their contingent commissions. She said that legislation should...
Charity-Focused GoodWorks Agency Offers Business Model Nationwide
Nov 14 2006 // GoodWorks Insurance, a new insurance ageny that gives half of its profits to local non-profits in accordance with a unique charitable contract, is expanding its business model to permit its use by established insurance...
