Latest Connecticut Headlines
All the headlines from our Connecticut Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Conn. Reports Decline in Work-Related Deaths
Nov 3 2006 // The number of people dying from work-related injuries went down last year, the state Department of Labor announced. Forty-six people died of work-related injuries in Connecticut in 2005, down 15 percent from the previous...
Aetna Policy Becomes Issue in Conn. Gubernatorial Campaign
Oct 30 2006 // Connecticut Democratic gubernatorial candidate John DeStefano has questioned Gov. M. Jodi Rell’s involvement in the state’s approval of a health insurance program that’s become the subject of a...
Group Sues in Conn. to Halt Sale of Limited Aetna Health Policy
Oct 26 2006 // A consumer advocacy group filed a lawsuit this week against health insurer Aetna Inc., one of its subsidiaries and the Connecticut Department of Insurance, hoping to stop the sale of new health insurance plans it claims...
Conn. Motor Vehicle Registries Expand Hours, Add Staff
Oct 24 2006 // As part of an effort to improve customer service at the Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles, Governor M. Jodi Rell announced that, beginning November 1, DMV will open an additional day per week at three small...
Conn. Woman Sentenced for Embezzling $1 Million from Insurer
Oct 24 2006 // An Avon, Conn. woman has been sentenced to four years and nine months in prison for embezzling about $1 million from her employer. Jessica Feurer, 36, worked as an insurance claims handler for ESIS Inc. in Windsor, an...
Making Hartford shine again as insurance capital
Oct 23 2006 // While other states from Minnesota to New Hampshire compete to attract the insurance sector by lowering premium taxes and extending incentives, Connecticut thinks it has the best offer: an unmatched talent pool of insurance...
Conn. Trial Lawyers Again Call for Review of Med-Mal Rates
Oct 17 2006 // The Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association has asked Insurance Commissioner Susan F. Cogswell to again review the medical malpractice insurance rates charged doctors by Connecticut Medical Insurance Co. “We have asked...
Feds, Conn. AG Probing I-84 Highway Construction Defects
Oct 3 2006 // Federal investigators are looking into why hundreds of storm drains are defective in a $52 million improvement project on Interstate 84 in the Waterbury, Conn. area, The Hartford Courant reported Sunday. Fixing the...
Conn. Agents: Coastal Markets Tough But Insureds Getting Coverage
Sep 22 2006 // About three-quarters of the 21 agents writing Connecticut coastal business say homeowners insurance markets are either “worse” (43 percent) or “much worse” (33 percent) compared to one year...
Conn. AG Says GEICO to Pull ‘Misleading Charo’ Ad
Sep 17 2006 // Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said that GEICO insurance company has said it will no longer run what Blumenthal claims is “a false and misleading television advertisement” in the state that...
Conn. Officials, Insurer Agree to 90-Day Moratorium on Shutter Rule
Sep 8 2006 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Susan F. Cogswell announced that Andover Insurance Company has agreed to suspend for 90 days the implementation of a department decision allowing the company to cancel the policies of...
Shutter Diplomacy: Conn. Regulator Plans Coastal Insurance Forum
Sep 7 2006 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Susan Cogswell plans a public forum on Sept. 21 to air concerns over availability of property insurance in the state’s coastal areas. The forum is being called following reports of...
People and Places
Sep 4 2006 // American International Group Inc. named Nicholas J. Ashooh as senior vice president of communications. Ashooh succeeds John T. Wooster Jr. who had filled that role on a temporary basis since year-end 2005, and earlier had...
Conn. Lobbyists Fight Campaign Gift Ban
Aug 31 2006 // Lobbyists at the state Capitol in Hartford are challenging Connecticut’s new campaign finance reform law in federal court, saying rules banning them from making campaign contributions are...
Conn., Mass., R.I. Kick-Off Tri-State Truck Enforcement Campaign
Aug 28 2006 // Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell and State Police and Motor Vehicle officials from Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island will kick off a Tri-State Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Operation on Tuesday, August 29, at...
Conn. Sets Up Job Web Site for Lincoln National Employees
Aug 23 2006 // Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell has unveiled a new web site designed to help laid off Lincoln National Corp. insurance employees find new employment more quickly. This specialized site provides the displaced workers with...
Conn. Seeks Federal Aid for Damages Caused by June Rains
Aug 3 2006 // Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell is asking President Bush to approve a disaster declaration for the heavy rains and flash flooding that struck Connecticut in early June. The request is to help compensate municipalities...
St. Paul Settles with Conn,. Ill., N.Y. Attorneys General Over Broker Compensation
Aug 1 2006 // The St. Paul Travelers Companies Inc. has entered into a $77 million settlement with the attorneys general of New York, Connecticut and Illinois, as well as with the New York State Department of Insurance, resolving issues...
Officials Conclude Arsonist Set Conn. Vacant Mill Fire
Jul 27 2006 // The massive fire that destroyed part of a vacant mill complex in Windsor Locks, Conn. earlier this month was set, town officials said Monday. First Selectman Steven Wawruck Jr. said state and local fire investigators have...
Gov. Rell Seeks Federal Aid for Crop Losses by Conn. Farmers
Jul 26 2006 // Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell is asking U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns to approve federal disaster aid for Connecticut farmers who suffered severe crop losses from the heavy rains and cool temperatures this...
