Latest Connecticut Headlines
All the headlines from our Connecticut Topic Page, ordered by recency.
St. Paul Adding 600 Jobs in Conn.
Jul 26 2006 // St. Paul Travelers has announced plans to add about 600 jobs in Connecticut as it expands its operations. The property-casualty insurance company already has about 6,300 Connecticut employees, most of them in downtown...
Truck Firm in Avon, Conn. Crash Charged with Manslaughter
Jul 25 2006 // After a yearlong investigation, the owner of the runaway dump truck that slammed into a group of cars at the bottom of Avon Mountain in Connecticut a year ago has been charged with manslaughter. David Wilcox, 71, who ran...
Same-Sex Couple Cites Loss of Consortium in Conn. Med-Mal Suit
Jul 19 2006 // A same-sex couple has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit that their attorneys say is the first of its kind since Connecticut started allowing gay couples to enter into civil unions. Margaret Mueller and Charlotte Stacey...
Conn. Car Registration Stickers Move Inside to Thwart Thieves
Jul 12 2006 // Governor M. Jodi Rell is advising Connecticut motorists that they will soon receive new motor vehicle registration stickers that will be placed inside the windshield rather than on the rear license plate – an effort...
Conn. Estimates June Flood Damages in Bid for Federal Funds
Jun 15 2006 // Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell and Waterbury Mayor Michael J. Jarjura said that preliminary damage estimates of the June 2-3 flash flooding in the city totaled $4.4 million. Other towns in Greater Waterbury have estimated...
Conn. Uncovers 1,700 Trucking Violations in 3-Day Crackdown
Jun 14 2006 // Connecticut motor vehicle inspectors took more than 50 truck drivers off the road and discovered more than 1,700 violations during a three-day crackdown last week on Connecticut roads, officials said. Inspectors from the...
Conn. Asks XL Insurance to Review Use of Defaulted Contractor
Jun 7 2006 // Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell has asked XL Specialty Insurance Co. of Stamford, the insurer of former road contractor L.G. DeFelice, to reconsider its decision to assign two unfinished state Department of...
Mlynarczyk Named to Conn. Workers Comp Commission Post
Jun 7 2006 // Governor M. Jodi Rell has named New Britain attorney Peter C. Mlynarczyk to the Connecticut Workers’ Compensation Commission. Mlynarczyk currently serves as corporation counsel for the City of New Britain, overseeing...
Agency spreading good works in Mass., Conn.
Jun 5 2006 // GoodWorks Insurance, LLC, a Massachusetts insurance agency that promises to donate 50 percent of its profits to local charities, has expanded into Connecticut with a branch office in Granby. The Granby agency will sell...
Gov. Rell Orders Conn. Agencies to Organize Hurricane Training
Jun 2 2006 // Rell directs agencies to prepare for possible hurricane Received by Newsfinder from AP Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell has directed state agencies to organize training sessions and exercises to prepare for the possibility of...
Fairfield County Stretch of I-95 in Conn. Cited for Truck Accidents
May 31 2006 // Fairfield County, the gold coast of Connecticut, brings to mind wealth and influence. It also has the dubious distinction of being home to more heavy truck accidents along Interstate 95 than any other part of the state,...
Philanthropic Agency GoodWorks of Mass. Opens in Conn.
May 23 2006 // GoodWorks Insurance, LLC, a Massachusetts insurance agency that promises to donate 50 percent of its profits to local charities, has expanded into Connecticut with a branch office in Granby. The Granby agency, located at...
OneBeacon Increases Options for Conn. Homeowners
May 23 2006 // Connecticut consumers and agents have a new option for insuring homes and belongings from OneBeacon Insurance. OneBeacon’s new homeowners policy is part of the company’s Web-based OneChoice suite of products,...
The Hartford settles with N.Y., Conn. over annuity compensation
May 22 2006 // News Currents The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. has settled with both the Connecticut and New York attorneys general regarding The Hartford’s use of expense reimbursement agreements in its terminal/maturity...
R.C. Knox Settles with Conn. AG Over Compensation But Denies Wrongdoing
May 19 2006 // An insurance broker has paid the state $754,804 to settle allegations that it accepted undisclosed compensation from insurance carriers in exchange for placing insurance for the state, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal...
Pacific Wholesale Insurance Brokers Opens Conn. Branch
May 15 2006 // Atlanta-based Pacific Wholesale Insurance Brokers, LLC has formed a new branch office in Connecticut. The Connecticut office will operate as a wholesale insurance broker specializing in the placement of casualty business...
Rains, Floods Place Southern New England In State Of Emergency
May 15 2006 // More than five straight days of rain have flooded homes, businesses and roads, swelled riverbanks and placed a number of dams in southern New England under strain. The governors of Massachusetts, Maine and New Hampshire...
The Hartford Settles with N.Y., Conn. Over Annuity Compensation
May 11 2006 // The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. has settled with both the Connecticut and New York attorneys general regarding The Hartford’s use of expense reimbursement agreements in its terminal/maturity funding group...
Conn. moves to flex-rating for personal lines
May 8 2006 // Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell (R) is expected to sign into law a bill providing flex-rating for personal lines insurance. The measure permits insurers to adjust rates within a 6 percent flex band without first obtaining...
$80 million settlement reached in bid-rigging case with Ill., Conn., N.Y.
May 8 2006 // Attorney General Lisa Madigan, of Illinois, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal recently announced an $80 million settlement agreement with Bermuda-based holding...
