Latest Connecticut Headlines
All the headlines from our Connecticut Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Toll Plazas Present Serious Highway Danger, Feds Warn
Apr 20 2006 // The most dangerous place on the highway is the toll plaza, say federal safety investigators who are urging changes to reduce accidents like one that claimed eight lives in Illinois. Thirty states, including Oklahoma, have...
Conn. Doctors Hit Policy Exclusions for Alcohol-Related Injuries
Apr 18 2006 // Eight years ago, then-18-year-old Oliver Bishop IV made a costly mistake. The Guilford, Conn. teen bought a case of beer and a half-pint of liquor and visited numerous parties. Though he had a designated driver that night,...
Conn. Gubernatorial Candidate Proposes Universal Health Plan
Apr 17 2006 // Max Kothari, owner of a kitchen remodeling shop in Hartford, said it bothers him that some of his 12 employees have to choose between shelling out hundreds of dollars a month in insurance premiums or skipping the coverage...
Hanover Names Leonelli for VP for Conn., R.I.
Apr 17 2006 // The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. has named Daniel J. Leonelli, regional vice president for commercial lines for the company’s Connecticut and Rhode Island territory. Leonelli will work out of the The Hanover’s...
Conn. Commissioner’s Surgery Goes Well; McLaughlin Fills In
Apr 14 2006 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Susan Cogswell underwent successful surgery for treatement of a non-cancerous growth near her ear and the doctors have advised the family that the surgery went very well, according to a...
Bush Brings Health Savings Account Campaign to Conn.
Apr 6 2006 // President Bush touted health savings accounts Wednesday morning during a visit to Connecticut, which has some of the highest health insurance costs in the nation. Bush spoke to the Business Council of Fairfield County,...
Eastern Agribusiness Conference Slated for Hartford, Conn. in May
Apr 3 2006 // A two-day conference focusing on farm and agribusiness insurance risks will be held May 22-23, 2006 in Hartford, Conn. The Eastern Agribusiness Conference allows participants to receive continuing education credits from...
The Hanover Launches Highly-Segmented Connections Auto in Conn.
Mar 29 2006 // The Hanover Insurance Group announced the Connecticut launch of Connections Auto, a state-of-the-art, multi-variate auto product with nearly limitless customer segmentation capabilities. Connections Auto is now available...
Insurers Disappointed in Changes to Conn. Flex Rating Bill
Mar 21 2006 // A Connecticut legislative committee took a tentative step on the road to insurance rate modernization, but also posted a “Road Closed” sign that must be obeyed in two years. HB-5463, which was reported...
HRH Appoints Lyon as Conn. CEO
Mar 21 2006 // Hilb Rogal & Hobbs has appointed John Lyon as president and chief executive officer of its Connecticut branches, which include locations in Hartford, Hamden and Old Saybrook, Connecticut. Formerly vice president,...
DiMatteo Elected President of Conn. Agents’ Group, PIA
Mar 13 2006 // Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut Inc. elected officers during the association’s annual convention at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Conn. Following are the new officers who will lead PIACT in...
Conn. Fines 16, Including Insurance Commissioner, for Illegal Fundraising
Mar 9 2006 // The State Elections Enforcement Commission in Connecticut fined 16 members of Gov. M. Jodi Rell’s administration for illegally giving subordinates invitations to a Rell campaign fundraiser. Thirteen commissioners...
Conn.-based eBenefits Group Purchased by Hub International
Mar 7 2006 // Hub International Limited has acquired eBenefits Group, LLC, an employee benefits insurance brokerage which specializes in streamlining the purchasing of insurance, administration process and client employee benefit...
Conn. Lawmakers Try Again to Ban Open Liquor Containers in Cars
Mar 6 2006 // For years, legislation has been introduced in the General Assembly that would ban open containers of beer and liquor from cars. And for years it has been defeated. Proponents are trying again. “I’m the eternal...
Safeco, FSC Insurance Offer Real-Time Rates in Connecticut
Mar 3 2006 // FSC Insurance Solutions, a business unit of Fiserv Inc., and Safeco have announced plans to provide independent agents in Connecticut with real-time personal auto insurance rates through FSC’s single-data-entry...
PCI Testifies in Support of Flex Rating for Conn. Consumers
Mar 3 2006 // Connecticut consumers will benefit from increased competition, which puts downward pressure on insurance premiums, if the Legislature moves the state’s insurance regulatory system from prior approval to “flex...
Conn. Woman Sentenced to 2 Years Probation in Health Insurer Scam
Feb 22 2006 // Kevin O’Connor, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Lee Ann Kiley, 44, formerly of Stamford and currently residing in Riverside, was sentenced by Senior United States District Judge...
Conn. Court Rejects Wrongful Death Claims Against Pratt & Whitney
Feb 15 2006 // The Connecticut Supreme Court has upheld a trial court ruling that bars wrongful death claims over the deaths by brain cancer of more than 60 workers in Pratt and Whitney’s jet engine manufacturing plant. The court...
Travelers’ Foundations Provide $15 Million to Community Organizations
Feb 14 2006 // Minnesota-based St. Paul Travelers and its two private foundations, St. Paul Travelers Foundation and St. Paul Travelers Connecticut Foundation, contributed more than $15 million in a total of of 418 grants to...
Conn. Gov. Rell to Outline Economic Development Plan Today
Feb 8 2006 // Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell will propose as part of her mid-term budget adjustment a new plan to create jobs, improve the state’s economy and better prepare the state’s workforce for the nation’s...
