Latest Connecticut Headlines
All the headlines from our Connecticut Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Conn. Approves Industry’s Workers’ Comp Rate Boost
Dec 14 2005 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Susan Cogswell has approved a slight boost in workers compensation insurance rates effective Jan. 1. She accepted the recommendations from the industry’s National Council on...
Conn. Jury Awards $32 Million to Injured Construction Worker
Dec 12 2005 // A Waterbury, Conn. jury has awarded $32.1 million to a Bristol construction worker paralyzed in an accident more than a decade ago. Norman Pelletier, 54, was permanently paralyzed below the chest when a steal beam at a...
Conn. High Court Asked to Rule on Catholic Church Abuse Documents
Dec 9 2005 // In a case that could have implications for New York Cardinal Edward Egan, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport asked the Connecticut Supreme Court to reconsider its ruling that newspapers can ask for documents related...
State Security Kept in Dark During Conn. Courthouse Bomb Threat
Dec 7 2005 // Connecticut homeland security officials went more than two hours Friday without knowing that a series of bomb threats had forced the evacuation and shutdown of the state’s 45 courthouses, authorities acknowledged...
Bellett Joins Crew at Gowrie Barden & Brett Agency in Conn.
Dec 5 2005 // Gowrie, Barden, & Brett in Westbrook, Conn. announced that Lenny Bellet recently joined the agency as a sales agent specializing in home, auto and yacht insurance. Prior to GBB, Brett was employed by Windward Marine...
Cronin, Farrelly Named To Represent Plymouth Rock with Conn. Agents
Dec 5 2005 // Plymouth Rock Assurance Corporation, a Boston-based auto insurer, has appointed Matthew H. Cronin as senior marketing representative in Connecticut and Sean P. Farrelly as marketing representative in Connecticut. In this...
Conn. Proud of Its ‘Common Sense’ Compensation Disclosure Law
Dec 5 2005 // States in search of a “common sense” approach to insurance producer compensation disclosure might consider talking to Connecticut officials, that state’s commissioner recently proposed. “I’m...
WORK-RELATED DEATHS:
Dec 5 2005 // The number of deaths in Connecticut due to work-related injuries increased by 50 percent last year, rising from 36 to 54, according to a state report. Connecticut is one of 27 states to have reported an increase in...
$36.5 Million Malpractice Award May be Record for Conn.
Dec 4 2005 // A jury has awarded $36.5 million to the family of a 6-year-old boy who is blind, brain damaged and suffering from cerebral palsy since he was injured during his delivery via a surrogate mother at Hartford Hospital. The...
Conn. Proud of Its ‘Common Sense’ Compensation Disclosure Law
Dec 4 2005 // States in search of a “common sense” approach to insurance producer compensation disclosure might consider talking to Connecticut officials, that state’s commissioner recently proposed. “I’m...
News Briefs
Dec 4 2005 // CONNECTICUT Work-Related Deaths: The number of deaths in Connecticut due to work-related injuries increased by 50 percent last year, rising from 36 to 54, according to a state report. Connecticut is one of 27 states to...
Conn. Courthouses Evacuated After Bomb Threat Called into Governor
Dec 2 2005 // State police ordered the evacuation of 45 courthouses across Connecticut today at about 1 p.m. in response to a reported bomb threat. The evacuation and subsequent police search of the buildings halted the activities of...
Under Conn. Settlement Recalculation, Aon to Pay More to Clients and Towns
Dec 1 2005 // Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal reported that more than 20 Connecticut municipalities, corporations and individuals will receive more money than anticipated from the Aon Corporation settlement after his...
Conn. Names Fernandez to Lead New Insurance Development Agency
Nov 28 2005 // Six months after she announced creation of the office, Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell has named Barbara Fernandez to lead the state’s Insurance and Financial Services (IFS) Business Development Office. The office...
Conn. to Reconsider ProSelect 12% Med-Mal Rate Hike Rejected by Department
Nov 16 2005 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Susan Cogswell will conduct a public hearing on Nov. 29 to reconsider her department’s disapproval of ProSelect’s Medical Malpractice, Physicians and Surgeons Professional...
Firm in Fatal Truck Conn. Crash Faces Liquidation; Owner Charged with Fraud
Nov 4 2005 // The owner of a Bloomfield company that is blamed for a deadly chain reaction crash in Avon was arrested Wednesday on charges of attempted insurance fraud and attempted larceny. Just an hour earlier, a Superior Court judge...
Conn. to Weigh Workers’ Comp Rate Change at Nov. 18 Hearing
Nov 4 2005 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Susan F. Cogswell will hold a public hearing on Friday, Nov. 18 to consider a workers’ compensation filing for an average decrease of +0.8% for pure premium loss costs and an...
Conn. Governor Signs Truck Insurance Reporting Bill into Law
Nov 2 2005 // Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell has signed a measure (SB 2102) that toughens laws governing insurance coverage for trucking companies. The bill stems from a 20-vehicle crash in Avon that killed four people last July. The...
Conn. Senate Approves Measure to Close Truck Insurance Loophole
Oct 28 2005 // Connecticut lawmakers moved closer this week toward making it a felony for the owner of a commercial vehicle to knowingly operate it without insurance. Responding to a fiery 20-vehicle crash in Avon that killed four people...
Lamparelli Joins E&S Broker Connecticut Underwriters
Oct 24 2005 // Nick Lamparelli recently joined Connecticut Underwriters, Inc. and will be based out of the firm’s Portsmouth, New Hampshire office. Lamparelli joins the firm as a commercial lines underwriter. He will focus on new...
