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Conn. to Test State’s Readiness in Hurricane Drill Today
Sep 7 2005 // With this year’s hurricane season far from over, Connecticut public officials plan to test the state’s response capabilities in a hurricane drill today. Gov. M. Jodi Rell said she wants to make sure that...
News Briefs
Sep 5 2005 // MASSACHUSETTS Fed Probe Firing of MassMutual CEO: Federal prosecutors are investigating the conduct that led to the firing of former MassMutual Insurance Comany chief executive Robert J. O’Connell, the company...
RELL GETS TOUGH WITH UNSAFE TRUCKERS:
Sep 5 2005 // State inspectors cracking down on trucking companies in the wake of a deadly crash in Avon in July mistakenly skipped thousands of interstate carriers, including some with troubling safety records. Gov. M. Jodi Rell told...
Pursell, New Officers of Independent Agents of Conn. Take Over
Sep 1 2005 // The new officers and executive committee members of the Independent Insurance Agents of Connecticut begin their 2005-2006 term on Sept. 1. Mary Pursell will serve as the IIAC president and is the first woman president in...
HRH, Conn. AG Reach $30 Million Settlement on Brokerage Activities
Aug 31 2005 // Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Company, a large insurance and risk management intermediary based in Richmond, Va., has reached an agreement with Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal to settle charges relating to...
Pollution Costs Conn. Firm $27.8 Million
Aug 24 2005 // A Connecticut-based company that contaminated California’s San Gabriel Valley groundwater with its metal cleaning and degreasing procedures has agreed to spend $27.8 million on environmental projects and penalties in...
Conn. Bullying Lawsuit Settled
Aug 23 2005 // The town of Greenwich, Conn. has settled a lawsuit filed in December by parents who said the Greenwich Public Schools did nothing to stop their daughter from being bullied. The lawsuit, one of the first of its kind in the...
Conn. Court Upholds Repeat DUI Using Out-of-State Offense
Aug 23 2005 // The state Appellate Court has upheld the license suspension of a Connecticut man identified as a repeat drunken driver after a driving under the infleunce of alcohol (DUI) conviction in Vermont. The appeals court rejected...
N.Y., Conn., N.J. Agents Pick Best-Performing Insurance Companies
Aug 8 2005 // Asked to evaluate insurers in 16 performance categories, agents in the tri-state region of Connecticut, New York and New Jersey rated 14 insurance companies as overall best performers. The winners, in no particular order,...
N.Y., Conn., N.J. Agents Pick Best-Performing Insurance Companies
Aug 8 2005 // Asked to evaluate insurers in 16 performance categories, agents in the tri-state region of Connecticut, New York and New Jersey rated 14 insurance companies as overall best performers. The winners, in no particular order,...
Conn. Doctors Sue UnitedHealth Group Over ‘Inferior’ Plan Requirement
Aug 5 2005 // Four Connecticut doctors have filed a lawsuit accusing the nation’s largest health insurer of using anticompetitive practices to force them into a substandard health insurance network. The doctors filed the lawsuit...
Conn. School Insurer Says Parents of Alleged Bully Should Pay
Aug 4 2005 // The insurance company for Stonington, Conn. has filed a legal complaint claiming that if school officials lose a bullying lawsuit, then parents of the alleged bullies should pay as well. A lawsuit filed by a Pawcatuck...
Grindle Joins Colemont Insurance Brokers in Conn.
Aug 2 2005 // Colemont Insurance Brokers has added Gary Grindle as an assistant vice president in the Hartford, Conn. office, where he will be responsible for the marketing and production of commercial casualty accounts. Prior to...
TD Banknorth Continues Expansion with Purchase of Hudson United
Jul 12 2005 // TD Banknorth Inc. (NYSE: BNK) and Hudson United Bancorp (NYSE: HU) announced Tuesday that they have signed a definitive agreement for TD Banknorth to acquire Hudson United for approximately $1.9 billion in cash and TD...
Conn. Gov. Rell Signs New ID Theft Protection Law
Jul 11 2005 // Under a new law signed by Governor M. Jodi Rell, consumers in Connecticut will have the right to put a security freeze on their credit files to prevent identity thieves from opening new credit accounts in their...
Conn. Treasurer Touts Turnaround in Debt-Ridden Second Injury Fund
Jul 5 2005 // Connecticut has eliminated the projected 20-year debt of its Second Injury Fund for workers’ compensation claimants in just six years by paying off the final $48 million late last week, the state treasurer...
News Briefs
Jul 4 2005 // MASSACHUSETTS Romney Would Require Insurance: Gov. Mitt Romney would require every person in the state to have health insurance under his plan for universal health coverage, which he has dubbed the Safety Net Care...
AG BLUMENTHAL QUESTIONS ‘KICKBACKS:’
Jul 4 2005 // An obstetrician and gynecologist management company has been subpoenaed as part of an investigation into whether it received insurance kickbacks that artificially inflated malpractice insurance rates for Connecticut...
Commerce Bancorp Buys Conn.’s BK International Insurance Brokers
Jul 1 2005 // Commerce Insurance Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Commerce Bancorp, Inc., has entered into an agreement to acquire BK International Insurance Brokers, Ltd., headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut. The acquisition...
Kemper Auto and Home Unveils Real-Time Rating in Conn. Via SETWrite
Jun 29 2005 // Rackley Solutions has joined with personal lines carrier Kemper Auto and Home (KAH) to launch a real-time connection allowing KAH’s Connecticut agents access to auto rates through SETWrite, Rackley’s new...
