Latest Connecticut Headlines
All the headlines from our Connecticut Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Conn. Senate Approves Med-Mal Bill Without Caps on Awards
Jun 8 2005 // The Connecticut state Senate has approved a series of measures designed to lower medical malpractice insurance rates for physicians, who say rising premiums are threatening the availability of medical care in...
Bill to Curb Conn. Drivers’ Cell Phone Use on Gov. Rell’s Desk
Jun 7 2005 // Connecticut would become the third state to prohibit drivers from using hand-held phones, under a bill that has been given final legislative approval by the state Senate. The Senate voted 32-4 in favor of the ban and sent...
Conn. AG Subpoenas Prudential
Jun 7 2005 // According to a Reuters report on Tuesday, Prudential Financial Inc. has received a subpoena from Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal asking for information about its participation in a number of reinsurance...
News Briefs
May 23 2005 // MASSACHUSETTS Safe Driver Plan Revised: Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Julie M. Bowler has approved changes in the way drivers receive discounts and surcharges to their auto insurance policies based on their driving...
News Briefs
May 23 2005 // MASSACHUSETTS Safe Driver Plan Revised: Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Julie M. Bowler has approved changes in the way drivers receive discounts and surcharges to their auto insurance policies based on their driving...
Conn. to Hear Travelers Life Sale to MetLife on June 7 in Hartford
May 18 2005 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Susan F. Cogswell announced a public hearing on the proposed acquisition of the Travelers Insurance Company and the Travelers Life and Annuity Company, both Connecticut insurance...
Conn. Passes AIA-Supported Producer Compensation Legislation
May 12 2005 // The Connecticut Senate has approved legislation (HB 6806), supported by the American Insurance Association (AIA), dealing with producer compensation issues. Some of the provisions in the legislation were instructive in...
Conn. Dog Bill Would Muzzle Insurers
May 9 2005 // When Connecticut state Rep. Melissa Olson called around for homeowner’s insurance recently, an agent on the other end of the line asked what kind of dog the Norwich Democrat owned. Olson didn’t really know for...
CIVIL UNIONS ADOPTED:
May 9 2005 // Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell signed landmark legislation that makes Connecticut the first state to recognize same-sex civil unions without court pressure. It joins Vermont and Massachusetts as the only states with laws...
Conn. Vows Renewed Focus on Insurance Job Development
May 6 2005 // Vowing to boost the state’s status as Insurance Capital of the World, Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell is creating a special office within her Department of Economic and Community Development dedicated to retaining,...
Fire Marshal Says Conn. Mill Fire Likely Set
Apr 29 2005 // A blaze that destroyed the vacant InterRoyal Mill complex in Plainfiled, Conn. on April 26 appears to have been set by someone, town Fire Marshal Paul Yellen said. Yellen said it was too early to know whether the fire was...
Conn. Med-Mal Prescription Still Uncertain
Apr 26 2005 // Dealing with the thorny issue of how to ease doctors’ rising medical malpractice insurance rates, Connecticut lawmakers have managed this year to whittle dozens of proposals down to two. The work isn’t finished...
Conn. Car Rental Firm Loses in Court Again
Apr 24 2005 // A Connecticut car rental company that ran into trouble for using a global positioning device to fine speeding drivers lost another case last week after overcharging a customer and referring him to a phony legal...
Conn. Civil Union Bill Signed into Law
Apr 22 2005 // Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell signed landmark legislation this week that makes Connecticut the first state to recognize same-sex civil unions without court pressure. It joins Vermont and Massachusetts as the only states...
Chair-ity Work: Antiques Appraiser’s Suspicions Pay Off for Conn. Woman
Apr 18 2005 // To the uneducated eye, the matched pair of antique chairs was hardly worth a second glance. Finished in worn gold paint, the seats re-covered in brocaded fabric, they looked like the sort of thing a grandmother...
Conn. AG to Oppose MetLife-Travelers Life Merger
Apr 14 2005 // Connecticut Attorney general Richard Blumenthal said he would oppose the acquisition of Hartford-based Travelers Life & Annuity by MetLife Inc. because he said it is bad for his state’s economy. “This...
Conn. House Passes Civil Unions Bill
Apr 14 2005 // The Connecticut House passed legislation Wednesday that would make Connecticut the second state to establish same-sex civil unions, and the first to do it without a court order. Addressing concerns raised by Gov. M. Jodi...
Conn. Gov. Rell ‘Unhappy’ Over Possible Big Job Losses from MetLife Buy of Travelers Life
Mar 30 2005 // Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell said today she is “extremely unhappy” as she learns more about the possibility of significant job losses resulting from MetLife’s planned acquisition of Travelers Life...
Former Conn. Gov. Rowland to Report to Prison April 1
Mar 28 2005 // John Rowland has had some prestigious titles in his Connecticut career: state representative, congressman, governor, even insurance agent. Last Friday, he got a new one: federal inmate No. 15623-014. And unlike the other...
In Conn., Bad Driver Retraining Called a ‘Joke’
Mar 24 2005 // Connecticut officials are alarmed at the high recidivism rate of aggressive drivers forced to attend traffic offender school. Nearly 42 percent of the 77,000 motorists who attended driver retraining between 2001 and 2003...
