Latest Connecticut Headlines
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Conn. Releases Auto, A&H Complaint Rankings
Sep 15 2004 // The Connecticut Insurance Department released today the annual rankings of accident & health and automobile insurance companies. The rankings contain complaint figures from 2003. The rankings include insurance...
Toronto Bank Buying Majority of Banknorth
Sep 2 2004 // Officials at Banknorth Group, Inc. (NYSE: BNK) of Portland, Maine, and TD Bank Financial Group (TDBFG) of Toronto announced that they have signed a definitive agreement for TDBFG to acquire 51 percent of the outstanding...
Gays Challenge Conn. Marriage Laws
Aug 27 2004 // Seven gay couples recently denied marriage licenses in Connecticut have filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the state’s marriage laws, which exclude same-sex couples. All seven couples applied for...
Conn. Med-Mal Panel to Reconvene
Aug 18 2004 // A Connecticut legislative working group will reconvene in September to reconsider ways to address rising medical malpractice rates. “The issue is not going to go away,” said Sen. Joseph Crisco, D-Woodbridge,...
Insurer’s 90% Med-Mal Hike Under Fire in Conn.
Aug 16 2004 // A coalition of trial lawyers and consumer groups is challenging a medical malpractice insurer’s plan to increase premiums in Connecticut an average 89.6 percent. The rate hike for GE Medical Protective Insurance...
Conn. Appeals Court Reverses Lower Court on Coverage for Husband’s Shooting of Wife in Bed
Aug 12 2004 // The state Appellate Court in Connecticut has reversed a Superior Court ruling that the shooting of his wife by a husband is covered under a homeowners policy. The unanimous ruling denies the imprisoned husband coverage for...
Newly-Installed Conn. Gov. Rell Reappoints Cogswell as Insurance Commissioner
Aug 2 2004 // Conn. Gov. Jodi Rell has asked Susan Cogswell, current insurance commissioner, to remain in the post, and Cogswell has accepted the reappointment. “I am happy that Commissioner Susan Cogswell will be remaining as...
UnitedHealth Completes Merger with Oxford in Conn.
Jul 30 2004 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Susan F. Cogswell has signed an order approving the acquisition of Oxford Health Plans by UnitedHealthcare Group, Inc. UnitedHealth Group announced that it completed the merger yesterday...
Baird Joins Heath Insurance Brokers of Conn.
Jul 20 2004 // Heath Insurance Brokers of Connecticut LLC, announced that Woodrow M. Baird has joined its Farmington, Conn. office as a vice president responsible for the marketing and production of commercial casualty accounts. Previous...
Lax Safety Blamed in Deadly Conn. Nursing Home Fire
Jul 19 2004 // Lax safety standards and inaccurate information about fire drills contributed to the deaths of 16 people in a fire at a Hartford, Conn. nursing home last year, federal investigators say. A report issuedby the U.S....
Miss. Insurance Official Traces Frankel Insurance Scam From Conn. to Vatican Bank
Jul 19 2004 // The torching of financier Martin Frankel’s $3 million mansion in Greenwich, Conn., was meant to destroy evidence of an insurance scam that cost Mississippi and other states millions, police said. But not everything...
Conn.’s Cogswell Willing to Stay as Chief if Asked by New Gov. Rell
Jul 19 2004 // Connecticut may soon have a new face in the office of state insurance commissioner. Or not. Newly-installed Gov. M. Jodi Rell got down to business in her first full week on the job by asking some of the commissioners...
Conn. Launching Online Court Filing
Jul 14 2004 // Connecticut’s judicial branch began launching an online filing system on July 1 for its civil and family courts, allowing attorneys to file lawsuits and motions from their office. It’s the first step in a...
CONN. GOV. ROWLAND RESIGNS:
Jul 5 2004 // John Rowland, a member of a prominent Connecticut insurance and political family and himself a former insurance agent, resigned as governor of Connecticut rather than testify before a legislative panel investigating his...
Conn. Special Session Misses Opportunity to Override Med-Mal Veto
Jun 28 2004 // The Connecticut General Assembly, which reconvened this week for a special session, did not consider an override of the governor’s veto of a medical malpractice reform bill, which is now officially...
HIP of N.Y. Acquires ConnectiCare
Jun 25 2004 // HIP Health Plan of New York (HIP) has acquired ConnectiCare Holding Company (ConnectiCare) in a transaction that unites the companies, The parties say thed eal allows for regional growth while retaining local...
Conn. Gov. Rowland, Former Insurance Agent, Resigns from Office Amid Impeachment Inquiry
Jun 22 2004 // John Rowland, a member of a prominent Connecticut insurance and political family and himself a former insurance agent, resigned last evening as governor of Connecticut rather than testify before a legislative panel...
Conn. Gov. Signs Insurance Bills Before Exiting
Jun 22 2004 // Although Connecticut Gov. John G. Rowland vetoed a medical malpractice insurance reform bill last month because it failed to cap awards, he has signed into law a number of bills that are of importance to the...
Conn. Issues Reminder on Policies for Military
Jun 11 2004 // The Connecticut Insurance Department has reminded automobile insurers that they may not deny reinstatement, refuse to write, or raise premium rates for members of the Armed Forces returning from active duty. At the urging...
Conn. Supreme Court Affirms Expert Testimony Test
Jun 1 2004 // The Connecticut Supreme Court has affirmed its view of the so-called Daubert doctrine that expert testimony must be scrutinized closely using a two-pronged test. In the medical malpractice case of Linda Maher v. Quest...
