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PIACT To honor Rep. Lenny Winkler as its “Legislator of the Year
Feb 5 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut announced that Representative Lenny Winkler will receive its “Legislator of the Year” award at this year’s PIACT convention, March 18-19, at Foxwoods...
Bunker Hill Insurance Receives Approval for Conn. Homeowners Rates
Jan 28 2003 // Bunker Hill Insurance Company, a new entrant to the Connecticut homeowners insurance market, announced that it is “open for business,” following the receipt of approval for its homeowners rates from the...
Webster Financial to Acquire Conn. P/C Agency
Jan 7 2003 // Webster Financial Corporation, a Waterbury, Conn.-based holding company for banking and insurance subsidiaries, announced the acquisition of The Mathog & Moniello Companies, an insurance agency in East Haven...
WCRI Says Wide Variations in State Workers’ Comp Medical Fee Schedules Unrelated to Provider Costs
Dec 20 2002 // The substantial variation in workers’ compensation medical fee schedules among the states is not related to the different costs health care providers incur delivering medical services to injured workers, according to...
PIACT, PIANY Unveil Company Performance Surveys
Dec 3 2002 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut Inc. and the Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. announced plans to conduct member surveys to determine agents’ views of companies in Connecticut and...
CT Ins Services Unveils CE Tracking Program
Nov 14 2002 // CT Insurance Services introduced CE Central, a comprehensive, Web-based CE tracking solution that automatically tracks all producer credits, in every state, for every method of study, for every CE provider. CE Central also...
NAII Opposes Proposed Conn. Auto Repair Pricing Regulation
Oct 18 2002 // The National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) has decried a proposed Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicle regulation that would allow auto dealers and repair shops to use a reference guide for calculating...
AXIS Specialty Completes Acquisition of Connecticut Specialty
Oct 8 2002 // Bermuda’s AXIS Specialty Limited announced that it has completed the acquisition of Connecticut Specialty Insurance Company, which will be renamed AXIS Specialty Insurance Company (ASI). The Connecticut-based surplus...
Benfield Blanch Moves U.S. Headquarters to Conn.
Sep 5 2002 // Benfield Group plc, a U.K.-based reinsurance intermediary, announced the relocation of its U.S. headquarters from Dallas to Westport, Conn. effective Sept. 9. Rod Fox, CEO of Benfield Blanch said, “Several factors...
Bunker Hill Obtains Conn. License
Sep 4 2002 // Bunker Hill Insurance Company of Boston has received a license from the Connecticut Department of Insurance to sell homeowners policies in that state. Represented by independent agencies, Bunker Hill expects to issue...
Connecticut Issues Mold Guidelines for Insurers
Aug 29 2002 // The National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) is pleased that the Connecticut Department of Insurance (DOI) took the lead and developed a uniform approach for insurers on the issue of mold and homeowners...
Report Rate Increases for Child Care Centers in Conn.
Jul 12 2002 // According to a report from the Hartford Courant insurance premiums on child care centers, including summer camps and day care facilities, have recently risen between 10 and 20 percent in Connecticut and other states. The...
NY, NJ and Conn. Select Candidates for National Customer Service Award
Jul 11 2002 // The Professional Insurance Agents Associations of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut announced that they have selected candidates for the National Customer Service Representative of the Year Award, organized by the...
AAI Urges Redrafting of Conn. Privacy Bill
May 31 2002 // The Alliance of American Insurers (AAI) has issued a statement urging a legislative oversight committee to direct the Connecticut Insurance Department to redraft its proposed privacy regulations. “For the third time,...
CT Insurance Services Makes XDB Available
May 24 2002 // CT Insurance Services has made available the PINnacle Xchange Producer Licensing Database (XDB), a customizable and scaleable database that tracks and organizes producer demographic and licensure information, such as...
Conn. Ins. Commissioner Susan Cogswell to Speak at CTYIP Breakfast
May 22 2002 // Susan F. Cogswell, Connecticut’s Insurance Commissioner, will be the guest speaker at the 2002 Connecticut Young Insurance Professionals’ Industry Partners (CTYIP) Breakfast and Annual Sponsor Appreciation...
NAII Pleased with Connecticut Legislative Session
May 17 2002 // Gerald Zimmerman, senior counsel for the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII), viewed the 2002 Connecticut legislative session, which ended this week, as a “very successful year,” marked by some...
PIACT Rates Connecticut’s Insurers
May 2 2002 // {The Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut (PIACT) announced that it has completed a year-long study of its members’ perceptions of insurance company performance in the state. Leading the list of companies...
Plymouth Rock Downloads Policy Information to Conn. Agents
May 2 2002 // A little over a month after it first began doing business in Connecticut, Boston-based Plymouth Rock Assurance Corporation has started downloading policy information to its independent agencies in the state. Cleared to...
Study Finds Conn. Workers Comp Costs Among the Highest
May 1 2002 // A new study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) reported that the average prices for medical services to injured workers in Connecticut are among the highest of the eight states analyzed. The study...
