Latest Connecticut Headlines
All the headlines from our Connecticut Topic Page, ordered by recency.
General Casualty Acquires Sixth Regional Insurance Company
Apr 9 2001 // Officials of Sun Prairie, Wis.-based General Casualty Insurance Companies announced the acquisition of Blue Ridge Insurance Company, headquartered in Simsbury, Conn. With this acquisition, Blue Ridge became General...
Conn. Court Rules for Travelers
Jan 30 2001 // The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled in favor of Travelers Casualty and Surety Co. and other insurers Monday, the Associated Press reports, concluding their policies did not obligate them to help pay thousands of...
Connecticut DOI Approves Acquisition of HSB by AIG
Nov 22 2000 // HSB Group Inc. announced that yesterday the Connecticut State Insurance Department approved the acquisition by American International Group Inc. of The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company and The...
Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Approves Two Workers’ Comp Filings
Nov 21 2000 // Insurance Commissioner Susan F. Cogswell approved two workers’ compensation filings submitted by the National Council on Compensation Insurance, both effective Jan. 1, 2001. The voluntary market advisory loss costs...
Connecticut to Host Insurance Fraud Summit
Nov 15 2000 // The Connecticut Insurance Department will be hosting its second annual Insurance Fraud Summit on Nov. 21, 2000 in Hartford, Conn. The summit will be a day-long event featuring state and national experts, including Howard...
Conn. DOI Approves Sale of Aetna Life to ING Groep, N.V.
Nov 7 2000 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Susan F. Cogswell signed an order approving the acquisition of Aetna Life Insurance Company of America and Aetna Life Insurance and Annuity Company by ING Groep, N.V. The approved order...
Connecticut DOI Releases Managed Care Report Card
Oct 18 2000 // The Connecticut Insurance Department has released the 2000 version of the managed care report card, a comprehensive look at all HMOs and the 15 largest indemnity managed care organizations doing business in the state. Used...
Kelso Issues Cease & Desist Order to Winters Group
Sep 18 2000 // A Cease & Desist Order, issued by acting California Insurance Commissioner J. Clark Kelso, was served Aug. 30 on the Winters, Calif.-based Puget’s Sound Agricultural Society Ltd. (aka: Jesus Christ...
Connecticut Department Launches Public Service Campaign
Sep 14 2000 // Insurance fraud has a major impact on Connecticut consumers and businesses – to the tune of an estimated $1.9 billion annually. Health care scams, the most lucrative and most difficult to detect type of fraud, are...
Connecticut Files Class Action Against HMOs
Sep 11 2000 // Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal filed a federal class-action lawsuit last week against four major health insurers, charging the companies continually put profits over patients. The suit, apparently the...
HRH Acquires Conn.-Based Thomas M. Murphy & Associates
Sep 8 2000 // Hilb, Rogal and Hamilton Company announced that it has acquired substantially all of the operating assets of Thomas M. Murphy & Associates (“TMM&A”), an insurance agency in Shelton,...
AUTO FRAUD ON THE INTERNET
Sep 4 2000 // After becoming aware of a company selling fraudulent auto policies on the Internet, Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Susan F. Cogswell is warning car owners to double-check to ensure that companies are properly licensed...
Connecticut DOI Issues Cease and Desist to Internet Company
Aug 24 2000 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Susan F. Cogswell is warning car owners to double-check to ensure that companies are properly licensed in Connecticut before purchasing auto insurance. Only automobile liability insurance...
Connecticut Names New Insurance Commissioner
Jun 27 2000 // Susan Cogswell has been named insurance commissioner of Connecticut by Gov. John G. Rowland. Cogswell previously served as interim commissioner. Before that, she served as chief of staff to former commissioner George M....
Connecticut Comptroller Urges ING Deal Delay
May 2 2000 // Connecticut State Comptroller Nancy Wyman has called for the purchase of a U.S. insurer by Dutch financial services company ING Groep be delayed until ING joins the International Commission on Holocaust-era Insurance...
Low-Cost Auto Bill Dies in Connecticut
Apr 28 2000 // The Connecticut Senate Appropriations Committee has killed a bill that would have established a low-cost auto insurance policy for low-income drivers. The bill was based on similar “mini-policy” systems that...
