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Hartford InsurTech Hub Holds Demo Day, Completes Second Accelerator Program
Apr 30 2019 // Hartford InsurTech Hub, powered by Startupbootcamp, hosted its second Demo Day at the Bushnell Performing Arts Center in Hartford, Conn., on April 26. The InsurTech Accelerator is the first component of Hartford InsurTech...
World Insurance Associates Acquires Connecticut’s Lampe-Batkin Associates
Apr 23 2019 // World Insurance Associates LLC, an independent insurance agency headquartered in Tinton Falls, N.J., completed its 40th acquisition with Lampe-Batkin Associates LLC of Greenwich, Conn., on April 1, 2019. Lampe-Batkin...
Some Connecticut Condo Associations Can Seek Crumbling Foundation Help
Apr 18 2019 // Some Connecticut condominium associations with crumbling foundations can seek financial help from the captive insurance company that’s been helping owners of stand-alone homes. Michael Maglaras, superintendent of the...
Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Acquires Connecticut’s Wilson Agency
Apr 16 2019 // Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc. (S&S) has acquired The Wilson Agency Inc. of Shelton, Conn. The Wilson Agency is a third generation, family owned and operated agency serving Fairfield County and the...
Gun Maker Remington to Appeal Connecticut’s Sandy Hook Ruling to Supreme Court
Apr 10 2019 // Having failed in Connecticut state court to block all claims brought by families of children killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings, gun manufacturer Remington Arms Co. has signaled it will appeal its case to...
Cross Insurance Partners with Connecticut’s DiMatteo Insurance
Apr 10 2019 // Cross Insurance, a subsidiary of Cross Financial Corp. based in Bangor, Maine, has partnered with DiMatteo Insurance of Shelton, Conn. The DiMatteo family-owned agency handles all lines of business including employee...
The Hilb Group Acquires Connecticut’s eBenefits Group Northeast
Apr 10 2019 // The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired Unionville, Conn.-based eBenefits Group Northeast LLC. The transaction became effective April 1, 2019. eBenefits is a full-service employee benefits firm providing services to...
AssuredPartners Acquires Connecticut’s Goodworks Financial Group
Apr 1 2019 // AssuredPartners Inc. has acquired Goodworks Financial Group of Glastonbury, Conn. Following the acquisition, Goodworks Financial Group’s team of 14 employees across multiple cities and offices in the Eastern region...
Conn. High Court Rules Gun Maker Can Be Sued Over Marketing
Apr 1 2019 // Ruling Seen At Odd with Previous State and Federal Court Opinions Gun-maker Remington can be sued over how it marketed the rifle used to kill 20 children and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012, a divided...
Judge Allows Suit Over Nestle Claim Its Poland Spring Water Is From Natural Spring
Mar 29 2019 // A federal judge on Thursday rejected Nestle SA’s bid to dismiss a revised lawsuit claiming that it defrauded consumers by filling bottles of its Poland Spring water with ordinary groundwater. U.S. District Judge...
Sandy Hook Families Can Sue Gunmaker Remington, Court Rules
Mar 15 2019 // The gun industry suffered a stinging setback as Connecticut’s top court said families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre could move ahead with their lawsuit against Remington Arms Co. over...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Connecticut’s Merit Insurance
Mar 11 2019 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Shelton, Conn.-based Merit Insurance Inc. Founded in 1950, Merit Insurance is a retail property and casualty broker and employee benefits consultant offering a range of coverages...
Connecticut Lawmakers Continue Push to Address Crumbling Foundations
Mar 11 2019 // Connecticut lawmakers were urged Friday to pass additional legislation to address the state’s crumbling foundations problem and also find additional funds to help impacted homeowners. Michael Marglaras,...
Appeals Court Upholds Convictions in Connecticut Car Accident Scam
Mar 8 2019 // A federal appeals court has upheld fraud convictions against two men for their roles in a Connecticut auto insurance scam that involved as many as 50 staged car crashes. A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of...
Connecticut’s Great Depression May Soon Be Over: Fox
Mar 5 2019 // Big news! Going by third-quarter state gross domestic product data that were just released, Connecticut’s economy is on track to grow more than 2 percent in 2018! That’s … not much. But it’s better...
Drivers Get $750K Settlement in Dispute with Connecticut Limo Company
Mar 4 2019 // A limousine company dispute in Connecticut has resulted in a $750,000 settlement for 23 current and former drivers. The Connecticut Law Tribune reports that drivers for Connecticut Limousine recently agreed to settle their...
Connecticut Governor Lamont Fills Top Public Health, Insurance Agency Jobs
Feb 25 2019 // Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont has announced his choices to lead the departments of public health and insurance. The Democrat is nominating Renee D. Coleman-Mitchell, a health care executive, to oversee the health...
Connecticut City Recovers About Half of Money Lost in Hacking Scheme
Feb 4 2019 // A Connecticut city says it has recovered more than half the nearly $1 million stolen from city accounts during a 2016 hacking scheme. An attorney for the city of Norwalk said Wednesday that by filing claims, complaints and...
Eversource Seeks Rate Hike to Cover Storm Damage Costs in Connecticut
Jan 29 2019 // Connecticut’s largest electric utility has asked the state for permission to charge ratepayers for the more than $150 million it has spent to repair damage caused by five major storms over the past two...
Connecticut Insurance Department Recoups Nearly $8M
Jan 22 2019 // The Connecticut Insurance Department says it recovered nearly $8 million for policyholders and taxpayers in 2018 by helping individuals, families and employers with their claims and complaints. Acting Commissioner Paul...
