Latest Connecticut Headlines
All the headlines from our Connecticut Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Business Moves
Feb 24 2014 // Kemper Corp. Kemper Corp. is realigning its property/casualty business. This realignment will result in one property/casualty segment for financial reporting purposes, beginning with the first quarter 2014. The new Kemper...
Hole-in-one Insurance Fraudster in Washington Sentenced
Feb 24 2014 // Kevin KolendaKevin Kolenda, 56, a Connecticut businessman who has been reportedly defrauding golf tournaments and golfers for two decades, was sentenced in February in King County Superior Court in Washington. Judge Jean...
Conn. Lawmakers Propose Workers’ Comp Expansion for PTSD Coverage
Feb 20 2014 // Some Connecticut lawmakers have resurrected a proposal from last year to expand the state’s workers’ compensation law to cover employees who’ve suffered an emotional or mental impairment after witnessing...
Connecticut Gov. Proposes Bill to Ban ‘Vicious’ Label on Horses
Feb 14 2014 // Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy proposed legislation Tuesday clarifying that domesticated horses cannot be considered vicious, responding to a legal claim over a horse at a Milford farm in Connecticut that threatens a...
Conn. Rejects Aid Request for Elevating Coastal Homes
Feb 10 2014 // Connecticut officials have rejected $18 million in requests for the latest round of Superstorm Sandy aid from shoreline homeowners who want to use the emergency funding to elevate their homes to avoid future storm...
Hole-in-one Insurance Fraudster in Washington Sentenced
Feb 7 2014 // Kevin Kolenda, 56, a Connecticut businessman who has been reportedly defrauding golf tournaments and golfers for two decades, was sentenced Friday in King County Superior Court in Washington. Judge Jean Rietschel sentenced...
State v. Federal Regulation Debate a ‘Relic,’ Says FIO Chief McRaith
Feb 6 2014 // The state versus federal oversight discussion is a “binary debate” that is a relic of a bygone era, the director of the Federal Insurance Office told lawmakers at a Congressional hearing Tuesday. FIO Director...
Blackmoor Acquires Penn. Branch of Connecticut Underwriters
Feb 3 2014 // Blackmoor General Agency of Horsham, Penn., has acquired the Pennsylvania branch of Connecticut Underwriters, an independent excess and surplus lines broker in Middletown, Conn., effective Feb. 1, 2014. The business and...
Private Flood Insurance Provider Steps Into Connecticut Market
Feb 3 2014 // A private flood insurance provider has stepped into Connecticut’s market, the first time homeowners along the shoreline battered by Superstorm Sandy have an alternative to increasingly costly federal insurance. The...
Conn. Officials Reject $18M Aid Request for Elevating Shoreline Homes
Jan 29 2014 // Connecticut officials have rejected $18 million in requests for the latest round of Superstorm Sandy aid from shoreline homeowners who want to use the emergency funding to elevate their homes to avoid future storm...
Commentary: Insureds’ Agreement to Read Insurance Policy
Jan 23 2014 // A shock wave was recently sent through the insurance agent/broker community in Connecticut. In a surprising case at the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, O&G Industries, Inc. v. Aon Risk...
Munich Re to Buy Hartford Steam Boiler Unit’s Headquarters Building in Conn.
Jan 23 2014 // Munich Re, the world’s largest reinsurer, said its Hartford Steam Boiler agreed to buy the 24-story building that serves as the unit’s headquarters. The structure at One State Street in Hartford, Connecticut,...
Connecticut’s Access Health CT Enrolled 86,000 Since October
Jan 17 2014 // Access Health CT, Connecticut’s health insurance marketplace, says it has so far enrolled 86,000 people in private health care plans and Medicaid since open enrollment began in October. Chief Executive Kevin Counihan...
Yale Fraternity and 86 Members Sued Over Fatal Tailgating Crash in Connecticut
Jan 15 2014 // A Yale University fraternity and its members were sued by two victims of a deadly 2011 accident at a tailgate party during the annual football game with Harvard University. The estate of Nancy Barry, a 30-year-old woman...
Credit Card Breach Update: Neiman Marcus Investigated; Target Sued by Bank
Jan 15 2014 // Neiman Marcus Group Ltd. is being investigated by states including Connecticut and Illinois over the theft of customer credit-card data by hackers, and a bank sued Target Corp. for its data breach during the holiday...
Cross Insurance Acquires Assets of Maine, Connecticut Brokers
Jan 14 2014 // Bangor, Maine-based Cross Insurance has acquired the assets of two insurance brokers – Willis of Northern New England Inc., and The Insurance Exchange Inc. of Stamford, Connecticut. Formerly known as the Dunlap Agency,...
JPMorgan Botched Mailing of Replacement Cards in Conn. After Cyber Attack
Dec 24 2013 // JPMorgan Chase & Co. mailed incorrect replacements for payment cards to about 4,000 people for the state of Connecticut after personal data stored at the bank was accessed in a cyber attack this summer. The bank made...
Business Risk Partners Hires 3 Underwriters in Connecticut
Dec 22 2013 // Business Risk Partners, a Windsor, Conn.-based managing general agency focused on specialty commercial insurance, recently added three new underwriters. Elizabeth Chapin Martinelli was hired as a miscellaneous professional...
JLT Towner Acquires Charter Risk Management Services in Connecticut
Dec 3 2013 // JLT Towner Insurance Management (USA), LLC, announced its acquisition of Charter Risk Management Services, LLC, a Connecticut captive management company. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Under the transaction,...
New York Metro-North Derailment Puts Spotlight on Rail Safety
Dec 2 2013 // A deadly derailment on a curve in Metro-North Railroad’s Hudson Line rekindled safety concerns and promised to snarl today’s commute for thousands of riders on one of New York’s major mass-transit...
