Latest Connecticut Headlines
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Connecticut Health Department Offers Holiday Food Safety Tips
Nov 27 2013 // The Connecticut Department of Public Health is reminding people to be careful preparing food for the holidays so they don’t get sick. Tracey Weeks is coordinator of the department’s food protection program. She...
Connecticut to Forgo Obama’s Plan for Canceled Health Insurance Policies
Nov 25 2013 // The state of Connecticut will not abide by President Barack Obama’s request that states allow insurance companies to continue offering health plans that don’t meet minimum coverage levels to people who have...
In Connecticut, Number of Insurance Sector Employees Fell Slightly in 2012: Report
Nov 21 2013 // A report this month from Connecticut’s Insurance & Financial Services (IFS) Cluster and PwC shows there was a slight decline in the number of insurance sector employees in Connecticut last year, primarily due to...
Connecticut Opens 2 Additional Sandy Relief Centers for Disaster Assistance
Nov 21 2013 // The state of Connecticut is opening two additional intake centers to help homeowners seeking disaster assistance for losses caused by last year’s Superstorm Sandy. Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced Tuesday...
Connecticut Regulator Revokes License of Broker Mired in Insurance Controversy
Nov 19 2013 // Connecticut’s insurance department last week revoked the insurance licenses of Earl O’Garro Jr. and his insurance brokerage firm, Hybrid Insurance Group. O’Garro has been mired in an ongoing insurance...
State Proposals to Mandate Insurance for Gun Owners Falter
Nov 19 2013 // Plans to mandate liability coverage for U.S. gun owners after last year’s school shooting in Connecticut have languished as opponents attack the proposals by comparing them to President Barack Obama’s health...
Arbella Expands Carpartment Insurance to Connecticut
Nov 13 2013 // The Arbella Insurance Group has expanded Carpartment insurance to Connecticut, via Bearingstar Insurance agents. Designed to help make renter’s insurance policies simpler and more affordable, Carpartment offers...
Conn. Gov.: Low-Interest Loans Available for Elevating Homes, Flood-Proofing Businesses
Nov 6 2013 // Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy recently announced the creation of the Connecticut Shoreline Resiliency Fund, a low-interest loan program for state residents who are subject to coastal flooding and would like to...
Connecticut’s Interest in Berms, Dunes Grows After Sandy
Nov 4 2013 // Devastating flooding from Superstorm Sandy has sparked growing interest in building berms and sand dunes for protection along the Connecticut coast, a swath of land with some of the nation’s priciest real estate...
Connecticut Approves NCCI’s 3.2% WC Loss-Cost Increase Filing
Oct 31 2013 // Connecticut regulators this week approved the National Council on Compensation Insurance’s workers’ compensation filing for an overall +3.2 percent change for voluntary market advisory pure premium loss costs...
Hundreds Still Displaced by Sandy Damage in Connecticut
Oct 30 2013 // A year after Superstorm Sandy drove Deborah Dinan from her Milford, Connecticut, home, she lives above a loud bar and is often reduced to tears as she struggles to return. Dinan, a 59-year-old nurse on disability due to...
Sandy Left-Behinds Brace for Second Year With Relief Elusive
Oct 25 2013 // For more than a half-century, Whitey’s Landing on New Jersey’s Barnegat Bay has served boaters pulling up for engine repairs or clams from the bait freezer. This season, only one-third of its 30 moorings were...
Connecticut to Help East Haven Residents Apply for Sandy Recovery Funds
Oct 23 2013 // The state of Connecticut will open an office in East Haven to help residents apply for money from a Superstorm Sandy disaster recovery fund. The office is scheduled to open on Thursday and residents can begin scheduling...
Conn. Gov., Local Officials Celebrate Opening of Navigators’ New Headquarters
Oct 17 2013 // Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy on Wednesday joined executives from The Navigators Group Inc. and state and local officials to celebrate the opening of the insurer’s new headquarters at 400 Atlantic Street in...
Connecticut Announces Its 3rd Licensed Captive Insurance Company
Oct 16 2013 // Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced last week that the corporate owner of one of the largest grocery store chains in New York City is setting up its captive insurance subsidiary in Connecticut. The Red Apple Group,...
Connecticut Police Use New Law to Target Distracted Driving
Oct 11 2013 // Connecticut Police are cracking down on motorists who text or use a hand-held cellphone while driving. Authorities call it “high-visibility enforcement” intended to call attention to a state law that took...
Connecticut’s Disaster Claims Mediation Program Bill Takes Effect
Oct 7 2013 // In Connecticut, the state’s insurance department now has the legal authority to establish a mediation program for claims disputes arising from catastrophic losses. The state’s Public Act 13-148 — which...
Connecticut Working to Attract Captive Insurance Business
Oct 2 2013 // Connecticut’s venerable insurance industry is making a pitch for business just as the new federal health insurance marketplace begins to take shape. Trade group The Connecticut Captive Insurance Association has...
Connecticut Urges Sandy Victims to Apply for Relief
Sep 29 2013 // Connecticut’s governor is pointing small businesses affected by Superstorm Sandy to a state website designed to streamline the process of filing for relief. Gov. Dannel Malloy’s office says small businesses can...
Connecticut’s Health Care Exchange Receives Key Approval
Sep 25 2013 // Connecticut’s health insurance exchange has finished testing its connection with the federal data services hub, a final step toward opening the online marketplace next month. The federal Centers for Medicare and...
