Latest Connecticut Headlines
All the headlines from our Connecticut Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
NCCI Files Overall Average WC Loss Cost Level Change of +3.2% in Connecticut
Sep 24 2013 // The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) last week delivered a workers compensation loss cost filing to the Connecticut Insurance Department. Based upon its review of the most recently available data, NCCI has...
Connecticut’s Health Care Exchange Identifying Thousands of Potential Customers
Sep 20 2013 // The chief marketing officer for Connecticut’s health care exchange says thousands of people are being identified as potential customers for the new insurance marketplace. Jason Madrak said Thursday that the exchange,...
Connecticut Lawmaker Calls for More Privacy for Victims
Sep 20 2013 // The horrifying video remains online for anyone to see: surveillance camera footage of 78-year-old Angel Arces Torres getting struck by a car, thrown into the air and landing critically injured on a street in Hartford in...
Connecticut Officials to Hold Informational Forum on Sandy Relief
Sep 4 2013 // Connecticut’s Department of Housing plans to inform homeowners affected by Superstorm Sandy about how they can apply for federal relief funds. Homeowners can now apply for federal relief funds online at the website...
The Navigators Group Moves Headquarters to Stamford, Connecticut
Sep 3 2013 // The Navigators Group Inc., an international commercial property/casualty specialty insurance holding company, announced today that it has relocated its corporate headquarters to 400 Atlantic Street in Stamford, Conn., from...
CEO Says Connecticut Health Exchange in ‘Good Shape’
Aug 30 2013 // The CEO of Connecticut’s health insurance exchange says the organization is on track to begin accepting applications when open enrollment begins this fall. Kevin Counihan told reporters on Wednesday that Access...
Conn. Supreme Court Reverses Trial Court Ruling, Says Acordia Didn’t Breach CUIPA
Aug 28 2013 // The Connecticut Supreme Court issued a ruling in favor of Acordia insurance brokerage Monday. The Connecticut Supreme Court, the state’s highest court, reversed a lower trial court’s 2010 ruling that previously...
101 Sales & Marketing Ideas for Agencies
Aug 19 2013 // Insurance Journal has listened to readers, spoken with experts, combed through columns and articles and even searched outside insurance circles to find the best sales and marketing tips for independent agencies today. Here...
Requests for Conn. Sandy Aid Can Be Filed Soon
Aug 14 2013 // Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said Monday he expects the state will soon begin collecting applications for federal financial assistance from homeowners and small business affected by last year’s Superstorm...
Pfizer to Pay $1.8 Million in Prempro Punitive Damages
Aug 8 2013 // Pfizer Inc. must pay about $1.8 million in punitive damages to a Connecticut woman who developed breast cancer after taking the company’s Prempro menopause drug, a judge ruled. U.S. District Judge Janet Bond...
Conn. Insurers Required to Participate in Climate Risk Surveys
Aug 5 2013 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas Leonardi announced on July 17 that Conn.-based insurance companies will now be required to complete the annual Climate Risk Survey that was initially adopted in 2009 as a voluntary...
Connecticut Regulator Advises Consumers: Don’t Be Fooled by Misleading Ads
Jul 31 2013 // The Connecticut Insurance Department on Tuesday issued an announcement urging consumers to be aware of unlicensed businesses promoting on television or other media platforms what is purported to be health insurance...
Connecticut Gov. Malloy: State’s Sandy Relief Plan Earns Federal Approval
Jul 24 2013 // Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has approved the state’s action plan for disbursing $71.82 million in federal funding to help Connecticut...
Connecticut Health Exchange Learns Many Unaware of Effort
Jul 22 2013 // Organizers of Connecticut’s new health insurance exchange are learning most residents don’t know much about the effort to set up an insurance marketplace, a hallmark of the federal health care overhaul...
Conn.-Based Insurers Now Required to Participate in NAIC Climate Risk Surveys
Jul 17 2013 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas Leonardi today announced that Connecticut-based insurance companies will now be required to complete the annual Climate Risk Survey that was initially adopted in 2009 as a...
Connecticut State Police Charge 63 With DUI Over Weekend
Jul 9 2013 // Connecticut state police say they charged 63 people with driving under the influence and issued nearly 2,500 speeding tickets over the July 4 holiday weekend. Troopers also wrote more than 5,600 tickets for illegally using...
