Latest Connecticut Headlines
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Conn. Bill Would Require PTSD Claims Coverage to Help First Responders
Jan 15 2013 // The co-chairman of a state legislative committee in Connecticut says the panel plans to introduce a bill allowing claims of posttraumatic stress disorder to be covered under Connecticut’s workers’ compensation...
2013 Insurance Industry Meetings & Conventions Directory
Jan 14 2013 // JANUARY P/C Insurance Joint Industry Forum Jan 15 Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York, NY Insurance Information Institute www.iii.org 2013 Big ‘I’ Winter Meeting Jan 16-20 The Westin Mission Hills Resort & Spa,...
Del. N.J., Conn. Approve Workers’ Comp Rate Hikes
Jan 14 2013 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart announced on Jan. 4 the approval of an amended filing submitted by the Delaware Compensation Rating Bureau Inc. (DCRB) which proposed an overall average increase of 14.6...
Lawyer Drops $100M Claim Against Connecticut in School Shooting
Jan 1 2013 // A $100 million legal claim filed against the state of Connecticut in the wake of the deadly Newtown elementary school shooting has been dropped, local media reported on Tuesday. New Haven, Connecticut-based attorney Irving...
Lawyer Seeks OK to File Claim Against State for Connecticut School Shooting
Dec 31 2012 // A lawyer who wants to sue Connecticut for $100 million on behalf of a 6-year-old survivor of the Newtown school shooting says the potential claim is about improving school security, not money. Attorney Irving Pinsky says...
U.S. Apppeals Court Revives Workplace Cybertheft Claim
Dec 27 2012 // In a decision that could make it easier for businesses to police cybertheft in the workplace, a U.S. appeals court revived a chemical company’s lawsuit accusing a former Toronto-area employee of using her home...
Proceeds From Storm Relief Concert Go to N.J., N.Y., Conn.
Dec 21 2012 // The Robin Hood Foundation says it is beginning to distribute $50 million in proceeds from last week’s benefit concert to organizations helping victims of Superstorm Sandy.Bruce Springsteen (seen here at Roskilde...
78 Texas School Districts Without Safety Plan
Dec 19 2012 // Seventy-eight Texas school districts either have failed to submit state-mandated safety plans in the event of a mass shooting or have filed ones that are too incomplete to be useful, Attorney General Greg Abbott said on...
Conn.-Based SPARTA Insurance Taps Everest National Exec as Senior VP
Dec 19 2012 // Hartford, Conn.-based SPARTA Insurance Co. appointed Mario Chiappetti as senior vice president of professional lines. Most recently, Chiappetti was vice president of distribution and marketing for Everest National...
Conn.-Based Business Risk Partners Appoints Senior Underwriter
Dec 14 2012 // Business Risk Partners (BRP), a Windsor, Conn.-based managing general underwriter, appointed Jayne Downey as a senior underwriter overseeing the firm’s technology errors-and-omissions (E&O) and data...
Connecticut Regulators Approve NCCI’s WC Loss Costs, Rates Hike Filing
Dec 10 2012 // The Connecticut Insurance Department recently approved National Council on Compensation Insurance’s workers’ compensation insurance filing for a change in voluntary market advisory loss costs and a change in...
Conn. to Require New Adult Drivers to Hold 3-Month Learner’s Permit
Dec 10 2012 // The Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles announced last week that new adult drivers 18 and older will be required to hold a three-month learner’s permit before taking a road test for a driver’s license. The...
Conn.-Based CMIC Hires Senior Loss Prevention Consultant
Dec 6 2012 // CMIC, a doctor-owned medical professional liability insurer serving New England, appointed healthcare veteran Denise Condron as senior loss prevention consultant. She is based in the company’s headquarters office in...
W.R. Berkley Names President of B F Re Underwriters in Conn.
Dec 5 2012 // Greenwich, Conn.-headquartered W.R. Berkley Corp. announced Gregory A. Douglas has been named president of its B F Re Underwriters unit. The appointment is effective January 1, 2013. Douglas succeeds Daniel L. Avery, who...
Connecticut Archdiocese Sues Insurer Over Misconduct Payments
Nov 28 2012 // The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford, Connecticut, says its insurer has failed to cover more than $1 million the archdiocese paid out in recent years to settle four sexual misconduct cases involving priests. The...
SPARTA Insurance Names Senior VP of Underwriting in Hartford, Conn.
Nov 26 2012 // Hartford, Conn.-based SPARTA Insurance Co. recently appointed Tom Colosi as senior vice president of underwriting. Most recently, Colosi led The Hartford’s countrywide group captive program business. He is an...
Conn. Regulators Recovered $2.3M for Policyholders, Taxpayers in Q3
Nov 21 2012 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas Leonardi announced this week that the Connecticut Insurance Department recovered approximately $2.3 million for policyholders and state taxpayers in the third quarter of 2012. The...
AIR Worldwide’s Field Reports From R.I., Conn., and Long Island, N.Y.
Nov 16 2012 // In its ongoing damage survey of areas impacted by Superstorm Sandy, AIR Worldwide’s latest report describes the kinds of damage patterns caused by Sandy in coastal communities in Rhode Island, Connecticut and Long...
Conn. Gov.: State’s Damage From Superstorm Sandy $360M and Climbing
Nov 16 2012 // Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says the cost of damage to Connecticut businesses and homes by Superstorm Sandy is more than $360 million and climbing. Malloy tells the Connecticut Post that the sum includes damage in...
Connecticut Well-Positioned to Remain Insurance Capital: Report
Nov 14 2012 // The Connecticut insurance sector plays a vital role in the global insurance landscape and the state’s economy — and the state is well-positioned to remain as the U.S. insurance capital, a new report...
