Latest Connecticut Headlines
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Conn. Regulators Weigh Workers’ Comp Rate Hike Proposal
Oct 23 2012 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas Leonardi announced a 30-day public comment period on the National Council On Compensation Insurance (NCCI) voluntary loss cost and assigned risk rate filing. NCCI is proposing that...
Conn. Workers’ Comp Second Most Expensive in Nation: Study
Oct 19 2012 // Connecticut employers in the volunteer market pay, on average, the second-highest workers’ compensation premium rates in the country, according to a recent study. Connecticut’s premium rate index, according to...
NCCI Recommends Conn. WC Loss Costs and Rates Increases
Oct 9 2012 // The National Council on Compensation Insurance recently filed a proposal for workers’ comp loss costs and rates increases in Connecticut. The NCCI is proposing that the Connecticut regulators approve a +7.1 percent...
N.J. Holds First Captive Insurance Summit
Oct 8 2012 // New Jersey regulators held their first captive insurance summit on Sept. 19 in Somerset, N.J. The event, hosted by the department of banking and insurance, attracted some 80 industry executives. Regulators took the...
Connecticut Insurance Department Names New Captive Manager
Oct 5 2012 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas Leonardi today announced that John C. Thomson, a veteran risk management specialist, will manage the new captive insurance regulatory unit. Commissioner Leonardi said Thomson...
Heavy Rains Trap Connecticut Shoreline Residents in Cars, Homes
Oct 1 2012 // Quick, heavy rains have led to flash flooding along Connecticut’s shoreline, trapping some residents in their cars, homes and businesses. West Haven Center District Fire Chief James O’Brien tells the New Haven...
Conn. WCC Highlights Upgrades, Shortened Backlogs
Sep 24 2012 // Connecticut Workers’ Compensation Commission issued its annual report earlier this month. The Commission touted a number of accomplishments for the fiscal year 2012, including: providing more effective and efficient...
Connecticut Attracts Its Second Captive Insurer
Sep 17 2012 // Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy announced last week that Stanley Black & Decker is moving its captive insurance subsidiary, SBD Insurance, Inc., from Vermont to Connecticut, establishing the state’s second...
Conn.-Based SPARTA Taps Former Everest Re Exec Jones as COO
Sep 12 2012 // Hartford, Conn.-based SPARTA Insurance Company has appointed Ralph E. Jones III as president and chief operating officer. Jones brings to SPARTA more than 30 years of experience in property/casualty underwriting. He has...
Conn.-Based Rocaton Investment Advisors Expands Its Insurance Division
Sep 11 2012 // Rocaton Investment Advisors, an investment advisory consulting firm based in Norwalk, Conn., has expanded its insurance team with the hiring of Michael Luft as a managing director. Luft is joining Rocaton after four years...
W. R. Berkley Names President of Facultative Resources in Connecticut
Sep 7 2012 // W. R. Berkley Corp. has appointed Joseph Sullivan as president of Facultative Resources Inc. He is based in Stamford, Connecticut. Facultative Resources is a broker market casualty, professional liability and property...
Marsh Announces New Head of Hartford, Connecticut Office
Sep 6 2012 // Marsh, the insurance broking and risk management division of Marsh & McLennan Cos., appointed industry veteran Carmela Inneo as head of its Hartford, Connecticut office.Carmela InneoIn her new role, Inneo will be...
Conn. WCC Report Highlights Upgrades, Shortened Hearing Backlogs
Sep 5 2012 // Connecticut Workers’ Compensation Commission issued its annual report on Sept. 1. The Commission touted a number of accomplishments for the fiscal year 2012, including: providing more effective and efficient...
Connecticut Moving Ahead With New Health Care Exchange
Aug 28 2012 // Connecticut officials are pushing ahead with plans to set up the new health insurance exchange, a marketplace where individuals and businesses can find affordable coverage, by next fall. The federal Center for Medicare and...
After the Rain: Irene’s Lessons to the East Coast
Aug 28 2012 // Antonia Schreiber is taking no chances on the next big storm. The remnants of Hurricane Irene turned the 200-year-old building that housed her Catskill Mountains spa boutique into a muddy mess a year ago in Windham, N.Y....
5 Conn. Firms Cited for Paying Workers Off the Books, Evading WC Laws
Aug 22 2012 // Connecticut authorities said this week that five subcontracting firms at a large Stamford construction site have been cited for alleged wage violations. The construction site at Stamford’s Harbor Point area is the...
Former Conn. Doc Sentenced for Illegal Prescriptions, Insurance Fraud
Aug 10 2012 // A former Plainville, Conn., doctor has been sentenced to four months in prison for dealing prescription drugs. Prosecutors say Richard Luzietti was charged after an investigation into about 100 prescriptions that he wrote...
Connecticut Says Tougher Teen Driving Laws Showing Positive Results
Aug 10 2012 // This month, Connecticut is observing the four-year anniversary of the state’s adoption of tougher teen driving laws. And officials say the measures continue to put in check teen driver deaths. A series of...
New Commissioner Joins Connecticut Workers’ Compensation Commission
Aug 9 2012 // The Connecticut Workers’ Compensation Commission announced this month that Stephen Morelli has joined the group as its newest commissioner.Stephen MorelliThe commission has 16 commissioners in total, one of whom...
Conn.-Based Medical Liability Insurer CMIC Names Underwriting Director
Aug 6 2012 // CMIC, a Glastonbury, Conn.-based carrier offering medical professional liability insurance in New England, has appointed Edward Carroll as director of underwriting. Carroll brings 18 years of experience to his role, most...
