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Connecticut Eyes 9.8% Cut in Workers’ Compensation Costs
Sep 26 2023 // Connecticut workers’ compensation insurers are recommending an overall 9.8% reduction in loss costs in the voluntary market and a 10.5% overall reduction in the assigned risk market. The rate filing submitted to the...
People
Sep 18 2023 // National QBE Insurance Group appointed Julie Wood as Interim CEO North America upon the exit of former QBE NA CEO Todd Jones. Wood joined QBE in January 2023 as group head of Distribution. She was previously at Marsh as...
Connecticut Farm Worker Paralyzed After Being Attacked by Bull
Sep 8 2023 // A 59-year-old Connecticut man was seriously injured after being attacked by a bull at the farm where he was working. Family members told Hearst Connecticut Media that the bull attacked Randy Janquins on Friday at a farm in...
People Moves: Greaves Joins Fred C. Church From MIT; Connecticut Big I Elects Jones
Sep 1 2023 // Greaves Joins Fred C. Church Insurance Commercial Lines Fred C. Church Insurance, headquartered in Lowell, Mass., hired Damual Greaves to its education team as a client executive. Greaves joins Fred C. Church after serving...
Connecticut Can’t Hide Police Report on Hospital Patient’s Death
Sep 1 2023 // Police reports about deaths and other incidents in public hospitals cannot be kept secret, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Tuesday, citing the importance of government transparency and the public`s right to know what...
Connecticut Adds Cancer Presumption to Firefighters’ Workers’ Compensation
Aug 31 2023 // A new Connecticut law making it easier for firefighters who develop cancer to receive workers’ compensation benefits will go into effect on October 1, 2023. Approved as part of the state budget bill, this law creates...
My New Markets
Aug 21 2023 // Commercial Marine Risks Market Detail: Charter Lakes Marine Insurance Agency offers specialty programs for a variety of commercial marine risks. Experienced account executives understand the marine insurance marketplace...
Bacteria in Raw Shellfish Linked to 4 Deaths
Aug 18 2023 // The death of a Long Island resident has been linked to a bacteria found in raw shellfish or seawater that has also been blamed for two deaths in Connecticut, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Wednesday. The Vibrio vulnificus...
Connecticut School District Has Recouped Half of $6 Million Lost in Cyber Attack
Aug 14 2023 // The city of New Haven lost more than $6 million in multiple cyberattacks on its public school district earlier this summer and has so far managed to recoup about half of the money, officials announced last week. The...
Tainted Medication Fears Spur Defense Department to Seek Outside Testing
Aug 10 2023 // The US Department of Defense entered an agreement with Valisure, an independent lab that’s spotted dangerous chemicals in a variety of widely used pharma and consumer products, to test medications amid surging...
Connecticut, Other States’ Lawmakers Have a Lot of Questions About AI
Aug 9 2023 // As state lawmakers rush to get a handle on fast-evolving artificial intelligence technology, they`re often focusing first on their own state governments before imposing restrictions on the private sector. Legislators are...
Hospitals, Clinics in Several States Begin Recovery After Cyberattacks
Aug 7 2023 // Hospitals and clinics in several states on Friday began the time-consuming process of recovering from a cyberattack that disrupted their computer systems, forcing some emergency rooms to shut down and ambulances to be...
Fed Appeals Court Upholds CT Law That Ended Religious Vaccine Exemption
Aug 7 2023 // A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a 2021 Connecticut law that eliminated the state’s longstanding religious exemption from childhood immunization requirements for schools, colleges and day care facilities. The...
Connecticut Agent’s Failure to Disclose Dog Comes Back to Bite Homeowner
Aug 7 2023 // A Connecticut homeowner who is being sued by a woman who alleges his dog bit her in the face is not entitled to insurance coverage because his home insurance application, which was completed by his insurance agent,...
Connecticut High Court Denies Immunity for First Responder Causing Car Accident
Aug 2 2023 // The Connecticut Supreme Court has overturned a trial court and ruled that municipalities and government agencies are not entitled to qualified immunity for negligent operation of emergency vehicles. In a case involving a...
Connecticut Chief Expects Further Federal Probes Into False Traffic Stop Data
Jul 28 2023 // Connecticut`s public safety commissioner on Wednesday told state lawmakers to expect a federal investigation into a recent audit`s findings, which showed hundreds of state troopers submitted false information from 2014 to...
Connecticut Seeks Agriculture Disaster Declaration Due To Severe Flooding of Farms
Jul 25 2023 // Governor Ned Lamont has submitted a request to the U.S. Department of Agriculture for a federal agriculture disaster declaration for all eight counties in Connecticut due to the significant damage that occurred to farms...
Connecticut Man Wrongly Convicted in 1984 Shooting of Baby Sues New Haven and Police
Jul 21 2023 // A Connecticut man who was exonerated after serving 28 years in prison for killing a baby in 1994 has filed a lawsuit against the city of New Haven and six now-former police officers involved in his arrest. Adam Carmon, 51,...
Heavy Rains Swamp Northeast Again; Floods Claims 5 Lives; Others, Including 2 Children, Missing
Jul 17 2023 // Heavy rains pounded an already saturated Northeast on Sunday for the second time in a week, spurring another round of flash flooding, cancelled airline flights and power outages. In Pennsylvania, a sudden flash flood late...
Connecticut Sues Nursing School That Closed Abruptly, Leaving Students in Lurch
Jul 17 2023 // Connecticut`s attorney general has sued a for-profit nursing school and its owner, alleging they left hundreds of students in the lurch when the school abruptly closed its three campuses in the state in February while...
