Latest Connecticut Headlines
All the headlines from our Connecticut Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Conn. Supreme Court to Take Up Ex-NFL Player’s Fraud Claim Against Lawyers
Sep 14 2011 // The Connecticut Supreme Court will take up a fraud lawsuit by ex-NFL player and investment firm founder Bob Simms against his ex-wife’s lawyers, brushing aside a lower court decision barring the claim. Simms, a...
Connecticut Grants Drivers Extra License Renewal Time
Sep 7 2011 // Connecticut drivers will have some extra time to renew their licenses and registrations as they cope with delays, power outages and storm damage from Tropical Storm Irene. The state Department of Motor Vehicles is...
Irene Raises Hurricane Deductible Questions in Hard-Hit Northeast States
Sep 7 2011 // New York and New Jersey regulators said recently that hurricane deductibles should not apply on homeowners’ insurance policies for Irene damages in their states. That’s because Irene was downgraded and...
Connecticut Asks Insurers to Waive Storm Deductibles for Irene Damages
Sep 6 2011 // Connecticut is negotiating with several insurance companies to waive hurricane policy deductibles for coastal homeowners whose properties were damaged or destroyed by Tropical Storm Irene, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy...
Conn. Guaranty Fund Must Share Workers’ Comp Claims
Sep 5 2011 // The state insurance guaranty fund can be considered the last insurer on a workers’ compensation risk that has multiple insurers and be initially liable for paying benefits to the injured employee, with the right to...
Forecast: Few Insured for Irene’s Losses in Connecticut
Aug 31 2011 // Only about 30 percent of property losses inflicted by Tropical Storm Irene in Connecticut will be covered by insurance, according to an estimate by a consulting group that said less will be covered compared to previous...
Hurricane Irene Update: 50 Million People Could Be Affected
Aug 26 2011 // Parts of the southeastern United States were already experiencing dangerous swells and rip tides Thursday as Hurricane Irene exited the Bahamas. On Friday afternoon, ahead of Hurricane Irene’s forecasted arrival in...
Connecticut Court Rules on Guaranty Fund Role in Workers’ Comp Claims
Aug 23 2011 // The state insurance guaranty fund can be considered the last insurer on a workers’ compensation risk that has multiple insurers and be initially liable for paying benefits to the injured employee, with the right to...
European Insurance Regulation Threatens U.S. System, Connecticut Regulator Warns
Aug 17 2011 // Adoption of European regulatory changes known as “Solvency II” as currently proposed could weaken U.S. consumer protections and stability of insurers, a state insurance commissioner has warned. Connecticut...
Railroad Ordered to Pay, Promote Injured Connecticut Worker
Aug 10 2011 // Federal workplace safety officials have ordered the Metro-North Commuter Railroad to pay $125,000 in punitive damages to a worker who was injured on the job in Connecticut. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration...
Conn. Court: Teen Must Help Pay House Party Damages
Aug 1 2011 // The Connecticut Supreme Court said a teenager must pay restitution for damage at an unauthorized house party even though he did not personally cause any of the destruction. The court’s unanimous ruling determined the...
Conn. Museum Audit Reveals Losses of More Than $500,000
Jul 29 2011 // An investigation into employee theft at the Mark Twain House & Museum in Connecticut shows the organization lost more than $500,000. Executive Director Jeff Nichols told The Hartford Courant that an audit revealed...
Conn. Demands Unemployment Payments from Businesses
Jul 27 2011 // Tens of thousands of businesses in Connecticut are receiving bills from the state to pay $30 million in interest this year for state borrowing from the federal government for unemployment insurance benefits. About 73,000...
Conn. Insurance Department Recovered $2.4 Million since January
Jul 26 2011 // State Insurance Commissioner Thomas B. Leonardi announced the Connecticut Insurance Department (CID) helped consumers recover nearly $2.4 million in the first six months of 2011, with health insurance claims making up the...
Third Guilty Plea in Connecticut Auto Insurance Scam
Jul 22 2011 // A Bridgeport, Connecticut chiropractor Bridgeport has become the third health professional to plead guilty in an insurance scam involving auto accidents and personal injury claims. Thirty-year-old Jennifer Netter pleaded...
Connecticut Teen Injured in Gym Class Sues Town
Jul 21 2011 // The family of a Trumbull High School student is suing the town and the Board of Education after being struck in the head by a tennis ball in gym class. Krisen Sileio’s lawyer told the Connecticut Post the teen...
Good Morning NRRA! Home State Scenarios for Affiliated Groups
Jul 21 2011 // Welcome to the magical mystery tour of Home State taxation and regulation under Nonadmitted Insurance and Reinsurance Reform Act of 2010 (NRRA). The NRRA went live at 12:01 a.m., July 21, 2011, in all time zones. You may...
Connecticut Court Holds Teen Liable for Party Damage
Jul 19 2011 // The Connecticut Supreme Court says a teenager must pay restitution for damage at an unauthorized house party even though he did not personally cause any of the destruction. The court’s unanimous ruling determined the...
Connecticut Owners Rebuilding Barns That Collapsed Under Snow
Jul 18 2011 // Wayne Paquette stood beside a mangled pile of metal, the ribs of one of his greenhouses. Beside him, only the two gable ends of the Quackin’ Grass Nursery structure remained. Paquette’s Brooklyn, Conn.,...
Licensing and Other Changes for New York and Connecticut Agents
Jul 18 2011 // Changes in agent-licensing procedures mean New Yorkers can now print and renew their licenses online and Connecticut agents will now only be able to file licensing documentation electronically. In New York, agents, brokers...
