Latest Connecticut Headlines
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Conn. Woman Accused of Retaliation Against Insurance Agent Who Fired Her
Jul 22 2008 // Plainville, Conn. police have arrested a Portland woman, accusing her of trying to retaliate against her former boss by having electricity cut off to his home. Police say 33-year-old Susan Armato was fired June 25 from her...
Connecticut Fines Vermont Mutual Insurance Over Agent Licensing
Jul 21 2008 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas R. Sullivan has fined Vermont Mutual Insurance Co. $144,000 for violations of state law. A market conduct exam conducted by survey alleged that Vermont Mutual had 104 agents who...
Business Moves
Jul 7 2008 // Hudson Insurance, Hooghuis Hudson Insurance Group, the U.S. insurance division of Odyssey Re Holdings Corp.has acquired Hooghuis Group LLC, an underwriting agency specializing in U.S. directors and officers liability...
Officials: Connecticut Man Crushed by Elevator
Jun 20 2008 // Authorities have identified a maintenance worker who died when a freight elevator fell on him in Derby, Connecticut Police say 64-year-old Robert Beckwith of Ansonia was killed in Tuesday morning’s incident at Derby...
Waste Fuel Drum Blamed for Massive Connecticut Fire
Jun 16 2008 // A town official in Colchester, Connecticut says a fire that destroyed a building at a car recycling business Friday was caused by a 55-gallon drum of waste fuel that ignited when a car fell off a lift and knocked the drum...
Conn. Supreme Court Rules ‘High-Low’ Pacts Must Be Revealed
Jun 16 2008 // Lawyers for a Connecticut psychiatrist who was sued for malpractice should have revealed to her doctor co-defendant a secret settlement that hinged on the outcome of the trial, the state’s Supreme Court ruled. The...
Connecticut Truck Inspections Drop by 20 Percent
Jun 10 2008 // Connecticut’s effort to inspect more trucks on its highways after the fatal Avon Mountain crash in 2005 has dropped off and crashes of large trucks have increased, state figures show. Roadside truck inspections...
Connecticut Supreme Court: ‘High-Low’ Agreements Must Be Revealed
Jun 10 2008 // Lawyers for a Connecticut psychiatrist who was sued for malpractice in the death of a 17-year-old girl should have revealed to her doctor co-defendant a secret settlement with a payout that hinged on the outcome of the...
Connecticut Prosecutors to Seek Retrial in Avon Mountain Crash Case
Jun 6 2008 // A Connecticut prosecutor says he will seek a retrial after a jury deadlocked earlier this week in an insurance fraud case against the owner of a dump truck that caused a fatal wreck in Avon in 2005. Hartford Superior Court...
Connecticut Labor Agency Reports Losing Unemployment Files
Jun 4 2008 // Connecticut labor officials say records with confidential information on about 2,100 people have been lost and might have been mistakenly shredded. The files contained copies of letters informing applicants that they were...
‘Smoking Materials’ Blamed for Massive Connecticut Fire
May 30 2008 // A fire chief in Norwich, Connecticut says the blaze that destroyed a large apartment complex last month was accidental and started when a resident improperly discarded smoking materials. Chief Kenneth Scandariato said the...
Connecticut Schools Create Insurance Degree Program
May 27 2008 // Students at two community colleges in Connecticut can now earn a college degree in insurance and financial services. Gov. M. Jodi Rell says the state Department of Higher Education has approved an associate of science...
Bank of N.Y. Works with Connecticut on Security Breach
May 23 2008 // Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal asked the Bank of New York Mellon Wednesday to explain how it lost computer tapes containing the information of more than 4 million customers. The bank told the state that a...
Conn. Opens Teen Driving Center
May 5 2008 // The state Department of Motor Vehicles is setting up a safe driving program for teenagers in response to several fatal car accidents in Connecticut over the past year. Gov. M. Jodi Rell says the Center for Teen Safe...
Judge Upholds Conn. Widow’s Settlement
May 5 2008 // A Greenwich, Connecticut probate judge has upheld a settlement of more than $1 million between a cruise ship line and the widow of a missing passenger. George Smith IV of Greenwich had been on a 12-night honeymoon cruise...
General Contractors Not Liable For Inspections, Rules Conn. High Court
May 5 2008 // A Connecticut general contractor who delegates special inspections of all steel welding work as required by the state’s building code to a subcontractor is not liable for injuries resulting from an accident that...
Court Allows Conn. Landlady’s Suit Against Rogue Insurance Executive Frankel For House Damage
May 5 2008 // A federal judge ruled in favor of a Greenwich, Conn., woman trying to collect more than $2 million for back rent and damage to a home occupied by rogue financier Martin R. Frankel. Judge Ellen Bree Burns rejected a request...
People
May 5 2008 // Charlotte, N.C.-based wholesale insurance broker AmWINS Group, Inc. has named James Drinkwater president of its AmWINS Brokerage division. Drinkwater will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the division. Prior...
Origin of Massive Connecticut Apartment Fire ‘Suspicious’
Apr 30 2008 // Investigators will assume the cause of a massive apartment fire that reduced a Norwich, Connecticut apartment complex to smoldering rubble is suspicious unless proven otherwise, a police official said. “They’re...
Connecticut Woman Sues Husband for Sticking Carrot in Her Eye
Apr 25 2008 // A Monroe, Conn. woman is suing her husband, claiming he caused her to lose an eye when he threw a carrot at her during an argument. The lawsuit filed by Pamela Vecsey claims that when she and her husband, 48-year-old...
