Latest Connecticut Headlines
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Conn. High Court: Smoking Lowers Workers’ Comp Benefits
Sep 1 2008 // Smoking kills. And in Connecticut, it also changes the apportionment of workers’ compensation benefits, the state’s top court has ruled. Last month, Connecticut’s Supreme Court ruled in an asbestos case...
Connecticut Says Use of Fake Auto Insurance Cards Growing
Aug 29 2008 // Counterfeit auto insurance cards have been a problem for years, say Connecticut insurance officials, but recently, the department’s fraud and investigations’ divisions have been seeing seen a lot more of the...
Lockton Connecticut Names Rodriquez Vice President
Aug 22 2008 // Lockton Connecticut has named Orlando Rodriquez vice president and unit manager for its Farmington-based commercial insurance team. Rodriguez brings to Lockton 14 years of experience providing risk management solutions to...
Connecticut Insurance Dept Recovers $630K for Policyholders
Aug 13 2008 // The Connecticut Insurance Dept said it has recovered $630,000 on behalf of policyholders from complaints resolved in the second quarter of this year. Department staff received 1,372 new complaints and inquiries in the...
Ratings Recap: Hanover, Assurant, Wadena/IMT, Berkshire Hathaway, Finial
Aug 1 2008 // A.M. Best Co. and Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services have both reacted positively to The Hanover Insurance Group’s (THG) announcement that has reached agreement to sell its remaining run-off life insurance...
Connecticut Fines CNA Insurance Group $96K
Jul 30 2008 // The Connecticut Insurance Department has fined subsidiaries of CNA Insurance Group a total of $96,000 for violations of state law. The fines were assessed to CNA’s subsidiaries for alleged violations of laws...
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...
