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Conn. ‘Botched’ $80M Workers’ Comp Privatization, Charges AG
Feb 10 2008 // Connecticut officials “badly botched” a 2001 deal to privatize hundreds of workers compensation claims by state employees, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has alleged following a multi-year investigation...
Conn. AG’s Report Faults Rowland-Era $80M Workers’ Comp Deal
Feb 1 2008 // Connecticut Attorney Richard Blumenthal has released a report saying the Nutmeg State “badly botched” an $80 million deal to privatize payments of more than 600 state workers’ compensation claims —...
Conn. Approves J.C. Flowers Deal for Direct Response Corp.
Jan 18 2008 // Connecticut’s top insurance regulator has signed off on a deal that makes private equity firm J.C. Flowers & Co the largest investor in Meriden-based Direct Response Corp. DRC is the holding company for The...
Top Insurance Stories in 2007 in East
Dec 31 2007 // New leaders tackled old issues and the region battled fire and rain. 1. No day at the beach Insurance markets for coastal properties continued to challenge insurers, agents, policymakers and property owners, despite an...
Conn. Insurance Chief Seeks ‘Mints on Pillow’ Treatment for Public
Dec 28 2007 // Connecticut consumers dealing with the state’s insurance regulatory agency should be left feeling they were given “mints on their pillow,” according to the no-nonsense man in charge. Insurance...
Conn. Private Coastal Insurance Market Works, Say Commissioner and Insurers
Dec 27 2007 // Acknowledging the ongoing concern over coastal property insurance in his state, Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas Sullivan maintained that the state’s coastal property insurance market is in pretty good shape...
Mich. Insurer Fined for Failing to Make Sure Agents Were Licensed, Appointed
Dec 21 2007 // A Michigan-based insurer has been fined $230,000 by the Conneticut Department of Insurance for failing to make sure agents were licensed and appointed to sell policies in the state. Foremost Insurance Co., which...
Foremost ‘Surprised’ by $230K Conn. Fine
Dec 20 2007 // Foremost Insurance Group has paid a $230,000 fine to the state of Connecticut for failing to ensure some agents who sold its products in the state were appointed to do so. The fine, which was the maximum possible, was...
State Auto Completes Affiliation with Patrons Mutual of Conn.
Dec 14 2007 // Columbus, Ohio-based State Automobile Mutual Insurance Co. today completed its affiliation with the Patrons Mutual Group of Connecticut, which includes both the Patrons Mutual Insurance Company of Connecticut and...
Conn. Insurance Groups Plan Benefit for Autism Society
Dec 14 2007 // Eight Connecticut insurance organizations are joining together to support research into autism. The Hartford Pond, the local chapter of the Honorable Order of the Blue Goose, in conjunction with seven other state insurance...
Settlement Reached in Conn. Kickback Scheme
Dec 11 2007 // A Connecticut law firm, mortgage company and real estate broker have agreed to pay $700,000 in fines, forfeitures and restitution to settle allegations that they engaged in kickback schemes that cheated hundreds of home...
Conn. Consumers to Get ‘Mints on Pillows’ Treatment
Dec 2 2007 // Commissioner Sullivan vows departmental changes; also contends private coastal insurance market is working Connecticut consumers dealing with the state’s insurance regulatory agency should be left feeling they were...
Trial Lawyers Say Research Shows Conn. Medical Liability Insurer Overcharges Physicians
Nov 18 2007 // The Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association released an actuarial analysis that it says shows that, for several years Connecticut Medical Insurance Co. has been overcharging doctors millions of dollars. They argue that this...
Conn. Trial Lawyers Say Medical Liability Insurer is Overcharging Doctors
Nov 9 2007 // The Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association charged today that one of the state’s medical liability insurers has been charging doctors excessive premiums. The lawyers association released a new actuarial analysis that...
Home Depot, Conn. Insulation Firm Settle R.I. Nightclub Fire Claims
Nov 2 2007 // Home Depot Inc. and a Connecticut insulation company have tentatively agreed to a $5 million settlement in lawsuits brought by survivors of a 2003 Rhode Island nightclub fire and relatives of the 100 people killed, a...
Insurer for Norwich, Conn. Diocese Settles Another Abuse Case
Oct 30 2007 // Bishop Michael Cote of the Diocese of Norwich, Conn. says a settlement of $170,000 will be paid to a Pawcatuck man who claims he was molested by a priest in a Stonington church. The word of the settlement came in a letter...
News Currents
Oct 27 2007 // Conn. AG alleges reinsurance antitrust conspiracy drives-up prices A lawsuit against a major reinsurance broker for alleged antitrust activity in Connecticut is being used to raise broader questions about the largely...
Judge Cuts $12 Million Award to Conn. Man in GE Job Bias Case
Oct 25 2007 // A federal judge has cut $5 million from a more than $12 million jury award that found General Electric discriminated against and illegally fired a chief engineer. Fifty-three-year-old Hemant Mody of Avon, Conn. never saw...
Conn. AG Alleges Reinsurance Antitrust Conspiracy Drives Up Consumer Prices
Oct 9 2007 // A lawsuit against a major reinsurance broker for alleged antitrust activity in Connecticut is being used to raise broader questions about the largely unregulated reinsurance business. Connecticut Attorney General Richard...
Business Moves
Oct 8 2007 // The Hanover, Professionals Direct The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. reports it has completed the previously announced acquisition of Professionals Direct, Inc. for $23.2 million. Professionals Direct’s companies...
