Latest Connecticut Headlines
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Webster Bank looks to sell Conn.’s largest agency
Aug 6 2007 // Connecticut’s Webster Financial Corp., parent of Webster Bank that owns the state’s largest insurance agency, could be out of the insurance agency business soon. Following a strategic review begun last...
Reinsurance Broker BMS Adds Hernandez to Marine Team in Conn.
Jul 27 2007 // BMS, a reinsurance intermediary, has appointed Frank Hernandez as senior vice president for its Marine & Energy team. He will be based in Shelton, Conn. Hernandez was previously at Towers Perrin as head of its Global...
Webster Bank Looking to Sell Conn.’s Largest Insurance Agency
Jul 27 2007 // Connecticut’s Webster Financial Corp., the parent of Webster Bank that owns the state’s largest insurance agency, could be out of the insurance agency business soon. Following a strategic review begun last...
Wholesaler Conn. Underwriters Adds Crawford, Hanebury and Macik
Jul 23 2007 // Wholesale insurance broker Connecticut Underwriters has welcomed Tom Crawford as its new product development manager based in its Middletown, Conn. office. Crawford has 26 years experience in the insurance industry where...
Federal Anti-Terror Funds to Connecticut Increase
Jul 20 2007 // Connecticut will get $23 million in federal homeland security grants this year, an increase of about $10 million from a year ago largely because of new funding for police, fire and medical emergency radios, officials said...
Federal Judge Cites Municipal Immunity in Nixing Award Against Conn. Town
Jul 12 2007 // A federal judge has thrown out a $2.5 million jury award against the town of East Haven, Conn. in connection with the police killing of a 21-year-old man in 1997. U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson, in a decision last...
Conn. to Pilot Online Auto Registrations
Jul 6 2007 // Connecticut will try out a new program allowing some vehicle owners to renew their registrations online, Gov. M. Jodi Rell said. Registrations are currently renewed through mail or by visiting a Department of Motor...
Levine Joins Beecher Carlson Risk Management Practice in Conn.
Jun 29 2007 // Atlanta-based insurance broker Beecher Carlson has named Gerald Levine as managing director. Levine will be responsible for client development for Beecher Carlson’s Risk Management Practice. He will be based in Old...
Conn.’s People’s United Acquiring Northern New England’s Chittenden
Jun 28 2007 // People’s United Financial, Inc., the holding company for People’s United Bank in Bridgeport, Connecticut, has agreed to acquire similarly-sized Chittenden Corp. of Burlington, Vermont, in a stock and cash...
U.S. Extends Aid to Conn. Property Owners for April Storm Damage
Jun 15 2007 // The federal government has extended aid to private property owners to help repair damage caused by a powerful nor’easter in April. The decision, announced by Gov. M. Jodi Rell’s office, is a reversal of the...
DeLuca Steps Down as Conn. Senate Republican Leader
Jun 15 2007 // Connecticut Senate Minority Leader Louis DeLuca resigned as leader of the Senate Republicans this week after coming under fire for asking a trash hauler to threaten a man the senator believed had abused his...
Conn. Workers’ Comp, Sick Pay Bills Falter as Legislature Closes
Jun 8 2007 // Connecticut employers sighed with relief as several labor and workers’ compensation bills that had been advancing died when the state Legislature adjourned its regular session at midnight on June 6. Chief among them...
Conn. Budget Impasse Could Halt Health Care Measure
Jun 7 2007 // Connecticut lawmakers moved closer Wednesday toward providing health insurance to more of Connecticut’s estimated 370,000 people without coverage, but the legislation was threatened by a budget impasse at the...
Personal Lines Leaders
Jun 4 2007 // Agency Name 2006 Personal Personal Total 2006 Main Office Main Office Web site Lines Lines P/C Premiums City State Premium Revenue Written 1 Keystone Insurers Group $316.0 million $39.5 million $790.0...
Declarations
May 21 2007 // Every opportunity “Independent agents continue to hold their own in terms of market share despite unprecedented advertising campaigns from direct writers. The independent agent distribution model is viable, flexible...
Conn. celebrates insurance industry
May 21 2007 // Connecticut’s venerable insurance industry was celebrated at the state Capitol this month, though its lackluster job growth also was noted. “The industry is as significant a part of Connecticut as it has been...
Conn. Makes Chiropractors’ Malpractice Records Public
May 18 2007 // The Connecticut House of Representatives unanimously approved legislation which would — for the first time in Connecticut — make chiropractor malpractice records public information. This follows the unanimous...
Forecast: Conn. to Experience Big Population Shift, Slower Growth
May 17 2007 // With lagging birth rates and an influx of immigrants, the face of Connecticut is expected to change greatly over the next two decades. A new population analysis, released by the Connecticut State Data Center at the...
MedPro Seeks 24% Med Mal Rate Cut in Conn.
May 17 2007 // What a diffence a few years makes. MedPro, whch sought to hike medical malpractice rates in Connecticut by some 90 percent three years ago, now wants to lower rates by 24 percent. On May 11, 2007, the company submitted its...
Double Duty: Agent-Soldiers Who Serve Their Country and Their Customers
May 10 2007 // Twenty-nine year old Peter Webb served his country in the U.S. Marines for eight years. Since then, Sergeant Webb has spent four years serving small businesses as an account manager and producer for an Oklahoma City...
