Latest Connecticut Headlines
All the headlines from our Connecticut Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Conn. Fines 16, Including Insurance Commissioner, for Illegal Fundraising
Mar 9 2006 // The State Elections Enforcement Commission in Connecticut fined 16 members of Gov. M. Jodi Rell’s administration for illegally giving subordinates invitations to a Rell campaign fundraiser. Thirteen commissioners...
Conn.-based eBenefits Group Purchased by Hub International
Mar 7 2006 // Hub International Limited has acquired eBenefits Group, LLC, an employee benefits insurance brokerage which specializes in streamlining the purchasing of insurance, administration process and client employee benefit...
Conn. Lawmakers Try Again to Ban Open Liquor Containers in Cars
Mar 6 2006 // For years, legislation has been introduced in the General Assembly that would ban open containers of beer and liquor from cars. And for years it has been defeated. Proponents are trying again. “I’m the eternal...
Safeco, FSC Insurance Offer Real-Time Rates in Connecticut
Mar 3 2006 // FSC Insurance Solutions, a business unit of Fiserv Inc., and Safeco have announced plans to provide independent agents in Connecticut with real-time personal auto insurance rates through FSC’s single-data-entry...
PCI Testifies in Support of Flex Rating for Conn. Consumers
Mar 3 2006 // Connecticut consumers will benefit from increased competition, which puts downward pressure on insurance premiums, if the Legislature moves the state’s insurance regulatory system from prior approval to “flex...
Conn. Woman Sentenced to 2 Years Probation in Health Insurer Scam
Feb 22 2006 // Kevin O’Connor, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Lee Ann Kiley, 44, formerly of Stamford and currently residing in Riverside, was sentenced by Senior United States District Judge...
Conn. Court Rejects Wrongful Death Claims Against Pratt & Whitney
Feb 15 2006 // The Connecticut Supreme Court has upheld a trial court ruling that bars wrongful death claims over the deaths by brain cancer of more than 60 workers in Pratt and Whitney’s jet engine manufacturing plant. The court...
Travelers’ Foundations Provide $15 Million to Community Organizations
Feb 14 2006 // Minnesota-based St. Paul Travelers and its two private foundations, St. Paul Travelers Foundation and St. Paul Travelers Connecticut Foundation, contributed more than $15 million in a total of of 418 grants to...
Conn. Gov. Rell to Outline Economic Development Plan Today
Feb 8 2006 // Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell will propose as part of her mid-term budget adjustment a new plan to create jobs, improve the state’s economy and better prepare the state’s workforce for the nation’s...
Conn. AG Blumenthal Proposes Trucking Safety ‘Hall of Shame’
Feb 7 2006 // If conscience and good business practices are not enough to make Connecticut trucking companies comply with safety regulations, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal hopes the threat of public humiliation will do the...
Continental Agency of Connecticut Reorganizes Executive Staff
Feb 1 2006 // Continental Agency of Connecticut Inc., Hamden, Conn. reported the reorganization of its executive administration. Walter Prast is the new chief executive officer and chief financial officer; Gerard Prast now serves as...
Conn. Patient Group Advocating Hospital Infection Disclosure
Jan 23 2006 // A patient safety group in Connecticut is pushing for a law that would require hospitals to track and publicly disclose cases of infections contracted in hospitals. The measure, according to the Connecticut Center for...
News Briefs
Jan 22 2006 // Conn. Democrats eye merger of departments Senate Democratic leaders in Hartford have come up with several proposals they say will make Connecticut more business friendly, including the merger of the insurance and banking...
Business Moves
Jan 22 2006 // Bollinger, MLW Services Bollinger Inc. has acquired MLW Services Inc. of New York. The principals of MLW, Andrew Marks, president and CEO, Bert Linder, executive vice president and Chuck Weisblum, chairman, will continue...
News Currents
Jan 22 2006 // From New England to Virginia, courts and juries made insurance headlines Up and down the East coast, much of the most interesting local insurance news in 2005 took place in the courts of law and not in the court of public...
Connecticut
Jan 22 2006 // Welcome to Insurance Journal’s 2006 National Directory of Excess, Surplus and Specialty Markets, Volume 1. This exclusive biannual market directory has been designed to assist independent agents and brokers in the...
Conn. Gov. Rell Pushes Road Safety at Avon Mountain Crash Site
Jan 18 2006 // Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell has proposed doubling the fines for people who break traffic laws on Avon Mountain, part of a package of recommendations prompted by a fiery crash that killed four people over the summer. Rell...
Northeast Winds Topple Trees, Power Lines from Mass. to Maryland
Jan 18 2006 // Usually snow and ice are the culprits this time of year in the Northeast for problems with the weather. Wednesday, though, proved to be Mother Nature offering a different problem for residents. Winds, in some cases...
Conn. Senate Democrats Eye Merger of Insurance and Banking Agencies
Jan 11 2006 // Senate Democratic leaders in Hartford have proposed several changes in state law they say will make Connecticut more business friendly. The proposals include merging the insurance and banking departments to “better...
Conn. Town Hall Destroyed by Fire Found to be Uninsured
Jan 5 2006 // A fire on Tuesday destroyed the town of Griswold, Conn.’s historic former Town Hall, which led to the discovery that the $2.1 million insurance policy on the building expired in October. The fire reduced the...
