Latest Connecticut Headlines
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Newly-Installed Conn. Gov. Rell Reappoints Cogswell as Insurance Commissioner
Aug 2 2004 // Conn. Gov. Jodi Rell has asked Susan Cogswell, current insurance commissioner, to remain in the post, and Cogswell has accepted the reappointment. “I am happy that Commissioner Susan Cogswell will be remaining as...
UnitedHealth Completes Merger with Oxford in Conn.
Jul 30 2004 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Susan F. Cogswell has signed an order approving the acquisition of Oxford Health Plans by UnitedHealthcare Group, Inc. UnitedHealth Group announced that it completed the merger yesterday...
Baird Joins Heath Insurance Brokers of Conn.
Jul 20 2004 // Heath Insurance Brokers of Connecticut LLC, announced that Woodrow M. Baird has joined its Farmington, Conn. office as a vice president responsible for the marketing and production of commercial casualty accounts. Previous...
Lax Safety Blamed in Deadly Conn. Nursing Home Fire
Jul 19 2004 // Lax safety standards and inaccurate information about fire drills contributed to the deaths of 16 people in a fire at a Hartford, Conn. nursing home last year, federal investigators say. A report issuedby the U.S....
Miss. Insurance Official Traces Frankel Insurance Scam From Conn. to Vatican Bank
Jul 19 2004 // The torching of financier Martin Frankel’s $3 million mansion in Greenwich, Conn., was meant to destroy evidence of an insurance scam that cost Mississippi and other states millions, police said. But not everything...
Conn.’s Cogswell Willing to Stay as Chief if Asked by New Gov. Rell
Jul 19 2004 // Connecticut may soon have a new face in the office of state insurance commissioner. Or not. Newly-installed Gov. M. Jodi Rell got down to business in her first full week on the job by asking some of the commissioners...
Conn. Launching Online Court Filing
Jul 14 2004 // Connecticut’s judicial branch began launching an online filing system on July 1 for its civil and family courts, allowing attorneys to file lawsuits and motions from their office. It’s the first step in a...
CONN. GOV. ROWLAND RESIGNS:
Jul 5 2004 // John Rowland, a member of a prominent Connecticut insurance and political family and himself a former insurance agent, resigned as governor of Connecticut rather than testify before a legislative panel investigating his...
Conn. Special Session Misses Opportunity to Override Med-Mal Veto
Jun 28 2004 // The Connecticut General Assembly, which reconvened this week for a special session, did not consider an override of the governor’s veto of a medical malpractice reform bill, which is now officially...
HIP of N.Y. Acquires ConnectiCare
Jun 25 2004 // HIP Health Plan of New York (HIP) has acquired ConnectiCare Holding Company (ConnectiCare) in a transaction that unites the companies, The parties say thed eal allows for regional growth while retaining local...
Conn. Gov. Rowland, Former Insurance Agent, Resigns from Office Amid Impeachment Inquiry
Jun 22 2004 // John Rowland, a member of a prominent Connecticut insurance and political family and himself a former insurance agent, resigned last evening as governor of Connecticut rather than testify before a legislative panel...
Conn. Gov. Signs Insurance Bills Before Exiting
Jun 22 2004 // Although Connecticut Gov. John G. Rowland vetoed a medical malpractice insurance reform bill last month because it failed to cap awards, he has signed into law a number of bills that are of importance to the...
Conn. Issues Reminder on Policies for Military
Jun 11 2004 // The Connecticut Insurance Department has reminded automobile insurers that they may not deny reinstatement, refuse to write, or raise premium rates for members of the Armed Forces returning from active duty. At the urging...
Conn. Supreme Court Affirms Expert Testimony Test
Jun 1 2004 // The Connecticut Supreme Court has affirmed its view of the so-called Daubert doctrine that expert testimony must be scrutinized closely using a two-pronged test. In the medical malpractice case of Linda Maher v. Quest...
Conn. Gov. Rowland Signs Terror Exclusion Law
May 27 2004 // Connecticut Gov. John Rowland (R) has signed into law important legislation to create a terrorism exclusion in the state’s Standard Fire Policy (SFP). The American Insurance Association (AIA), among other industr...
Reinsurance Brokers Bring ‘More Value Than Ever,’ Guy Carpenter CEO Tells Conn. CPCU
May 25 2004 // The role of reinsurance brokers has evolved well beyond the basic placement and relationship responsibilities of 25 years ago and will continue to evolve into new areas, according to the chief executive officer of Guy...
Conn. Underwriters: Thinking Inside the Box
May 17 2004 // Bill Kiley is well aware of the need to think outside the box in any business but the New England insurance wholesaler has hit upon a hot idea by doing just the opposite. For the past few months Kiley has been focused on...
It’s Official: Rowland Vetoes Conn. Med-Mal Measure
May 14 2004 // As he promised he would do, Connecticut Gov. John G. Rowland has vetoed legislation designed to address problems in the state’s medical malpractice market. Rowland, and many within the medical and insurance...
PCI Backs Conn. Gov’s Veto of Med-Mal Bill
May 12 2004 // Gov. John Rowland’s pledge on Tuesday that he will veto the medical malpractice insurance reform act when it crosses his desk is an encouraging sign that the governor is serious about implementing a lasting antidote...
Conn. Gov. Rowland Affirms He Will Veto Med-Mal Bill
May 11 2004 // Conn. Governor John G. Rowland today stood with doctors and members of the Connecticut State Medical Society to announce that he will veto medcial malpractice legislation rceently passed because it lacks caps on damage...
