Latest Connecticut Headlines
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N.Y., N.J., and Conn. YIP’s Adopt “New Look” with New Logos, Taglines
Apr 3 2003 // The Young Insurance Professional organizations in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut have recently revamped their logos and taglines in moves to reflect their evolution and continued development. The NY-YIP changed its...
PIACT Opposes Bill Prohibiting the Use of Credit History in Insurance Underwriting
Mar 27 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut Inc. has issued a statement urging the Connecticut General Assembly’s Insurance & Real Estate Committee to oppose Committee Bill No. 5490. The PIACT described the...
PIACT Elects Officers, Directors at Convention; New President Stresses “the Importance of Perpetuation”
Mar 24 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut announced the newly elected officers and Directors at the organization’s annual convention held last week at Foxwoods Casino and Resort, Mashantucket, Conn. PIACT...
PIACT Names Nicholas A. Fanelli as Committee Chairperson of the Year
Mar 21 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut Inc. presented Nicholas A. Fanelli, CLU, CPCU, CIC, owner and president of Raynard & Peirce Inc. in Canaan, with its Committee Chairperson of the Year award during the...
NAII Says CT Credit Bill is Redundant and Unnecessary
Mar 19 2003 // The NAII issued a bulletin opposing a proposed Connecticut bill that would prevent insurers from using credit scoring in insurance underwriting and rating, indicating that it “will do nothing to protect consumers,...
CT Broker Implements Xcipio’s Pilot Program for Single-Point-of-Entry Access System
Mar 18 2003 // Massachusetts-based Xcipio, announced that Burns, Brooks & McNeil, headquartered in Torrington, CT, one of New England’s largest independent insurance agencies, has implemented its XcelerRator(TM) system...
PIACT Urges CT General Assembly to Oppose Reduced Benefit Auto Insurance Program
Mar 17 2003 // Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut President James Pascarella, urged the Insurance & Real Estate Committee of the Connecticut General Assembly to oppose Raised Senate Bill No. 1084 during a public hearing on...
PIACT Supports Competition for Municipally Funded Construction Projects
Mar 14 2003 // Steven Imbriaco, government affairs counsel for the Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut Inc., told the Insurance & Real Estate Committee of the Connecticut General Assembly during a public hearing on Tuesday...
PIACT Diamond Club Reception Reviews Deregulation Issues
Mar 3 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut, Inc. hosted its Diamond Club Reception at the Officers Club in Hartford, Wednesday, Feb. 26 where PIACT member agents, Connecticut General Assembly representatives and...
Allison B. McKiernan Named PIACT’s Company Professional of the Year
Feb 26 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut Inc. announced that Harleysville Worcester Insurance Co. Commercial Lines Territory Manager Allison B. McKiernan CPCU, CIC, AU will receive its Company Professional of the...
PIACT To honor Rep. Lenny Winkler as its “Legislator of the Year
Feb 5 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut announced that Representative Lenny Winkler will receive its “Legislator of the Year” award at this year’s PIACT convention, March 18-19, at Foxwoods...
Bunker Hill Insurance Receives Approval for Conn. Homeowners Rates
Jan 28 2003 // Bunker Hill Insurance Company, a new entrant to the Connecticut homeowners insurance market, announced that it is “open for business,” following the receipt of approval for its homeowners rates from the...
Webster Financial to Acquire Conn. P/C Agency
Jan 7 2003 // Webster Financial Corporation, a Waterbury, Conn.-based holding company for banking and insurance subsidiaries, announced the acquisition of The Mathog & Moniello Companies, an insurance agency in East Haven...
WCRI Says Wide Variations in State Workers’ Comp Medical Fee Schedules Unrelated to Provider Costs
Dec 20 2002 // The substantial variation in workers’ compensation medical fee schedules among the states is not related to the different costs health care providers incur delivering medical services to injured workers, according to...
PIACT, PIANY Unveil Company Performance Surveys
Dec 3 2002 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut Inc. and the Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. announced plans to conduct member surveys to determine agents’ views of companies in Connecticut and...
CT Ins Services Unveils CE Tracking Program
Nov 14 2002 // CT Insurance Services introduced CE Central, a comprehensive, Web-based CE tracking solution that automatically tracks all producer credits, in every state, for every method of study, for every CE provider. CE Central also...
NAII Opposes Proposed Conn. Auto Repair Pricing Regulation
Oct 18 2002 // The National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) has decried a proposed Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicle regulation that would allow auto dealers and repair shops to use a reference guide for calculating...
AXIS Specialty Completes Acquisition of Connecticut Specialty
Oct 8 2002 // Bermuda’s AXIS Specialty Limited announced that it has completed the acquisition of Connecticut Specialty Insurance Company, which will be renamed AXIS Specialty Insurance Company (ASI). The Connecticut-based surplus...
Benfield Blanch Moves U.S. Headquarters to Conn.
Sep 5 2002 // Benfield Group plc, a U.K.-based reinsurance intermediary, announced the relocation of its U.S. headquarters from Dallas to Westport, Conn. effective Sept. 9. Rod Fox, CEO of Benfield Blanch said, “Several factors...
Bunker Hill Obtains Conn. License
Sep 4 2002 // Bunker Hill Insurance Company of Boston has received a license from the Connecticut Department of Insurance to sell homeowners policies in that state. Represented by independent agencies, Bunker Hill expects to issue...
