Connecticut Court Restores Administrative Law Judge’s Discretion in Workers Comp March 25, 2025 By Andrew G. Simpson The Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled that an administrative law judge has the discretion to award a workers compensation claimant,...
State High Court Nixes Policy Cancellation Over ‘Ambiguous’ Communications January 4, 2025 By Andrew G. Simpson An insurer failed to properly cancel a workers’ compensation policy because its multiple notices and other conduct were not “definite,...
Court, Not Board, Must Decide If Insurer Was Negligent After Canceling Policy August 13, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson Claims that a workers’ compensation insurer acted with negligence after it canceled a policy are for a court, not the...
Connecticut Approves 10% Rate Reductions for Workers’ Compensation for 2024 November 16, 2023 Businesses in Connecticut will receive a nearly 10% decrease in rates for workers’ compensation insurance beginning on January 1, 2024....
Connecticut Eyes 9.8% Cut in Workers’ Compensation Costs September 26, 2023 Connecticut workers’ compensation insurers are recommending an overall 9.8% reduction in loss costs in the voluntary market and a 10.5%...
Connecticut Adds Cancer Presumption to Firefighters’ Workers’ Compensation August 31, 2023 A new Connecticut law making it easier for firefighters who develop cancer to receive workers’ compensation benefits will go into...
Connecticut Approves 3% Cut in Workers’ Compensation Costs for 2023 October 24, 2022 Connecticut businesses will see another rate decrease in workers’ compensation insurance beginning on January 1, 2023. The Connecticut Insurance Department...
Connecticut Supreme Court Denies Wife’s Emotional Distress Workers’ Comp Claim August 8, 2016 By Dave Collins A Connecticut woman who found her 77-year-old husband crushed to death under an all-terrain vehicle when she brought him lunch...
Connecticut High Court Blocks Injury Suit Against Contractor August 5, 2016 By Dave Collins Two workers injured in a power plant explosion that killed six other people in 2010 cannot sue a contractor for...
Connecticut Launches New Website to Help Fight Fraud January 15, 2016 The state of Connecticut is launching a new website to help fight fraud, waste and abuse in state government. Officials...