Latest Connecticut Headlines
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Parents of Connecticut Teen Gun Accident Victim Settle Lawsuit for $1M
Oct 2 2019 // The parents of a 15-year-old Connecticut boy who accidentally shot and killed himself at a friend’s house have settled their lawsuit against the gun owner for $1 million. The Hartford Courant reported Monday that...
AssuredPartners Acquires Connecticut’s Alton E. Woodford Insurance Agency
Sep 17 2019 // AssuredPartners Inc. has acquired Alton E. Woodford Insurance Agency Inc., located in West Hartford, Conn. The team of nine will remain under the operational leadership of Tallison Noble and Nerissa Smith following the...
Hagerty Acquires the Greenwich Concours d’Elegance in Connecticut
Sep 11 2019 // Hagerty, an automotive lifestyle brand and provider of specialty insurance to vintage vehicle enthusiasts, has acquired the Greenwich Concours d’Elegance in Greenwich, Conn. Following this move, Hagerty expects to...
Five Cases of Lung Disease in Connecticut Possibly Linked to Vaping
Sep 10 2019 // Connecticut public health officials say they are now investigating five cases of lung disease in state residents possibly related to the use of e-cigarettes or vaping products. The state Department of Public Health on...
Partners General Insurance Agency Hires Farrell, Opens Connecticut Office
Sep 10 2019 // Partners General Insurance Agency (PGIA) has hired Thomas Farrell as senior vice president to start up its Connecticut branch of operations. Farrell will be writing on Ategrity Specialty Insurance Company paper which has...
National Search Begins for Connecticut Crumbling Foundations Official
Sep 3 2019 // A national search is officially underway to replace the veteran insurance consultant who has overseen the rollout of an ongoing assistance program for Connecticut homeowners with crumbling foundations. Michael Maglaras...
Connecticut Woman Pleads Guilty to Fraud for Embezzling $400K from Employer
Aug 28 2019 // A Connecticut woman has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $400,000 from her employer. Federal prosecutors say 56-year-old Vicki Miller, of Colchester, pleaded guilty to wire fraud Friday in U.S. District Court in...
The Connecticut Interlocal Risk Management Agency Hires Dion, Martin
Aug 23 2019 // The Connecticut Interlocal Risk Management Agency (CIRMA) has hired Ellen Dion as chief financial officer (CFO). Dion has property and casualty insurance industry expertise spanning more than 25 years and will oversee...
Connecticut Crumbling Foundations Superintendent to Step Aside
Aug 20 2019 // The veteran insurance consultant who has overseen the rollout of an assistance program for Connecticut homeowners with crumbling foundations says he’s stepping aside. Michael Maglaras, superintendent of the...
Correction: Family of Connecticut Woman Killed in Crash Settles With Trucking Company for $18.75M
Aug 6 2019 // In a previous story about a wrongful death settlement, The Associated Press misidentified the company that employed a truck driver involved in a fatal accident. The driver worked for Food Haulers Inc., not Transervice...
GI Partners Completes Acquisition of Connecticut’s Insurity
Aug 6 2019 // GI Partners, a middle-market alternative asset manager, has completed the previously announced acquisition of Insurity Inc., a software platform for the property and casualty insurance industry. Headquartered in Hartford,...
Connecticut Worker Charged with Workers’ Compensation Fraud, Larceny
Aug 6 2019 // A Connecticut Department of Developmental Services (DDS) employee was has been arrested and charged with fraudulently collecting more than $4,000 in workers’ compensation benefits. Elizabeth Torres, age 58, of...
Gun Maker Appeals to Supreme Court Over Liability for Sandy Hook
Aug 2 2019 // The maker of the assault-style rifle used in the 2012 mass shooting at a Newtown, Connecticut, school asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to overturn a court ruling that allowed families of the victims to sue the...
Relief Arrives for Connecticut Homeowners with Crumbling Foundations
Aug 2 2019 // After worrying for years about the foundations crumbling beneath their houses, hundreds of suburban homeowners in a large swath of central Connecticut are getting help to salvage property that had been doomed by a bad...
New Connecticut Task Force to Begin Study of PFAS Chemicals
Jul 29 2019 // A new interagency task force will soon begin work on a plan to minimize the impact of a group of potentially dangerous industrial compounds known as “forever chemicals” on Connecticut residents. The group of...
Risk Strategies Acquires Connecticut’s Gerard B. Tracy Associates
Jul 26 2019 // Risk Strategies, a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has added to its employee benefits practice with the acquisition of Gerard B. Tracy Associates Inc. Based in Fairfield, Conn.,...
Connecticut Consumers Urged to Review Policies Ahead of Storm Season
Jul 23 2019 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Andrew N. Mais is urging homeowners to review their insurance policies before the upcoming tropical storm season. Peak hurricane season in Connecticut begins in mid-August and runs...
Connecticut’s Saxe Doernberger & Vita Hires Baptiste-Perez to Northeast Office
Jul 15 2019 // Saxe Doernberger & Vita, P.C. (SDV) has hired associate Christine Baptiste-Perez to its SDV Northeast office. Before attending law school, Baptiste-Perez taught high school Spanish in Louisiana and worked in human...
Sandy Hook Parents Lose Appeal Against Newtown Over School Shooting
Jul 15 2019 // A Connecticut state appeals court has rejected an appeal by the parents of two shooting victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre to hold the town of Newtown and its school district liable. While calling the case...
Connecticut’s Halpert Insurance & Financial Services Joins SAN Group
Jul 11 2019 // Satellite Agency Network (SAN) Group Inc., an alliance of independent insurance agencies in the Northeast, has announced that Halpert Insurance & Financial Services of Windsor Locks, Conn., joined the network. Agency...
