Latest Connecticut Headlines
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Man Awarded $1.6M Following Sears Fork Lift Accident in New York
Oct 4 2018 // A Connecticut jury has awarded $1.6 million to a man who was seriously injured by a fork lift at a Sears warehouse in 2014. The Connecticut Post reports that the jury ruled in favor of Kevin Reid last Friday. The Shelton...
Doctor’s Alleged Fraud Scheme Throws Medical Claims Review Process into Doubt
Oct 2 2018 // For years, Spyros Panos seemed like a successful orthopedic surgeon, seeing dozens of patients a day and bringing in millions of dollars in fees for his suburban New York medical group. In fact, he was inflating charges...
Connecticut Flooding Washes Away Roads, Forces Rescues, School Closures
Sep 28 2018 // Connecticut was cleaning up after a storm dumped more than eight inches of rain on parts of the state, causing floods that washed away roads and bridges and trapped people in their vehicles. Schools in East Haddam and...
Construction Company Cited in Connecticut for Safety Hazards, Faces $146K in Penalties
Sep 26 2018 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited L.L.E. Construction LLC for exposing employees to fall and other hazards at a construction worksite in Bridgeport, Conn....
Police Say More Than $75K in Equipment Stolen from Connecticut Business
Sep 26 2018 // Police in Connecticut are searching for a suspect they say stole thousands of dollars’ worth of construction equipment from a business. WVIT-TV reports Watertown, Conn., police were called Monday when a business...
SageSure Insurance Managers Hires dos Santos in Connecticut
Sep 24 2018 // SageSure Insurance Managers, an independent residential property managing general underwriter and subsidiary of Insight Catastrophe Group (ICG), has appointed Victor dos Santos as president of Commercial Insurance. Dos...
$1.5M Yacht Likely a Total Loss After Connecticut Barge Strike
Sep 21 2018 // Maritime officials say a 50-foot, custom-built yacht worth $1.5 million is likely a total loss after it was struck by a barge laden with sand and gravel in a Connecticut harbor. Capt. Eric Knott, Stamford’s...
Court Rules for Archdiocese in Connecticut in Priest Abuse Insurance Case
Sep 21 2018 // A federal appeals court says an insurance company must reimburse the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford nearly $1 million for payments the archdiocese made to settle sexual misconduct cases involving priests and...
Connecticut’s Business Risk Partners Appoints Lacey as Principal Underwriter
Sep 7 2018 // Business Risk Partners (BRP), a Windsor, Conn.-based specialty insurance program administrator, has appointed Brad Lacey as a principal underwriter focused on management and professional liability products. Simultaneously,...
Lawsuit Against Connecticut Bar Seeks More Than $50K in Damages After Fatal Crash
Aug 29 2018 // Relatives of a Waterbury, Conn., man who died in a car crash that also killed the wife of longtime ESPN broadcaster Chris Berman has filed a lawsuit against a Connecticut restaurant. A lawyer for the restaurant declined...
Ex-Employee Sues Connecticut’s Pratt & Whitney Over Jet Engines
Aug 23 2018 // A former engineer for jet engine maker Pratt & Whitney has filed a federal false claims lawsuit alleging the company knowingly sold “flawed” engines to the U.S. Air Force, which resulted in the likelihood...
Disaster Declaration Approved for Connecticut’s Tornado Recovery
Aug 22 2018 // U.S. President Donald Trump has approved a disaster declaration for Connecticut following severe storms that included four tornadoes. The tornadoes touched down in six towns in Connecticut during the May 15 storms....
Candidate Seeks to File Brief in Connecticut Crumbling Foundations Case
Aug 6 2018 // A Democratic candidate for state Attorney General is seeking permission to become involved in a court case involving eastern Connecticut homeowners whose foundations are crumbling. Wethersfield state Sen. Paul Doyle filed...
PowerGuard Specialty Insurance Services Hires Cantafi in Connecticut
Aug 6 2018 // PowerGuard Specialty Insurance Services, a renewable energy program manager based in the U.S., has hired warranty and service agreement specialist Dan Cantafi as the firm’s senior vice president of sales and...
Crash at Connecticut Auto Auction Leaves Six Injured
Aug 3 2018 // A man driving a car at a Connecticut auto auction suffered a medical emergency, struck four pedestrians and crashed into another vehicle on Wednesday, sending six people to area hospitals, police said. The driver of the...
Worker Suffers Severe Electrical Burns on the Job in Connecticut
Aug 3 2018 // Fire officials say a worker making repairs to a building in Connecticut has suffered severe electrical burns. Fire Chief Paul Januszewski tells the New Haven Register the man was upgrading the North Haven building’s...
Connecticut’s CMIC Hires Cronin as Director of Underwriting
Jul 17 2018 // CMIC, a Glastonbury, Conn.-based, member-owned medical professional liability insurance company, has hired Garrett P. Cronin to the CMIC Group team as the director of underwriting. Prior to joining CMIC, Cronin worked for...
Connecticut College Savings Plan Accounts Breached, $1.4M Taken
Jun 29 2018 // State Treasurer Denise Nappier announced Wednesday that 21 Connecticut Higher Education Trust college savings accounts were recently breached, resulting in more than $1.4 million in unauthorized withdrawals. Nappier said...
Connecticut’s Paragon Insurance Holdings Hires Fuller
Jun 21 2018 // Paragon Insurance Holdings LLC, a national, multi-line specialty managing general agency (MGA) based in Avon, Conn., has hired Tonya Fuller as vice president of its Winery and Brewery division. Additionally, Ashley...
FEMA Assessing Tornado Damage in Connecticut
Jun 14 2018 // Federal Emergency Management Agency officials on Monday began assessing damage from a tornado and a macroburst that hit Connecticut during severe storms last month, a process that could lead to federal aid. Officials...
