Latest Connecticut Headlines
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Connecticut’s Shoreline Financial Group Joins Satellite Agency Network Group
Jun 7 2018 // Shoreline Financial Group, a financial services group based in Clinton, Conn., has joined Satellite Agency Network (SAN) Group Inc., a Hampton, N.H.-based alliance of independent insurance agencies in the...
EPIC Holdings Inc. Hires Walter as Chief Talent Officer in Connecticut
Jun 5 2018 // EPIC Holdings Inc., the parent company of EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants, has added human capital professional Janine Walter as chief talent officer and a member of the EPIC Executive Committee. EPIC is a retail...
Investor Group Acquires Connecticut’s Talcott Resolution from The Hartford
Jun 1 2018 // Talcott Resolution, The Hartford’s run-off life and annuity businesses, has been acquired by an investor group led by Cornell Capital LLC, Atlas Merchant Capital LLC, TRB Advisors LP, Global Atlantic Financial Group,...
How to Succeed in Today’s Small Business Insurance Market
May 30 2018 // The small business market is big. The U.S. small commercial market represents about one-third of the total commercial lines market and generates between $99 billion and $103 billion in direct written premium, according to...
Mass., Conn. Senators Seek Answers About Safety Protocols for Self-Driving Cars
May 29 2018 // U.S. Senators Edward Markey and Richard Blumenthal are pressing automakers and technology companies that are developing self-driving cars about their safety protocols for test-driving the vehicles. Federal investigators...
G.M. Abodeely Insurance Agency Merges with Connecticut’s Smith Brothers Insurance
May 15 2018 // G.M. Abodeely Insurance Agency has merged its business with Smith Brothers Insurance of Glastonbury, Conn. This combination allows the Abodeely Agency to maintain its presence as an independent local agent and leverage the...
Connecticut Lawmakers Vote to Add $12 Fee to Help Homeowners
May 11 2018 // Legislation adding a $12 annual surcharge on insurance policies of every Connecticut residential homeowner to help those homeowners with crumbling foundations is moving to the governor’s desk. The state Senate on...
Connecticut House Passes $12 Fee to Help Crumbling Foundation Homeowners
May 10 2018 // Connecticut moved closer Saturday toward adding a $12 annual surcharge on the insurance policies of every residential homeowner to financially help hundreds, if not thousands, of homeowners with crumbling foundations pay...
Malloy Says He’ll Sign Connecticut Bill Forbidding Salary Questions
May 10 2018 // Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says he will sign legislation into law that prohibits employers from asking applicants about their salary history. The Democrat says the bill, which cleared the Senate on a 35-1 vote Friday night,...
Court Asked to Define ‘Collapse’ in Connecticut Home Foundations Case
May 7 2018 // A federal judge has asked the Connecticut Supreme Court for a better definition of the word “collapse” that could help decide whether homeowner insurance policies should cover repairs to thousands of homes with...
Hartford Insurtech Hub Gives 10 Startups Shots at Partnerships with Insurers
May 7 2018 // Emerging from a 10-week accelerator program, 10 technology-powered insurance startups presented ideas for enhanced customer engagement, cyber security, digital health, smart home products and supply chain management at the...
Business Moves
May 7 2018 // Sedgwick, Cunningham Lindsey Memphis, Tenn.-based global claims services firm Sedgwick has finalized the acquisition of competitor global loss adjusting and claims management firm, Cunningham Lindsey and its...
Connecticut Pizza Shop Owner Pleads Guilty to Fraud Stemming From Fire
Apr 23 2018 // The owner of a Connecticut pizza parlor has pleaded guilty to a fraud charge for setting fire to his own business and then collecting insurance money. Federal prosecutors say 32-year-old Mustafa Zabana, an Iraqi national...
Hartford Insurtech Hub Gives 10 Startups Shots at Partnerships with Insurers
Apr 23 2018 // Emerging from a 10-week accelerator program, 10 technology-powered insurance startups presented their ideas for enhanced customer engagement, cyber security, digital health, smart home products and supply chain management...
Judge Rules Convicted Swindler in Connecticut Won’t Have to Pay Restitution
Apr 19 2018 // A judge has ruled that a former Connecticut insurance broker convicted of swindling millions of dollars from several elderly clients won’t have to repay the money, as originally ordered. Galan Newton was sentenced to...
Connecticut Man Awarded $82K After Crash with Truck
Apr 16 2018 // A Connecticut man injured when the vehicle he was in crashed with a truck carrying portable toilets has been awarded $82,000 in a lawsuit. The Connecticut Post reports that 52-year-old Randall Ryan, of Bridgeport, Conn.,...
Smith Brothers Insurance Purchases Assets of Connecticut’s Bailey Agencies Insurance
Apr 10 2018 // Smith Brothers Insurance LLC has purchased the assets of Bailey Agencies Insurance of Groton, Conn. Bailey was founded in 1890 by Henry Bailey to help protect families and businesses throughout the Southeastern Connecticut...
Connecticut Senator Says Surcharge to Help Homeowners Is Not Dead
Apr 10 2018 // A key Connecticut lawmaker says a proposed surcharge on insurance policies to raise money to help homeowners with crumbling foundations is not a dead issue. Senator Cathy Osten, the Democratic Senate chairman of the...
Former Animal Shelter Director in Connecticut Settles Dog Attack Lawsuit
Apr 9 2018 // The former director of a Connecticut animal shelter has settled a lawsuit with a volunteer who was attacked by her pet dog. The Record-Journal reports that former Meriden Humane Society Director Marlena DiBianco reached a...
$1.1M Settlement Reached Over Fatal Highway Crash in Connecticut
Apr 9 2018 // A $1.1 million settlement has been reached in a wrongful death lawsuit connected to a 2016 fatal highway crash in Windsor Locks, Conn. The Connecticut Law Tribune reports the family of Kevin Dutra agreed to the settlement...
