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Conn. Court Supports $41.7M in Damages to Student Disabled by Tick Bite on School Trip
Sep 18 2017 // A student permanently disabled by a tick bite while on a school field trip in China is entitled to $41.7 million in damages, according to the Connecticut Supreme Court’s August ruling in support of a jury’s...
Connecticut Reminds Policyholders to Be Prepared This Storm Season
Sep 1 2017 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Katharine L. Wade is reminding policyholders to review their homeowners insurance and understand their coverage as the 2017 Atlantic tropical storm season heads into its busiest time. The...
Connecticut Man Sentenced for Role in Car Insurance Fraud Scheme
Aug 30 2017 // A Connecticut man originally from Haiti has been sentenced for his role in a scheme to defraud insurance companies through staged car crashes. Jacques Fleurijeune was sentenced Monday in federal court in New Haven, Conn.,...
Conn. Court Supports $41.7M in Damages to Student Disabled by Tick Bite on School Trip
Aug 22 2017 // The Connecticut Supreme Court in August supported a jury’s decision to award $41.7 million in damages to a student permanently disabled by a tick bite while on a school field trip in China, stating that schools in...
Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Warns of Caller Posing as Department Staff
Aug 11 2017 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Katharine L. Wade has issued a consumer alert advising consumers to be wary of a phone caller who identified herself as an Insurance Department employee and is asking people for their...
New Jersey’s Widerman & Company Merges with Connecticut’s Smith Brothers
Aug 9 2017 // Widerman & Company Insurance of Haddonfield, N.J., has merged its business with Smith Brothers Insurance of Glastonbury, Conn. This combination allows Widerman & Company the opportunity to maintain its local...
Connecticut Man Gets Prison for Defrauding Investors out of $874K
Jul 21 2017 // A Connecticut man will spend almost four years in prison for operating an investment scheme that defrauded people of more than $874,000. The U.S. Attorney’s office says 54-year-old Anthony Sciarra, of Wethersfield,...
Connecticut Woman Gets Prison Time for Stealing $250K from Employer
Jul 14 2017 // A Connecticut woman who stole more than $250,000 from her Massachusetts employer even as he struggled with dementia and cancer has been sentenced to nearly two years in prison. Angela Craig was sentenced Tuesday in U.S....
Connecticut Firefighter Fired After Workers’ Compensation Investigation
Jul 13 2017 // A Connecticut fire chief says a firefighter has been fired following an investigation into alleged workers’ compensation fraud. In a statement issued Tuesday, Hartford Fire Chief Reginald Freeman says the...
Connecticut’s W.R. Berkley Corporation Sells Real Estate Investment
Jul 10 2017 // W. R. Berkley Corporation has sold its real estate investment at 1101 New York Avenue NW in Washington, D.C. The company expects to report a realized pre-tax gain of approximately $120 million on the sale in the third...
In America’s Richest State, the Capital Flirts with Bankruptcy
Jul 10 2017 // The hedge-fund enclave of Greenwich, on the Connecticut Gold Coast, is about 100 miles and a world away from the state capital. But the fiscal crisis in Hartford, the historic center of the American insurance industry, is...
Connecticut Insurers: Homes Must Fall Down to be Eligible for Coverage
Jul 5 2017 // Connecticut residents whose home foundations are crumbling are facing a perplexing problem with their insurance policies: The damage won’t be covered unless their homes collapse. More than two dozen insurance...
Aetna Settles on New York for New Headquarters in 2018
Jul 5 2017 // Aetna Inc., the third-largest U.S. health insurer, will move its corporate headquarters to New York City next year, making it the latest company to leave Connecticut as the state raises taxes and deals with a budget...
How States Rate in Preventing Home, Auto, Work Accidents
Jun 28 2017 // No state goes far enough to protect its residents from leading causes of preventable deaths and injuries – commonly known as “accidents” – on the road, in homes and communities and at work, according to the...
Former Connecticut Software Company Manager Gets 2 Years for Taking $1.7M
Jun 26 2017 // A former payroll manager at a Connecticut software company has been sentenced to two years in federal prison after she acknowledged stealing $1.7 million from her job. The U.S. attorney’s office says 46-year-old...
Connecticut Woman Who Lied About Cancer to Avoid Prison Gets 30 Months
Jun 21 2017 // A Connecticut woman who lied about having cancer to avoid reporting to prison on a fraud conviction has been sentenced to more than two years behind bars. Aliyah Davis, of East Windsor, Conn., was sentenced to 30 months by...
EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants Acquires Connecticut’s After Inc.
Jun 20 2017 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property and casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, has acquired After Inc., a product warranty analytics firm based in Norwalk, Conn. The...
Two More Plead Guilty in Connecticut Auto Insurance Scam
Jun 19 2017 // Two Connecticut men have been convicted of staging car crashes to defraud insurance companies. Federal prosecutors say 32-year-old Mackenzy Noze, and 33-year-old Jonas Joseph, both of Norwich, Conn., were convicted by a...
Rules for Ride-Hailing Services Head to Connecticut Governor’s Desk
Jun 9 2017 // Legislation creating rules for ride-hailing services for the first time in Connecticut is heading to the governor. After three years of the debate, the bill finally passed the Senate on a 28-8 vote late Tuesday. It...
The Hartford Launches Nationally Registered Apprenticeship Program
Jun 8 2017 // The Hartford is working to educate college students about opportunities in the insurance industry while helping to make the transition from college to an insurance career an easier one. This initiative comes through its...
