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Possible Aetna Move Prompts Focus on Urban, State Policies in Connecticut
Jun 5 2017 // Connecticut officials are again re-examining how they can dissuade companies like General Electric and now possibly insurance giant Aetna from relocating to places considered more innovative. A string of state budget...
Connecticut Governor Says State Senate Bill Ignores Insurance Industry Concerns
Jun 5 2017 // Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy sharply criticized the Connecticut Senate for unanimously passing legislation early Friday that creates a new mandate for health insurers, arguing the bill shows a “lack of...
Connecticut Offers Incentives in Bid to Keep Aetna
Jun 1 2017 // The state of Connecticut, once known as the insurance capital of the world, has been trying to woo health insurer Aetna with incentives to stay in the state, Governor Dannel Malloy said on Wednesday. His remarks came in...
JLT Re Appoints Sammur as Executive Vice President in Connecticut
May 31 2017 // JLT Re (North America) Inc. (JLT Re), part of the Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc, the global provider of reinsurance broking and consultancy, has appointed Tony Sammur as executive vice president in Stamford, Conn. In...
Woman Suffers Severe Blood Loss in Connecticut Razor Factory Accident
May 30 2017 // A worker at a Schick razor factory in Connecticut has been hospitalized after her hand got caught in a machine. A production manager at the Milford, Conn., factory told WTNH-TV the worker was doing a routine job Thursday...
Connecticut’s Smith Brothers Hires Peruccio from Cigna Healthcare
May 26 2017 // Smith Brothers, a Glastonbury, Conn.-based insurance broker, has added Chelsea Peruccio as an employee benefits advisor. Her responsibilities include new business development, account management and creating employee...
Connecticut Lawmakers Urged to Help Crumbling Foundation Homeowners
May 22 2017 // Regional officials are reminding state lawmakers it’s urgent this session to provide assistance to eastern and central Connecticut homeowners with crumbling foundations. Both the executive director of the Capitol...
Connecticut House Clears New Rules for Ridesharing Companies
May 15 2017 // Legislation creating rules for ridesharing services for the first time in Connecticut has cleared the House of Representatives. The bill passed Thursday on a 103-99 vote. It now moves to the Senate. Both Uber and Lyft,...
Woman Burned by Connecticut Bible Camp Heater Awarded $1.4M
May 10 2017 // A woman who was severely burned by a propane heater at a Connecticut bible camp has been awarded $1.4 million in a negligence lawsuit. Nicole Andrew was visiting her boyfriend at the Mountain Lake Bible Camp in Warren,...
Settlement Reached in Connecticut Christmas Fire that Killed Five
May 5 2017 // A Connecticut city on Tuesday announced that it has settled a lawsuit filed by the family of three girls who died in a Christmas morning house fire that also killed their grandparents. Terms of the settlement announced by...
Connecticut Insurance Department Launches Licensing Site
Apr 21 2017 // The Connecticut Insurance Department has launched a new licensing web site, designed to improve customer service for the nearly 200,000 agents, brokers, adjusters and other licensees who conduct business with the...
Connecticut’s Business Risk Partners Hires Stein and Rathore
Apr 19 2017 // Specialty underwriter and program administrator Business Risk Partners (BRP), headquartered in Windsor, Conn., has added two new members to its Professional Liability (E&O) and Operations team. Jennifer Stein was named...
Paragon Insurance Holdings in Connecticut Hires Faust as CFO
Apr 4 2017 // Paragon Insurance Holdings LLC (Paragon), an Avon, Conn.-based multi-line specialty program manager, has added Justin Faust to the Paragon executive management team as Chief Financial Officer. “Justin will lead...
Connecticut State Workers Won’t Get Part of $94M Stock Windfall
Apr 3 2017 // Connecticut state workers and retirees will not get part of a $94 million stock windfall received by the state in 2001 and then used to help fill a budget gap. The state Supreme Court on Friday rejected the workers’...
Brown Thayer Shedd Insurance Agency Hires Garrity in Connecticut
Mar 29 2017 // Brown Thayer Shedd Insurance Agency (BTS Darien) has hired Ryan P. Garrity as senior vice president of its Darien, Conn., location. In this role, Garrity joins BTS Darien President Edward D. “Tim” Brown in...
Florida Court to Hear Lawsuit Against Employer, Wife of Nightclub Shooter
Mar 29 2017 // A lawsuit brought by victims of the Orlando nightclub massacre against the gunman’s employer and wife was withdrawn from federal court and filed in state court in South Florida on Monday. Attorneys for 61 Pulse...
Connecticut Dental Practice Manager Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud
Mar 20 2017 // The office manager of a Stamford, Conn., dental practice has pleaded guilty to using a retired dentist’s records to charge insurance companies almost $600,000 for work that was never performed. Elena Ilizarov pleaded...
Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut Elects Distel as President
Mar 10 2017 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut Inc. (PIACT) elected Kenneth A. Distel of Avon, Conn., as president at the association’s Annual Convention held in March at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket,...
Report: Overloaded Cars Caused Connecticut Train Derailment
Mar 3 2017 // A new report says overloaded train cars caused a freight train derailment in Connecticut last year. Nine cars containing construction and demolition debris derailed in New Britain in December. Several businesses were...
Six Charged in Death of University of Connecticut Student After Party
Feb 28 2017 // Six University of Connecticut students were charged Friday with alcohol-related offenses connected to the death of a student who was run over by a fire department vehicle after leaving a party last fall. The students had...
