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Man Admits Role in Scheme to Stage Dozens of Crashes in Connecticut
Feb 16 2017 // A Haitian man has admitted in federal court he was involved in a scheme to stage dozens of car crashes in Connecticut and collected up to $30,000 per wreck by submitting bogus insurance claims. Jacques Fleurijeune, also...
Renaissance Alliance Acquires the Peter M. Bakker Agency of Connecticut
Feb 16 2017 // Renaissance Alliance Insurance Services, an independent insurance agency collaboration based in Wellesley, Mass., has announced its acquisition of the Peter M. Bakker Agency Inc. of Avon, Conn. The acquisition is set to...
Connecticut Governor Says Budget Plan Will Lower Taxes for Insurance Industry
Feb 3 2017 // Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy says his two-year state budget proposal will reduce taxes for Connecticut’s insurance industry. The Democrat said Monday he wants to lower the tax rate that insurers pay on...
EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants Hires Giuditta in Connecticut
Jan 31 2017 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property, casualty brokerage and employee benefits consultant headquartered in San Francisco, Calif., has hired Christopher J. Giuditta as a vice president. Giuditta will...
Connecticut Lawmakers Consider Higher Fines for Distracted Driving
Jan 30 2017 // Some Connecticut lawmakers want to make it tougher for distracted drivers. The General Assembly’s Transportation Committee is holding a public hearing today on several bills that would increase penalties for texting...
Woman Sentenced to 4 Years for Stealing $700K from Connecticut Company
Jan 25 2017 // A former employee of a Connecticut real estate management and development business has been sentenced to four years in prison for stealing more than $700,000 from the company. Federal prosecutors say 50-year-old Debra...
Fire Destroys Connecticut Building That Houses 7 Businesses
Jan 3 2017 // An office building in Norwich that houses seven businesses has been destroyed by a fire. The Norwich Bulletin reports that fire officials say the fire started around 3:30 a.m. Saturday on West Main Street. The East Great...
Christmas Day Fire in Connecticut Blamed on Toy Hoverboard
Dec 28 2016 // New Haven, Conn., fire officials say a toy hoverboard appears to be the cause of a Christmas Day apartment fire that displaced four people and sent one to the hospital. Battalion Chief Ben Vargas tells the New Haven...
East Regulation Report Card: Vermont Ranks Best for 3rd Straight Year
Dec 22 2016 // The R Street Institute, a nonprofit public policy research organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., has found that Vermont has the best insurance regulatory environment in the U.S. for the third straight year in its...
Connecticut Insurance Department Launches Online Pay Portal
Nov 21 2016 // The Connecticut Insurance Department has issued a online pay portal to process financial transactions for licensees that conduct business daily within the department, Insurance Commissioner Katharine L. Wade announced. The...
Sandy Hook Families Ask Connecticut Top Court to Hear Suit
Nov 16 2016 // The families of some of the 26 children and educators killed at a Connecticut elementary school in 2012 asked the state’s top court on Tuesday to overturn a lower court’s dismissal of their lawsuit against the...
5 Boys Charged with Arson in Connecticut Fires
Nov 10 2016 // Authorities say five boys have been arrested in connection with two fires in Norwich last month. Police say four 13-year-olds and a 12-year-old face charges that include second-degree arson and first-degree criminal...
EPA Authorizes $1.8M to Remove Unsafe Liquids From 2 Connecticut Industrial Sites
Nov 9 2016 // Federal environmental regulators say they’re trying to contain and remove as much as 200,000 gallons of dangerous liquid chemicals and compounds found in storage tanks at two abandoned industrial properties in...
Connecticut’s Business Risk Partners Hires Bizzoso and Landaverde
Nov 8 2016 // Business Risk Partners (BRP), a specialty underwriter and program administrator based in Windsor, Conn., hired Greg Bizzoso as an E&O product manager and team leader for miscellaneous professional liability (MPL) and...
Connecticut Insurance Department Approves NCCI Workers’ Comp Rate Filing
Nov 1 2016 // Connecticut Insurance Department Commissioner Katharine L. Wade announced that the department has approved a rate filing from the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) that decreases workers’ compensation...
Arson Suspected in Several Recent Connecticut Fires
Oct 28 2016 // Police and fire investigators say a string of fires in Norwich, Conn., recently appear to be arson and are looking for the person or people responsible. The latest blaze occurred Monday night at the former YMCA building on...
Connecticut Based Insurer Cigna Eases Rules for Opioid Addiction Medication
Oct 24 2016 // The health insurer Cigna has agreed to end a policy that required physicians to fill out extra paperwork before they could give patients a drug used to treat opioid addiction. The move announced Friday comes after New York...
Native American Tribe Suing Connecticut for $613M for Land Taken in 1800s
Oct 19 2016 // A Connecticut-based Native American tribe is suing the state for at least $613 million in damages for land it says was taken from the tribal reservation more than a century ago. The Schaghticoke Tribal Nation said in the...
Citing Shield Law, Judge Dismisses Sandy Hook Families’ Suit Against Gun Manufacturer
Oct 17 2016 // A Connecticut judge threw out a lawsuit by families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting, a major victory for the gun industry and in particular Remington Arms Co., maker of the assault weapon used in the...
CMIC’s 2017 Rates Unchanged for Connecticut and Massachusetts Members
Oct 14 2016 // CMIC, an A- (A.M. Best) rated company and member-owned medical professional liability insurance provider, announced that the overall rate indication for Connecticut and Massachusetts policyholders will remain unchanged for...
