Latest Connecticut Headlines
All the headlines from our Connecticut Topic Page, ordered by recency.
GE’s Move Leaves Many Unsettled in Connecticut Communities
Jan 20 2016 // It’s not just the loss of loyal customers that worries jeweler Howard Diamond, or the extra tax burden that businesses like his may have to carry as General Electric pulls the plug on Fairfield, Connecticut. As he...
Connecticut Launches New Website to Help Fight Fraud
Jan 15 2016 // The state of Connecticut is launching a new website to help fight fraud, waste and abuse in state government. Officials say the website, located at FightFraud.ct.gov, will make it easier for the public to report suspicious...
Connecticut Cops Consider ‘Angel’ Program to Combat Heroin Scourge
Jan 15 2016 // A growing chorus of law enforcement leaders, drug addiction experts and parents of addicts say arresting and jailing heroin users will not stem the surge in deaths and overdoses. “We realize we’re not going to...
Business Moves
Jan 11 2016 // NFP, Absolute Advantage, Vanorsdale Insurance NFP Property & Casualty has acquired Lake Havasu City, Ariz.-based Absolute Advantage Insurance Services LLC. NFP also acquired San Diego, Calif.-based Vanorsdale...
Connecticut Doctors Say ‘Concussion’ Film Could Mislead
Dec 31 2015 // In the last few years, Erik Lanese, athletic trainer at Holy Cross High School in Waterbury, Connecticut, has seen a dramatic increase in the number of diagnosed concussions. The key word is “diagnosed.”...
Conn. State Police Responded to 460 Accidents Over Christmas Weekend
Dec 29 2015 // Connecticut State Police responded to more than 460 accidents and busted 40 people for driving under the influence over the Christmas holiday weekend. Troopers say the number of accidents from Wednesday morning through...
Connecticut Warns Carriers Not to Use Price Optimization
Dec 21 2015 // Connecticut has joined the growing number of states that have banned or restricted the practice of “price optimization” in insurance pricing. Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Katharine L. Wade announced that...
Connecticut Regulator Warns of Phone Scams Targeting Policyholders
Dec 13 2015 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Katharine L. Wade is advising consumers to be wary of a scam in which a caller poses as a representative of an insurance company and informs people that their policy is being canceled for...
Brown & Brown Acquires Assets of Smith Insurance in Connecticut
Dec 11 2015 // Brown & Brown Inc. announced that its subsidiary Brown & Brown of Connecticut Inc. has acquired substantially all of the assets of Smith Insurance, an independent agency based in Niantic, Connecticut. Terms of...
N.Y., N.J., Conn. Team Up to Boost Security During Busy Holiday Season
Dec 10 2015 // Law enforcement agencies in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut are working together to boost security on New York’s public transportation network during the holidays. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive...
Insurance Fraudster Heads Back to Jail for Violating Release Terms in Conn.
Dec 8 2015 // Insurance swindler and former international fugitive Martin Frankel has been sentenced to six months in prison for violating the terms of his release. Prosecutors say a federal judge in New Haven, Connecticut, sentenced...
Connecticut Bans Use of Price Optimization in Insurance Rates
Dec 4 2015 // Connecticut has joined the growing number of states that have banned or restricted the practice of “price optimization” in insurance pricing. Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Katharine L. Wade announced that...
Kingstone OK’d to Write Insurance in Connecticut, New Jersey
Nov 16 2015 // Kingstone Companies Inc., a New York-domiciled multi-line property/casualty insurance holding company, announced that its subsidiary, Kingstone Insurance Company, was granted approval to write P/C insurance in Connecticut...
New Storm Forecast Center Pairs UConn, Electric Utility Company
Nov 10 2015 // Two days before Superstorm Sandy struck Connecticut in 2012, UConn scientists fed measurements from the storm and historical data from others into a computer model they developed and forecast where the most damage and...
Connecticut Approves Workers’ Comp Loss Cost Decrease of 3.9%
Nov 6 2015 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Katharine L. Wade said Connecticut employers can expect to pay less next year for their workers’ compensation insurance as a result of the Insurance Department’s approval this...
Connecticut Warns Homeowners Insurers
Nov 2 2015 // The Connecticut Insurance Department sent a notice to insurance companies writing homeowners insurance in the state on Oct. 6, notifying them that they are not allowed to cancel or non-renew homeowners policies based on...
Smith Brothers Acquires Bayberry Insurance in Connecticut
Oct 29 2015 // Smith Brothers Insurance, an independent agency based in Glastonbury, Connecticut, announced that it has acquired the assets of Bayberry Insurance in Groton, Connecticut. Terms of the transaction were not...
Kingstone Approved to Write P/C Insurance in Connecticut
Oct 21 2015 // Kingstone Companies Inc., a New York-domiciled multi-line property/casualty insurance holding company, today announced that its subsidiary, Kingstone Insurance Company, was granted approval to write P/C insurance in...
Connecticut to Play Key Role in Anthem/Cigna Deal
Oct 19 2015 // Connecticut’s Department of Insurance is playing a major role in a deal that would create the nation’s largest health insurer. Since Cigna is based in Bloomfield, Connecticut, the state insurance regulators are...
People – South Central
Oct 19 2015 // The Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers elected Bill Henry as the group’s 2016 chairman. Henry is CEO and chairman of Dallas-based MHBT, a Marsh & McLennan Agency company. Henry succeeds Steve Brockmeyer,...
