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Connecticut’s Boating Laws Could Be Updated in ’15
Dec 29 2014 // A legislative delegation moved by the August tubing death of a Greenwich High School honors student wants the Connecticut’s General Assembly to take a closer look at the state’s boating laws. The four Greenwich...
Connecticut’s ‘Operation SANTA’ Nets DUI Arrests, Tickets
Dec 29 2014 // It was called “Operation SANTA,” but Connecticut’s state police weren’t giving out presents on roadways during the holiday week. A stepped up highway safety enforcement program that began Dec. 19...
Sandy Hook Victims’ Families Blame Bushmaster in Lawsuit for Shooting
Dec 16 2014 // The maker of the military assault rifle used to kill dozens at a Connecticut elementary school was sued almost exactly two years later by the families of 20 first-grade students who died in the mass shooting. The...
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Dec 15 2014 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas B. Leonardi has stepped down from his post to join a New York-based global investment banking advisory firm. Leonardi, who led the Connecticut Insurance Department for nearly four...
Farmers Insurance Set to Enter Connecticut in January
Dec 12 2014 // Farmers Insurance is set to begin providing insurance and financial services to Connecticut consumers Jan. 1, 2015, pending regulatory approvals, according to company executives who recently briefed local media...
New Connecticut Law Would Strengthen Skiing Rules
Dec 1 2014 // The first snow on the ground is a reminder that the ski season is getting started in Connecticut. A bill approved by lawmakers and signed by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy earlier this year seeks to strengthen enforcement of...
Conn. Court: Town Liable for Icy Sidewalk Slips
Dec 1 2014 // Connecticut’s Supreme Court ruled that property owners can’t be sued for injuries suffered when someone slips on an icy sidewalk in front of their home or business, unless their town has a specific law making...
Aetna to Establish Captive Insurer in Connecticut
Dec 1 2014 // Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced on Nov. 6 that Hartford, Connecticut-headquartered health insurer Aetna is establishing its captive insurance company in its home state, becoming the state’s fifth licensed...
Connecticut Approves NCCI’s Workers’ Comp Loss Cost Decrease Filing
Nov 21 2014 // The Connecticut Insurance Department recently approved the National Council on Compensation Insurance’s (NCCI) workers’ compensation filing for an overall -0.6 percent change for pure premium loss costs and an...
Hub International Northeast Hires Dionisio as Personal Lines VP in Conn.
Nov 19 2014 // HUB International Northeast, part of Hub International Limited, has hired Rose Dionisio as vice president of Personal Lines. Based out of the firm’s Fairfield, Connecticut office, Dionisio will be responsible for...
Conn. Court: Enfield Homeowner Not Liable in Icy Sidewalk ‘Slip and Fall’ Case
Nov 19 2014 // Connecticut’s Supreme Court ruled Monday that property owners can’t be sued for injuries suffered when someone slips on an icy sidewalk in front of their home or business, unless their town has a specific law...
Connecticut Commissioner Leonardi to Step Down, Join New York Investment Firm
Nov 19 2014 // Thomas B. Leonardi Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas B. Leonardi will step down from his post on Dec. 11, 2014, to join a New York-based global investment banking advisory firm, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s office...
Aetna to Establish Captive Insurance Company in Connecticut
Nov 10 2014 // Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced last week that Hartford, Connecticut-based health insurer Aetna is establishing its captive insurance company in its home state, becoming the state’s fifth licensed and...
Connecticut Family Sues Over School’s Ebola Fears
Oct 30 2014 // The father of a Connecticut third-grader filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday saying his daughter has been unfairly barred from school amid fears she may have been exposed to the Ebola virus while in Africa. Ikeoluwa Opayemi...
Feds: Engineer’s Sleepiness Caused Bronx Commuter Train Derailment
Oct 29 2014 // A sleep-deprived engineer nodded off at the controls of a commuter train just before taking a 30 mph curve at 82 mph, causing a derailment in the Bronx in New York City last year that killed four people and injured more...
EPIC Hires Walsh as Executive Liability, Financial Lines Principal in Conn.
Oct 22 2014 // Retail insurance broker EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center) has hired John Walsh as principal of Executive Liability and Financial Lines insurance. Walsh will be based in Stamford, Connecticut, and will report to...
Connecticut Police Officer Charged With Workers’ Comp Fraud
Oct 20 2014 // A former New London, Connecticut, police officer fired over accusations he leaked an internal police document and later rehired has resigned following his arrest on charges he fraudulently collected workers’...
Connecticut Lab to Test Medical Marijuana for Patient Safety
Oct 14 2014 // Nicole Steinhilber recently graduated from the University of Hartford in Connecticut with a degree in chemistry and didn’t have to look far to find a job. Steinhilber is working as a lab technician in a converted...
IFG Hires Golder as Excess/Umbrella Division Director in Connecticut
Oct 14 2014 // IFG Companies has hired D. Scott Golder as director in its Excess/Umbrella Division. Golder will be based in IFG’s Hartford, Connecticut, office. For the past 25 years, Golder has held a number of underwriting and...
Connecticut Construction Company Faces OSHA Fines
Oct 10 2014 // Federal workplace safety regulators say a Manchester, Connecticut-based construction company faces fines of more than $100,000 for a series of violations of workplace safety and health standards. The Occupational Safety...
