Latest Connecticut Headlines
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Risk Strategies Acquires May, Bonee & Clark of Connecticut
Apr 4 2023 // National specialty insurance broker Risk Strategies has acquired May, Bonee & Clark Insurance, a Connecticut-based business and personal insurance, employee benefits and risk management firm. The firm also offers...
Connecticut Gunmaker Faces Another Suit by Relatives of Colorado Shooting Victims
Mar 30 2023 // More relatives of people shot to death at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 are suing gun-maker Sturm, Ruger & Co. over how it marketed the firearm used in the massacre, adding to litigation first filed earlier this month...
Connecticut Lawmakers Weigh Lifting Surplus Lines Renewal Rule
Mar 24 2023 // Connecticut’s Insurance and Real Estate Committee has advanced a surplus lines insurance measure that the industry says would lift an unnecessary administrative burden but the state insurance regulator believes would...
Connecticut Gunmaker Sued by Son of Colorado Supermarket Shooting Victim
Mar 17 2023 // The son of one of 10 people killed at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 is suing gun-maker Sturm, Ruger & Co. over how it marketed the firearm used in the massacre – following the litigation road map set by families...
Connecticut Jury Awards $20M in Worker’s Death From Asbestos Exposure
Mar 15 2023 // A Connecticut jury has delivered a $20 million verdict for the widow and family of John Peckham, who died in 2020 from mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos while working with DAP “33” window glaze in...
Connecticut Regulator Opposes Letting Self-Storage Businesses Sell Insurance to Tenants
Mar 14 2023 // Owners of self-storage businesses in Connecticut want to be able to sell property insurance to their tenants but the state insurance regulator thinks that is a bad idea. According to Joe Doherty, lobbyist for the national...
Connecticut Sues Firearm Companies Over Ghost Gun Sales
Mar 9 2023 // Connecticut on Tuesday sued four gun companies it accused of mailing illegal firearm parts with no serial numbers to an undercover state investigator, the latest legal filing by states and cities seeking to crack down on...
Connecticut Insurance Firm Owner Pleads Guilty in $40M Fraud Scheme
Feb 22 2023 // The owner and manager of a Connecticut insurance firm pled guilty this week in federal court in White Plains, New York to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud, according to prosecutors. Between 2015 and 2019,...
Court to Rehear Challenge to Connecticut’s Transgender Athlete Policy
Feb 16 2023 // A federal appeals court has reinstated a challenge to Connecticut’s policy of allowing transgender girls to compete in girls high school sports, two months after a three-judge panel upheld the rules. The 2nd U.S....
Conn. Supreme Court Reverses Medical Malpractice Opinion Letter Precedent
Feb 14 2023 // For more than a decade, Connecticut courts have been dismissing medical malpractice actions if the plaintiff did not submit a proper certificate and opinion letter from “a similar health care provider” that...
People Moves: Connecticut Department Names Callanan as General Counsel; Hanover Appoints Williams E&S President
Feb 6 2023 // Connecticut Insurance Department Names Callanan as General Counsel Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Andrew N. Mais has named Jane Callanan, of Wallingford, his department’s new general counsel. Before taking on...
OSHA Cites Connecticut Contractor for Worker’s Death in Trench Collapse
Feb 2 2023 // A federal investigation has found a Connecticut contractor’s failure to provide legally required safeguards and make sure they were in place to prevent trench collapses contributed to the death of an employee buried...
Estimated 100,000 Hens Die in Blaze at Connecticut’s Hillendale Farms
Feb 1 2023 // BOZRAH, Conn. (AP) — An estimated 100,000 hens died in a weekend fire at a Connecticut farm owned by one of the country’s largest egg producers, Connecticut officials confirmed Monday. It’s one of several...
Connecticut Supreme Court Upholds Insurers in Two Covid-19 Business Loss Appeals
Jan 31 2023 // The Connecticut Supreme Court has upheld insurers in two cases where claims for business interruption losses blamed on Covid-19 were denied because there was no direct physical damage. One case involved healthcare...
Connecticut Gov. Lamont Proposes Gun Laws
Jan 25 2023 // Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont announced a series of proposed gun laws Monday in a state already considered one of the strictest for firearms ownership, including a statewide ban on open carrying expected to draw strong...
Insurer Finds No Foundation Problems in Connecticut Public Buildings
Jan 23 2023 // A review of concrete foundations of public buildings in northeastern Connecticut, including schools and fire stations, has found no widespread deterioration problems like what’s plagued hundreds of residential...
5 Connecticut Officers Plead Not Guilty in Police Van Paralysis Case
Jan 17 2023 // Five Connecticut police officers pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges accusing them of cruelly mistreating a Black man after he was partially paralyzed in a police van with no seat belts when the driver braked hard. The...
Connecticut Gov. Lamont Reappoints Mais as Insurance Commissioner
Jan 5 2023 // Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont has reappointed a number of commissioners including Insurance Commissioner Andrew Mais to continue serving in his second term in office: Lamont first nominated Mais in 2019 to oversee the...
Insurer Finds Connecticut Public Buildings Free From Foundation Problems of Homes
Dec 28 2022 // A review of concrete foundations of public buildings in northeastern Connecticut, including schools and fire stations, has found no widespread deterioration problems like what’s plagued hundreds of residential...
Brown & Brown Dealer Services Buys Connecticut Auto Dealer F&I Firm
Nov 8 2022 // Brown & Brown Dealer Services has acquired Finance Builders, a Canton, Connecticut firm providing finance and insurance (F&I) products and sales support to auto dealers in Connecticut and Massachusetts. The Finance...
