Latest Connecticut Headlines
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World Insurance Acquires CDR Group in Connecticut
Nov 8 2022 // National insurance broker World Insurance Associates reports that it acquired CDR Insurance Group, Inc. of Waterbury, Connecticut on October 1, 2022. CDR was founded in 1992 by Rick Rice. The agency provides commercial and...
Connecticut Approves 3% Cut in Workers’ Compensation Costs for 2023
Oct 24 2022 // Connecticut businesses will see another rate decrease in workers’ compensation insurance beginning on January 1, 2023. The Connecticut Insurance Department has officially approved an average decrease of 3% to...
Nine Injured in Connecticut When Train Hits Tractor-Trailer Stopped in Crossing
Oct 19 2022 // A commuter train hit a tractor-trailer Monday whose operator had driven to a rail crossing after leaving the scene of an earlier crash, transit authorities said. Nine train passengers suffered minor injuries. The...
Supreme Court Declines Connecticut Troopers’ Appeal Over Personnel Disclosure Law
Oct 5 2022 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal by the Connecticut State Police Union in its challenge of a police accountability law that allows public disclosure of certain state trooper personnel files and...
Regulatory Roundup: Florida Warns of Crypto Scam, Louisiana Helps with $129 Million in Additional Claims, Connecticut Weighs in on Federal Subsidies
Oct 4 2022 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. State by state variations of laws, compliance protocols, industry transparency, and general regulatory cultures can lend one the impression that keeping up with...
Connecticut Workers’ Compensation Costs to Fall in 2023
Sep 30 2022 // Connecticut workers’ compensation costs to employers are on their way down, again. The industry’s National Council on Compensation Insurance’s (NCCI) has proposed an overall average change of -3.0% to the...
Connecticut Regulates ‘Defense Within Limits’ Provisions by Insurers
Sep 29 2022 // Connecticut’s insurance regulator has provided commercial insurers with updated guidance on “defense within limits” policy provisions including the lines of insurance on which they may be included and the...
Connecticut Lab Faces $907K in OSHA Fines Over Claims of Workers’ Chemical Exposure
Sep 27 2022 // For several months, employees at a Manchester, Connecticut environmental laboratory complained to management about faulty ventilation systems and about symptoms related to exposure to ethylene chloride, a highly hazardous...
Relation Insurance Acquires Mobeck-Guandalini in Connecticut
Sep 15 2022 // National insurance agency Relation Insurance Services has acquired Mobeck-Guandalini Insurance, a multi-line brokerage headquartered in Branford, Connecticut. Christopher Guandalini will continue to lead Mobeck-Guandalini...
Connecticut Trial Begins for Alex Jones in Sandy Hook Hoax Case
Sep 13 2022 // A month after losing one nearly $50 million verdict, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is set to go on trial a second time for calling the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting a hoax and causing several of the victims’...
Connecticut Police Investigate Death of Man Days After Stun Gun Shot by Trooper
Sep 7 2022 // Connecticut state police are investigating a man’s death four days after a state trooper shot him with a stun gun, authorities said Friday. Ryan Marzi, 38, of Hebron, died unexpectedly in his sleep on Aug. 28,...
Bankruptcy Judge Clears Way for Defamation Case in Connecticut Against Alex Jones
Aug 17 2022 // A federal bankruptcy judge on Monday cleared the way for a defamation lawsuit in Connecticut to proceed against Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. The case was filed by relatives of some victims of the 2012...
Miami, Like Connecticut, Installing Smart Signs to Prevent Wrong-Way Drivers
Aug 2 2022 // Miami-Dade County officials, like Connecticut authorities, are investing heavily in new, flashing road signs after a spate of wrong-way crashes on highways. The Miami-Dade Expressway Authority this week announced a $2.3...
After 20 Deaths, Connecticut Plans $20M Safety Effort to Prevent Wrong-Way Crashes
Aug 1 2022 // Connecticut’s Bond Commission approved $20 million in borrowing Friday for the purchase of equipment designed to help prevent drivers from going the wrong way down the state’s highways after nearly a dozen...
Connecticut Law Focuses on Teens Charged With Repeat Motor Vehicle Thefts
Jul 25 2022 // Connecticut has updated its criminal justice laws to speed up law enforcement’s responses when young people are charged with repeated motor vehicle theft and other crimes. Gov. Ned Lamont has signed the bipartisan...
FEMA to Send Connecticut $1.3M for May Storm Recovery
Jun 29 2022 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending nearly $1.3 million to the state of Connecticut to reimburse it for the administrative costs of recovering from the tornadoes and storms that struck the state on May...
Connecticut Gov. Lamont Signs Consumer Data Privacy Law
Jun 22 2022 // Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont has signed into law Public Act 22-15, which provides consumers with greater ability to safeguard their personal data that is collected by online companies. Most notably, the law requires...
2022 Travelers Golf Championship to Get Underway in Connecticut for Charities
Jun 21 2022 // The 2022 Travelers Championship tournament will run from June 23 to 26 at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut. The Travelers Championship, sponsored by The Travelers Companies, donates all net proceeds to local...
Federal Court Upholds Connecticut Law on Disclosing Police Records
Jun 6 2022 // A federal appeals court has upheld part of a 2020 Connecticut police accountability law that allows public disclosure of state trooper personnel files and internal investigations. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in...
Starkweather & Shepley Acquires Connecticut’s Ferman Group
Jun 3 2022 // Rhode Island-based Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage (S&S) reports it has acquired Ferman Group, an East Hartford, Connecticut employee benefits agency serving mid-sized businesses in New England. Geoff...
