Latest Connecticut Headlines
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Court Lets Connecticut Police Hiring Lawsuit Proceed
May 16 2022 // A former Bridgeport assistant police chief’s lawsuit claiming he was defrauded out of the police chief’s job can go forward, a state appeals court has ruled. James Nardozzi’s lawsuit stemmed from the...
COVID-19 Orders Not an Excuse for Business to Skip Rent, Connecticut Court Rules
May 12 2022 // Connecticut’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that executive orders issued by Gov. Ned Lamont affecting restaurants during the COVID-19 pandemic could not not be used by a Norwalk eatery as an excuse not to pay the...
Connecticut Legislators Pass Consumer Data Privacy ‘Bill of Rights’
May 2 2022 // Consumers in Connecticut will be able to know when their personal information is being tracked and how it’s being used under a wide-ranging data privacy bill that’s headed to Gov. Ned Lamont’s desk. The...
Relation Insurance Grows in East, Acquiring Ex-Nationwide Agency in Connecticut
Apr 14 2022 // California-based national agency Relation Insurance Services reports it has acquired the assets of Guilford, Connecticut-based Yerkes-Stephens Insurance. Yerkes-Stephens was previously part of Nationwide Mutual Insurance...
Connecticut’s Bradley Airport Website Hit by Cyberattack
Mar 31 2022 // Connecticut officials said they were monitoring a cyberattack Tuesday that attempted to crash the website of Bradley International Airport but had no impact on operations. The Connecticut Airport Authority, which oversees...
Pepperidge Farm Resumes Baking After Fire at Connecticut Facility
Mar 25 2022 // Pepperidge Farm said it has resumed baking at a facility in Bloomfield, Connecticut after a fire there Wednesday that consumed several drums of an acid solution. The fire, which broke out at about 4:30 a.m., was contained...
Connecticut Eyes Study of Youth Sports Safety After Hockey Player’s Death
Mar 14 2022 // A Connecticut legislative committee has approved a bill calling for a study of youth sports safety including the use of hockey neck guards, in response to the death of a 10th grade hockey player. The Committee on Children...
Connecticut, UK Sign ‘Insurtech Corridor’ Partnership
Mar 11 2022 // On March 10, 2022, the UK Government announced a formal agreement with Connecticut Insurance & Financial Services (CT IFS), the MetroHartford Alliance (MHA), the Connecticut Insurance Department, and Insurtech UK to...
‘No Contest’ Plea Doesn’t Trigger Criminal Exclusion in Home Policy: Connecticut Court
Mar 7 2022 // An insured’s plea of nolo contendere to criminal charges does not trigger a criminal acts exclusion in a homeowners insurance policy governed by state law, the Connecticut Supreme Court recently ruled. A federal...
Connecticut’s Trager Reznitsky to Add States After Buying P/C Unit of Stronghold Insurance
Mar 2 2022 // North Haven-based Trager Reznitsky Insurance has acquired the property/casualty business of another Connecticut independent agency, Stronghold Insurance LLC, in Shelton. This is the first acquisition for Trager Reznitsky...
4 Insurers, 5 Policies to Pay $73M Sandy Hook Settlement Against Gunmaker Remington
Feb 17 2022 // A federal bankruptcy court in Alabama has approved insurance payments totaling $73 million by four insurers to the families of the victims of the Sandy Hook massacre. The settlement with gunmaker Remington Arms and its...
Connecticut Added 13 Captives in 2021
Feb 8 2022 // Insurance Commissioner Andrew N. Mais touted a year of growth in captive insurers domiciled in Connecticut. In 2021, Connecticut approved 13 captive insurers. The licenses granted by the state were for both new captive...
Connecticut’s Hurricane Ida Disaster Aid Extended to Additional Counties
Feb 8 2022 // A federal disaster declaration approved last year after remnants of Hurricane Ida hit Connecticut has been amended to include certain damage that occurred in Fairfield and Litchfield counties, Gov. Ned Lamont announced...
World Insurance Associates Buys Connecticut’s Sumner & Sumner
Feb 2 2022 // New Jersey-based broker World Insurance Associates reports it has acquired Sumner & Sumner, Inc., an Insurance agency in Willimantic, Connecticut. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Sumner & Sumner began...
Connecticut Court Rules University Not Liable for Teens’ Abuse
Jan 31 2022 // Connecticut’s Appellate Court ruled Friday that Wesleyan University cannot be held responsible for the alleged abuse of boys in its basketball facilities and the dorm room of a basketball player during the early...
Connecticut Court Rules Women-Only Gym Areas Violate State Law Against Gender Bias
Jan 27 2022 // Women-only exercise areas in gyms and fitness clubs violate a state law banning discrimination based on gender, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. The 6-0 decision written by Chief Justice Richard Robinson...
OSHA Cites Connecticut Manufacturer for 48 Safety Violations After Fatality
Jan 25 2022 // After an employee of a Watertown, Connecticut metal fabrication company was electrocuted on July 14, 2021 while repairing a portable water heater, an inspection by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)...
Connecticut Offers Training for Insurance Brokers for Underserved Cities
Jan 21 2022 // Gov. Ned Lamont and Connecticut’s health care exchange announced plans Wednesday to launch a training program for licensed independent insurance brokers in the state’s three largest cities. James Michel, the...
Connecticut Approves 14.1% Workers’ Compensation Pure Premium Reduction
Jan 13 2022 // The Connecticut Insurance Department has approved a filing with decreases of 14.1% to workers’ compensation pure premium lost costs, and an 8.2% reduction in assigned risk rates. The decreases, effective January 1,...
Connecticut Drone Company Aquiline Forms Captive Insurer
Jan 10 2022 // Aquiline Drones Corp. (AD), a Hartford, Conn.-based drone manufacturing and services firm, has completed the licensing process to establish its own insurance captive, Aquiline Drones Indemnity Corp. (ADIC). This insurance...
