Latest Connecticut Headlines
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SAN Group Adds Two Connecticut-Based Member Agencies to Its Network
May 1 2020 // Satellite Agency Network (SAN) Group Inc., an alliance of independent insurance agencies in the Northeast, recently added two Connecticut-based member agencies to its network. White Oak Insurance LLC of Milford, Conn.,...
Inside Connecticut’s ‘Ground War’ Against Coronavirus at Nursing Homes
Apr 28 2020 // On Main Street in Bridgeport, Connecticut, across the road from a hospital grappling with the coronavirus crisis, a nondescript brick building is playing a key role in the state’s plan to free up acute-care beds and...
World Insurance Associates Acquires Connecticut’s Martin & Rowland Insurance
Apr 27 2020 // World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) has acquired Martin & Rowland Insurance Inc. of Prospect, Conn., on April 1, 2020. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 1845, Martin & Rowland Insurance...
CCG IQ Acquires Connecticut’s The UIS Group
Apr 1 2020 // CCG IQ, a provider of tech-enabled insurance services, has acquired The UIS Group. CCG IQ anticipates that the addition of this business will enhance its suite of services for insurance companies, according to a company...
Connecticut Calls on Auto Insurers to Extend Coverage to Personal Delivery Drivers
Mar 30 2020 // Connecticut Insurance Department Commissioner Andrew N. Mais has called on insurers to immediately institute an extension of coverage for personal delivery drivers in light of the disruption caused by the COVID-19...
Owner of WWII-Era Bomber Banned from Carrying Passengers After Connecticut Crash
Mar 27 2020 // The Federal Aviation Administration revoked a foundation’s permission to carry passengers aboard its World War II-era planes after a deadly crash in October. The agency cited safety concerns in its decision to...
How East Insurance Regulators Are Responding to the Coronavirus Pandemic
Mar 25 2020 // As insurers continue to monitor the spread and impact of COVID-19, insurance regulators across the East region of the U.S. are issuing guidance on how the industry can respond. “There is almost no aspect of the...
Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut Elects Prast as President
Mar 9 2020 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut Inc. has elected Gerard Prast of Wallingford, Conn., as president at the association’s Annual Convention, held March 5-6 at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket,...
Court Upholds $21.7M Verdict Against Connecticut Rabbi in Sex Abuse Case
Mar 5 2020 // A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a $21.7 million verdict against a Connecticut rabbi accused of repeatedly sexually abusing a teenage boy in the early 2000s. A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of...
Connecticut Man Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Nonprofit of $240K
Mar 2 2020 // A Connecticut man pleaded guilty Thursday to stealing $240,000 from the nonprofit he worked for as well as some of the organization’s developmentally disabled clients, federal prosecutors said. Michael Verzella, of...
Firearm Purchaser Licensing Laws Linked To Fewer Fatal Mass Shootings
Feb 13 2020 // Firearm purchaser licensing laws that require an in-person application or fingerprinting are associated with an estimated 56 percent fewer fatal mass shootings in states that have them, according to a new study by...
Workplace-Related Deaths on the Rise in Connecticut
Feb 7 2020 // The number work-related deaths in Connecticut in 2018 was the highest it’s been since 2010, according to the state Department of Labor. The agency said 48 people lost their lives to work-related injuries in 2018, the...
Connecticut School Sued by Former Student Over Sexual Abuse
Feb 6 2020 // A former student at a private boarding school for girls in Connecticut says in a federal lawsuit that the school was negligent for allowing a former faculty member to sexually abuse her. The suit filed Tuesday alleges the...
Personal Info Possibly Compromised for 1,100 Insurance Users in Connecticut
Jan 31 2020 // The personal information and Social Security numbers of about 1,100 users of Connecticut’s state health insurance marketplace might have been compromised after a security breach last fall, officials said. Access...
Connecticut’s CMIC Group Promotes Ursini, Cronin
Jan 9 2020 // CMIC Group, a Glastonbury, Conn.-based, member-owned medical professional liability insurance company, has promoted Michelle M. Ursini, previously the director of Business Development & Marketing, to the role of vice...
Insurance Journal’s Top 10 East Region Stories of 2019
Jan 2 2020 // A new year is a time of reflection for some, and last year, the city of Boston began 2019 by reflecting on an important piece of the city’s history: the 100-year anniversary of The Great Molasses Flood. The flood,...
Connecticut City Reaches $625K Settlement in Halfway House Lawsuit
Dec 30 2019 // A federal prison halfway house will not be built in Connecticut after a Pennsylvania-based nonprofit reached a $625,000 settlement in an ongoing lawsuit with the city of Norwalk. The city will pay $275,000 of the...
Connecticut City to Pay $5M to Settle Lawsuit Over Fatal School Stabbing
Dec 27 2019 // A Connecticut city will pay $5 million to the family of a teenage girl stabbed to death at her high school to settle a lawsuit alleging the district did not properly respond to threats posed by the killer, attorneys for...
Federal Safety Agency Starts 12th Probe Into Tesla Crashes
Dec 16 2019 // The U.S. auto safety agency said on Friday it will investigate a 12th Tesla crash that may be tied to the vehicle’s advanced Autopilot driver assistance system after a Tesla Model 3 rear-ended a parked police car in...
Sandy Hook Families Get Gunmaker Trial Nine Years After Attack
Dec 13 2019 // Family members of nine children and educators killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre have received a September 2021 trial date in their landmark lawsuit against Remington Arms Co. over its marketing of...
