Latest Connecticut Headlines
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People’s United Insurance Agency Acquires Kesten-Brown in Connecticut
Oct 16 2015 // People’s United Bank N.A., a Bridgeport, Connecticut-based regional bank with nearly 400 retail locations in six states, announced that its subsidiary, People’s United Insurance Agency, has acquired...
Attorneys: N.Y. Woman’s Lawsuit Against Nephew Was an Insurance Case
Oct 15 2015 // A New York woman who sued her 12-year-old nephew for $127,000 over injuries she received when he exuberantly greeted her at his birthday party four years ago was forced to go to court over her medical bills, her lawyers...
Conn. Warns Insurers Not to Terminate Home Policies Over Foundation Problems
Oct 13 2015 // The Connecticut Insurance Department sent a notice to insurers writing homeowners insurance in the state, notifying them they are not allowed to cancel or non-renew homeowners policies based on foundation...
CRC Insurance Services to Acquire Connecticut Underwriters
Oct 6 2015 // CRC Insurance Services Inc., a wholesale insurance unit of BB&T Corporation’s principal subsidiary Branch Banking and Trust Company, announced an agreement to acquire Connecticut Underwriters Inc. in Middletown,...
Conn. High Court Reinforces Protections for Private Sector Whistleblowers
Oct 6 2015 // Connecticut’s highest court made it easier for private sector workers to bring whistleblower claims against their employers without fear of retaliation, ruling in a case brought by a former UBS AG real estate...
Newtown Families’ Wrongful Death Suit Against Gun Maker Sent to State Court
Oct 5 2015 // A wrongful death lawsuit filed against gun maker Remington by families of some Newtown, Connecticut, school massacre victims has been sent from federal court back to state court, where it may have a better chance of...
Connecticut Insurance Dept. to Play Key Role in Proposed Anthem/Cigna Merger
Oct 5 2015 // Connecticut’s Department of Insurance is playing a major role in a deal that could create the nation’s largest health insurer, leading a 26-state review of Anthem Inc.’s proposed merger with Bloomfield,...
Big ‘I’ Agents Install Louisiana’s Lanoix as Chairman
Oct 5 2015 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (Big “I”) installed a new leadership team over the weekend with Randy Lanoix of Louisiana as chairman. The agents’ group also installed Spencer...
Farmers Opens Connecticut Territory Office
Oct 5 2015 // Farmers Insurance, which began providing insurance and financial services to Connecticut consumers on Jan. 1, 2015, announced the opening of the company’s first territory office in the state. The new office, located...
GEICO Expands Rideshare Coverage to Connecticut
Oct 5 2015 // GEICO announced on Sept. 15 that the company is expanding its ridesharing insurance product offering to drivers in Connecticut. GEICO said its product delivers end-to-end coverage for personal and ridesharing...
NCCI Proposes Decrease for Workers’ Comp Loss Costs in Connecticut
Oct 1 2015 // The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) on Sept. 24 delivered a workers’ compensation loss cost filing to the Connecticut Insurance Department. NCCI said that based upon its review of the most recently...
IFG Companies Hires Smith as Underwriting Manager in Connecticut
Sep 28 2015 // IFG Companies has hired Geoffrey J. Smith as underwriting manager of its nationwide Commercial Underwriting Renewal Center in Hartford, Connecticut. While managing the efficiency and effectiveness of the Commercial...
Farmers Insurance Opens Its 1st Territory Office in Connecticut
Sep 25 2015 // Farmers Insurance, which began providing insurance and financial services to Connecticut consumers on Jan. 1, 2015, announced the opening of the company’s first territory office in the state. The new office, located...
Legal Wrangling Slows Wrongful Death Suit Over Newtown School Shooting
Sep 16 2015 // Newtown, Connecticut, and its schools are putting up a stiff fight against a wrongful-death lawsuit filed by the parents of two children killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, questioning whether the lawsuit...
GEICO Expands Ridesharing Coverage to Connecticut
Sep 16 2015 // GEICO announced Tuesday that the company is expanding its ridesharing insurance product offering to drivers in Connecticut. GEICO has rolled out its ridesharing product in Georgia, Virginia, Maryland, Texas and...
Conn. Troopers Issued 1,930 Speeding Tickets During Labor Day Weekend
Sep 10 2015 // The Connecticut troopers have issued 1,930 speeding tickets during the 2015 Labor Day weekend, the Connecticut State Police announced. The troopers patrolled the highways and roads in Connecticut over the Labor Day...
RiskMatch Promotes Kagan to Chief Client Engagement Officer in Connecticut
Sep 10 2015 // Adam Kagan RiskMatch, a Greenwich, Connecticut-based business intelligence and analytics firm that provides insurance portfolio management and placement services to brokers and insurers, promoted Adam Kagan to chief client...
Taxi Companies’ Suit Against Uber in Connecticut Dismissed
Sep 7 2015 // Uber Technologies Inc. on Aug. 13 won the dismissal of a racketeering lawsuit by 15 Connecticut taxi and limousine companies seeking to stop the ridesharing company from doing business in the state. U.S. District Judge...
Local Conn. Businesses Are Told to Plan Ahead, Prepare for Next Big Storm
Sep 3 2015 // A Category 3 hurricane with forces not seen in Eastern Connecticut for nearly 100 years barrels into the mouth of the Connecticut River. Roads are blocked by downed trees and utility lines. Power is expected to be out for...
Integro Acquires HealthCare Risk Specialists in Connecticut
Aug 27 2015 // Insurance brokerage and risk management firm Integro announced today that it acquired HealthCare Risk Specialists in West Hartford, Connecticut. Financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed. HealthCare Risk...
