Latest Connecticut Headlines
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Connecticut Anti-steering Bill Heads to Full Vote
Apr 2 2008 // A Connecticut bill that restricts auto insurers from directing clients to certain car repair shops – legislation opposed by insurers and agents alike – is headed for a floor vote in the state’s General...
Connecticut Mayor Wants More Frequent Crane Inspections by State
Mar 31 2008 // Stamford, Connecticut Mayor Dannel Malloy has asked Gov. M. Jodi Rell to order more frequent state inspections of cranes. In a letter to Rell, he said the city building official has authority to only inspect the base...
High-Heeled Dash Contest Lands Connecticut Cop in Legal Trouble
Mar 27 2008 // Connecticut prosecutors say a state correction officer faces a fraud charge for running a 40-yard dash in high heels while he was supposedly too injured to work. State prosecutors say Garrett A. Dalton of Naugatuck dressed...
New Markets
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Employee Charges Connecticut DMV Fails Its Own Driver-Training Standards; State Promises Review
Mar 24 2008 // An agent for Connecticut’s Department of Motor Vehicles has accused the agency of failing to consistently enforce its own standards in driver training and retraining. Commissioner Robert M. Ward disputes the...
Connecticut Insurance Firm Owners Accused of Laundering $10M
Mar 19 2008 // Federal agents have arrested the owners of a Danbury , Connecticut insurance firm, accusing them of laundering nearly $10 million. Renata Amaral and Monica Teixeira are accused of laundering the money between Brazil and...
Conn. Bill Banning Credit Scores for Auto Insurance Dies in Committee
Mar 19 2008 // A Connecticut bill that would have banned insurers in from rating Nutmeg State drivers using credit scores has died in committee. The bill has passed a procedure deadline set by the General Assembly’s Insurance and...
Man Critically Injured in Fiery Connecticut Crash in 2005 Dies
Mar 18 2008 // A commuter bus driver who was critically injured in the 2005 crash involving a runaway dump truck at the base of Connecticut’s Avon Mountain has died at his Torrington home, family members and colleagues said. Frank...
Connecticut Agents’ Group Elects New Officers
Mar 18 2008 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut elected officers yesterday during the group’s annual convention. The group’s new officers are • President Michael F. Keating of West Hartford, president of...
Some in Connecticut Shook by Small Earthquake
Mar 13 2008 // Scientists say it was a small earthquake that shook houses in Chester, Connecticut and surrounding towns earlier this week. The U.S. Geological Survey says it recorded a 2.0 magnitude earthquake early Tuesday morning three...
Connecticut Lawmakers Want Overhaul of Bail Bondsmen System
Mar 12 2008 // Connecticut lawmakers say it’s time to reform Connecticut’s bail bondsmen system. Legislators held a hearing today on a bill that would subject bondsmen to testing and routine training, and allow the public...
GPS Tells Connecticut City to Sack 4 Fire Inspectors
Mar 11 2008 // A lengthy investigation has led Bridgeport, Connecticut officials to fire four city fire department inspectors. Officials say the fire inspectors lost their jobs after the investigation allegedly found that they spent...
Connecticut DMV Employee Says Agency Fails Driver-Training Standards
Mar 11 2008 // An agent for Connecticut’s Department of Motor Vehicles has accused the agency of failing to consistently enforce its own standards in driver training and retraining. Commissioner Robert M. Ward disputes the...
Truckers to Review Snow-Removal Ideas in Wake of Connecticut Concerns
Mar 11 2008 // The country’s leading trucking industry group says it will seek new ways to help truckers in Connecticut and nationwide remove ice and snow from atop their rigs without endangering themselves. The American Trucking...
Ratings Recap: CIFG, Tall Pines, Conn. Medical, Nationwide, Wolverine
Mar 11 2008 // Fitch Ratings has downgraded CIFG to ‘AA-‘ from ‘AAA’ and kept the ratings on Rating Watch Negative. The downgrade affects the Insurer Financial Strength (IFS) ratings for CIFG Guaranty and...
Five Execs Found Guilty of Fraud in Gen Re-AIG Trial
Mar 10 2008 // A federal court jury in Hartford, Connecticut, has found four former General Re Corp. executives and one former American International Group executive guilty of corporate fraud and conspiracy charges stemming from...
Connecticut Lawmakers Weigh Stricter Teen-Driving Laws
Mar 7 2008 // Connecticut lawmakers are hoping a bill aimed at tightening teen driving laws will clear its first legislative hurdle today. That’s when a vote in the Transportation Committee is scheduled. The bill – a...
Connecticut River Communities Warned About Potential Spring Floods
Mar 5 2008 // Communities along the Connecticut River are being told to prepare for the possibility of flooding over the next few weeks. The heavy snowfall in northern New England this winter, combined with one of the wettest months of...
Fraud Trial Starts for Owner of Truck in Fiery Conn. Crash
Mar 4 2008 // A former business owner whose truck was involved in a fatal chain-reaction crash at the base of Avon Mountain in Connecticut in 2005 went on trial yesterday. David Wilcox, 72, owned a dump truck that lost control and...
Conn. Woman Pleads No Contest to Attempted Insurance Fraud
Mar 3 2008 // The wife of a former truck owner whose truck was involved in a fatal crash on Connecticut’s Avon Mountain nearly three years ago has pleaded no contest to attempted insurance fraud. Donna Wilcox faced a trial that...
