September 1, 2017
Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Katharine L. Wade is reminding policyholders to review their homeowners insurance and understand their coverage as the 2017 Atlantic tropical storm season heads into its busiest time. The storm season traditionally runs from June 1 through November …
August 11, 2017
Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Katharine L. Wade has issued a consumer alert advising consumers to be wary of a phone caller who identified herself as an Insurance Department employee and is asking people for their insurance information. “The Department does not …
July 11, 2016
Connecticut’s insurance commissioner announced Tuesday that nonprofit health insurer HealthyCT must be placed under state supervision to protect the company’s 40,000 policyholders. Commissioner Katharine Wade said HealthyCT’s financial condition has become “unstable,” “seriously jeopardized” by a recent $13.4 million payment …
June 20, 2016
Connecticut’s Citizens Ethics Advisory Board has agreed to review whether the state’s insurance commissioner should recuse herself from overseeing Anthem Inc.’s proposed merger with Bloomfield-based Cigna. Connecticut Common Cause is among the several advocacy groups and state legislators that want …
October 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, Connecticut-based Cigna. Since Cigna is based in Connecticut, state …
April 10, 2015
Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Katharine Wade announced that insurance adjusters and appraisers can now renew their Connecticut licenses online using the department’s paperless system operated through the National Insurance Producers Registry (NIPR). “This will offer greater convenience to the thousands of …