Connecticut News

Declarations

Dr. Dangerous “(She is an) immediate and serious threat to public health.” —The Board of Registration in Medicine in Massachusetts, commenting on the case of Winchester Hospital obstetrician Suzanne Rothchild. The board suspended her medical license after she had been …

New Markets

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It Figures

$27.5 Million The amount of a settlement reached between a Pennsylvania nuclear processing plant and neighbors who claim the radioactive particles from the nuclear factory gave them cancer and damaged their property. The case concerned Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corp., …

People

Gov. John Baldacci recently swore in Mila Kofman as superintendent of the Maine Insurance Bureau, Kofman has been an associate research professor at the Georgetown University, where she led health-related research projects on the uninsured and fraud. From 1997 to …

Business Moves

Max Specialty Max Specialty Insurance Co., of Richmond, Virginia, the U.S. excess and surplus lines unit of the Bermuda-based Max Capital Group Ltd., has agreed to acquire a U.S.-based admitted insurance company licensed to write business in all 50 states …

Main Street America Adds States to Personal Auto Program

The Main Street America Group introduced its new Personal Auto MVP (multivariate rating program) product to its independent insurance agents in Maryland and Tennessee, bringing the total now to nine states. Personal Auto MVP features “predictive modeling” or “multivariate” rating. …

New Markets

The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Sports and Recreation Nuts & Bolts: Sadler Sports and Recreation is offering sports and recreation …

Connecticut Jury Awards Doctor $4M Health Care Lab Case

A state court jury in Bridgeport, Connecticut has awarded more than $4 million to a doctor who was fired from a health care lab in Stratford after he complained that one of its tests could jeopardize patients’ health. The six …

New Markets

The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Sports & Recreation Nuts & Bolts: Sadler Sports and Recreation is offering sports and recreation …

Connecticut Man Loses Arm in Industrial Accident

Police in New Milford, Connecticut say an employee at a composting plant has lost his arm in an industrial accident. The victim, whose name hasn’t been released, is identified by police only as a 29-year-old Danbury man. Police say the …