Connecticut News

R-T Specialty Acquires Oakbridge Insurance Services

The wholesale brokerage unit of Pat Ryan’s Ryan Specialty Group LLC, has acquired one of the nation’s largest executive and professional liability intermediary specialists. R-T Specialty LLC acquired Bloomfield, Conn.-based Oakbridge Insurance Services LLC, an insurance intermediary focused exclusively on …

Insurance, Sports Pros Gather at Tri-State Charitable Foundation Dinner

More than 800 insurance professionals from the tri-state area and two All-Star athletes channeled their competitive energies last night to raise $1.1 million for charities. The New York division of the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF), which works to combine …

Thomas, Wilson Named Senior VPs at Great American Insurance

Cincinnati, Ohio-based Great American Insurance Group’s Property and Inland Marine Division has promoted two insurance executives: Grace Thomas and Cecil Wilson. Thomas was promoted to divisional senior vice president, with responsibility for the Northeast area of the United States with …

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. A-Side Directors & Officers Market Detail: Great American Insurance Group’s Executive Liability Division offers A-Side …

It Figures

$25 Million Amount to be paid by Exxon Mobil Corp as part of a settlement to clean up a decades-old oil spill in New York City. The settlement requires Exxon to conduct a comprehensive cleanup of its Greenpoint facility in …

People

Massachusetts agency Provider Insurance has hired Sharon Cardoso as personal lines account manager. She will be responsible for acquiring new clients and expanding existing client accounts in the personal lines division which includes managing auto, home and umbrella policies in …

Declarations

Drunk Driving Suit “It’s crazy that they have the ability to do this behind bars. Inmates have too many rights. They’re the ones who committed the crimes, not us. And we’re the ones who suffer more.” —Joanne Kenney, a Connecticut …

Connecticut Employee Fired Over Facebook Comments

Federal labor officials have taken aim at a Connecticut ambulance company they allege fired a union employee who posted negative comments about her supervisor on her personal Facebook page. The complaint issued by the Hartford office of the National Labor …

Insurer Sues Apple Over Connecticut House Fire

Great Northern Insurance is suing electronics firm Apple, claiming that a faulty laptop charger for one of its computers triggered a massive house fire in Central Connecticut. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Hartford last month, stems from a …

New York Dinner for Insurance Charitable Fund Tops $1 Million

The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF) New York division has surpassed the $1 million mark for ticket sales for its 2010 benefit dinner, which will be held Wednesday Dec. 8, 2010, at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. “The …