All the headlines from our Connecticut Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 2 2025 // Connecticut Insurance Department (CID) announced the launch of the Consumer Information Center, an online resource to help citizens better understand and navigate their insurance coverage and make informed decisions about...
Nov 24 2025 // Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont announced that Insurance Commissioner Andrew N. Mais will be retiring from state service effective November 28, 2025 after nearly seven years of service in the role.Additionally, the...
Nov 19 2025 // World Insurance Associates reported it has acquired the business of Bafumi Insurance Agency of Middletown, Connecticut.Terms of the August 1, 2025 transaction were not disclosed. A family business, the agency is led by...
Nov 7 2025 // For the 2025 fiscal year, the Connecticut Insurance Department (CID) collected more than $95 million in revenue that has boosted the state’s general fund.The revenue included approximately $2.2 million from insurance...
Nov 3 2025 // Connecticut’s insurance regulator has approved an industry filing that will lower workers’ compensation rates beginning January 1, 2026.The new voluntary market rates will reflect an average 3.8% decrease in...
Oct 20 2025 // A Connecticut insurance agent has no duty to inform clients that their home insurer intends not to renew their insurance policy, the state’s high court affirmed in a case where the homeowners argued their long...
Oct 8 2025 // Connecticut has launched a free online risk mapping tool that allows Connecticut homeowners and businesses to assess their property’s risk from flooding, wildfires, and other perils to better understand their...
Oct 1 2025 // The Connecticut family of one of the 67 people killed when an airliner collided with an Army helicopter over Washington, D.C., sued the government and the airlines involved last week, saying they didn’t recognize the...
Sep 25 2025 // The state of Connecticut has paid $2.25 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the husband of Joyce Grayson, the 63-year-old visiting nurse and mother of six who was killed by a registered sex offender in a...
Sep 9 2025 // A Connecticut insurance agent has no duty to inform clients that their home insurer intends not to renew their insurance policy, the state’s high court recently affirmed in a case where the homeowners had argued that...
Aug 27 2025 // A ban on assault weapons that Connecticut put in place after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting is constitutional, a federal appeals court said Friday, as it rejected challenges by gun rights advocates who claim it...
Aug 20 2025 // A fast-moving fire roared through a Connecticut home early Monday, killing two adults and two children and injuring five other people, including a firefighter, authorities said.The fire in Hartford broke out around 2:30...
Aug 13 2025 // Pie Insurance announced it is now offering its “data-driven” workers’ compensation insurance in Connecticut, targeting the state’s more than 365,000 small businesses.“Connecticut’s...
Jul 30 2025 // A Connecticut firefighter was killed after a piece of a fire truck broke free and struck him, state police said.Raymond Moreau, 60, a 35-year veteran of the Plainville Fire Department, suffered severe leg injuries on...
Jul 28 2025 // Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed into law legislation updating the state’s law governing captive insurance and allowing new types of captives.Captives are owned by one or more businesses to insure their...
Jul 25 2025 // The insurance agency franchise Freeway Insurance is now operating in 28 states with the opening of its newest office in Danbury, Connecticut.In addition to the new Connecticut location, recent openings have included...
Jul 11 2025 // Glastonbury, Connecticut-based Smith Brothers Insurance LLC announced that it acquired Charter Oak Agency effective July 1, 2025. Charter Oak Agency, an independent insurance agency with offices in Westport and Derby,...
Jul 9 2025 // Connecticut Attorney General William Tong announced a settlement with TicketNetwork, Inc. as a result of an investigation into violations of the Connecticut Data Privacy Act.Under the settlement, TicketNetwork has agreed...
Jul 7 2025 // The state-created captive insurer handling Connecticut homeowners’ claims for crumbling foundations is in line for another $100 million in bond funding in the biennial budget now awaiting Gov. Ned Lamont’s...
Jun 20 2025 // A former Connecticut state police trooper has been arrested and charged with collecting workers’ compensation benefits totaling $8,341.00 during his employment with the Connecticut Department of Emergency Services...