All the headlines from our Connecticut Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 12 2021 // A Connecticut aircraft parts manufacturer did not take required steps to identify potential exposures and protect employees from hexavalent chromium and cadmium – both known carcinogens – at its Bloomfield facility, a...
Nov 9 2021 // Risk Strategies, a national specialty insurance brokerage and risk management firm, acquired Pawson Insurance, a full-service retail insurance brokerage specializing in property/casualty and employee benefits solutions....
Nov 2 2021 // A Connecticut woman has been charged with larceny after police say she stole nearly $600,000 from her husband and convinced him he had Alzheimer’s disease in an attempt to hide her actions.Police said the 63-year-old...
Nov 1 2021 // The Biden administration has approved two portions of Connecticut’s request for a major disaster declaration needed to secure federal funds for recovery from the remnants of Hurricane Ida, which caused an estimated...
Oct 27 2021 // Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont has submitted a request for a major disaster declaration to the Biden administration, seeking federal funds to help Connecticut recover from damage caused by the remnants of Hurricane...
Oct 19 2021 // The Hilb Group acquired Connecticut-based Gerardi Insurance Services Inc., increasing its New England footprint. The transaction became effective October 1, 2021. Based in Putnam, Connecticut, Gerardi Insurance offers...
Oct 6 2021 // Flood insurance premiums figure to increase for thousands of Connecticut residents when the federal government implements a new rate system, some by as much as $100 per month – but most by up to $10 monthly.The...
Sep 30 2021 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Andrew N. Mais issued a department notice on September 24 announcing a 30 day period of public comment on the National Council on Compensation Insurance’s (NCCI) voluntary loss cost...
Sep 27 2021 // A Wallingford, Connecticut, woman was arrested and charged with illegally collecting workers’ compensation benefits while being employed as a teacher for the City of Bristol Board of Education.Ann Marie Barros was...
Sep 16 2021 // A Newtown, Connecticut, woman was arrested and charged with illegally collecting workers’ compensation benefits while being employed as a supervisor of Pupil Personnel Services for the Town of New Fairfield Board of...
Aug 31 2021 // The Connecticut Insurance Department and U.S. experts on climate change, resiliency, mitigation and adaptation are leading a discussion on what the insurance industry should consider to mitigate and adapt.On October 13 and...
Aug 27 2021 // A Connecticut man was charged Tuesday with firing multiple gunshots at the state Capitol in late May, one of several shooting incidents police believe he was involved in around the same time. No one was injured in any of...
Aug 18 2021 // Connecticut is continuing to engage with the insurance industry on climate change and its implications with its latest release of a national survey on climate risk in the insurance industry.Previously one of six states...
Aug 12 2021 // Three firefighters were hospitalized and several pet dogs and cats were missing as a fire heavily damaged a historic building in New Hartford, Connecticut, officials said. All 22 residents were accounted for and...
Aug 11 2021 // Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont announced he is seeking a disaster declaration from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help farmers whose crops were damaged by heavy rains and wind from last month’s tropical...
Jul 27 2021 // A sand spit that protects part of the coastline straddling Fairfield and Bridgeport, Connecticut, is eroding and could leave the area vulnerable to flooding and other damage if measures aren’t taken to replenish it,...
Jul 20 2021 // Connecticut regulators finalized millions of dollars in fines against the state’s two largest electricity distributors for what officials called the companies’ failures in their preparations and responses to...
Jul 8 2021 // Two people were injured when the ceiling of a Connecticut ice cream shop collapsed, authorities said.A portion of the ceiling inside Milkcraft in West Hartford collapsed just before 8 p.m. Monday, West Hartford Fire Chief...
Jun 30 2021 // Opioid deaths spiked in Connecticut during the pandemic and continue to increase in 2021, fueled by continued disruptions to recovery programs and a deadly, fentanyl-laced drug supply.The synthetic opioid fentanyl, which...
Jun 23 2021 // Two workers at a Connecticut chrome plating company were transported to a burn hospital after a process “went awry” and sparked a flash fire that firefighters were still battling hours later, a task made more...