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Connecticut Casinos Sue Insurer Over COVID-19 Losses

Jun 21 2021 // The Native American tribe that owns Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun casino is suing its insurance carrier over what it says was the denial of claims for millions of dollars in losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.The Day...

Connecticut Utilities Appeal Penalties Over Tropical Storm Response

Jun 14 2021 // Connecticut’s two largest electricity distributors have appealed millions of dollars in profit reductions imposed by the state for what regulators called the companies’ failures in preparing for and responding...

Connecticut Officer Resigns and Receives Payout After Fatal Traffic Stop

Jun 11 2021 // A former Connecticut police officer, who shot and killed an 18-year-old motorist during a traffic stop, received a $100,000 payout from Wethersfield’s municipal insurer when he resigned from the department, according...

Connecticut Bill Expanding Attorney General’s Powers Heads to Governor

Jun 9 2021 // Connecticut lawmakers on Monday have voted to formally expand the state Attorney General’s powers to include investigating allegations of certain hate crimes and civil rights violations and to initiate legal...

Connecticut Man Pleads Guilty to Setting Fire to Shakespearean Theater

Jun 7 2021 // A Connecticut man has pleaded guilty to setting fire to a renown Shakespearean theater and several other structures in four towns.Christopher Sakowicz, 20, of Stratford, faces 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to...

Parties in Connecticut Class-Action Lead Suit to Give Settlement Details

May 18 2021 // Information on an impending settlement in a class-action lawsuit over lead poisoning in New Haven, Connecticut, children is expected to be released Monday.The New Haven Register reports the parties are scheduled to give...

Connecticut Offering $280M to Nursing Homes to Avoid Strikes

May 13 2021 // Connecticut officials on Monday proposed an additional $280 million in funding for nursing homes in an effort to avoid strikes by nearly 4,000 health workers that are set to begin Friday if negotiations fail.Democratic...

Connecticut Utilities Face Steep Fines for Storm Failures

May 11 2021 // Connecticut regulators on Thursday proposed a $30 million fine for Eversource and a $2.1 million fine for United Illuminating for what officials called the utilities’ failures in their preparation and response to...

Connecticut Officials Mull Utility Fines Over Storm Response

May 5 2021 // Connecticut regulators have criticized the state’s two largest electricity distributors and said they are considering fines over what they called the companies’ failures in their preparation and response last...

Treatment Facility Resident Charged with Arson in Connecticut Fire

Apr 29 2021 // A 27-year-old Connecticut man has been arrested on charges of setting fire to a building that housed a mental health treatment facility where he lived, police said.Firefighters and police officers were dispatched to a...

Connecticut Reminds Insurers to Avoid Discriminatory Practices with Big Data

Apr 16 2021 // Connecticut Insurance Department (CID) Commissioner Andrew N. Mais issued a formal notice to insurers licensed by the department that their use of technology and big data must be in full compliance with federal and state...

Connecticut Urges Homeowners to Test Wells for Arsenic, Uranium

Apr 9 2021 // Connecticut health officials are urging homeowners who rely on well water to have their systems checked for arsenic and uranium contamination.The advice comes as the result of a study by the U.S. Geological Survey released...

The Hilb Group Acquires Connecticut’s Andrews Benefits

Apr 6 2021 // The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired Connecticut-based Andrews Benefits LLC (AB). The transaction became effective on February 15, 2021.AB is an employee benefits agency providing strategies and long-term solutions for...

Report Fuels More Debate on Connecticut Utility’s Storm Response

Mar 24 2021 // A draft report critical of a utility’s response to Tropical Storm Isaias has Connecticut lawmakers again calling for accountability.The report released late Friday by the state’s Public Utility Regulatory...

Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut Elects Rabbett as President

Mar 8 2021 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut (PIACT) elected Shannon Rabbett, of Windsor, Connecticut, as president at the association’s annual business meeting, held virtually on March 4, 2021. She will serve as...

Suspect Arrested in June 21 Fatal Shooting in Connecticut Hotel

Feb 24 2021 // A suspect has been arrested in a fatal shooting last June in a Meriden hotel, police said.Trevor Outlaw, 33, was arrested Friday in the June 21, 2020 death of Giovanni Rodriguez at the Comfort Inn on East Main Street, the...

Lawsuit Over 2017 Connecticut Training Flight Crash Is Settled

Jan 29 2021 // The sister of a student pilot who died in a small plane crash in Connecticut in 2017 has settled a wrongful-death lawsuit against the flight school she accused of failing to maintain the aircraft.Terms of the settlement...

Cross Insurance Partners with Connecticut’s Daigle & Travers Insurance

Jan 19 2021 // Cross Insurance, a subsidiary of Cross Financial Corp., based in Bangor, Maine, and an independent insurance provider in New England, has partnered with Daigle & Travers Insurance of Fairfield County, Conn.The Daigle...

Connecticut’s Signal Administration Appoints Kirk as Chief Financial Officer

Jan 8 2021 // Signal Administration, a Wilton, Conn.-based provider of Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act benefits, has appointed Carole V. Kirk to the position of chief financial officer.Kirk, an experienced finance...

Hanleigh Hires Cremens as Sales Director in Connecticut Office

Dec 21 2020 // Hanleigh, a subsidiary of CRC Group – a nationwide wholesale distributor of specialty insurance products – has hired Scott Cremens as sales director, based in its Windsor, Conn., office. Hanleigh is a managing...