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How East Insurance Regulators Are Responding to the Coronavirus Pandemic

Mar 25 2020 // As insurers continue to monitor the spread and impact of COVID-19, insurance regulators across the East region of the U.S. are issuing guidance on how the industry can respond.“There is almost no aspect of the...

Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut Elects Prast as President

Mar 9 2020 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut Inc. has elected Gerard Prast of Wallingford, Conn., as president at the association’s Annual Convention, held March 5-6 at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket,...

Court Upholds $21.7M Verdict Against Connecticut Rabbi in Sex Abuse Case

Mar 5 2020 // A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a $21.7 million verdict against a Connecticut rabbi accused of repeatedly sexually abusing a teenage boy in the early 2000s.A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of...

Connecticut Man Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Nonprofit of $240K

Mar 2 2020 // A Connecticut man pleaded guilty Thursday to stealing $240,000 from the nonprofit he worked for as well as some of the organization’s developmentally disabled clients, federal prosecutors said.Michael Verzella, of...

Firearm Purchaser Licensing Laws Linked To Fewer Fatal Mass Shootings

Feb 13 2020 // Firearm purchaser licensing laws that require an in-person application or fingerprinting are associated with an estimated 56 percent fewer fatal mass shootings in states that have them, according to a new study by...

Workplace-Related Deaths on the Rise in Connecticut

Feb 7 2020 // The number work-related deaths in Connecticut in 2018 was the highest it’s been since 2010, according to the state Department of Labor.The agency said 48 people lost their lives to work-related injuries in 2018, the...

Connecticut School Sued by Former Student Over Sexual Abuse

Feb 6 2020 // A former student at a private boarding school for girls in Connecticut says in a federal lawsuit that the school was negligent for allowing a former faculty member to sexually abuse her.The suit filed Tuesday alleges the...

Personal Info Possibly Compromised for 1,100 Insurance Users in Connecticut

Jan 31 2020 // The personal information and Social Security numbers of about 1,100 users of Connecticut’s state health insurance marketplace might have been compromised after a security breach last fall, officials said.Access...

Connecticut’s CMIC Group Promotes Ursini, Cronin

Jan 9 2020 // CMIC Group, a Glastonbury, Conn.-based, member-owned medical professional liability insurance company, has promoted Michelle M. Ursini, previously the director of Business Development & Marketing, to the role of vice...

Insurance Journal’s Top 10 East Region Stories of 2019

Jan 2 2020 // A new year is a time of reflection for some, and last year, the city of Boston began 2019 by reflecting on an important piece of the city’s history: the 100-year anniversary of The Great Molasses Flood.The flood,...

Connecticut City Reaches $625K Settlement in Halfway House Lawsuit

Dec 30 2019 // A federal prison halfway house will not be built in Connecticut after a Pennsylvania-based nonprofit reached a $625,000 settlement in an ongoing lawsuit with the city of Norwalk.The city will pay $275,000 of the settlement...

Connecticut City to Pay $5M to Settle Lawsuit Over Fatal School Stabbing

Dec 27 2019 // A Connecticut city will pay $5 million to the family of a teenage girl stabbed to death at her high school to settle a lawsuit alleging the district did not properly respond to threats posed by the killer, attorneys for...

Federal Safety Agency Starts 12th Probe Into Tesla Crashes

Dec 16 2019 // The U.S. auto safety agency said on Friday it will investigate a 12th Tesla crash that may be tied to the vehicle’s advanced Autopilot driver assistance system after a Tesla Model 3 rear-ended a parked police car in...

Sandy Hook Families Get Gunmaker Trial Nine Years After Attack

Dec 13 2019 // Family members of nine children and educators killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre have received a September 2021 trial date in their landmark lawsuit against Remington Arms Co. over its marketing of...

Tesla Crash in Connecticut Elicits New Warnings About Autopilot Shortcomings

Dec 10 2019 // Another Tesla Inc. vehicle operating on the carmaker’s driver-assistance system branded as Autopilot has crashed into a parked emergency vehicle, eliciting fresh warnings about the shortcomings of automated...

Tesla Driver Who Hit Two Cars in Connecticut Says He Used Autopilot

Dec 9 2019 // The driver of a Tesla says the car was on autopilot when it struck a police cruiser and a disabled vehicle on Saturday in Connecticut, according to State Police.State Police said troopers responded to Interstate 95...

Connecticut’s Saxe Doernberger & Vita Hires Clifford to Northeast Office

Dec 6 2019 // Saxe Doernberger & Vita P.C. (SDV) has hired Associate Brian J. Clifford to its Northeast office. Clifford has almost a decade of experience in litigation, including insurance coverage, from depositions and discovery...

Connecticut Teen Injured in 2015 Bus Crash Awarded $23M in Damages

Dec 5 2019 // A Connecticut jury has awarded more than $23 million in damages to an autistic teenager who suffered severe head injuries when his school bus crashed into a tree. Gabriel Goncalves, of Wolcott, was a sixth-grader at the...

More Than $270K in Fines Issued Against Firms in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania

Nov 22 2019 // Investigations by the Connecticut Department of Labor’s Wage and Workplace Standards Division into complaints of workers being improperly employed at a large poultry plant in Bozrah has led to fines of more than...

Report Says Connecticut Has Highest Number of Metal Theft Claims in U.S.

Nov 21 2019 // A new report says Connecticut has had the most metal theft insurance claims in the country.The National Insurance Crime Bureau issued a report recently that found that Connecticut had the most metal theft insurance claims...