Latest Connecticut Headlines

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Insurance Commissioner Confers with Connecticut Congressional Delegation

May 14 2019 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Andrew N. Mais joined more than 40 of his colleagues from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) last week to highlight important issues for members of U.S....

New Hampshire Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Over Slain Millionaire’s Residency

May 14 2019 // A judge in New Hampshire dismissed a lawsuit Friday against a man relatives say killed his millionaire grandfather for inheritance money, saying the slain grandfather was not a resident of the state.Judge David King said...

Lawsuit Alleges Connecticut School Failed to Protect Student from Assault

May 3 2019 // A Connecticut school district has been sued by the parents of a 5-year-old boy who say their son was stabbed with a pencil by another student and later sexually assaulted by that same student.The Stamford Advocate reports...

Connecticut Crumbling Foundations Entity Halts Approval of New Work

May 1 2019 // The entity overseeing distribution of state funds to help Connecticut homeowners with crumbling foundations has ceased authorizing new foundation construction work until it receives a payment from the state Department of...

Nursing Home in Connecticut Sued Over Strangling of 76-Year-Old Patient

May 1 2019 // A Connecticut nursing home is being sued over the strangling death of a 76-year-old patient who police say was killed by her 81-year-old boyfriend in November. The Connecticut Law Tribune reports the lawsuit filed Monday...

Hartford InsurTech Hub Holds Demo Day, Completes Second Accelerator Program

Apr 30 2019 // Hartford InsurTech Hub, powered by Startupbootcamp, hosted its second Demo Day at the Bushnell Performing Arts Center in Hartford, Conn., on April 26.The InsurTech Accelerator is the first component of Hartford InsurTech...

World Insurance Associates Acquires Connecticut’s Lampe-Batkin Associates

Apr 23 2019 // World Insurance Associates LLC, an independent insurance agency headquartered in Tinton Falls, N.J., completed its 40th acquisition with Lampe-Batkin Associates LLC of Greenwich, Conn., on April 1, 2019.Lampe-Batkin...

Some Connecticut Condo Associations Can Seek Crumbling Foundation Help

Apr 18 2019 // Some Connecticut condominium associations with crumbling foundations can seek financial help from the captive insurance company that’s been helping owners of stand-alone homes. Michael Maglaras, superintendent of the...

Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Acquires Connecticut’s Wilson Agency

Apr 16 2019 // Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc. (S&S) has acquired The Wilson Agency Inc. of Shelton, Conn.The Wilson Agency is a third generation, family owned and operated agency serving Fairfield County and the...

Gun Maker Remington to Appeal Connecticut’s Sandy Hook Ruling to Supreme Court

Apr 10 2019 // Having failed in Connecticut state court to block all claims brought by families of children killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings, gun manufacturer Remington Arms Co. has signaled it will appeal its case to...

Cross Insurance Partners with Connecticut’s DiMatteo Insurance

Apr 10 2019 // Cross Insurance, a subsidiary of Cross Financial Corp. based in Bangor, Maine, has partnered with DiMatteo Insurance of Shelton, Conn.The DiMatteo family-owned agency handles all lines of business including employee...

The Hilb Group Acquires Connecticut’s eBenefits Group Northeast

Apr 10 2019 // The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired Unionville, Conn.-based eBenefits Group Northeast LLC. The transaction became effective April 1, 2019.eBenefits is a full-service employee benefits firm providing services to...

AssuredPartners Acquires Connecticut’s Goodworks Financial Group

Apr 1 2019 // AssuredPartners Inc. has acquired Goodworks Financial Group of Glastonbury, Conn. Following the acquisition, Goodworks Financial Group’s team of 14 employees across multiple cities and offices in the Eastern region...

Conn. High Court Rules Gun Maker Can Be Sued Over Marketing

Apr 1 2019 // Gun-maker Remington can be sued over how it marketed the rifle used to kill 20 children and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012, a divided Connecticut Supreme Court ruled on March 14.Gun control advocates...

Judge Allows Suit Over Nestle Claim Its Poland Spring Water Is From Natural Spring

Mar 29 2019 // A federal judge on Thursday rejected Nestle SA’s bid to dismiss a revised lawsuit claiming that it defrauded consumers by filling bottles of its Poland Spring water with ordinary groundwater.U.S. District Judge...

Sandy Hook Families Can Sue Gunmaker Remington, Court Rules

Mar 15 2019 // The gun industry suffered a stinging setback as Connecticut’s top court said families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre could move ahead with their lawsuit against Remington Arms Co. over...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Connecticut’s Merit Insurance

Mar 11 2019 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Shelton, Conn.-based Merit Insurance Inc.Founded in 1950, Merit Insurance is a retail property and casualty broker and employee benefits consultant offering a range of coverages...

Connecticut Lawmakers Continue Push to Address Crumbling Foundations

Mar 11 2019 // Connecticut lawmakers were urged Friday to pass additional legislation to address the state’s crumbling foundations problem and also find additional funds to help impacted homeowners.Michael Marglaras, superintendent...

Appeals Court Upholds Convictions in Connecticut Car Accident Scam

Mar 8 2019 // A federal appeals court has upheld fraud convictions against two men for their roles in a Connecticut auto insurance scam that involved as many as 50 staged car crashes.A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of...

Connecticut’s Great Depression May Soon Be Over: Fox

Mar 5 2019 // Big news! Going by third-quarter state gross domestic product data that were just released, Connecticut’s economy is on track to grow more than 2 percent in 2018! That’s … not much. But it’s better...