All the headlines from our Connecticut Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 3 2018 // The new entity charged with overseeing the distribution of state funds to help Connecticut homeowners with crumbling foundations has finally received a long-awaited $19 million.Michael Maglaras, superintendent of the...
Nov 29 2018 // As wildfires raged this month in California, insurance claims experts at Travelers sat in a command center 3,000 miles (4,828 kilometers) away in Connecticut, monitoring screens showing satellite images, photos from...
Nov 27 2018 // A Virginia woman who embezzled more than $326,000 from a small family business in Connecticut is seeking home confinement instead of a prison sentence.Miriam Dubay, of Purcellville, Va., was scheduled to be sentenced in...
Nov 19 2018 // The superintendent of the new entity charged with distributing millions of dollars to Connecticut homeowners with crumbling foundations says he’s within weeks of shutting down if state bonding isn’t...
Nov 19 2018 // The Connecticut Insurance Department has approved a nearly 17 percent decrease in rates for workers’ compensation insurance, marking the fifth consecutive year that rates have dropped in Connecticut.“This...
Nov 14 2018 // A former Connecticut altar boy who says he was sexually abused by a now deceased Roman Catholic priest has sued the Archdiocese of Hartford.The Republican American reports that the lawsuit filed Wednesday by 46-year-old...
Nov 13 2018 // The former manager of a Connecticut restaurant has been ordered by a judge to repay nearly $200,000 to the eatery’s owner.The Connecticut Post reports that the judge on Thursday ruled that Robert Manere’s...
Oct 31 2018 // The Connecticut Insurance Department has approved a nearly 17 percent decrease in rates for workers’ compensation insurance, marking the fifth consecutive year that rates have dropped in Connecticut.“This...
Oct 29 2018 // Federal transportation officials say a plane that crashed off Long Island earlier this month, killing all three people aboard, had broken up before hitting the water.Newsday reports the National Transportation Safety...
Oct 23 2018 // The superintendent of a new captive insurance company charged with distributing millions of dollars to Connecticut homeowners with crumbling foundations is warning he doesn’t have nearly enough money to address the...
Oct 15 2018 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited L.L.E. Construction LLC for exposing employees to fall and other hazards at a construction worksite in Bridgeport, Conn....
Oct 11 2018 // Willis Towers Watson, a global advisory, broking and solutions company, has appointed Jeffery Hay and Kathryn Walker as senior directors of consulting services within its Insurance Consulting and Technology, Americas...
Oct 11 2018 // Berkley One, a startup insurance provider for individuals and families, has continued its expansion into New York and Connecticut. Partnering with select independent agents, Berkley One offers home, automobile, fine art...
Oct 5 2018 // RVI Group, a Stamford, Conn.-based provider of residual value insurance, has appointed Wei Fan to lead its Passenger Vehicle Insurance and Analytics businesses.Under Fan’s leadership, the Passenger Vehicle Insurance...
Oct 4 2018 // A Connecticut jury has awarded $1.6 million to a man who was seriously injured by a fork lift at a Sears warehouse in 2014.The Connecticut Post reports that the jury ruled in favor of Kevin Reid last Friday. The Shelton...
Oct 2 2018 // For years, Spyros Panos seemed like a successful orthopedic surgeon, seeing dozens of patients a day and bringing in millions of dollars in fees for his suburban New York medical group.In fact, he was inflating charges and...
Sep 28 2018 // Connecticut was cleaning up after a storm dumped more than eight inches of rain on parts of the state, causing floods that washed away roads and bridges and trapped people in their vehicles.Schools in East Haddam and...
Sep 26 2018 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited L.L.E. Construction LLC for exposing employees to fall and other hazards at a construction worksite in Bridgeport, Conn....
Sep 26 2018 // Police in Connecticut are searching for a suspect they say stole thousands of dollars’ worth of construction equipment from a business.WVIT-TV reports Watertown, Conn., police were called Monday when a business...
Sep 24 2018 // SageSure Insurance Managers, an independent residential property managing general underwriter and subsidiary of Insight Catastrophe Group (ICG), has appointed Victor dos Santos as president of Commercial Insurance.Dos...