All the headlines from our Connecticut Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 11 2018 // Legislation adding a $12 annual surcharge on insurance policies of every Connecticut residential homeowner to help those homeowners with crumbling foundations is moving to the governor’s desk.The state Senate on...
May 10 2018 // Connecticut moved closer Saturday toward adding a $12 annual surcharge on the insurance policies of every residential homeowner to financially help hundreds, if not thousands, of homeowners with crumbling foundations pay...
May 10 2018 // Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says he will sign legislation into law that prohibits employers from asking applicants about their salary history.The Democrat says the bill, which cleared the Senate on a 35-1 vote Friday night,...
May 7 2018 // A federal judge has asked the Connecticut Supreme Court for a better definition of the word “collapse” that could help decide whether homeowner insurance policies should cover repairs to thousands of homes with...
May 7 2018 // Emerging from a 10-week accelerator program, 10 technology-powered insurance startups presented ideas for enhanced customer engagement, cyber security, digital health, smart home products and supply chain management at the...
May 7 2018 // Sedgwick, Cunningham LindseyMemphis, Tenn.-based global claims services firm Sedgwick has finalized the acquisition of competitor global loss adjusting and claims management firm, Cunningham Lindsey and its subsidiaries....
Apr 23 2018 // The owner of a Connecticut pizza parlor has pleaded guilty to a fraud charge for setting fire to his own business and then collecting insurance money.Federal prosecutors say 32-year-old Mustafa Zabana, an Iraqi national...
Apr 23 2018 // Emerging from a 10-week accelerator program, 10 technology-powered insurance startups presented their ideas for enhanced customer engagement, cyber security, digital health, smart home products and supply chain management...
Apr 19 2018 // A judge has ruled that a former Connecticut insurance broker convicted of swindling millions of dollars from several elderly clients won’t have to repay the money, as originally ordered.Galan Newton was sentenced to...
Apr 16 2018 // A Connecticut man injured when the vehicle he was in crashed with a truck carrying portable toilets has been awarded $82,000 in a lawsuit.The Connecticut Post reports that 52-year-old Randall Ryan, of Bridgeport, Conn.,...
Apr 10 2018 // Smith Brothers Insurance LLC has purchased the assets of Bailey Agencies Insurance of Groton, Conn.Bailey was founded in 1890 by Henry Bailey to help protect families and businesses throughout the Southeastern Connecticut...
Apr 10 2018 // A key Connecticut lawmaker says a proposed surcharge on insurance policies to raise money to help homeowners with crumbling foundations is not a dead issue.Senator Cathy Osten, the Democratic Senate chairman of the...
Apr 9 2018 // The former director of a Connecticut animal shelter has settled a lawsuit with a volunteer who was attacked by her pet dog.The Record-Journal reports that former Meriden Humane Society Director Marlena DiBianco reached a...
Apr 9 2018 // A $1.1 million settlement has been reached in a wrongful death lawsuit connected to a 2016 fatal highway crash in Windsor Locks, Conn.The Connecticut Law Tribune reports the family of Kevin Dutra agreed to the settlement...
Apr 3 2018 // Worldwide Facilities has acquired Tennant Risk Services Insurance Agency LLC.Worldwide Facilities is a Los Angeles, Calif.-headquartered, national wholesale insurance brokerage and managing general agency. Tennant Risk...
Mar 28 2018 // Connecticut homeowners said they need additional financial assistance to help with crumbling home foundations that threaten to collapse their houses.Dozens of homeowners arrived in Hartford on Monday to support a bill that...
Mar 27 2018 // Hartford, Connecticut’s fiscally distressed capital city, will get a much-needed lifeline after its city council on Monday approved a deal to have the state pay its debt.The accord, part of a broader oversight plan...
Mar 13 2018 // Kenneth A. Distel of Avon, Conn., was re-elected president of the Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut Inc. (PIACT), at the association’s Annual Convention held March 8-9 at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in...
Mar 8 2018 // Alera Group, a national employee benefits, property and casualty, risk management and wealth management firm, has acquired Benefit Planning Services (BPS), located in Norwalk, Conn. Terms of the transaction were not...
Mar 5 2018 // The small business market is big. The U.S. small commercial market represents about one-third of the total commercial lines market and generates between $99 billion and $103 billion in direct written premium, according to...