All the headlines from our Connecticut Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Sep 21 2018 // Maritime officials say a 50-foot, custom-built yacht worth $1.5 million is likely a total loss after it was struck by a barge laden with sand and gravel in a Connecticut harbor.Capt. Eric Knott, Stamford’s...
Sep 21 2018 // A federal appeals court says an insurance company must reimburse the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford nearly $1 million for payments the archdiocese made to settle sexual misconduct cases involving priests and...
Sep 7 2018 // Business Risk Partners (BRP), a Windsor, Conn.-based specialty insurance program administrator, has appointed Brad Lacey as a principal underwriter focused on management and professional liability products.Simultaneously,...
Aug 29 2018 // Relatives of a Waterbury, Conn., man who died in a car crash that also killed the wife of longtime ESPN broadcaster Chris Berman has filed a lawsuit against a Connecticut restaurant.A lawyer for the restaurant declined...
Aug 23 2018 // A former engineer for jet engine maker Pratt & Whitney has filed a federal false claims lawsuit alleging the company knowingly sold “flawed” engines to the U.S. Air Force, which resulted in the likelihood...
Aug 22 2018 // U.S. President Donald Trump has approved a disaster declaration for Connecticut following severe storms that included four tornadoes.The tornadoes touched down in six towns in Connecticut during the May 15 storms....
Aug 6 2018 // A Democratic candidate for state Attorney General is seeking permission to become involved in a court case involving eastern Connecticut homeowners whose foundations are crumbling.Wethersfield state Sen. Paul Doyle filed a...
Aug 6 2018 // PowerGuard Specialty Insurance Services, a renewable energy program manager based in the U.S., has hired warranty and service agreement specialist Dan Cantafi as the firm’s senior vice president of sales and...
Aug 3 2018 // A man driving a car at a Connecticut auto auction suffered a medical emergency, struck four pedestrians and crashed into another vehicle on Wednesday, sending six people to area hospitals, police said.The driver of the...
Aug 3 2018 // Fire officials say a worker making repairs to a building in Connecticut has suffered severe electrical burns.Fire Chief Paul Januszewski tells the New Haven Register the man was upgrading the North Haven building’s...
Jul 17 2018 // CMIC, a Glastonbury, Conn.-based, member-owned medical professional liability insurance company, has hired Garrett P. Cronin to the CMIC Group team as the director of underwriting.Prior to joining CMIC, Cronin worked for...
Jun 29 2018 // State Treasurer Denise Nappier announced Wednesday that 21 Connecticut Higher Education Trust college savings accounts were recently breached, resulting in more than $1.4 million in unauthorized withdrawals.Nappier said...
Jun 21 2018 // Paragon Insurance Holdings LLC, a national, multi-line specialty managing general agency (MGA) based in Avon, Conn., has hired Tonya Fuller as vice president of its Winery and Brewery division. Additionally, Ashley...
Jun 14 2018 // Federal Emergency Management Agency officials on Monday began assessing damage from a tornado and a macroburst that hit Connecticut during severe storms last month, a process that could lead to federal aid.Officials...
Jun 7 2018 // Shoreline Financial Group, a financial services group based in Clinton, Conn., has joined Satellite Agency Network (SAN) Group Inc., a Hampton, N.H.-based alliance of independent insurance agencies in the...
Jun 5 2018 // EPIC Holdings Inc., the parent company of EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants, has added human capital professional Janine Walter as chief talent officer and a member of the EPIC Executive Committee.EPIC is a retail...
Jun 1 2018 // Talcott Resolution, The Hartford’s run-off life and annuity businesses, has been acquired by an investor group led by Cornell Capital LLC, Atlas Merchant Capital LLC, TRB Advisors LP, Global Atlantic Financial Group,...