All the headlines from our Connecticut Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 7 2017 // Connecticut legislators are looking to help hundreds, if not thousands, of homeowners whose foundations are crumbling because of an iron sulfide found in the concrete by creating the state’s own insurance company.The...
Nov 7 2017 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut has named Jonathan T. Black of Fairfield, Conn., its PIA National Director.PIACT is a trade association representing professional, independent insurance agencies and their...
Nov 3 2017 // The Hartford has been recognized for its leadership status by the CDP, formerly called the Carbon Disclosure Project, and has been named to the 2017 Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI). This is the 10th year The...
Oct 27 2017 // Federal prosecutors say a man will spend less than a year in prison for his role in an insurance scam involving staged car crashes in eastern Connecticut.Jonas Joseph was sentenced Wednesday in New Haven federal court to...
Oct 26 2017 // Fire officials investigating a restaurant explosion that injured five people tried on Monday to pinpoint the source of the propane leak that caused the blast.The explosion happened Saturday afternoon at the Spring Hill Inn...
Oct 25 2017 // One of Hartford, Connecticut’s biggest bondholders isn’t too worried the distressed capital city will default on its debt.Lyle Fitterer, the head of municipal securities investments for Wells Fargo Asset...
Oct 24 2017 // American International Group reported that Thomas Leonardi will join the company as executive vice president, Government Affairs, Public Policy and Communications, effective Nov. 1.Leonardi previously served as the...
Oct 17 2017 // Thirty years ago, so many companies flocked to Connecticut that Stamford, a waterfront enclave of about 100,000 residents, became the third-largest center of corporate headquarters in the U.S., behind only New York City...
Oct 13 2017 // Connecticut’s largest teachers’ union and three municipalities are seeking a court order to stop Gov. Dannel P. Malloy from cutting $557 million from the majority of school districts, saying the reductions will...
Oct 9 2017 // Federal officials have visited Connecticut to study the mineral blamed for causing foundations to crumble in thousands of homes.WVIT-TV reports officials with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the U.S. Army Corps...
Oct 4 2017 // A Haitian man who federal prosecutors say was the ringleader of an auto insurance scam involving as many as 50 staged car crashes was sentenced Monday to four years in prison and ordered to pay $207,000 in...
Oct 3 2017 // Sutton James Aviation Insurance Brokers, a Hartford, Conn.-based resource for aviation-related coverages throughout North and South America, has joined Optisure Risk Partners to lead the development of Optisure’s...
Oct 2 2017 // A Connecticut man who federal prosecutors say was the ringleader of an auto insurance scam involving as many as 50 staged car crashes is set to be sentenced. Mackenzy Noze filed court documents saying he should receive...
Sep 27 2017 // Startupbootcamp, a London-based insurance accelerator that focuses on identifying globally-located disruptive and collaborative insurance and technology innovations, has announced the launch of its new InsurTech...
Sep 18 2017 // A student permanently disabled by a tick bite while on a school field trip in China is entitled to $41.7 million in damages, according to the Connecticut Supreme Court’s August ruling in support of a jury’s...
Sep 1 2017 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Katharine L. Wade is reminding policyholders to review their homeowners insurance and understand their coverage as the 2017 Atlantic tropical storm season heads into its busiest time.The...
Aug 30 2017 // A Connecticut man originally from Haiti has been sentenced for his role in a scheme to defraud insurance companies through staged car crashes. Jacques Fleurijeune was sentenced Monday in federal court in New Haven, Conn.,...
Aug 22 2017 // The Connecticut Supreme Court in August supported a jury’s decision to award $41.7 million in damages to a student permanently disabled by a tick bite while on a school field trip in China, stating that schools in...
Aug 11 2017 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Katharine L. Wade has issued a consumer alert advising consumers to be wary of a phone caller who identified herself as an Insurance Department employee and is asking people for their...
Aug 9 2017 // Widerman & Company Insurance of Haddonfield, N.J., has merged its business with Smith Brothers Insurance of Glastonbury, Conn.This combination allows Widerman & Company the opportunity to maintain its local...