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Connecticut Man Gets Prison for Defrauding Investors out of $874K

Jul 21 2017 // A Connecticut man will spend almost four years in prison for operating an investment scheme that defrauded people of more than $874,000.The U.S. Attorney’s office says 54-year-old Anthony Sciarra, of Wethersfield,...

Connecticut Woman Gets Prison Time for Stealing $250K from Employer

Jul 14 2017 // A Connecticut woman who stole more than $250,000 from her Massachusetts employer even as he struggled with dementia and cancer has been sentenced to nearly two years in prison.Angela Craig was sentenced Tuesday in U.S....

Connecticut Firefighter Fired After Workers’ Compensation Investigation

Jul 13 2017 // A Connecticut fire chief says a firefighter has been fired following an investigation into alleged workers’ compensation fraud.In a statement issued Tuesday, Hartford Fire Chief Reginald Freeman says the...

Connecticut’s W.R. Berkley Corporation Sells Real Estate Investment

Jul 10 2017 // W. R. Berkley Corporation has sold its real estate investment at 1101 New York Avenue NW in Washington, D.C.The company expects to report a realized pre-tax gain of approximately $120 million on the sale in the third...

In America’s Richest State, the Capital Flirts with Bankruptcy

Jul 10 2017 // The hedge-fund enclave of Greenwich, on the Connecticut Gold Coast, is about 100 miles and a world away from the state capital.But the fiscal crisis in Hartford, the historic center of the American insurance industry, is...

Connecticut Insurers: Homes Must Fall Down to be Eligible for Coverage

Jul 5 2017 // Connecticut residents whose home foundations are crumbling are facing a perplexing problem with their insurance policies: The damage won’t be covered unless their homes collapse.More than two dozen insurance...

Aetna Settles on New York for New Headquarters in 2018

Jul 5 2017 // Aetna Inc., the third-largest U.S. health insurer, will move its corporate headquarters to New York City next year, making it the latest company to leave Connecticut as the state raises taxes and deals with a budget...

How States Rate in Preventing Home, Auto, Work Accidents

Jun 28 2017 // No state goes far enough to protect its residents from leading causes of preventable deaths and injuries – commonly known as “accidents” – on the road, in homes and communities and at work, according to the...

Former Connecticut Software Company Manager Gets 2 Years for Taking $1.7M

Jun 26 2017 // A former payroll manager at a Connecticut software company has been sentenced to two years in federal prison after she acknowledged stealing $1.7 million from her job.The U.S. attorney’s office says 46-year-old Penny...

Connecticut Woman Who Lied About Cancer to Avoid Prison Gets 30 Months

Jun 21 2017 // A Connecticut woman who lied about having cancer to avoid reporting to prison on a fraud conviction has been sentenced to more than two years behind bars.Aliyah Davis, of East Windsor, Conn., was sentenced to 30 months by...

EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants Acquires Connecticut’s After Inc.

Jun 20 2017 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property and casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, has acquired After Inc., a product warranty analytics firm based in Norwalk, Conn.The acquisition...

Two More Plead Guilty in Connecticut Auto Insurance Scam

Jun 19 2017 // Two Connecticut men have been convicted of staging car crashes to defraud insurance companies.Federal prosecutors say 32-year-old Mackenzy Noze, and 33-year-old Jonas Joseph, both of Norwich, Conn., were convicted by a...

Rules for Ride-Hailing Services Head to Connecticut Governor’s Desk

Jun 9 2017 // Legislation creating rules for ride-hailing services for the first time in Connecticut is heading to the governor.After three years of the debate, the bill finally passed the Senate on a 28-8 vote late Tuesday. It...

The Hartford Launches Nationally Registered Apprenticeship Program

Jun 8 2017 // The Hartford is working to educate college students about opportunities in the insurance industry while helping to make the transition from college to an insurance career an easier one.This initiative comes through its...

Possible Aetna Move Prompts Focus on Urban, State Policies in Connecticut

Jun 5 2017 // Connecticut officials are again re-examining how they can dissuade companies like General Electric and now possibly insurance giant Aetna from relocating to places considered more innovative.A string of state budget...

Connecticut Governor Says State Senate Bill Ignores Insurance Industry Concerns

Jun 5 2017 // Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy sharply criticized the Connecticut Senate for unanimously passing legislation early Friday that creates a new mandate for health insurers, arguing the bill shows a “lack of...

Connecticut Offers Incentives in Bid to Keep Aetna

Jun 1 2017 // The state of Connecticut, once known as the insurance capital of the world, has been trying to woo health insurer Aetna with incentives to stay in the state, Governor Dannel Malloy said on Wednesday.His remarks came in...

JLT Re Appoints Sammur as Executive Vice President in Connecticut

May 31 2017 // JLT Re (North America) Inc. (JLT Re), part of the Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc, the global provider of reinsurance broking and consultancy, has appointed Tony Sammur as executive vice president in Stamford, Conn.In...

Woman Suffers Severe Blood Loss in Connecticut Razor Factory Accident

May 30 2017 // A worker at a Schick razor factory in Connecticut has been hospitalized after her hand got caught in a machine.A production manager at the Milford, Conn., factory told WTNH-TV the worker was doing a routine job Thursday...

Connecticut’s Smith Brothers Hires Peruccio from Cigna Healthcare

May 26 2017 // Smith Brothers, a Glastonbury, Conn.-based insurance broker, has added Chelsea Peruccio as an employee benefits advisor.Her responsibilities include new business development, account management and creating employee...