All the headlines from our Connecticut Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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,...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...