All the headlines from our Connecticut Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 8 2016 // Proponents of legalizing marijuana in Connecticut urged state lawmakers to act quickly and capitalize on the “novelty factor” of possibly becoming the first New England state to allow recreational use of the...
Mar 30 2016 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Joseph Distel & Co. Inc. in Farmington, Connecticut. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1955, Joseph Distel & Co. is a managing...
Mar 23 2016 // Some family members of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims in Connecticut are cheering the recent committee passage of a bipartisan, federal mental health bill that’s moving through Congress.Much of the...
Mar 21 2016 // New York state will monitor and target a type of mosquito that officials fear could spread the Zika virus, part of a new plan to combat the disease that also includes distributing prevention kits to pregnant women.The...
Mar 15 2016 // Greene & Associates, an East Aurora, New York-based underwriting manager and wholesale broker for excess and surplus lines coverage, opened a satellite office in Glastonbury, Connecticut. The firm also hired Scott...
Mar 8 2016 // Gerard Prast XS Brokers, a wholesale brokerage and managing general agent based in Quincy, Massachusetts, has hired Gerard Prast as assistant vice president. Prast is based in the firm’s West Hartford, Connecticut,...
Feb 24 2016 // Lawyers for a gun maker and families of some Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre victims squared off in a Connecticut courtroom Monday over whether a federal law prevents the families’ wrongful death lawsuit...
Feb 19 2016 // GoodWorks Insurance, an independent agency based in Glastonbury, Connecticut, donated more than $12,000 to help local families stay warm this winter.The donation was made to Operation Fuel, a nonprofit program that...
Feb 16 2016 // Narragansett Bay Insurance Company (NBIC) has hired Brendan McLaughlin as the company’s assistant vice president – Connecticut territory manager.In this position, McLaughlin will be responsible for developing...
Feb 12 2016 // The Connecticut Insurance Department announced that a Syosset, New York-based construction services firm, RC Structures, is establishing its captive insurance operations in Connecticut.The new captive, called RCX Insurance...
Feb 8 2016 // Narragansett Bay Insurance Company (NBIC), a Rhode Island-based specialty underwriter of homeowners insurance products and services in states along the Eastern Seaboard, said the company has been approved by the...
Feb 8 2016 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Katharine L. Wade announced that the Connecticut Insurance Department recovered approximately $6 million for policyholders and taxpayers in 2015, helping individuals and families with...
Jan 29 2016 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Katharine L. Wade has announced that Janet Grace, a veteran risk specialist with more than 20 years of experience, has been hired as program manager to oversee the Connecticut Insurance...
Jan 27 2016 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Katharine L. Wade announced that the Connecticut Insurance Department recovered approximately $6 million for policyholders and taxpayers in 2015, helping individuals and families with...
Jan 27 2016 // Narragansett Bay Insurance Company (NBIC), a Rhode Island-based specialty underwriter of homeowners insurance products and services in states along the Eastern Seaboard, announced that the company has been approved by the...
Jan 25 2016 // Christos Satrazemis Sachs Walsh Insurance, an independent agency in Westport, Connecticut, has hired Christos Satrazemis to replace Arthur Sachs as Commercial Lines manager. Sachs, who founded the agency in 1978, retired...
Jan 20 2016 // It’s not just the loss of loyal customers that worries jeweler Howard Diamond, or the extra tax burden that businesses like his may have to carry as General Electric pulls the plug on Fairfield, Connecticut. As he...
Jan 15 2016 // The state of Connecticut is launching a new website to help fight fraud, waste and abuse in state government.Officials say the website, located at FightFraud.ct.gov, will make it easier for the public to report suspicious...
Jan 15 2016 // A growing chorus of law enforcement leaders, drug addiction experts and parents of addicts say arresting and jailing heroin users will not stem the surge in deaths and overdoses.“We realize we’re not going to...
Jan 11 2016 // NFP, Absolute Advantage, Vanorsdale InsuranceNFP Property & Casualty has acquired Lake Havasu City, Ariz.-based Absolute Advantage Insurance Services LLC. NFP also acquired San Diego, Calif.-based Vanorsdale Insurance...