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Markets/Coverages: Connecticut Opens Door to Real Estate Insurer Honeycomb

Feb 20 2024 // The Connecticut Insurance Department has given Honeycomb Insurance approval to write policies statewide.Honeycomb offers customizable insurance coverage for apartment complexes, condominium associations, and single-family...

Vermont’s Consumer Protection Suit Against Energy Firms Returned to State Court

Feb 15 2024 // The federal district court in Burlington, Vermont recently granted the state attorney general’s motion to return the state’s consumer protection case against Exxon and other fossil fuel producers to state...

Judge Tosses Suit by Estate of Employee Killed in Crash After Mandatory Wine Tasting

Feb 9 2024 // A Connecticut judge has tossed a lawsuit by the estate of a woman who was killed in a crash while driving intoxicated following a mandatory wine tasting at the restaurant that employed her.The estate brought claims of...

Court Nixes ‘Wrongful Life’ Framing in Upholding $38M Fertility Malpractice Award

Feb 8 2024 // The Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled that claims involving the evolving field of assisted reproductive technologies can be decided using traditional negligence and medical malpractice principles and do not require...

Probe of Connecticut State Police Traffic Stops Shows No Intentional Racial Profiling

Feb 6 2024 // Inaccurate racial profiling data on traffic stops made by the Connecticut State Police was largely the result of data-entry mistakes and other mishaps, not an intentional effort by troopers to submit bogus information,...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Ericson Advisors of Connecticut

Feb 1 2024 // Global insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. reported the acquisition of Washington Depot, Connecticut-based Ericson Insurance Advisors.Ericson Insurance Advisors is a personal lines-focused insurance broker...

Connecticut Sues 28 Firms for Alleged Contamination by ‘Forever Chemicals’

Jan 31 2024 // The state of Connecticut is suing 28 chemical manufacturers that it alleges are responsible for “knowingly contaminating” the state’s waters and natural resources and harming public health with toxic PFAS...

No Injuries Reported After Steeple of Historic Connecticut Church Collapses

Jan 30 2024 // NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) — An historic Connecticut church’s soaring steeple and roof collapsed on Thursday, leaving a gaping hole in the top of the building and the front reduced to a heap of rubble.No deaths or...

Connecticut Sees Growth in Captive Insurers for Fourth Straight Year

Jan 18 2024 // Commissioner Andrew Mais of the Connecticut Insurance Department announced a 37% increase in the state’s captive insurance sector in 2023.According to Mais, this growth includes the addition of 10 new captive...

Emergency Federal Aid Approved for Connecticut Following Severe Flooding

Jan 16 2024 // Connecticut is receiving emergency federal aid following severe flooding this month that caused dam breaches and road closures.President Joe Biden on Saturday approved an emergency declaration for the state that authorizes...

Connecticut Extends PTSD Benefits to All Workers Under Workers’ Compensation

Jan 11 2024 // The new year brought with it an expansion of Connecticut’s workers’ compensation benefits with regard to post-traumatic stress injuries or disorders (PTSD).Prior to January 1, only first responders were...

Kennedy Cousin Whose Murder Conviction Was Overturned Sues Cop, Connecticut Town

Jan 4 2024 // Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel, whose murder conviction in the 1970s killing of a teenager in Connecticut was overturned, is suing the lead police investigator in the case and the town of Greenwich for alleged malicious...

Alex Jones Offers Sandy Hook Families $55 Million Over 10 Years

Dec 20 2023 // Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones` latest bankruptcy plan would pay Sandy Hook families a minimum total of $55 million over 10 years, a fraction of the $1.5 billion awarded to the relatives in lawsuits against Jones for...

Northeastern Storm Causes Power Outages, Flooded Roads, Fallen Trees, Travel Delays

Dec 20 2023 // A storm barreled up the East Coast on Monday, flooding roads and downing trees in the Northeast, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands, and forcing flight cancelations and school closures.More than 5 inches (13...

Patriot Growth Adds Connecticut Benefits Firm

Dec 8 2023 // Pennsylvania-based Patriot Growth Insurance Services reports it has acquired Blueprint Benefit Advisors of Hamden, Connecticut. Blueprint provides employee benefits, human resource support, benefits technology, and...

Visiting Nurse’s Killing at Halfway House Renews Pleas for Home Health Care Safety

Dec 8 2023 // The killing of a Connecticut nurse making a house call in October was a nightmare come true for an industry gripped by the fear of violence.Already stressed out by staffing shortages and mounting caseloads, heath care...

Sandy Hook Families Offer to Settle Alex Jones’ $1.5 Billion Debt for $85 Million

Nov 29 2023 // Sandy Hook families who won nearly $1.5 billion in legal judgments against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Connecticut school shooting a hoax have offered to settle that debt for only pennies on the...

Business Moves

Nov 20 2023 // Arthur J. Gallagher, Clements WorldwideGlobal insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Washington, D.C.-based Clements Worldwide. Clements is an international insurance broker serving expats, diplomats...

Connecticut Approves 10% Rate Reductions for Workers’ Compensation for 2024

Nov 16 2023 // Businesses in Connecticut will receive a nearly 10% decrease in rates for workers’ compensation insurance beginning on January 1, 2024.The Connecticut Insurance Department has approved an annual workers’...

NOAA: U.S. Withstands Record 25 Disasters in 2023

Nov 15 2023 // Another billion-dollar disaster was confirmed in October, bringing the total to a record 25 such disasters in the first 10 months — the largest number of disasters for any year since NOAA began tracking the events. These...