All the headlines from our Connecticut Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 6 2015 // Connecticut’s highest court made it easier for private sector workers to bring whistleblower claims against their employers without fear of retaliation, ruling in a case brought by a former UBS AG real estate...
Oct 5 2015 // A wrongful death lawsuit filed against gun maker Remington by families of some Newtown, Connecticut, school massacre victims has been sent from federal court back to state court, where it may have a better chance of...
Oct 5 2015 // Connecticut’s Department of Insurance is playing a major role in a deal that could create the nation’s largest health insurer, leading a 26-state review of Anthem Inc.’s proposed merger with Bloomfield,...
Oct 5 2015 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (Big “I”) installed a new leadership team over the weekend with Randy Lanoix of Louisiana as chairman.The agents’ group also installed Spencer...
Oct 5 2015 // Farmers Insurance, which began providing insurance and financial services to Connecticut consumers on Jan. 1, 2015, announced the opening of the company’s first territory office in the state.The new office, located...
Oct 5 2015 // GEICO announced on Sept. 15 that the company is expanding its ridesharing insurance product offering to drivers in Connecticut. GEICO said its product delivers end-to-end coverage for personal and ridesharing...
Oct 1 2015 // The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) on Sept. 24 delivered a workers’ compensation loss cost filing to the Connecticut Insurance Department.NCCI said that based upon its review of the most recently...
Sep 28 2015 // IFG Companies has hired Geoffrey J. Smith as underwriting manager of its nationwide Commercial Underwriting Renewal Center in Hartford, Connecticut. While managing the efficiency and effectiveness of the Commercial...
Sep 25 2015 // Farmers Insurance, which began providing insurance and financial services to Connecticut consumers on Jan. 1, 2015, announced the opening of the company’s first territory office in the state.The new office, located...
Sep 16 2015 // Newtown, Connecticut, and its schools are putting up a stiff fight against a wrongful-death lawsuit filed by the parents of two children killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, questioning whether the lawsuit...
Sep 16 2015 // GEICO announced Tuesday that the company is expanding its ridesharing insurance product offering to drivers in Connecticut. GEICO has rolled out its ridesharing product in Georgia, Virginia, Maryland, Texas and...
Sep 10 2015 // The Connecticut troopers have issued 1,930 speeding tickets during the 2015 Labor Day weekend, the Connecticut State Police announced.The troopers patrolled the highways and roads in Connecticut over the Labor Day weekend....
Sep 10 2015 // Adam Kagan RiskMatch, a Greenwich, Connecticut-based business intelligence and analytics firm that provides insurance portfolio management and placement services to brokers and insurers, promoted Adam Kagan to chief client...
Sep 7 2015 // Uber Technologies Inc. on Aug. 13 won the dismissal of a racketeering lawsuit by 15 Connecticut taxi and limousine companies seeking to stop the ridesharing company from doing business in the state.U.S. District Judge...
Sep 3 2015 // A Category 3 hurricane with forces not seen in Eastern Connecticut for nearly 100 years barrels into the mouth of the Connecticut River.Roads are blocked by downed trees and utility lines. Power is expected to be out for...
Aug 27 2015 // Insurance brokerage and risk management firm Integro announced today that it acquired HealthCare Risk Specialists in West Hartford, Connecticut. Financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed.HealthCare Risk...
Aug 20 2015 // The Connecticut transportation department says a highway contractor will compensate motorists for damage to their cars as a result of a highway lane opened before asphalt dried.Agency spokesman Kevin Nursick says a...
Aug 19 2015 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property, casualty and employee benefits brokerage and consultant based in San Francisco, hired Bob Baldauf as a property & casualty insurance broker/producer for...
Aug 18 2015 // Nearly a year after Connecticut’s six medical marijuana dispensaries opened, patients are changing their habits.For quick relief, they are smoking marijuana less and inhaling its vapors and therapeutic oils more,...
Aug 17 2015 // The high cost of infertility treatments for some people over 40 in Connecticut may soon be covered by their insurance company.The Connecticut Department of Insurance has determined a 2006 state law mandating coverage for...