All the headlines from our Connecticut Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 9 2013 // Connecticut lawmakers are advancing a proposal to expand a ban on auto damage appraisers steering customers to specific repair shops to include glass repairs.The bill was passed Tuesday 107-to-38 by the House of...
May 6 2013 // More than $367 million in federal assistance has been approved to help the state with disaster expenses related to Superstorm Sandy, Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said on May 3 as other officials highlighted recovery...
May 5 2013 // Frustrated by drivers who ignore Connecticut’s ban on talking and texting on hand-held cellphones, some state legislators want insurance companies to know when their customers break the law.Lawmakers hope the...
Apr 26 2013 // A federal judge handed a legal defeat to Standard & Poor’s, ruling that a lawsuit in which Connecticut accused it of fraudulently inflating credit ratings to win business should be moved back to the state court...
Apr 25 2013 // The Connecticut State Bond Commission is expected to approve funding for repairs and improvements to Connecticut recreation and maintenance facilities damaged by Superstorm Sandy. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced Tuesday...
Apr 22 2013 // The police union that represents the officers who responded to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting is still hoping to change Connecticut’s law and extend workers’ compensation benefits to first responders...
Apr 22 2013 // InsurBanc, a federal savings bank founded by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America and W.R. Berkley Corp. a dozen years ago, has joined Connecticut Community Bank N.A., based in Westport, Conn.In the...
Apr 17 2013 // XL Group has hired Andrew Pinkes for the company’s insurance operations as executive vice president, global head of claims. He steps into the position previously held by Paul Tuhy, who has been appointed to XL...
Apr 12 2013 // While lawmakers in most states have introduced measures in their current legislative sessions that address gun control and gun liability issues, their approaches vary widely, largely depending on the area of the country in...
Apr 11 2013 // CMIC, a Glastonbury, Conn.-based carrier offering medical professional liability insurance in New England, announced Kevin Bresnahan has joined the company as director of claims. Bresnahan brings 20 years of experience to...
Apr 11 2013 // A security company being sued over the theft of $60 million worth of pharmaceuticals from an Eli Lilly and Co. warehouse in Connecticut in 2010 insists there is no proof the thieves used a report it prepared detailing the...
Apr 10 2013 // A security company being sued over the 2010 theft of $60 million worth of pharmaceuticals from a warehouse in Connecticut owned by Indianapolis, Ind.-based Eli Lilly and Co. insists there is no proof the thieves used a...
Apr 8 2013 // After hundreds of homes were damaged or destroyed by storms raking Connecticut’s shoreline, a state task force recommended that local zoning codes be changed to reflect rising sea level and new flood elevations.But...
Apr 8 2013 // InsurBanc — a federal savings bank founded by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America and W.R. Berkley Corp. a dozen years ago — has joined Connecticut Community Bank N.A., based in Westport,...
Apr 8 2013 // MMICMinneapolis-based medical malpractice insurer MMIC is conducting business in Indiana. This brings the total number of states in MMIC’s core territory to nine. MMIC President and CEO Bill McDonough said the...
Apr 4 2013 // Gowrie Group, an independent insurance agency based in Westbrook, Conn., appointed Kristen Lincoln as an account executive within the firm’s commercial insurance department.Gowrie Group said Lincoln brings to the...
Apr 4 2013 // Connecticut authorities recently issued “stop work” orders to 27 firms working at construction project sites in Stamford for misclassifying workers during the period of Jan. 9 to March 14.Connecticut Department...
Mar 28 2013 // Connecticut’s governor says more than $250 million in federal assistance has been approved to help people and businesses affected by Superstorm Sandy.The aid was made available after President Barack Obama approved a...
Mar 26 2013 // Connecticut’s recently proposed bill that would require firearm owners to maintain excess personal liability insurance and self defense insurance was withdrawn last week following a two-hour hearing held earlier...
Mar 18 2013 // The Navigators Group, a specialty insurance holding company, confirmed on March 15 that it plans to move its corporate headquarters from Rye Brook, N.Y., to Stamford, Conn., promising to add 200 jobs in Connecticut within...