All the headlines from our Connecticut Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 8 2013 // Connecticut’s insurance department is proposing a new program that would offer a mediation option to resolve claims disputes between homeowners and their insurance companies that arise from catastrophes, such as...
Mar 8 2013 // Connecticut lawmakers created a special charitable fund on Wednesday to help cover the mental health costs of first responders, educators and other workers traumatized by the Newtown school massacre.Both chambers of the...
Mar 5 2013 // Jackie Beagon loved her life along the Connecticut coast, where she and her husband walked to the beach and church and bicycled around the neighborhood. But Superstorm Sandy ripped it all apart, and the couple was forced...
Mar 5 2013 // The U.S. Department of Labor says the number of workplace injuries in Connecticut jumped 11 percent in 2011 over the previous year and that the rate of injury is among the highest in the country. The Bureau of Labor...
Mar 2 2013 // Lawmakers pressed ahead Thursday, Feb. 28, with legislation requiring Connecticut’s worker’s compensation system to cover treatment costs for mental illnesses stemming from future workplace trauma, and planned...
Feb 25 2013 // Hartford, Conn.-based SPARTA Insurance Co. promoted President and Chief Operation Officer Ralph E. Jones, III to chief executive officer.Ralph E. Jones, IIIJones succeeds George L. Estes, III, who is stepping down from his...
Feb 20 2013 // On the surface, things look calm and placid. Just beneath the waterline, however, it’s a different story.Cars and sunken boats. Patio furniture. Pieces of docks. Entire houses. A grandfather clock, deposited in a...
Feb 17 2013 // Branchville, N.J.-based Selective Insurance Group Inc. announced the following appointments by its subsidiary, Selective Insurance Company of America.Brian Sarisky (Sparta, N.J.) to senior vice president, chief...
Feb 11 2013 // Emergency crews and residents struggled to clear roadways and sidewalks from a storm that rampaged through the Northeast, dumping up to 3 feet of snow and bringing howling winds that knocked out power to hundreds of...
Feb 10 2013 // A blizzard packing hurricane-force winds hammered the northeastern United States on Saturday, cutting power to 700,000 homes and businesses, shutting down travel and leaving at least nine people dead.The mammoth storm that...
Feb 8 2013 // As the Northeast and New England states brace for a major blizzard, Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas Leonardi is offering policyholders tips on preparing for the storm and filing claims if there is property...
Feb 8 2013 // The U.S. Justice Department and multiple states are discussing also suing Moody’s Corp. for defrauding investors, according to people familiar with the matter, but any such move will likely wait until a similar...
Feb 5 2013 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas Leonardi has recently been named chairman of the International Committee of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC).Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas...
Feb 4 2013 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas Leonardi announced last week that the Connecticut Insurance Department recovered approximately $8.7 million for policyholders and state taxpayers in 2012.The department’s...
Jan 28 2013 // The co-chairman of a state legislative committee in Connecticut says the panel is planning to introduce a bill allowing claims of post-traumatic stress disorder to be covered under Connecticut’s workers’...
Jan 23 2013 // CoreLogic, a residential property information, analytics and services provider based in Irvine, Calif., acquired CDS Business Mapping LLC in Middletown, Conn. CDS will be integrated into the existing CoreLogic Spatial...
Jan 21 2013 // Post-traumatic stress was so great for some first responders who arrived at Sandy Hook Elementary School minutes after a gunman killed 20 children and six educators that the Connecticut legislature is considering a measure...
Jan 15 2013 // The co-chairman of a state legislative committee in Connecticut says the panel plans to introduce a bill allowing claims of posttraumatic stress disorder to be covered under Connecticut’s workers’ compensation...
Jan 14 2013 // P/C Insurance Joint Industry Forum Jan 15 Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York, NY Insurance Information Institute www.iii.org2013 Big ‘I’ Winter Meeting Jan 16-20 The Westin Mission Hills Resort & Spa, Rancho...
Jan 14 2013 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart announced on Jan. 4 the approval of an amended filing submitted by the Delaware Compensation Rating Bureau Inc. (DCRB) which proposed an overall average increase of 14.6...