All the headlines from our Connecticut Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 28 2012 // Antonia Schreiber is taking no chances on the next big storm.The remnants of Hurricane Irene turned the 200-year-old building that housed her Catskill Mountains spa boutique into a muddy mess a year ago in Windham, N.Y....
Aug 22 2012 // Connecticut authorities said this week that five subcontracting firms at a large Stamford construction site have been cited for alleged wage violations.The construction site at Stamford’s Harbor Point area is the...
Aug 10 2012 // A former Plainville, Conn., doctor has been sentenced to four months in prison for dealing prescription drugs. Prosecutors say Richard Luzietti was charged after an investigation into about 100 prescriptions that he wrote...
Aug 10 2012 // This month, Connecticut is observing the four-year anniversary of the state’s adoption of tougher teen driving laws. And officials say the measures continue to put in check teen driver deaths.A series of high-profile...
Aug 9 2012 // The Connecticut Workers’ Compensation Commission announced this month that Stephen Morelli has joined the group as its newest commissioner.Stephen MorelliThe commission has 16 commissioners in total, one of whom...
Aug 6 2012 // CMIC, a Glastonbury, Conn.-based carrier offering medical professional liability insurance in New England, has appointed Edward Carroll as director of underwriting. Carroll brings 18 years of experience to his role, most...
Aug 2 2012 // Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy announced today that international media and information company Thomson Reuters has relocated its U.S. insurance subsidiary from Delaware to Connecticut.The subsidiary, Thomson Reuters Risk...
Jul 19 2012 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas Leonardi announced Thursday that the insurance department recovered $2.4 million for policyholders and state taxpayers in the second quarter.Leonardi said the department’s...
Jul 17 2012 // Connecticut Light & Power has told state regulators that nearly 20,000 customers were without power on July 1 as strong winds and lightning brought down tree limbs. In a statement filed with the state Public Utilities...
Jul 13 2012 // W.R. Berkley Corporation has appointed Michael Fujii as president of its newly formed Berkley Custom Insurance Managers unit in Stamford, Conn.Fujii has over 35 years of experience in the specialty property/casualty...
Jul 12 2012 // Connecticut Light & Power has filed a plan with state regulators to spend $300 million over five years to strengthen its system against storms.The subsidiary of Northeast Utilities says it’s looking to upgrade...
Jul 2 2012 // More states are officially announcing that they have collected penalties and fines as part of a multi-state regulatory settlement with American International Group over workers’ compensation insurance. On June 21,...
Jun 20 2012 // Connecticut Light & Power struck back Monday at Attorney General George Jepsen, who asked state regulators to punish the state’s largest utility for its response to two storms last year.In a filing with the...
Jun 20 2012 // The state Appellate Court says a ski area in New Hartford isn’t liable for an accident in 2006 that paralyzed a 15-year-old boy. The Republican-American of Waterbury reports that the Appellate Court this week upheld...
Jun 19 2012 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas Leonardi announced Monday that the state has received just over $1 million in fines and penalties from American International Group Inc. as part of a multi-state settlement over...
Jun 18 2012 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas Leonardi praised passage of two new laws that give the state greater financial oversight of large, globally active insurers and makes the state a more attractive place for...
Jun 9 2012 // Connecticut teens have acknowledged in a state survey that they talk and text on their cell phones while driving.Photo credit: the city of Gahanna, Ohio, websiteThe biennial state survey of risky teen behavior was released...
Jun 6 2012 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas Leonardi praised passage of two new laws that give the state greater financial oversight of large, globally active insurance companies and makes the state a more attractive place...
May 29 2012 // Four former executives at Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s General Re Corp. and one at American International Group Inc. are in talks to settle a long-running criminal case accusing them of engineering a reinsurance...
May 17 2012 // S.H. Smith & Co. Inc., a wholesaler and managing general agent headquartered in Hartford, Conn., appointed Tom Ferracci as underwriter/manager of workers’ compensation. Ferracci comes from The Hartford Insurance...