Latest Connecticut Headlines

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Connecticut Insurance Department Recovers $591K in Second Quarter

Jul 30 2010 // The Connecticut Insurance Department said it recovered $591,000 last quarter for insurance buyers who complained to the state about coverage and claims issues.Department staff received 1,761 new complaints or inquiries...

Connecticut Flood Victims Facing Deadline Today

Jul 27 2010 // Connecticut residents are running out of time to file federal damage claims from the March flooding that affected the eastern half of the state. Anyone with property damage has until today to file with the Federal...

Former Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Dies

Jul 22 2010 // Former Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Susan Cogswell, the first woman to hold the job, has died. She was 57.The Republican Town Committee of Torrington, where Cogswell lived, released a statement saying Cogswell died...

Connecticut to Buy, Then Demolish Flood-Prone Properties

Jul 19 2010 // The federal government has approved a grant of nearly $1.4 million for the state of Connecticut to buy and then demolish five flood-prone properties in East Haven. Demolishing the properties is intended to reduce or...

Connecticut’s American Heritage Joins SAN Group

Jul 13 2010 // American Heritage Financial, an insurance agency in Wallingford, Connecticut, has joined the Satellite Agency Network (SAN) Group Inc., both firms announced.“American Heritage Financial wants to remain an independent...

Health Insurer to Pay Connecticut $250K for Data Breach

Jul 8 2010 // A California-based health insurance company has agreed to pay Connecticut $250,000 for losing a disk drive containing private information of 1.5 million customers, including nearly 450,000 state residents.Attorney General...

Connecticut to Buy Then Demolish Flood-Prone Properties in East Haven

Jul 7 2010 // The federal government has approved a grant of nearly $1.4 million for the state of Connecticut to buy and then demolish five flood-prone properties in East Haven.Demolishing the properties is intended to reduce or...

Connecticut Jury’s $2.5 Million Award Recognizes Same-Sex Marriage

Jul 6 2010 // A jury awarded $2.45 million Friday in a malpractice case to the estate of a Connecticut woman who had also that claimed botched cancer treatments damaged her same-sex relationship, attorneys said.Margaret Mueller and...

Connecticut Warns Agents over Surplus Lines Placements

Jul 5 2010 // The Connecticut Insurance Department is warning producers against placing coastal homeowners in the surplus lines market if an admitted insurer has offered to renew their policies. Doing so violates Connecticut law, and in...

Connecticut Fertility Center Fined for Embryo Mistake

Jun 28 2010 // A noted Connecticut fertility center has been reprimanded and fined by state regulators after it accidentally transferred a patient’s embryos to another woman with the same last name.The Center for Advanced...

Wrestler’s Widow Suing WWE, Connecticut Senate Candidate

Jun 23 2010 // The widow of a World Wrestling Entertainment performer who died in a 1999 stunt says she’s suing the Connecticut-based company and its leaders, including Republican U.S. Senate candidate Linda McMahon.Martha Hart...

11 East Coast States Hold BP Responsible for Oil Disaster Claims

Jun 22 2010 // Eleven East Coast states have told BP they will hold it responsible for any losses caused by its still-growing oil spill in the Gulf, Connecticut’s attorney general said Monday.“Even without oil actually...

Connecticut Warns Agents over Surplus Lines Placements

Jun 18 2010 // The Connecticut Insurance Department is warning producers against placing coastal homeowners in the surplus lines market if an admitted insurer has offered to renew their policies.Doing so violates state law. In a recently...

Data Shows Med Mal Indemnity Payments in Connecticut Fell

Jun 10 2010 // Fewer than half of the medical malpractice claims settled by Connecticut insurers over the last four years resulted in payments to patients, and the average size of those payments fell last year, according a new report by...

Business Moves

Jun 7 2010 // Liberty Mutual Agency Corp.Boston-based Liberty Mutual Group has announced that its subsidiary, Liberty Mutual Agency Corp. (LMAC) has filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for an...

Owner of Chimpanzee in Connecticut Mauling Dies at 72

May 28 2010 // The woman whose chimpanzee mauled and blinded her friend last year, leading to lawsuits and a national debate over the regulation of exotic pets, has died, her attorney said.Sandy Herold died Monday night of a ruptured...

Class Status Granted in Connecticut Volleyball Lawsuit

May 26 2010 // A federal judge has granted class action status to a lawsuit filed by members of Quinnipiac University’s volleyball team alleging gender discrimination in the school’s athletic programs.Judge Stefan...

John M. Glover Agency Acquires APS San Angelo in Connecticut

May 20 2010 // John M. Glover Agency has acquired APS San Angelo Insurance Agency based in Waterbury, Connecticut.Terms of the deal were not released. APS San Angelo has been doing business in the Waterbury area for over 50 years. John...

Connecticut Babysitter to Pay $1.1M Settlement over Boy’s Drowning

May 17 2010 // A Connecticut teenager and her mother have agreed to pay $1.1 million to the family of a toddler who drowned while the girl was baby-sitting.The New Haven Register reports that Cheshire Probate Judge Raymond Voelker...

Business Moves

May 17 2010 // W.R. Berkley, Verus UnderwritingConnecticut-based insurer W. R. Berkley Corp has launched Richmond, Virginia-based Verus Underwriting Managers, a subsidiary that will provide property and casualty excess and surplus lines...