All the headlines from our Connecticut Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 22 2010 // A new poll says almost three of every four Connecticut voters support legislation requiring seat belts on school buses in the state.The Quinnipiac University survey released Thursday says the proposal has strong support...
Jan 21 2010 // The Hanover won’t have to pay $26,000 in claims on behalf of a Connecticut contractor who accidentally knocked over the house he was working on, a Connecticut Superior Court has ruled.The decision comes from a...
Jan 13 2010 // For more than a decade, Connecticut lawmakers have considered and dismissed the idea of requiring seat belts on school buses that carry nearly 500,000 children each day.But a deadly weekend crash in Hartford has given the...
Jan 10 2010 // New York-based insurance wholesaler Russell Bond & Co. has promoted Margaret J. Arnold to assistant vice president-controller. She is a 20-year veteran of the firm.In addition, the company has also promoted Derek...
Jan 4 2010 // Connecticut’s State Board of Chiropractic Examiners is considering whether to require chiropractors to warn their patients about a possible risk of stroke from neck manipulation. The board is holding a two-day...
Dec 30 2009 // The town of Greenwich, Connecticut has agreed to pay $887,000 to settle a racial discrimination lawsuit involving several minority police officers.Town officials revealed the terms of the settlement after the Board of...
Dec 23 2009 // A group of white New Haven firefighters who won a discrimination case before the U.S. Supreme Court are seeking back pay, damages and legal fees.The high court ruled in June that New Haven officials violated white...
Dec 15 2009 // Jeffrey Parmenter has joined insurance wholesaler Cowles & Connell of Conn, Inc., where he will serve as vice president of Binding Operations. Parmenter has more than 25 years of property/casualty underwriting...
Dec 6 2009 // The 2,074-page health care bill includes a range of items that some say could be time bombs in waiting for some agencies – or new opportunities.Until this year, health care was a minor blip on the radar of insurance...
Dec 6 2009 // The Connecticut Supreme Court reinstated a lawsuit brought by the owners of a dump truck involved in a fiery crash in Avon in 2005 that killed four people and injured 11 others.In its decision, the high court overturned a...
Dec 3 2009 // Recently retired New York Cardinal Edward Egan expressed skepticism over sexual abuse allegations against priests when he was a Connecticut bishop a decade ago, saying he found it “marvelous” that so few...
Nov 23 2009 // New England recorded fewer work-related deaths last year, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday, a trend that could be at least partly attributable to the economic downturn.Preliminary figures for the...
Nov 20 2009 // Until this year, health care was a minor blip on the radar of insurance agents’ policy efforts in D.C. But with a major reform bill imminent, key trade groups are devoting nearly all of their time to try and tweak...
Nov 20 2009 // The Connecticut Supreme Court reinstated a lawsuit Wednesday brought by the owners of a dump truck involved in a fiery crash in Avon in 2005 that killed four people and injured 11 others.In its decision, the high court...
Nov 19 2009 // A Connecticut jury has awarded $15 million to automobile repair shop owners in their lawsuit accusing an affiliate of The Hartford Financial Services Group of unfair trade practices.The Stamford Superior Court jury this...
Nov 17 2009 // Changes made five years ago to a Connecticut law aimed at revealing medical mistakes at hospitals have allowed the facilities to keep more errors secret, according to a <i>Hartford Courant</i> analysis.After...
Nov 15 2009 // The family of an elderly Connecticut woman who died after her chenille bathrobe caught on fire has filed a $30 million lawsuit against the retailer for wrongful death and product liability.Atwilda Brown, 80, was making her...
Nov 15 2009 // Chimp Victim Sues Connecticut“We believe the evidence will show that the state, acting through the Department of Environmental Protection, failed to adequately address a serious public safety issue that resulted in...
Nov 15 2009 // A Connecticut judge has ruled that the insurance company for a former Fairfield lawyer who killed his neighbor in 2006 won’t be responsible for any damages that could be awarded in a lawsuit filed by the...
Nov 15 2009 // Though it may seem like the debate over the creation of a national catastrophe insurance plan is a relatively recent phenomenon, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners actually began addressing the issue as...