All the headlines from our Connecticut Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 24 2009 // The Connecticut Insurance Department has fined Safeco Cos. $434,000 following a market conduct exam of the five subsidiaries for the insurer.The fines are for violations that include improper cancellations, improper rating...
Jul 23 2009 // Connecticut officials say the federal government is rejecting a request for aid for homeowners for storm damage that included a tornado on June 26.State officials say that preliminary damage information shows the state is...
Jul 15 2009 // Connecticut’s flex-rating law will continue for two more years, after Gov. M. Jodi Rell signed legislation extending the practice of letting insurers vary premiums without regulatory approval. Flex-rating allows...
Jul 6 2009 // The former owner of a Connecticut trucking company has been sentenced to six years in jail on manslaughter and insurance fraud charges for his role in a fiery truck crash at a major suburban intersection that left four...
Jul 2 2009 // A Connecticut woman and her son avoided jail time Tuesday and were sentenced to three years probation for attempted insurance fraud and evidence tampering after a fiery wreck at the bottom of Avon Mountain that killed four...
Jul 1 2009 // A Connecticut High School teacher has been named Teacher of the Year by an insurance industry-backed group for his efforts to introduce students to careers in insurance.Gary Barcher, who has taught at Bloomfield High...
Jun 25 2009 // The former owner of a Connecticut trucking company has been sentenced to six years in jail on manslaughter and insurance fraud charges for his role in a fiery truck crash at a major suburban intersection that left four...
Jun 22 2009 // Connecticut officials were repeatedly warned about the dangers posed by a chimpanzee that later mauled and blinded a woman and were urged — more than three years before the attack — to take action, but failed...
Jun 19 2009 // A Rhode Island man has pleaded guilty to fraud and tax evasion charges involving the theft of furniture from The Hartford insurance company.Thirty-five-year-old Michael Young of Coventry, R.I., pleaded guilty Wednesday to...
Jun 9 2009 // A state-wide highway safety crackdown on commercial trucks, buses and tractor-trailers has taken 153 vehicles off of Connecticut roads.The spot checks over a three day period last week were made along Interstate 95 and...
May 18 2009 // A chimpanzee that mauled a Connecticut woman had the anti-anxiety drug Xanax in its system, according to toxicology tests, but investigators haven’t determined whether the drug played a role in the attack, a...
May 18 2009 // Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. has agreed to pay $2.4 million to the state of Connecticut to settle claims of bid-rigging, price-fixing and receiving kickbacks.State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal says the deal...
May 8 2009 // Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc., the New York-based insurance broker and consulting firm, has agreed to pay $2.4 million to the state of Connecticut to settle claims of bid rigging, price fixing and receiving...
May 8 2009 // A judge on Wednesday approved an agreement that freezes $10 million in assets belonging to the owner of a chimpanzee that mauled a woman.The family of Charla Nash is suing the chimp’s owner, Sandra Herold, for $50...
May 6 2009 // Police in Plainfield, Connecticut say the bicycle death of a 13-year-old boy over the weekend is being investigated as an accident. William Howard died Saturday after he fell off his bike and struck his head at a...
Apr 24 2009 // Joseph D. Colwick has joined TD Insurance Inc. as an account executive based in Wethersfield, Connecticut. Colwick will be responsible for employee benefits sales to business customers throughout the Nutmeg State. He has...
Apr 23 2009 // Two Connecticut legislative committees have endorsed a proposal giving people with certain medical conditions the right to use employee bathrooms in private businesses.Several lawmakers say they have concerns about the...
Apr 21 2009 // Wetsbrook, Connecticut-based insurance, employee benefits and finance company The Gowrie Group as officially rebranded itself.The company says it will no longer use its former name, Gowrie, Barden & Brett, effective...
Apr 13 2009 // The controversial bonuses given to executives at bailed-out insurer American International Group Inc. do not violate Connecticut’s unfair trade practices law, the state’s consumer protection commissioner...
Apr 9 2009 // For Ethan St. Pierre, allowing someone who is biologically female but self-identifies as male to use the men’s bathroom is a no-brainer.“Look at me,” said St. Pierre, who was born a woman but is now a...