All the headlines from our Connecticut Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 8 2009 // Doctors say a Connecticut woman who was nearly killed by a chimpanzee suffered such damage to her eyes that she will be blind for life.Doctors say Charla Nash is improving, but faces two years of surgical procedures. Nash...
Apr 8 2009 // Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is questioning why up to $400 million in federal bailout money is going to the big three credit rating agencies that he says helped create the economic meltdown.Blumenthal...
Apr 6 2009 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut Inc. (PIACT) elected new officers. They are: President James Goodman, who is president of Goodman Insurance Inc. in Shelton; President-elect Howard Olderman, who is...
Apr 6 2009 // The family of a Connecticut woman who in February was mauled by a chimpanzee has filed preliminary legal papers seeking $50 million in damages against the primate’s owner.Relatives of Charla Nash filed the legal...
Apr 1 2009 // Connecticut police say that a weekend theft of cigarettes from a Milford warehouse is now estimated to be worth about $1 million.Police say the thieves who broke into Montano Cigarettes, Candy & Tobacco Inc. stole...
Apr 1 2009 // Connecticut lawmakers are considering a bill extending the time given to alleged victims of childhood sexual abuse to file civil lawsuits.Connecticut law currently lets people sue for alleged abuse for 30 years after their...
Mar 27 2009 // An executive at American International Group Inc. defended the insurer’s controversial $165 million in bonuses in a hearing in Hartford, saying the recipients did not create the problems that led to a government...
Mar 26 2009 // The Connecticut House of Representatives is not ready to vote on a bill that would stop companies that received federal assistance, such as American International Group Inc., from awarding bonuses under a state...
Mar 25 2009 // The Connecticut Insurance Department has ordered Boston-based Liberty Mutual Insurance Cos. to pay nearly $930,000 in fines and restitution for overcharging thousands of customers, settling claims incorrectly and violating...
Mar 23 2009 // Kate Westover, vice president of Alternative Risk Financing at Innovative Captive Strategies, has received the 2009 Distinguished Service Award from the Captive Insurance Companies Association (CICA). Based in Colchester,...
Mar 23 2009 // A busload of activists representing working- and middle-class families paid visits Saturday to the lavish homes of American International Group executives to protest the tens of millions of dollars in bonuses awarded by...
Mar 23 2009 // Connecticut’s attorney general says documents turned over to his office by American International Group Inc. shows the company paid out $218 million in bonuses, higher than the $165 million previously...
Mar 19 2009 // The family of a Connecticut woman mauled by a chimpanzee last month filed preliminary legal papers seeking $50 million in damages against the primate’s owner.Relatives of Charla Nash filed the legal papers, which are...
Mar 19 2009 // A Connecticut trucking company owner whose poorly maintained dump truck lost control and caused a fiery crash that killed four people in 2005 has pleaded guilty to manslaughter and assault charges.David Wilcox, 73, entered...
Mar 17 2009 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut Inc. (PIACT) elected new officers during its annual convention this week. New officers for the group are:— President James Goodman, who is president of Goodman...
Mar 13 2009 // A.M. Best Co. has removed the ratings from under review with negative implications and affirmed the financial strength rating of B+ (Good) and issuer credit rating of “bbb-” of Utah-based Great Western...
Mar 13 2009 // A Sandy Hook, Connecticut insurance agent has been picked as Agent of the Year by the Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut Inc.Timothy Russell, a senior member of the Russell Agency in Southport, Connecticut, will...
Mar 2 2009 // The Connecticut Insurance Department says it recovered nearly $3.1 million on behalf of consumers last year – on par with previous year’s recoveries from resolving consumers’ disputes and...
Feb 24 2009 // A Connecticut woman whose 200-pound chimpanzee mauled and disfigured her best friend is vulnerable to a costly civil lawsuit, while the state also could face legal trouble for failing to take action, legal experts said...
Feb 22 2009 // To many, the insurance world seems to operate on its own theory of physics. And to the hundreds of high-powered industry execs who gathered on the third floor of the Waldorf-Astoria in New York earlier this year, there is...