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Connecticut Sues Firearm Companies Over Ghost Gun Sales

Mar 9 2023 // Connecticut on Tuesday sued four gun companies it accused of mailing illegal firearm parts with no serial numbers to an undercover state investigator, the latest legal filing by states and cities seeking to crack down on...

Connecticut Insurance Firm Owner Pleads Guilty in $40M Fraud Scheme

Feb 22 2023 // The owner and manager of a Connecticut insurance firm pled guilty this week in federal court in White Plains, New York to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud, according to prosecutors.Between 2015 and 2019,...

Court to Rehear Challenge to Connecticut’s Transgender Athlete Policy

Feb 16 2023 // A federal appeals court has reinstated a challenge to Connecticut’s policy of allowing transgender girls to compete in girls high school sports, two months after a three-judge panel upheld the rules.The 2nd U.S....

Conn. Supreme Court Reverses Medical Malpractice Opinion Letter Precedent

Feb 14 2023 // For more than a decade, Connecticut courts have been dismissing medical malpractice actions if the plaintiff did not submit a proper certificate and opinion letter from “a similar health care provider” that...

People Moves: Connecticut Department Names Callanan as General Counsel; Hanover Appoints Williams E&S President

Feb 6 2023 // Connecticut Insurance Department Names Callanan as General CounselConnecticut Insurance Commissioner Andrew N. Mais has named Jane Callanan, of Wallingford, his department’s new general counsel. Before taking on this...

OSHA Cites Connecticut Contractor for Worker’s Death in Trench Collapse

Feb 2 2023 // A federal investigation has found a Connecticut contractor’s failure to provide legally required safeguards and make sure they were in place to prevent trench collapses contributed to the death of an employee buried...

Estimated 100,000 Hens Die in Blaze at Connecticut’s Hillendale Farms

Feb 1 2023 // BOZRAH, Conn. (AP) — An estimated 100,000 hens died in a weekend fire at a Connecticut farm owned by one of the country’s largest egg producers, Connecticut officials confirmed Monday. It’s one of several...

Connecticut Supreme Court Upholds Insurers in Two Covid-19 Business Loss Appeals

Jan 31 2023 // The Connecticut Supreme Court has upheld insurers in two cases where claims for business interruption losses blamed on Covid-19 were denied because there was no direct physical damage.One case involved healthcare...

Connecticut Gov. Lamont Proposes Gun Laws

Jan 25 2023 // Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont announced a series of proposed gun laws Monday in a state already considered one of the strictest for firearms ownership, including a statewide ban on open carrying expected to draw strong...

Insurer Finds No Foundation Problems in Connecticut Public Buildings

Jan 23 2023 // A review of concrete foundations of public buildings in northeastern Connecticut, including schools and fire stations, has found no widespread deterioration problems like what’s plagued hundreds of residential...

5 Connecticut Officers Plead Not Guilty in Police Van Paralysis Case

Jan 17 2023 // Five Connecticut police officers pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges accusing them of cruelly mistreating a Black man after he was partially paralyzed in a police van with no seat belts when the driver braked hard.The...

Connecticut Gov. Lamont Reappoints Mais as Insurance Commissioner

Jan 5 2023 // Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont has reappointed a number of commissioners including Insurance Commissioner Andrew Mais to continue serving in his second term in office:Lamont first nominated Mais in 2019 to oversee the...

Insurer Finds Connecticut Public Buildings Free From Foundation Problems of Homes

Dec 28 2022 // A review of concrete foundations of public buildings in northeastern Connecticut, including schools and fire stations, has found no widespread deterioration problems like what’s plagued hundreds of residential...

Brown & Brown Dealer Services Buys Connecticut Auto Dealer F&I Firm

Nov 8 2022 // Brown & Brown Dealer Services has acquired Finance Builders, a Canton, Connecticut firm providing finance and insurance (F&I) products and sales support to auto dealers in Connecticut and Massachusetts. The Finance...

World Insurance Acquires CDR Group in Connecticut

Nov 8 2022 // National insurance broker World Insurance Associates reports that it acquired CDR Insurance Group, Inc. of Waterbury, Connecticut on October 1, 2022. CDR was founded in 1992 by Rick Rice. The agency provides commercial and...

Connecticut Approves 3% Cut in Workers’ Compensation Costs for 2023

Oct 24 2022 // Connecticut businesses will see another rate decrease in workers’ compensation insurance beginning on January 1, 2023.The Connecticut Insurance Department has officially approved an average decrease of 3% to...

Nine Injured in Connecticut When Train Hits Tractor-Trailer Stopped in Crossing

Oct 19 2022 // A commuter train hit a tractor-trailer Monday whose operator had driven to a rail crossing after leaving the scene of an earlier crash, transit authorities said. Nine train passengers suffered minor injuries.The...

Supreme Court Declines Connecticut Troopers’ Appeal Over Personnel Disclosure Law

Oct 5 2022 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal by the Connecticut State Police Union in its challenge of a police accountability law that allows public disclosure of certain state trooper personnel files and...

Regulatory Roundup: Florida Warns of Crypto Scam, Louisiana Helps with $129 Million in Additional Claims, Connecticut Weighs in on Federal Subsidies

Oct 4 2022 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. State by state variations of laws, compliance protocols, industry transparency, and general regulatory cultures can lend one the impression that keeping up with...

Connecticut Workers’ Compensation Costs to Fall in 2023

Sep 30 2022 // Connecticut workers’ compensation costs to employers are on their way down, again.The industry’s National Council on Compensation Insurance’s (NCCI) has proposed an overall average change of -3.0% to the...