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Connecticut Regulates ‘Defense Within Limits’ Provisions by Insurers

Sep 29 2022 // Connecticut’s insurance regulator has provided commercial insurers with updated guidance on “defense within limits” policy provisions including the lines of insurance on which they may be included and the...

Connecticut Lab Faces $907K in OSHA Fines Over Claims of Workers’ Chemical Exposure

Sep 27 2022 // For several months, employees at a Manchester, Connecticut environmental laboratory complained to management about faulty ventilation systems and about symptoms related to exposure to ethylene chloride, a highly hazardous...

Relation Insurance Acquires Mobeck-Guandalini in Connecticut

Sep 15 2022 // National insurance agency Relation Insurance Services has acquired Mobeck-Guandalini Insurance, a multi-line brokerage headquartered in Branford, Connecticut.Christopher Guandalini will continue to lead Mobeck-Guandalini...

Connecticut Trial Begins for Alex Jones in Sandy Hook Hoax Case

Sep 13 2022 // A month after losing one nearly $50 million verdict, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is set to go on trial a second time for calling the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting a hoax and causing several of the victims’...

Connecticut Police Investigate Death of Man Days After Stun Gun Shot by Trooper

Sep 7 2022 // Connecticut state police are investigating a man’s death four days after a state trooper shot him with a stun gun, authorities said Friday.Ryan Marzi, 38, of Hebron, died unexpectedly in his sleep on Aug. 28,...

Bankruptcy Judge Clears Way for Defamation Case in Connecticut Against Alex Jones

Aug 17 2022 // A federal bankruptcy judge on Monday cleared the way for a defamation lawsuit in Connecticut to proceed against Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.The case was filed by relatives of some victims of the 2012...

Miami, Like Connecticut, Installing Smart Signs to Prevent Wrong-Way Drivers

Aug 2 2022 // Miami-Dade County officials, like Connecticut authorities, are investing heavily in new, flashing road signs after a spate of wrong-way crashes on highways.The Miami-Dade Expressway Authority this week announced a $2.3...

After 20 Deaths, Connecticut Plans $20M Safety Effort to Prevent Wrong-Way Crashes

Aug 1 2022 // Connecticut’s Bond Commission approved $20 million in borrowing Friday for the purchase of equipment designed to help prevent drivers from going the wrong way down the state’s highways after nearly a dozen...

Connecticut Law Focuses on Teens Charged With Repeat Motor Vehicle Thefts

Jul 25 2022 // Connecticut has updated its criminal justice laws to speed up law enforcement’s responses when young people are charged with repeated motor vehicle theft and other crimes.Gov. Ned Lamont has signed the bipartisan law...

FEMA to Send Connecticut $1.3M for May Storm Recovery

Jun 29 2022 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending nearly $1.3 million to the state of Connecticut to reimburse it for the administrative costs of recovering from the tornadoes and storms that struck the state on May...

Connecticut Gov. Lamont Signs Consumer Data Privacy Law

Jun 22 2022 // Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont has signed into law Public Act 22-15, which provides consumers with greater ability to safeguard their personal data that is collected by online companies.Most notably, the law requires...

2022 Travelers Golf Championship to Get Underway in Connecticut for Charities

Jun 21 2022 // The 2022 Travelers Championship tournament will run from June 23 to 26 at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut.The Travelers Championship, sponsored by The Travelers Companies, donates all net proceeds to local...

Federal Court Upholds Connecticut Law on Disclosing Police Records

Jun 6 2022 // A federal appeals court has upheld part of a 2020 Connecticut police accountability law that allows public disclosure of state trooper personnel files and internal investigations.The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in...

Starkweather & Shepley Acquires Connecticut’s Ferman Group

Jun 3 2022 // Rhode Island-based Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage (S&S) reports it has acquired Ferman Group, an East Hartford, Connecticut employee benefits agency serving mid-sized businesses in New England. Geoff...

Court Lets Connecticut Police Hiring Lawsuit Proceed

May 16 2022 // A former Bridgeport assistant police chief’s lawsuit claiming he was defrauded out of the police chief’s job can go forward, a state appeals court has ruled.James Nardozzi’s lawsuit stemmed from the...

COVID-19 Orders Not an Excuse for Business to Skip Rent, Connecticut Court Rules

May 12 2022 // Connecticut’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that executive orders issued by Gov. Ned Lamont affecting restaurants during the COVID-19 pandemic could not not be used by a Norwalk eatery as an excuse not to pay the...

Connecticut Legislators Pass Consumer Data Privacy ‘Bill of Rights’

May 2 2022 // Consumers in Connecticut will be able to know when their personal information is being tracked and how it’s being used under a wide-ranging data privacy bill that’s headed to Gov. Ned Lamont’s desk.The...

Relation Insurance Grows in East, Acquiring Ex-Nationwide Agency in Connecticut

Apr 14 2022 // California-based national agency Relation Insurance Services reports it has acquired the assets of Guilford, Connecticut-based Yerkes-Stephens Insurance.Yerkes-Stephens was previously part of Nationwide Mutual Insurance...

Connecticut’s Bradley Airport Website Hit by Cyberattack

Mar 31 2022 // Connecticut officials said they were monitoring a cyberattack Tuesday that attempted to crash the website of Bradley International Airport but had no impact on operations.The Connecticut Airport Authority, which oversees...

Pepperidge Farm Resumes Baking After Fire at Connecticut Facility

Mar 25 2022 // Pepperidge Farm said it has resumed baking at a facility in Bloomfield, Connecticut after a fire there Wednesday that consumed several drums of an acid solution.The fire, which broke out at about 4:30 a.m., was contained...