All the headlines from our Connecticut Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 23 2005 // MASSACHUSETTSSafe Driver Plan Revised: Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Julie M. Bowler has approved changes in the way drivers receive discounts and surcharges to their auto insurance policies based on their driving...
May 23 2005 // MASSACHUSETTSSafe Driver Plan Revised: Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Julie M. Bowler has approved changes in the way drivers receive discounts and surcharges to their auto insurance policies based on their driving...
May 18 2005 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Susan F. Cogswell announced a public hearing on the proposed acquisition of the Travelers Insurance Company and the Travelers Life and Annuity Company, both Connecticut insurance...
May 12 2005 // The Connecticut Senate has approved legislation (HB 6806), supported by the American Insurance Association (AIA), dealing with producer compensation issues. Some of the provisions in the legislation were instructive in...
May 9 2005 // When Connecticut state Rep. Melissa Olson called around for homeowner’s insurance recently, an agent on the other end of the line asked what kind of dog the Norwich Democrat owned.Olson didn’t really know for...
May 9 2005 // Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell signed landmark legislation that makes Connecticut the first state to recognize same-sex civil unions without court pressure. It joins Vermont and Massachusetts as the only states with laws...
May 6 2005 // Vowing to boost the state’s status as Insurance Capital of the World, Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell is creating a special office within her Department of Economic and Community Development dedicated to retaining,...
Apr 29 2005 // A blaze that destroyed the vacant InterRoyal Mill complex in Plainfiled, Conn. on April 26 appears to have been set by someone, town Fire Marshal Paul Yellen said.Yellen said it was too early to know whether the fire was...
Apr 26 2005 // Dealing with the thorny issue of how to ease doctors’ rising medical malpractice insurance rates, Connecticut lawmakers have managed this year to whittle dozens of proposals down to two.The work isn’t finished...
Apr 24 2005 // A Connecticut car rental company that ran into trouble for using a global positioning device to fine speeding drivers lost another case last week after overcharging a customer and referring him to a phony legal...
Apr 22 2005 // Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell signed landmark legislation this week that makes Connecticut the first state to recognize same-sex civil unions without court pressure.It joins Vermont and Massachusetts as the only states...
Apr 18 2005 // To the uneducated eye, the matched pair of antique chairs was hardly worth a second glance.Finished in worn gold paint, the seats re-covered in brocaded fabric, they looked like the sort of thing a grandmother...
Apr 14 2005 // Connecticut Attorney general Richard Blumenthal said he would oppose the acquisition of Hartford-based Travelers Life & Annuity by MetLife Inc. because he said it is bad for his state’s economy.“This...
Apr 14 2005 // The Connecticut House passed legislation Wednesday that would make Connecticut the second state to establish same-sex civil unions, and the first to do it without a court order.Addressing concerns raised by Gov. M. Jodi...
Mar 30 2005 // Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell said today she is “extremely unhappy” as she learns more about the possibility of significant job losses resulting from MetLife’s planned acquisition of Travelers Life...
Mar 28 2005 // John Rowland has had some prestigious titles in his Connecticut career: state representative, congressman, governor, even insurance agent. Last Friday, he got a new one: federal inmate No. 15623-014.And unlike the other...
Mar 24 2005 // Connecticut officials are alarmed at the high recidivism rate of aggressive drivers forced to attend traffic offender school.Nearly 42 percent of the 77,000 motorists who attended driver retraining between 2001 and 2003...
Mar 21 2005 // Connecticut officials are alarmed at the high recidivism rate of aggressive drivers forced to attend traffic offender school.Nearly 42 percent of the 77,000 motorists who attended driver retraining between 2001 and 2003...
Mar 21 2005 // Citizens and Hanover Insurance Companies have named Douglas H. McDonoughregional president of their emerging Mid-Atlantic region. In this role, he will manage all aspects of sales and distribution for the companies’...
Mar 21 2005 // New York is one of the worst; New Jersey is also poor; Virginia remains among the best; Massachusetts and Maryland are looking better and better; Connecticut is holding steady, while Pennsylvania has some catching up to...