All the headlines from our Connecticut Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 21 2005 // Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal on Friday sued insurance broker Marsh & McLennan Inc., and insurance provider ACE Financial Solutions Inc., for a scheme in which ACE reportedly paid Marsh a secret...
Jan 21 2005 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Susan Cogswell has approved the acquisition of ConnectiCare by Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York. The merger price is $350 million.Regulators in Massachusetts and New York must...
Jan 11 2005 // Teaming up to challenge the near doubling of medical malpractice insurance premiums by GE Medical Protective, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, the Connecticut State Medical Society and the Connecticut Trial...
Jan 11 2005 // Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell has directed Insurance Commissioner Susan Cogswell to hold a public hearing on malpractice insurance rate increases, including one of nearly 90 percent, following requests from the...
Jan 10 2005 // A recent $2.3 million jury verdict for wrongful termination in favor of a former Nationwide Insurance contract agent from Connecticut is unlikely to have any effect on independent agents or their companies, according to...
Jan 6 2005 // Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell indicated in her State of the State address that medical malpractice issue is on her agenda for the new year, her first full year in office.Rell delivered her first address before the...
Jan 4 2005 // Salvatore J. Dominello has joined Willis Group Holdings to strengthen the broker’s Connecticut office. Dominello, formerly with Palmer & Cay, has been given the position of senior vice president and sales leader...
Jan 3 2005 // A recent $2.3 million jury verdict for wrongful termination in favor of a former Nationwide Insurance contract agent from Connecticut is unlikely to have any effect on independent agents or their companies, according to...
Dec 28 2004 // A Wethersfield, Conn. insurance agency has pleaded guilty to making illegal campaign contributions to disgraced former Waterbury Mayor Philip Giordano, who is in prison for sexually abusing two girls.Five employees of...
Dec 22 2004 // The Hartford Financial Services Group has hired a top federal corruption prosecutor in Connecticut amid a wave of state investigations into the insurance industry.The Hartford, which has been subpoenaed by attorneys...
Dec 20 2004 // Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has reached a settlement with Cigna HealthCare regarding repayment of commissions paid in error in connection with the State of Connecticut Employee and Retiree Dental...
Dec 20 2004 // Leaving aside the insurance brokerage compensation investigations, the World Trade Center trial, the St. Paul-Travelers merger and the UnumProvident settlement, all of which have their roots in this region but grew to...
Dec 17 2004 // An eight person jury in the United States District Court in Connecticut awarded $2.3 million in compensatory damages to an independent insurance agent in a decision expected to have serious ramifications on the...
Dec 8 2004 // Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has reached a settlement with Cigna HealthCare regarding repayment of commissions paid in error in connection with the State of Connecticut Employee and Retiree Dental...
Dec 6 2004 // Recent Key Developments in Ongoing Probes of Marsh, Other Brokers and InsurersMarsh ‘Hopeful’ of Quick Settlement Marsh & McLennan has been in constant contact and cooperation with New York Attorney Eliot...
Dec 3 2004 // Despite an agenda that ranged from identity theft to best practices in agency management, the brokerage probe was what had attendees at the recent Independent Insurance Agents of Connecticut (IIAC) midyear meeting in...
Dec 3 2004 // The ongoing investigation of brokerage commissions and alleged bid-rigging that started in New York is being felt everywhere, nowhere more so than neighboring Connecticut.Despite an agenda that ranged from identity theft...
Nov 30 2004 // Despite charges of bid-rigging and conflicts of interest against the insurance industry, Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Susan F. Cogswell said she has not found corruption in Connecticut.Cogswell said she isn’t...
Nov 28 2004 // A whistle-blower complaint has accused the Connecticut Department of Insurance of failing to adequately investigate and sanction bondsmen who illegally provide discounted bail bonds.State auditor Kevin P. Johnston said he...
Nov 16 2004 // Despite charging that too many state insurance regulators have become “industry captives,” Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is rejecting calls for federal intervention in the regulation of...