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Connecticut Eyes Study of Youth Sports Safety After Hockey Player’s Death

Mar 14 2022 // A Connecticut legislative committee has approved a bill calling for a study of youth sports safety including the use of hockey neck guards, in response to the death of a 10th grade hockey player.The Committee on Children...

Connecticut, UK Sign ‘Insurtech Corridor’ Partnership

Mar 11 2022 // On March 10, 2022, the UK Government announced a formal agreement with Connecticut Insurance & Financial Services (CT IFS), the MetroHartford Alliance (MHA), the Connecticut Insurance Department, and Insurtech UK to...

‘No Contest’ Plea Doesn’t Trigger Criminal Exclusion in Home Policy: Connecticut Court

Mar 7 2022 // An insured’s plea of nolo contendere to criminal charges does not trigger a criminal acts exclusion in a homeowners insurance policy governed by state law, the Connecticut Supreme Court recently ruled.A federal court...

Connecticut’s Trager Reznitsky to Add States After Buying P/C Unit of Stronghold Insurance

Mar 2 2022 // North Haven-based Trager Reznitsky Insurance has acquired the property/casualty business of another Connecticut independent agency, Stronghold Insurance LLC, in Shelton.This is the first acquisition for Trager Reznitsky...

4 Insurers, 5 Policies to Pay $73M Sandy Hook Settlement Against Gunmaker Remington

Feb 17 2022 // A federal bankruptcy court in Alabama has approved insurance payments totaling $73 million by four insurers to the families of the victims of the Sandy Hook massacre. The settlement with gunmaker Remington Arms and its...

Connecticut Added 13 Captives in 2021

Feb 8 2022 // Insurance Commissioner Andrew N. Mais touted a year of growth in captive insurers domiciled in Connecticut.In 2021, Connecticut approved 13 captive insurers. The licenses granted by the state were for both new captive...

Connecticut’s Hurricane Ida Disaster Aid Extended to Additional Counties

Feb 8 2022 // A federal disaster declaration approved last year after remnants of Hurricane Ida hit Connecticut has been amended to include certain damage that occurred in Fairfield and Litchfield counties, Gov. Ned Lamont announced...

World Insurance Associates Buys Connecticut’s Sumner & Sumner

Feb 2 2022 // New Jersey-based broker World Insurance Associates reports it has acquired Sumner & Sumner, Inc., an Insurance agency in Willimantic, Connecticut. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Sumner & Sumner began...

Connecticut Court Rules University Not Liable for Teens’ Abuse

Jan 31 2022 // Connecticut’s Appellate Court ruled Friday that Wesleyan University cannot be held responsible for the alleged abuse of boys in its basketball facilities and the dorm room of a basketball player during the early...

Connecticut Court Rules Women-Only Gym Areas Violate State Law Against Gender Bias

Jan 27 2022 // Women-only exercise areas in gyms and fitness clubs violate a state law banning discrimination based on gender, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.The 6-0 decision written by Chief Justice Richard Robinson...

OSHA Cites Connecticut Manufacturer for 48 Safety Violations After Fatality

Jan 25 2022 // After an employee of a Watertown, Connecticut metal fabrication company was electrocuted on July 14, 2021 while repairing a portable water heater, an inspection by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)...

Connecticut Offers Training for Insurance Brokers for Underserved Cities

Jan 21 2022 // Gov. Ned Lamont and Connecticut’s health care exchange announced plans Wednesday to launch a training program for licensed independent insurance brokers in the state’s three largest cities.James Michel, the...

Connecticut Approves 14.1% Workers’ Compensation Pure Premium Reduction

Jan 13 2022 // The Connecticut Insurance Department has approved a filing with decreases of 14.1% to workers’ compensation pure premium lost costs, and an 8.2% reduction in assigned risk rates.The decreases, effective January 1,...

Connecticut Drone Company Aquiline Forms Captive Insurer

Jan 10 2022 // Aquiline Drones Corp. (AD), a Hartford, Conn.-based drone manufacturing and services firm, has completed the licensing process to establish its own insurance captive, Aquiline Drones Indemnity Corp. (ADIC).This insurance...

Connecticut Governor Signs Sweeping Order on Climate Change, Pollution

Dec 21 2021 // Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed a sweeping executive order aimed at reducing pollution and addressing climate change Thursday, a month after pulling back his support of a regional climate initiative amid concerns it...

Connecticut Town Settles Housing Lawsuit Over Group Home Denial

Dec 8 2021 // The town of Wolcott, Connecticut, said Monday it has agreed to settle a federal lawsuit filed after it failed to allow a group home for mentally disabled adults to open in a residential neighborhood.The U.S. Justice...

NFP Acquires Connecticut’s Insurance Provider Group

Dec 3 2021 // NFP, an insurance broker and consultant that provides property/casualty, corporate benefits, retirement and individual services, acquired the assets of Insurance Provider Group LLC (IPG). The transaction closed on October...

Risk Strategies Acquires Connecticut’s TriPoint Insurance

Nov 18 2021 // Risk Strategies, a national specialty insurance brokerage and risk management firm, acquired TriPoint Insurance Inc., a national specialist providing Performance Based Insurance (PBI) solutions to middle market companies...

Eight Dead from COVID, 89 Infected at Connecticut Nursing Home

Nov 17 2021 // Eight residents of a nursing home in Connecticut have died during a coronavirus outbreak while 89 residents and employees have tested positive for the disease, nursing home officials say.The outbreak at the Geer Nursing...

Rare November Tornadoes Hit Connecticut, Rhode Island

Nov 16 2021 // Three tornadoes that hit Rhode Island and southeast Connecticut this weekend were the first since at least 1950 to strike the area in November, the National Weather Service said Sunday.The service confirmed the three...