All the headlines from our Connecticut Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 31 2002 // The Alliance of American Insurers (AAI) has issued a statement urging a legislative oversight committee to direct the Connecticut Insurance Department to redraft its proposed privacy regulations. “For the third time,...
May 24 2002 // CT Insurance Services has made available the PINnacle Xchange Producer Licensing Database (XDB), a customizable and scaleable database that tracks and organizes producer demographic and licensure information, such as...
May 22 2002 // Susan F. Cogswell, Connecticut’s Insurance Commissioner, will be the guest speaker at the 2002 Connecticut Young Insurance Professionals’ Industry Partners (CTYIP) Breakfast and Annual Sponsor Appreciation...
May 17 2002 // Gerald Zimmerman, senior counsel for the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII), viewed the 2002 Connecticut legislative session, which ended this week, as a “very successful year,” marked by some...
May 2 2002 // {The Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut (PIACT) announced that it has completed a year-long study of its members’ perceptions of insurance company performance in the state.Leading the list of companies that...
May 2 2002 // A little over a month after it first began doing business in Connecticut, Boston-based Plymouth Rock Assurance Corporation has started downloading policy information to its independent agencies in the state. Cleared to...
May 1 2002 // A new study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) reported that the average prices for medical services to injured workers in Connecticut are among the highest of the eight states analyzed.The study...
Apr 8 2002 // Connecticut’s Supreme Court upheld the exclusive right of an Indian Tribal Council to hear and determine damage claims arising from accidents occurring on tribal lands. The case, according to an Associated Press...
Apr 4 2002 // Assurex Global Partners, the private organization of leading brokers and agencies, announced that it has expanded its worldwide presence with the addition of international broker Partners in Lima, Peru and Tunis, Tunisia,...
Mar 27 2002 // Pennsylvania isn’t the only Eastern State to experience precipitate increases in the cost of medical malpractice insurance. A report in the New York Times reveals premium increases of between 10 and 40 percent in...
Mar 18 2002 // In a March 8 letter to the members of the Connecticut Senate’s Judiciary Committee the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) registered its opposition to a proposal that would require insurers to...
Mar 12 2002 // Standard & Poor’s has revised its financial strength rating on Connecticut Surety Co. to ‘R’ in response to an order of rehabilitation obtained by Commissioner of Insurance Susan F. Cogswell. The new...
Mar 8 2002 // A bill that would virtually prohibit insurers from using credit scoring in underwriting auto and homeowners coverage in Connecticut is unnecessary in light of federal law and insurance department regulations, according to...
Feb 19 2002 // Boston’s Plymouth Rock Assurance Corp. recently received approval from the Connecticut Insurance Department to begin writing personal automobile insurance in the neighboring state. The company is in the process of...
Dec 13 2001 // The Connecticut Insurance Department has approved an 11.9 percent average overall rate increase for policies in the workers’ compensation assigned risk plan, and a 15 percent “differential charge” which...
Nov 7 2001 // Boston-based Homesite Insurance has expanded its operations to neighboring Connecticut, offering its line of home insurance products and services to the State’s residents beginning Tuesday. Homesite, which started in...
Oct 12 2001 // Connecticut Life & Casualty Insurance Co. of Meriden Conn. has developed a “Teachers’ Insurance Plan,” offering members of the teaching profession and related educational employees low-cost auto and...
Oct 5 2001 // The Hartford will team up with the Small Business Administration to sponsor a course in emergency preparedness entitled “Surviving Beyond Disaster,” on Thursday, October 11 at its world headquarters, 690 Asylum...
Sep 19 2001 // A study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) has singled out the State of Connecticut’s handling of benefits to injured workers as particularly efficient in comparison with other state programs. The...
Sep 7 2001 // Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc., a leading provider of automotive salvage and claims processing services, announced the opening of a new “greenfield facility” in East Windsor, Conn., serving Hartford and other...