After Turkey Day, Vehicle Thefts Rise Thanks To Black Friday Shoppers

When you’re making the rounds at the stores this holiday season, make sure your car isn’t on someone’s gift list. Unattended vehicles, especially those loaded with valuables, make attractive targets for thieves.
November 22, 2016 Auto Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California

Use Extreme Caution Deep-Frying That Turkey!

Fire crews in South Florida are urging those planning to deep fry their turkey this Thanksgiving to be cautious. With Thanksgiving this Thursday, many have deep fried turkey on their holiday menu, and fire rescue officials warned if the turkey is not properly prepared, dipping it into the deep fryer can cause an explosion.
November 22, 2016 Life & Health Property Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California

There’s No Relief in Sight for Beleaguered Connecticut Homeowners

Connecticut authorities continue to gather information about failing concrete foundations in hundreds and possibly thousands of homes in the eastern part of the state, but there is no financial relief in sight now for homeowners whose houses are essentially worthless.
November 18, 2016 Litigation Property Connecticut

Risk Toolbox Launches Free COI-Related Compliance Resource for the Insurance Industry

Risk Toolbox (Parsippany, N.J.) announced at ACORD 2016 in Boca Raton, Fla., that it has published more than 200 pages of certificate-of-insurance (COI) related information on its website in order to provide a compliance resource for carriers, agents and brokers.
November 15, 2016 Technology Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California

It’s Not Just Twitter’s Problem: What Insurers Need To Know About DDoS Attacks

The events of Oct. 21, 2016 have sobering implications for the future of insurance IoT, but that shouldn’t dissuade insurers from preparing to exploit the opportunity.
November 15, 2016 Technology Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California

Judge Awards Chubb $12.3M In Adjuster, Contractor Fraud Case

When fires devastated luxury homes in Fairfield and Westchester counties, a Chubb Corp. insurance adjuster was there to assess damages and start the restoration process. But Chubb did not know that its own adjuster was colluding with a contractor he hired to estimate repair costs.
September 19, 2016 Fraud Litigation Connecticut

Driver Plows Through Convenience Storefront After Pedal Mixup

Police in Clinton released startling video of an SUV crashing through the front of a convenience store. They said it happened at the Shell gas station at the intersection of East Main Street and Beach Park Road on Sept. 1.
September 12, 2016 Auto Liability Connecticut

Porch Collapse Injures Students Of Trinity College, Connecticut

Twenty-eight Trinity College students were taken to hospitals after the back porches on a college-owned house on Broad Street collapsed, hurling students and porch decks to the ground.
September 12, 2016 Liability Property Connecticut

CNA Collected $22K In Fraudulent Comp Benefits

A Waterbury woman was arrested today and charged with illegally collecting $22,000 in Workers’ Compensation benefits.
ROSAURA RODRIGUEZ, age 51, of 161 Prospect Street, Waterbury, was arrested by Inspectors from the Workers’ Compensation Fraud Control Unit in the Office of the Chief State’s Attorney on an arrest warrant charging her with one count of Fraudulent Claim or Receipt of Benefits.
September 7, 2016 Fraud Workers' Compensation Connecticut

Motorist Backs Into Pump, Igniting Blaze At Citgo Station

Two cars were engulfed in flames and several others were damaged after a 70-year-old motorist crashed into a pump at a Farmington gas station.
August 31, 2016 Auto Liability Connecticut

Found On Road Dead? Ford Recalls 88K Cars For Stalling Issue

There are few things worse than having your relatively new car stall on you without warning. That’s why Ford is recalling nearly 90,000 vehicles with a defect that could leave your car dead — and unable to restart — in the middle of the road.
August 24, 2016 Excess & Surplus Lines Subrogation Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California

Six Children Shocked On Ocean Beach Park Ride

A half dozen kids were shocked by electricity on a Connecticut boardwalk ride Tuesday, police said. The six children were rushed to a local hospital with minor injuries after being shocked on the Scrambler at Ocean Beach Park in New London.
August 17, 2016 Liability Connecticut

Unhappy Homeowners Pack Crumbling Foundations Meeting

Residents of South Windsor and the surrounding area on Thursday expressed their frustration, desperation, and disappointment that the state cannot force insurance or concrete companies to help them with crumbling foundations.
July 27, 2016 Property Connecticut

GM Recalling Almost 290K Impalas Over Airbag Issue

Over the past two years, General Motors has recalled millions of vehicles over airbag issues, many related to Takata safety devices deploying too forcefully. Now, the company is recalling nearly 290,000 Chevrolet sedans for a different reason: the airbags might not deploy in a crash.
July 22, 2016 Auto Subrogation Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California

Dozens Of Wrestlers Sue WWE Over Neurological Injuries

World Wrestling Entertainment Inc (WWE.N) was sued on Monday by Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka and dozens of other retired male and female wrestlers seeking to hold it responsible for neurological injuries they claimed to suffer by participating in its bouts.
July 19, 2016 Liability Litigation Connecticut
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