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Consumer reporter Chris Chmura has helpful advice if you’re a homeowner affected by the North Bay wildfire.

Connecticare and Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield say rising health costs are behind a plan to raise rates next year.

Insurance company Mutual of Omaha has announced it will replace its longtime corporate logo, which features a depiction of a Native American chief

The full recording of a roundtable discussing the expansion of Connecticut’s HUSKY program to undocumented immigrants. Recorded on May 21.

The state Department of Insurance is calling on insurers to consider lowering rates for personal vehicle plans and non-owned auto insurance due to the coronavirus pandemic. Commissioner Andrew Mais said fewer cars are on the roads due to social distancing, meaning fewer miles driven and a lower risk of traffic accidents. The department is requesting insurance companies that offer auto…

More than a million people could swamp the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance marketplaces in the coming months as employers lay off staff during the coronavirus pandemic.

The governor announced Wednesday a 60-day grace period for premium payments, policy cancellations and non-renewals of insurance policies beginning Wednesday, April 1. The move is designed to help those who have been furloughed, laid off or fired during the coronavirus crisis and are unable to make insurance payments. This includes life, health, automotive, casualty and other types of insurance plans….

With tens of thousands of Connecticut residents seeking unemployment benefits, there is a growing concern about their insurance coverage and whether they will be covered during this coronavirus pandemic. Governor Ned Lamont on Tuesday said he is working to make sure they have the coverage he needs and is asking the insurance companies to help. “I am going to urge,…

Gov. Ned Lamont announced on Tuesday that Connecticut saw a 1-day jump of more than 200 coronavirus cases, bringing the total number to 618, with 12 deaths.

The Connecticut Insurance Department has been working with insurers to make certain appropriate coverage is available for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

Gov. Ned Lamont declared a public health emergency on Tuesday as the state prepares to respond to the coronavirus outbreak.

A day after Vice President Mike Pence assured Americans that lab tests for coronavirus would be covered by private and government health insurance, that promise appears to be less than airtight. The bottom line: Medicare, Medicaid, and “Obamacare” insurance plans will cover the tests, officials said Thursday. Major insurers also said they will cover such tests. But people with employer-provided insurance should check...

An Atlanta couple said they came home from a winter vacation to find their house had been ransacked by an unusual suspect: a squirrel. Kari and Dustin Drees returned to find their house in disarray with floors scratched, baseboards chewed, and squirrel feces all around. Reports say a squirrel had fallen down their chimney and became trapped in the house,...

The Hartford, a major Connecticut-based insurer, is limiting its coverage of companies in the fossil fuel business, citing concerns about climate change. The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. won’t cover companies that get more than a quarter of their revenue from thermal coal mining or that produce more than a quarter of their energy from coal. The company also...

The University of Connecticut offered on Thursday a sneak peek of a year’s worth of research on our state’s crumbling concrete crisis.

A Vernon woman spent $20,000 a pre-owned 2013 Ford Edge SUV that she believed had a clean accident record. But years after she purchased it in 2016, she learned that wasn’t the case.

Regional Vice President Jason Madrak told Jimmy about the only not for profit health insurance company in Connecticut.

Under federal law, companies are not allowed to use your genetic information against you for things like health insurance or a job. But that protection does not apply to things like life insurance or long-term care insurance, and the laws are constantly changing.

A potential lifeline for Connecticut homeowners stuck with crumbling concrete basements failed in the state Supreme Court.

Funding has been approved to fix damage left behind at Bradley International Airport after a deadly vintage plane crash.