Ct Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today announced that Liberty Mutual Insurance Company will pay Connecticut $2 million to settle allegations it conspired with brokers to rig insurance bids and that it paid insurance brokers secret kickbacks for preferential treatment. The agreement settles a lawsuit that Blumenthal filed in 2006. Since 2005, Blumenthal has recovered...
The Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection, Liquor Control Commission, today issued an order immediately and summarily suspending the liquor permit of the Dinero Grocery Store, an establishment at 593 Broad Street in Hartford. “The decision to summarily suspend the Dinero Grocery liquor permit is based on a Hartford Police Department report and referral by...
Connecticut residents and businesses should see their bills for electric power drop starting next week. As of Jan. 1, Connecticut Light & Power’s rates for residential customers will fall by 7.8 percent as a result of rates approved by the state Department of Public Utility Control. Rates from United Illuminating, the New Haven-based utility...
Ace Distributing, LLC of Plainville has agreed to pay the state a $150,000 civil penalty, $75,000 of which will be held in abeyance for 30 months (2 ½ years) as part of an offer in compromise stemming from allegations that it offered illegal inducements to its retailers, the Department of Consumer Protection announced today....
