Insurance

State lawmakers are considering legislation that would allow small businesses to pool their workers to provide more affordable health insurance, while also requiring a study of a possible state-designed health plan known as the “Connecticut Option.”

Hartford-based financial services firm Nassau Financial Group has taken equity stakes in two insurtech startups — a Connecticut asset management technology company and a genomics-based health navigation firm.

Bloomfield-based health insurer The Cigna Group said Tuesday that President and Chief Operating Officer Brian Evanko will succeed David M. Cordani as chief executive officer, effective July 1, 2026.

More than three months after their previous three-year contract expired, UConn Health and Aetna Inc. have reached a new agreement.

Gov. Ned Lamont is promising affordable, universal health care through a "Connecticut Option," but with legislation that merely calls for a feasibility study and few details about how the plan would actually work, the proposal raises more questions than it answers.

Talcott Resolution Life Inc., a subsidiary of international life insurer Talcott Financial Group, plans to lay off more than 100 employees this spring as it closes certain units at its downtown Hartford offices.

DQPro, a London-based insurance technology firm, plans to establish U.S. operations in Hartford.

The AI Claim Assistant will be expanded to additional lines of business and a broader set of claim interactions over time.

Yale New Haven Health Services Corp. has filed a federal lawsuit against Ironshore Indemnity Inc., accusing the specialty insurer of wrongly refusing to reimburse more than $4 million in medical costs tied to a bone marrow transplant for one of the hospital system’s employees.

Nearly three-quarters of human resources professionals say their job responsibilities have grown in recent years as they navigate an increasingly complex employee benefits landscape driven by fragmented regulations and technology challenges, according to a new study from The Hartford.