Six innovative UK-based businesses are the latest round of insurtechs to have been selected to take part in the InsurTech Corridor US-UK collaboration. The initiative, launched a year ago, is designed to enable insurance industry trade links and drive innovation between the UK and the US insurance industry hub of Connecticut.
Read MoreThe commercial corridors of the Upper Albany neighborhood in Hartford will receive customized assistance to recruit new businesses through a new project being launched by the Connecticut Main Street Center (CMSC) and Upper Albany Main Street (UAMS).
Read MoreNorwalk ACTS recently released its newest Norwalk Data Dashboard—a comprehensive dashboard with targeted sections, various data sources, and data visualizations providing residents with a wealth of information about their community, at their fingertips.
Read MoreMore than a dozen of the nation’s Attorneys General – including Connecticut’s William Tong – are stepping up efforts against Kia and Hyundai following the companies’ “continued failure to take adequate steps to address the alarming rate of theft of their vehicles.” Overall, the number of auto thefts in Connecticut increased from 5,944 in 2019 to 7,771 in 2021.
Read MoreA new survey rates Connecticut as one of the nation’s best work-from-home states, ranking 4th in the nation. And another analysis, of the cost of coworking facilities across the country, ranked Hartford at #2.
Read MoreIn 2011, the state legislature approved a plan to help students graduating from colleges in Connecticut save money to buy their first home. Although authorized, the program was never implemented. This year, the legislature is poised to try again, with a few alterations. So far, there has been unanimous support, and a mandatory start date is part of the proposal.
Read More$99 million in state funding will be headed to 20 Connecticut cities and towns in the coming year to support 28 projects in the second round of grants under the state’s Community Investment Fund 2030. The grant program, established last year, supports economic development in historically underserved communities across the state.
Read MoreManufacturing is synonymous with Connecticut. Honoring the state’s more than 350 years of renown as the birthplace of invention, the American Manufacturing Hall of Fame (AMHoF) has announced its first statewide Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will be held next month.
Read MoreIt has been called the Great Resignation – the rapidly increasing number of people who have opted to leave their jobs during the past three years of a global pandemic. In Connecticut, the disruption is not nearly as significant as in other states across the country.
Read MoreThe economic impact to the State of Connecticut from its fifteen non-profit independent colleges and universities is $16.5 billion annually, according to a just completed study released by the Connecticut Conference of Independent Colleges (CCIC).
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