Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. will pay $2 million to Connecticut to settle allegations that it paid brokers to rig insurance bids.

Health Net agreed to pay $250,000 to Connecticut to settle a case involving the May 2009 loss of a computer disk drive containing personal health information of up to 2 million health plan members.

Wells Fargo says it plans to appeal a Connecticut court ruling against its insurance brokerage, Acordia, regarding improper disclosure of contingent commissions.

In what he is calling a “historic” lawsuit, Connecticut’s attorney general has filed suit against Health Net of Connecticut for a data breach jeopardizing the personal information of 446,000 of its members.

Connecticut’s attorney general is calling for an end of contractual clauses by Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield he feels are hurting the state’s Charter Oak Health Plan for the uninsured.

With approval from regulators in Connecticut, New Jersey and New York, UnitedHealthcare has completed its acquisition of Health Net’s northeast business for what could amount to $630 million.

While Connecticut’s insurance commissioner gave his blessing to the sale of Health Net’s northeastern business to UnitedHealthcare, the state’s attorney general said he wants to take a closer look at the acquisition

Officials in Connecticut are investigating the disappearance of a disk drive from an insurer’s office that contains the personal information of 1.5 million members in four states.

Connecticut’s attorney general is investigating a data breach affecting providers for Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield and a subsequent delay in reporting the matter he deemed “alarming and potentially illegal.”

New York’s recent steps to regulate contingent commissions could be a step toward relaxing a ban on the practice established four years ago, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.