King Risk Partners has acquired The Roberts Agency, Inc., an independent insurance agency specializing in the construction industry that is based in Bloomfield, Connecticut.
This partnership strengthens King Risk Partners’ presence in Connecticut while expanding its construction insurance and surety bonding capabilities throughout the region.
The Roberts Agency has been in business for more than 60 years, serving home builders, trade contractors, general contractors, and construction-related bu
sinesses with coverages and surety bonds. The agency’s service area extends beyond Connecticut to include Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
The agency also offers commercial insurance, special coverage, benefits coverage, and homebuilders programs.
Jennifer Semple and Laura Langan are the owners of The Roberts Agency.
“Their specialization in construction insurance and surety bonding brings meaningful dep
th to our platform, while their employee benefits capabilities further enhance the solutions we can d
eliver to employers and individuals across Connecticut,” said Scott Popilek, chief executive officer of King Risk Partners.
Headquartered in Gainesville, Florida, King Risk Partners has been expanding its presence across Eastern and Southeastern states.
Insurance carriers are not off the hook in two high-profile lawsuits involving alleged sexual ab
use and millions of dollars in defense costs and indemnity—one in North Carolina and one in Georgia.
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In the North Carolina case, Ohio Casualty Insurance Co., a Liberty Mutual Insurance subsidiary, and other insurers have reached settlement agreements w
ith a mentally challenged young man who was wrongly coerced into confessing to the rape and murder of an 11-year-old neighbor, according to federal court records and news reports.
The insurers will pay much of the $10 settlement with Antonio Trey Jones, who was 14 at th
e time. He is now 27. The state of North Carolina and the Sampson County Sheriff’s Office will pay about $1 million, a proposed settlement order in the U.S. District Court for Eastern North Carolina explains.
Jones’ lawsuit, filed in 2023, argued that Sampson County Sheriff’s detectives failed to recognize Jones’ intellectual disabilities and obtained a confession
but no physical evidence in the murder case. Jones spent almost seven years in jail. DNA evidence
later cleared him of the charges, but the crime remains unsolved, news sites reported.
In another widely publicized lawsuit, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a move by Northfield Insurance Co. to have a court declare that the insurer owed no coverage in a sex-trafficking case.
