Malloy Announcement to Unleash Laughter and Dread.

Wounded veterans of the Washington office of CIGNA, one of Connecticut’s largest insurance companies, will be convulsed with guffaws when Governor Dannel P. Malloy announces a new insurance commissioner. The event is imminent, Daily Ructions has learned. Others, about to meet their appointment with dread, will have no reason for merriment. Their ordeal begins.

Insiders and observers will be disappointed that Malloy is opting for connections over competence. They had hoped Deputy Commissioner Dowling would get the job. She ran the department for the four years Thomas Leonardi held the title and traveled the world.