The Hartford stops insuring Audubon over environmental advocacy

The Hartford stops insuring Audubon over environmental advocacy

One of Connecticut’s oldest and largest insurance firms is facing blowback this week after attempting to drop coverage for an Audubon Society chapter located in upstate New York due to its concerns that the group was engaging in environmental advocacy. The Southern Adirondack Audubon Society says it received a letter from The Hartford — the company whose namesake is the city where it was founded in 1810 — in early April notifying the group that …