Diane Levick, who covered the insurance industry for more than two decades for The Hartford Courant, died on Aug. 4.
She was 73.
Levick started at The Courant in 1977. After breaking news of a New Britain corruption investigation, Levick moved to the world of finance, where she has survived 12 business editors. In that time, she had the first story in the nation on drive-through mastectomies, which led to national attention and state reforms.
She also broke the story that insurers were using credit-scoring, setting the stage for a perennial battle, and the news of Travelers historic purchase of Aetna’s property-casualty business in 1995.
Many victims of mental and physical illness owe Levick, as they benefited not only from her stories that led to coverage law changes, but also from her compassionate and dignified accounts of their struggles.
Her obituary can be found here. (As someone who covered the insurance industry in the 1990s, I feared Levick’s byline.)
