Segarra Administration Turned Down O’Garra-Cloud Marine Insurance Gambit.

Mayor Pedro Segarra’s administration nixed an offer by beleaguered Hartford insurance agent to sell the city marine rescue insurance it didn’t need early this year. O’Garro and lobbyist Christopher Cloud approached Segarra aide Jared Kupiec seeking to convince the administration to purchase insurance to cover costs associated with rescue operations on the mighty Connecticut River, emails obtained under the Freedom of Information Act reveal.

Kupiec looked into the matter and discovered the city had no need for the coverage. This may be what O’Garro meant when he described his business as providing hard to place coverage. He was having a tough time convincing city government to purchase insurance for which it had no need.

Cloud, brother of City Treasurer Adam Cloud, accompanied the once dapper O’Garro to at least one meeting with Kupiec.