Millie lives in Connecticut and purchased an insurance policy from North Carolina Property & Casualty (NCPC), which is based in North Carolina. NCPC was not authorized to do business in Connecticut, and no NCPC sales representatives have ever been present in the state, but NCPC mailed advertising to many residents of Connecticut. When Millie filed a claim with NCPC, the claim was denied. Millie filed suit in Connecticut, and NCPC was properly served. The Connecticut court's personal jurisdiction over NCPC is constitutional because _________________.

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Minimum contact with Connecticut occurred when NCPC mailed advertising to and entered into an insurance contract with a Connecticut resident. The advertising and entering of a contract with Millie were business activities in Connecticut and are sufficient for the constitutionality of Connecticut's personal jurisdiction. Minimum contact results from sufficient connections to the forum state to allow personal jurisdiction over the defendant. "A nonresident defendant's forum-state connections, such as a business activity or actions foreseeably leading to business activity, that are substantial enough to bring the defendant within the forum-state court's personal jurisdiction." Black's Law Dictionary 448 (2d Pocket Ed. 2001).

Millie Lives in Connecticut and Purchased an Insurance Policy from North