Boston-based The Community Builders and nearly two dozen associated entities may be subject to a multimillion-dollar penalty for repeatedly violating federal lead paint disclosure laws in Connecticut and Massachusetts.

Energizer Personal Care, a hygiene company whose brands include Schick, Playtex, Banana Boat, Hawaiian Tropic and Diaper Genie, has leased 80,000 square feet in Shelton for use as its world headquarters.

Avon-based COCC, a data processing company, has announced that 95 percent of the 12.5 million checks it processes each month on behalf of its clients will be paperless images by the end of the year.

Stamford-based professional services firm Towers Perrin is launching software it says will help insurance underwriters improve pricing, as well as their own bottom lines.

Windsor-based insurance consultant firm LIMRA International has named Scott Stathis to the position of managing director and chief operating officer of Kehrer-LIMRA, a bank brokerage research and consulting subsidiary of LIMRA, effective July 1.