Latest New Jersey Headlines
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World Insurance Acquires Van Syckel Insurance of New Jersey
Nov 21 2025 // World Insurance Associates announced that it acquired the business of Van Syckel Insurance of Bound Brook, New Jersey on August 1, 2025. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Van Syckel Insurance, which was started...
Biggest NJ Health Insurer to Pay $100 Million in Whistleblower Suit
Nov 18 2025 // Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey agreed to pay $100 million to resolve allegations that the health-insurance company had ripped off taxpayers by overpaying for care, in a pact made public on Friday. The...
NJ NAACP, Latino Groups Say Regulators Aid Discrimination in Auto Insurance Rates
Nov 18 2025 // The New Jersey NAACP and two Latino groups last week filed suit against the state Department of Banking and Insurance, charging that the agency encourages discrimination in auto insurance rates by allowing insurers to use...
Two-Year-Old Falls From 20-Story New Jersey Apartment Building
Nov 17 2025 // Authorities in New Jersey are investigating the death of a 2-year-old boy who was reported to have fallen from a 20th-story window. Newark police were called to a high-rise apartment building at 7 a.m. Saturday on the...
New Jersey Settles 2, Initiates 5 New Environmental Enforcement Lawsuits
Nov 14 2025 // New Jersey officials announced five new environmental enforcement actions in communities considered overburdened under New Jersey’s Environmental Justice Law and the settlement of two previous environmental justice...
Four Indicted for Roles in New Jersey Home Invasion, Auto Theft Ring
Nov 10 2025 // New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) reported that four men were charged in a 61-count indictment for their respective roles in an auto theft and home invasion ring. The...
New Jersey Claims Amazon Discriminated Against Pregnant, Disabled Workers
Oct 23 2025 // The state of New Jersey sued Amazon.com on Wednesday, accusing the company of unlawfully refusing workplace accommodations to warehouse employees who have disabilities or were pregnant and firing some who asked for...
New Jersey Panel Issues Recommendations on Social Media Use by Teens
Sep 23 2025 // Students should be banned from using cell phones in school, parents should delay their child’s access to social media, and social media companies should restrict access for users younger than 16. Those are among the...
New Jersey Requires Testing and Disclosure of Lead in Water Systems
Sep 22 2025 // New Jersey has enacted new requirements around testing and disclosure of lead in public water systems. The new law (A2929/S1034) requires landlords to report information about the known or potential presence of lead in...
Lyft Pays New Jersey $19.4 Million Over Misclassifying 100,000 Drivers
Sep 19 2025 // Transportation company Lyft has paid the state of New Jersey $19.4 million to settle a case involving misclassification of more than 100,000 drivers as independent contractors. According to the New Jersey Department of...
New York Financial Firm Invests $37.4 Million in New Jersey MGA Leap
Sep 18 2025 // Syracuse, New York based financial services firm Community Financial System, Inc. is expanding its commitment to insurance by investing $37.4 million in the insurance business of Leap Holdings, Inc. Leap’s wholly...
World Insurance Adds William P. Smart Associates of New Jersey
Sep 17 2025 // Global insurance broker World Insurance Associates LLC announced it acquired the business of William P. Smart Associates of Fairfield, New Jersey on June 1, 2025. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. William P....
New Jersey’s Ban on Guns in Sensitive Places Upheld; Insurance Mandate Nixed Again
Sep 12 2025 // A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld a New Jersey law that barred carrying firearms in so-called sensitive places like schools and public gatherings. The 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 139-page opinion,...
New Jersey Seeks Limits on Nonessential Helicopter Flights Citing Fatal NY Crash
Sep 2 2025 // New Jersey’s governor is asking federal officials to impose restrictions on nonessential helicopter flights in his state after a New York City sightseeing helicopter broke apart in midair in April, killing six...
New Jersey Compensation Bureau Back Online After Cyber Incident
Aug 22 2025 // The New Jersey Compensation Rating & Inspection Bureau is mostly back online following a cybersecurity event that caused it to shut down its network more than two weeks ago. The workers’ compensation agency said...
Chemours, DuPont, Corteva Settle New Jersey PFAS Claims for $875 Million
Aug 4 2025 // Chemours, DuPont and Corteva have agreed to pay $875 million over 25 years to the State of New Jersey to settle environmental claims including pollution linked to PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” the companies...
No Major Impact Reported as Small Earthquake Shakes New Jersey-New York Area
Aug 4 2025 // A small earthquake rattled the New York metropolitan area Saturday night. The U.S. Geological Survey said the tremor had a magnitude of 3.0. It hit in the New Jersey suburb of Hasbrouck Heights, less than 8 miles (13...
NY and NJ Flash Flood Threats Recede as Weather Stabilizes
Aug 1 2025 // Thunderstorms disrupted New York City transit and inundated roads just as workers started their the home-bound commute Thursday, but conditions were improving into the night and Friday morning commuters can likely expect...
New Jersey to Offer Mobile Driver’s Licenses
Jul 24 2025 // Governor Phil Murphy has signed legislation directing the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission to create digital driver’s licenses and digital non-driver identification cards. Digital driver’s licenses, known as...
Lightning Strike at New Jersey Archery Range Kills 1, Injures 13
Jul 18 2025 // A lightning strike at an archery range in Jackson, New Jersey killed a man and injured 13 others Wednesday evening, according to police. Around 7:15 p.m., police were notified that multiple people were struck by lightning...
