Latest New Jersey Headlines
All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
N.J. Man Dies after Being Trapped Under Own Car
Jan 7 2008 // An elderly man from New Jersey died after being crushed beneath his own car while trying to maneuver around a shopping cart. Eighty-one-year-old William Peters had the door of his 2000 Mercury open as he was trying to back...
N.J. Relaxes Rules for Writing Personal Auto Insurance
Jan 4 2008 // New Jersey auto insurance agents will have a lot easier time quoting and writing new policies under a bill signed yesterday by Gov. Jon S. Corzine. The bill, which had awaited his signature since last month, eliminates the...
Squabble Over Mich. Drug Law Intensifies After Vioxx Settlement
Dec 23 2007 // More than 1,000 Michigan residents could end up getting part of a $4.85 billion national settlement if they or their loved ones took the painkiller Vioxx. But that hasn’t squelched a firestorm over the state’s...
Tort Reform Group Labels One N.J. County A ‘Judicial Hellhole’
Dec 19 2007 // Atlantic County, N.J. has earned a dubious ranking: It’s one of six “judicial hellholes” nationwide, according to one tort reform group. “Personal injury lawyers seem to have gained a monopoly in...
N.J. Dry Cleaner Who Lost Suit Makes Santa’s Naughty List
Dec 19 2007 // A Cherry Hill, N.J. dry cleaner now knows how to get on Santa’s naughty list: lose his suit. Donning a new red velvet suit with soft white trim and shiny black boots, a perfectly jolly Max Weisberg arrived through...
N.J. Turnpike Drops Lawsuit Against Deceased Drivers
Dec 19 2007 // The New Jersey Turnpike Authority admits it made a mistake suing two dead motorists for damage to the toll road. Four people died and four were injured when a truck loaded with bricks rear-ended a car last year, triggering...
Merchants Begins Writing in N.J.
Dec 17 2007 // Buffalo, N.Y.-based Merchants Mutual Insurance Co. said its newly formed subsidiary, Merchants Preferred Insurance Co., has begun writing personal and commercial insurance in New Jersey. Unlike its parent company, which...
Squabble over Mich. Drug Law Intensifies after Vioxx Settlement
Dec 17 2007 // More than 1,000 Michigan residents could end up getting part of a $4.85 billion national settlement if they or their loved ones took the painkiller Vioxx. But that hasn’t squelched a firestorm over the state’s...
N.J. Senate Passes Agent-Friendly Auto Insurance Changes
Dec 11 2007 // New Jersey insurance agents would no longer be required to offer auto insurance quotes from all of their companies under a bill recently passed by the state’s legislature. The bill, which carries the backing of both...
S&P Details Actions Taken on ‘Public Information’ Ratings
Dec 10 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has announced various rating actions on insurance companies with public information (pi) ratings. S&P explained that “ratings with a ‘pi’ subscript are...
N.J.-Based Dowell Agency Offers Exclusive Program to Watchmakers
Nov 16 2007 // New Jersey based Dowell Insurance Agency Inc., and Integrated Assurance Solutions (Dowell / IAS) announced a new marketing alliance with the American Watchmakers-Clockmakers Institute (AWCI) whereby Dowell / IAS will...
Democrats Retain Control of New Jersey Legislature
Nov 8 2007 // Democrats retained control of the New Jersey Legislature on Tuesday, boosting their Senate majority by one and maintaining their Assembly advantage amid concerns over the state’s highest-in-the-nation property taxes...
Hub Acquires Elevator Insurance Specialist JM Associates in N.J.
Nov 5 2007 // Chicago-based insurance broker Hub International Limited reported that its New York subsidiary has acquired the assets of JM Associates, Ltd. (JM), an agency that has specialized in providing casualty insurance for the...
N.J. court: UM covers drive-by shooting victim
Nov 4 2007 // A woman injured by a bullet from a drive-by shooting is entitled to recover under her uninsured motorist coverage, according to a New Jersey Appellate Division ruling, even though she was not in her car at the time of the...
Garrison to Head Great American Executive Liabilty Office in N.J.
Nov 2 2007 // Great American Insurance Group’s Executive Liability Division has opened a new branch office in Princeton, New Jersey and named David Garrison as divisional vice president. Garrison will be responsible for the...
NJM Insurance Mails Dividend Checks to N.J. Drivers
Oct 31 2007 // New Jersey residents with auto coverage from New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Co. will soon be receiving dividend checks worth an average of $327. The Ewing-based company says the checks will be mailed from Nov. 19...
N.J. Court: Underinsured Motorist Policy Covers Drive-by Shooting Victim
Oct 30 2007 // A woman injured by a bullet from a drive-by shooting is entitled to recover under her uninsured motorist coverage, even though she was not in her car at the time of the shooting, according to a New Jersey Appellate...
Former N.J. Assemblyman Pleads Guilty in Insurance Bribe Case
Oct 22 2007 // A former New Jersey Democratic state assemblyman who was among 11 public officials arrested last month on federal bribe-taking charges pleaded guilty last week to attempted extortion. Alfred E. Steele acknowledged...
N.J. Lawmaker Poised to Advance Health Insurance Mandate Plan
Oct 17 2007 // A state senator says he will soon announce plans to require all New Jerseyans to carry medical insurance, but the governor warned that the plan could cost more than $1 billion. “We are going to announce just after...
From the Big Apple to the Corn State
Oct 8 2007 // From the executive office of the Greater New York Mutual Insurance Companies on Madison Avenue in the heart of New York City, Warren Heck, chairman and chief executive officer, can see Illinois. “It’s...
