Latest New Jersey Headlines
All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
N.J. still tops
Oct 8 2007 // New Jersey drivers still pay more for auto insurance than residents of any other state, but the gap is shrinking. According to a study from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, the average Garden State...
8 N.J. still rates at the top
Oct 8 2007 // Competition helps but drivers still pay most 8 Maine cop hit by police car covered Court rules in the case of a stolen police car 8 N.Y. to issue illegal immigrants licenses Supporters see fewer uninsured...
N.J. still tops
Oct 8 2007 // New Jersey drivers still pay more for auto insurance than residents of any other state, but the gap is shrinking. According to a study from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, the average Garden State...
Class Action Suit Filed Against N.J. Meat Plant, Markets
Oct 5 2007 // As government scientists searched for the source of a multistate E. coli outbreak linked to frozen hamburgers, a class-action lawsuit was filed Wednesday against the New Jersey producer of the patties and supermarkets that...
States Sue Bush Over Limits on Children’s Health Insurance
Oct 3 2007 // Several states say they will challenge the Bush administration in federal court over its new rules that block the expansion of a health insurance program for children from low-income families. Arizona, California,...
New Residents in N.J. Must Now Register Vehicles Within 60 Days
Oct 2 2007 // New New Jersey residents now have 60 days to register vehicles with the state under a new law signed by Gov. Jon S. Corzine. State law had allowed new residents to maintain their vehicle registrations with their previous...
First Guard Insurance Adds N.C. and N.J. to License List
Sep 28 2007 // Venice, Fla.-based First Guard Insurance Co., will begin writing business direct in North Carolina and New Jersey effective Jan. 1, 2008. Currently, FGIC is licensed in twenty-three states, primarily concentrated east of...
Gravel Company Seeks Damages Recovery from Military for N.J. Blaze
Sep 25 2007 // Four homes were destroyed and 37 other damaged by a raging forest fire in the Pinelands last May, but a sand and gravel company is seeking more than 98 percent of the damages sought from the military for causing the...
News Currents
Sep 24 2007 // N.J. hockey case could redefine spectator liability Denise M. Sciarrotta was thrilled with the seats her family had for the minor league hockey game. They were close to the action as they watched players take practice...
From the Big Apple to the Corn State
Sep 24 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...
N.J. bans business auto ‘step-downs’
Sep 24 2007 // New Jersey insurance agents praised Gov. Jon Corzine for signing into law a bill that bans so-called step-down provisions in businesses’ motor vehicle liability policies and frees agents from a having to advise...
News Currents
Sep 24 2007 // 11 N.J. public officials caught in FBI insurance sting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Christopher J. Christie talks in Trenton, N.J. on Sept. 6 about the investigation with the FBI that led to arrests of 11 public officials...
Business Moves
Sep 24 2007 // HRH, Bank of America Insurance broker Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Co. has agreed to purchase Banc of America Corporate Insurance Agency, L.L.C., a segment of Bank of America, N.A., and a middle market insurance intermediary in...
11 N.J. public officials caught in FBI insurance sting
Sep 24 2007 // Federal agents arrested and charged 11 New Jersey local public officials with taking bribes in exchange for giving public contracts to a fake insurance brokerage set up by investigators. The investigation netted five...
N.J. bans business auto ‘step-downs’
Sep 24 2007 // New Jersey insurance agents praised Gov. Jon Corzine for signing into law a bill that bans so-called step-down provisions in businesses’ motor vehicle liability policies and frees agents from a having to advise...
