Latest New Jersey Headlines
All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Ratings Recap: Travelers, Mapfre (NJ & FL), AXA Art, Progressive (debt)
Jun 19 2007 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of “A+” (Superior) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “aa-” of Travelers Insurance Companies and its P/C members. Best also affirmed...
N.J. Could Join States Penalizing Drivers Using Cell Phones
Jun 15 2007 // New Jersey could become the fourth state to allow police to ticket drivers whenever they’re seen using a hand-held cell phone while driving. An Assembly committee on Thursday was slated to consider a Senate-approved...
Personal Lines LEADERS
Jun 4 2007 // About the Personal Lines Leaders: The Personal Lines Leaders in this special feature are taken from Insurance Journal’s Top 100 Property Casualty Independent Agencies as reported in April. This list utilizes only the...
News Currents
Jun 4 2007 // N.J. agents view insurance companies’ real time capabilities Nearly 150 New Jersey insurance agents recently got a firsthand look at how real time transactions work and save time. The Get Real Time program held last...
Report Claims N.J. Homes at Risk Due to Outdated Flood Maps
May 30 2007 // Outdated maps that don’t take into account years of development are leaving many northern New Jersey residents and builders unaware of actual flooding risks, experts say. Some of the maps of towns along the Ramapo,...
N.J. Gov. Corzine’s ‘I Should Be Dead’ Seat Belt Ad Goes Live
May 25 2007 // “I’m New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine, and I should be dead.” So begins Corzine’s public service announcement promoting seat belt use, which was released Thursday. The governor was seriously injured in...
N.J. Begins Seat Belt Crackdown with Gov’s Crash on Minds
May 24 2007 // Milton Garcia angrily waved the $46 ticket he’d received for failing to wear a seat belt. “There are people dealing drugs and killing each other,” the Trenton, N.J. resident said Monday morning from his...
2007 Property/Casualty State Specialist Insurers
May 21 2007 // 1 Brickstreet Mutual Insurance Co. WV 765,963 2 Texas Mutual Insurance Co. TX 743,095 3 Old American Cty Mutual Fire Insurance Co. TX 491,641 4 SAIF Corp. OR 449,794 5 Universal Property & Casualty...
N.J. Charges Health Insurer with Alleged Steering of Small Businesses
May 21 2007 // The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance (DOBI) has filed an administrative order alleging CIGNA HealthCare of New Jersey and an affiliate, Connecticut General Life Insurance Co., failed to properly notify 2,123...
Bringing competition and choice to Mass. auto
May 21 2007 // The 400 insurers of the American Insurance Association have seen the favorable results for the public as well as insurers when states have worked to increase competition and relax unproductive regulatory restraints. Recent...
Insurers Say N.J. Bill Would Limit Insureds’ Choice
May 11 2007 // The New Jersey Senate Commerce Committee heard testimony that insurers say could make it more difficult for consumers to choose the level and type of insurance they use. The Property Casualty Insurers Association of...
Federal Aid Available for N.J. Flood Victims
May 10 2007 // Federal officials have approved nearly $7.6 million in aid to victims of last month’s nor’easter in 12 New Jersey counties. The Federal Emergency Management Agency said it has registered more than 9,300...
Johnson Joins Wholesaler NAPCO in N.J.
May 10 2007 // Wholesale broker NAPCO has announced that Keith C. Johnson has joined the firm as a placement associate in its Edison, N.J. corporate office. Johnson will work with the NAPCO team to develop new business opportunities and...
Double Duty: Agent-Soldiers Who Serve Their Country and Their Customers
May 10 2007 // Twenty-nine year old Peter Webb served his country in the U.S. Marines for eight years. Since then, Sergeant Webb has spent four years serving small businesses as an account manager and producer for an Oklahoma City...
Declarations
May 7 2007 // N.J. exit “I realize there are a lot of pressing issues in the state, but none more pressing than a hurricane bearing down upon us.” New Jersey Assemblyman Brian E. Rumpf, a Republican from Atlantic, Burlington...
Declarations
May 7 2007 // Declarations N.J. exit “I realize there are a lot of pressing issues in the state, but none more pressing than a hurricane bearing down upon us.” New Jersey Assemblyman Brian E. Rumpf, a Republican from...
N.J. Man Pleads Guilty in Atlantic City Insurance Scandal
May 3 2007 // An Atlantic City insurance consultant pleaded guilty this week to bribing two city councilmen in a corruption scandal that rocked the resort city’s municipal government. Three of the nine people who served on the...
N.J. Gov. Corzine, Injured in Crash, Pays Seat Belt Fine
May 3 2007 // New Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine has voluntarily paid a $46 fine for violating state law by not wearing a seat belt during the trip in which a car accident almost killed him, his spokesman said. Corzine met with State Police...
N.J. Lawmakers Urge Action on Shore Evacuation Plan
May 1 2007 // Some Jersey shore legislators say the formation of a task force meant to make changes to shore-area evacuation routes — for use in the event of a hurricane — needs to be done quickly. On Jan. 30, the state Assembly...
N.J. Governor to Pay Own Medical Bills Following Auto Crash
Apr 30 2007 // New Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine will forgo his state health insurance and spend hundreds of thousands of his own money to pay for his medical care from a serious car accident, a spokesman said last Friday. The spokesman for...
