Latest New Jersey Headlines
All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
N.Y.-N.J. Ports Panel Urges Nationwide Cargo Standards, Security Czar
Dec 22 2006 // A port security task force this week urged that the nation adopt mandatory security standards for cargo and that the president appoint a port security czar to coordinate the federal agencies that oversee the nation’s...
For regional carriers, predictive modeling is about more than pricing
Dec 11 2006 // Frank J. Coyne, chief executive officer of Insurance Services Office, recently warned that insurers unable to keep up in the technological arms race face a grim prognosis. The industry leader said a chasm is growing...
Allstate to Halt New Property Business in Conn., N.J. and Del.
Dec 8 2006 // Allstate Insurance Co., continuing its reappraisal of its hurricane loss exposure along the East Coast, has decided to stop writing new property insurance policies in all areas of Connecticut, New Jersey and Delaware. The...
Little Rate Relief Found First Year After N.J. Auto Reforms
Dec 4 2006 // A year after New Jersey enacted auto insurance regulation changes meant to reduce rates, state residents were still paying through the nose, according to the latest survey compiled by the National Association of Insurance...
Skylands Gives N.J. Mass Transit Riders a Car Insurance Break
Nov 29 2006 // New Jersey Skylands Insurance Companies has unveiled a promotion that highlights what it says is a first-of-a-kind discount for New Jersey drivers who regularly commute to work via mass transit — a rate discount of...
DiMasi Joins Hanson & Ryan Agency in N.J.
Nov 28 2006 // Hanson and Ryan, Inc. in Totowa, N.J. has hired Jennifer Stalgaitis-DiMasi as an account executive. DiMasi will specialize in risk management for the agency’s business clientele, focusing on small and medium size...
N.J. Indicts Pa. Man for Alleged Role in ‘Give Up’ Auto Fraud
Nov 9 2006 // A Pennsylvania man has been indicted for his alleged role in an auto theft and insurance fraud ring in New jersey, accrding to state officials. New Jersey Attorney General Stuart Rabner and Division of Criminal Justice...
Study Identifies High Costs of Doing Business in Mass.
Oct 30 2006 // A new study by a Boston-based think tank shows that Massachusetts firms in nine selected industries including financial services have costs that are on average 20 percent to 30 percent higher than similar companies in...
N.J. High Court Rules Gays Entitled to Rights, Benefts of Marriage
Oct 25 2006 // The New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled that the equal protection clause of the state’s constitution requires that “committed same-sex couples must be afforded on equal terms the same rights and benefits enjoyed...
N.J. Forum Supports Female Insurance Agency Executives
Oct 24 2006 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Inc. has established the PIANJ Women’s Business Forum to bring together female insurance agency executives. “The PIANJ Women’s Business Forum is designed to...
Doctors Settle Class Action Against N.J.’s Largest HMO
Oct 17 2006 // Doctors have reached a deal to settle their class-action lawsuit claiming New Jersey’s largest health maintenance organization shortchanged thousands of physicians. Under the proposed agreement with Horizon Blue...
Liberty Mutual Defeats N.J. Fraud Network
Oct 12 2006 // A lawsuit against an intricate auto insurance fraud network uncovered by Liberty Mutual investigators in the late 1990s came to a costly end last week for the owners of two now-defunct New Jersey chiropractic and...
Direct Seller 21st Century Enters N.J. Auto Market
Oct 12 2006 // 21st Century Insurance Group, one of the pioneers of selling insurance direct to consumers, today began offering private passenger automobile insurance to drivers in New Jersey. The company becomes the seventh auto writer...
21st Century Insurance Group to Announce N.J. Plans
Oct 11 2006 // 21st Century Insurance Group Chief Executive Officer Bruce Marlow and New Jersey Insurance Commissioner Steven M. Goldman will hold a teleconference this week to announce plans for 21st Century doing business in New...
N.J. Firm Targets Upscale Personal Lines Customers
Oct 11 2006 // Edward Tafaro, the former president of The Hanleigh Companies (a division of BISYS), has formed Exceptional Risk Advisors, LLC with a single focus in mind—to partner with financial advisors, upscale life insurance...
N.J. Big ‘I’ Elects Durkin as Chairman; Young Agents Name Strout
Oct 10 2006 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of New Jersey (the Big “I”) swore in new officers at its 113th Annual Conference recently. Brian F. Durkin of the Durkin Agency in Englewood and Ramsey was sworn in...
N.J. agents balk at commission disclosure
Oct 9 2006 // Agents in New Jersey are protesting a state proposal to require originating brokers making surplus lines placements to tell insureds they will receive a portion of the commission. Professional Insurance Agents of New...
Delaware River States Agree to Joint Flood Control Study
Oct 5 2006 // Pennsylvania, New York, Delaware and New Jersey have agreed to share the costs of a $500,000 study to examine the effects of operational changes at major reservoirs throughout the entire Delaware River basin. The state...
N.Y. Man Pleads Guilty in N.J. Auto Theft Ring
Oct 5 2006 // A New York man has pleaded guilty for his leadership role in an auto theft and insurance fraud ring in New Jersey, according to New Jersey officials. New Jersey Attorney General Stuart Rabner and Criminal Justice Director...
N.J. Agents Oppose Surplus Lines Commission Disclosure Proposal
Sep 29 2006 // Agents in New Jersey are protesting a state proposal to require originating brokers making surplus lines placements to tell insureds they will receive a portion of the commission. The Professional Insurance Agents of New...
