Latest New Jersey Headlines
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Second Vioxx Trial to Open in N.J. as Suits Against Merck Multiply
Sep 5 2005 // Beleaguered drug maker Merck & Co.’s request to postpone the next trial over its withdrawn painkiller Vioxx has been turned down by the judge presiding over the case. Superior Court Judge Carol E. Higbee, who is...
Second Vioxx Trial to Open in N.J. as Suits Against Merck Multiply
Sep 5 2005 // Beleaguered drug maker Merck & Co.’s request to postpone the next trial over its withdrawn painkiller Vioxx has been turned down by the judge presiding over the case. Superior Court Judge Carol E. Higbee, who is...
N.J. Gov. Codey Signs Major Dormitory Safety Legislation
Aug 26 2005 // Acting New Jersey Gov. Richard J. Codey has signed legislation to prohibit smoking in public and private college and university dormitories. “Today we are creating safer, healthier residence halls,” Codey said....
Business Moves
Aug 22 2005 // Chubb PLI, Hub International Chubb Corporation has agreed to sell its Personal Lines Insurance Brokerage Inc. to Chicago-based Hub International Limited. Chubb said the sale would have no material impact on its financial...
N.J. Woman Guilty in Auto Scam
Aug 19 2005 // New Jersey Criminal Justice Director Vaughn McKoy announced that a Passaic County woman has pleaded guilty to conspiracy for her role in an automobile “give up” scam. According to Insurance Fraud Prosecutor...
N.J. Physician Drops Suit Against Medical Society Over Reform Politics
Aug 17 2005 // A Hudson County physician who filed a lawsuit against the Medical Society of New Jersey, claiming it and other doctors had conspired to destroy his practice, dropped the suit after two days into a trial. “We opted to...
N.J. Gubernatorial Hopeful Hit Over Out-of-State Insurer, Campaign Gifts
Aug 15 2005 // A public interest lawyer has charged Republican Douglas Forrester with intentionally skirting New Jersey law by licensing an insurance company out-of-state and using the shell operation to illegally funnel millions in...
N.Y., Conn., N.J. Agents Pick Best-Performing Insurance Companies
Aug 8 2005 // Asked to evaluate insurers in 16 performance categories, agents in the tri-state region of Connecticut, New York and New Jersey rated 14 insurance companies as overall best performers. The winners, in no particular order,...
By Dave Thomas
Aug 8 2005 // 87th PGA Championship Tees-Off at Baltusrol in N.J. Needless to say, all eyes surrounding Baltusrol are towards the skies. If the weatherman cooperates, the 87th PGA Championship in Springfield, N.J., could be one for the...
N.Y., Conn., N.J. Agents Pick Best-Performing Insurance Companies
Aug 8 2005 // Asked to evaluate insurers in 16 performance categories, agents in the tri-state region of Connecticut, New York and New Jersey rated 14 insurance companies as overall best performers. The winners, in no particular order,...
N.J. Man Finds Workers’ Comp Fraud Doesn’t Pay
Aug 3 2005 // New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice Director Vaughn McKoy announced that a Gloucester County man has pleaded guilty to theft and falsifying records for fraudulently collecting more than $11,000 in workers’...
AMEX Enters N.J. Auto Insurance Market Via Internet Sales
Aug 1 2005 // AMEX Assurance Company,of the American Express Property Casualty companies, is now writing insurance policies in New Jersey. AMEX is entering the New Jersey market exclusively through the Internet. Its web site is...
N.J.’s Med-Mal Writer MIIX Continues in Runoff Without Guaranty Fund
Jul 21 2005 // New Jersey Banking and Insurance Acting Commissioner Donald Bryan announced that medical malpractice liability insurer MIIX Insurance Company will continue operating in solvent runoff, a financial condition it has operated...
N.J. Approves National Atlantic’s Auto Insurance Loyalty Discount
Jul 20 2005 // Proformance Insurance Company, the largest subsidiary of National Atlantic Holdings Corporation and a domestic New Jersey insurer, today announced that its Loyalty Loss Free Discount Program for its auto insurance...
Insurers Balk about Added Burden as N.J. Gov. Codey Signs Bill Restoring Consumer Advocate Office for 2006
Jul 18 2005 // New Jersey has brought back to life the state’s consumer advocate office that was killed more than 10 years ago. New Jersey Acting Gov. Richard J. Codey recently signed into law a bill that restores the Department of...
MacArthur of York Insurance Services Named N.J. Entrepreneur of Year
Jul 12 2005 // Tom MacArthur, chairman and chief executive officer of York Insurance Services Group, Inc., was named winner of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2005 award in the New Jersey region in the business services...
Insurers Balk as N.J. Gov. Codey Signs Bill Restoring Consumer Advocate
Jul 12 2005 // New Jersey Acting Governor Richard J. Codey today signed into law a bill that restores the Department of the Public Advocate as a government watchdog to act on citizen complaints on insurance, utilities and other issues....
N.J. Wife, Husband Charged in Auto PIP Fraud Case
Jul 12 2005 // New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice Director Vaughn McKoy announced that the Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor has obtained an indictment charging a Passaic County couple with insurance fraud for their roles in an...
Industry Fears ‘Serious Impact’ on Auto Market of N.J. Court Ruling
Jul 4 2005 // A New Jersey Supreme Court decision handed down last month that eliminates a “serious life impact” test under the auto insurance verbal threshold will dramatically increase automobile insurance losses and rates...
N.J. House Proposing Business Tax for Insurers; PCI Expresses Concerns
Jun 29 2005 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) said Wednesday it is concerned with the New Jersey Assembly’s consideration of A-4401, legislation to impose a possible corporate business tax on insurers...
