Latest New Jersey Headlines
All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
N.J. Man Gets Ride to Jail for Auto Scam
Apr 25 2005 // New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice Director Vaughn McKoy announced that a Middlesex County man has been sentenced to prison for his role in an automobile “give up” fraud. According to McKoy and Insurance...
N.J. Doc, Niece Keep Insurance Fraud a Family Matter
Apr 20 2005 // Vaughn McKoy, New Jersey director, Division of Criminal Justice, announced that an Essex County doctor and his niece have been ordered to pay more than $30,000 in restitution and fines after pleading guilty to multiple...
New Jersey Court: Drunk Driver Can Collect Medical Benefits
Apr 14 2005 // In a decision that could affect auto insurance policies for millions of New Jersey drivers, a state appeals court ruled Wednesday that a drunken driver can still collect medical expenses from her carrier. A provision in an...
11th Annual IIABNJ Charity Golf Classic Set for May 3
Apr 7 2005 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New Jersey (IIABNJ) 11th Annual Charity Golf Classic to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation of New Jersey will take place May 3, 2005 at Forsgate Country Club in Monroe...
States Try Narrow and Broad Approaches to Curbing Driving Distractions
Apr 4 2005 // New Hampshire is the only state that doesn’t require adult motorists to wear seat belts, but it does ticket drivers for eating, drinking, talking on a cell phone or fussing with their makeup while behind the...
Main Street Matters
Mar 21 2005 // New York is one of the worst; New Jersey is also poor; Virginia remains among the best; Massachusetts and Maryland are looking better and better; Connecticut is holding steady, while Pennsylvania has some catching up to...
Insurers Worried that N.J. Proposal Would Force Many Employees to Register as Lobbyists
Mar 15 2005 // A proposal by the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission that would require most insurance company employees to register as lobbyists fails to distinguish true lobbyists who perform an “influencing”...
Warren Buffett Praises N.J. Auto Insurance Market Turnaround and Outgoing Chief Bakke
Mar 7 2005 // Star mogul Warren E. Buffett loves New Jersey, at least its auto insurance market. In his annual letter to shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. of which he is chairman, Buffett has high praise for the turnaround in the...
BRYAN NAMED N.J. COMMISSIONER:
Mar 7 2005 // Acting New Jersey Gov. Richard J. Codey appointed Donald Bryan, director of the Division of Insurance, to head the Department of Banking and Insurance. Bryan replaces Holly Bakke, who resigned as commissioner after three...
New Jersey’s OIFP Issues Annual Report
Mar 4 2005 // New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey has issued the 2004 Annual Report for the New Jersey Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor (OIFP). The Report details investigations, prosecutions, and other activities...
Progressive to Return to N.J. Auto Market
Mar 3 2005 // Tucked away in the 2004 annual report of Progressive Insurance is big news for the New Jersey auto insurance marketplace. The giant insurer, which exited the state in 1983, is driving back. In the report’s section...
COMMISSIONER BAKKE RESIGNS:
Feb 21 2005 // Acting Gov. Richard J. Codey has accepted the resignation of Banking and Insurance Commissioner Holly C. Bakke. In her resignation letter, Bakke indicated her desire to spend more time with her son and to become more...
N.J. Gov. Codey Appoints Bryan to Replace Bakke
Feb 20 2005 // Acting New jersey Gov. Richard J. Codey on Friday appointed Donald Bryan, director of the state’s Division of Insurance, to head the state Department of Banking and Insurance. The Burlington County resident will...
N.J. Malpractice Insurer Ordered to Pay $15.3 Million
Feb 20 2005 // An insurance company for a prominent Bergen County, New Jersey eye surgeon must pay $15.3 million to cover malpractice claims made by 16 former patients, a Superior Court judge has ruled. Princeton Insurance Co. claimed an...
Jury: Developer Negligence Contributed to N.J. Fire
Feb 14 2005 // Six people whose homes were destroyed by a spectacular fire nearly five years ago have been awarded more than $1 million by a Bergen County, New Jersey jury, which found that a developer’s negligence contributed to...
N.J. Man ‘Falls’ Into Fraud Scam; Charged Newspaper Delivery Person Responsible for Injury
Feb 9 2005 // New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice Director Vaughn McKoy announced that an Ocean County man has pleaded guilty to charges of perjury and falsifying records as part of a phony “slip and fall” bodily injury...
N.J. Commissioner Bakke Resigns
Feb 2 2005 // Acting Governor Richard J. Codey has accepted the resignation of Banking and Insurance Commissioner Holly C. Bakke. “I appreciate that Commissioner Bakke stayed on during the transition, and I recognize the...
N.J. Lawyers Sue to Scrap Med-Mal Insurance Fee
Jan 30 2005 // The New Jersey Legislature could have seen this coming. It enacted a law requiring the state’s lawyers, and many doctors, to pay $75 a year for three years to help doctors in high-risk specialties pay for malpractice...
N.J. SEEKS COMPENSATION PLANS:
Jan 24 2005 // New Jersey Banking and Insurance Commissioner Holly C. Bakke has ordered 18 insurance companies domiciled in the state to submit information and documents outlining compensation and fee arrangements with their clients....
N.J. No Fault Decisions Available Online
Jan 21 2005 // The National Arbitration Forum has a new on-line application that will provide the text of arbitrator decisions issued in No-Fault Insurance Personal Injury Protection disputes in New Jersey. This addition to the...
