Latest New Jersey Headlines
All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
N.J. Man Pulled Over in Auto Theft Ring
Aug 20 2004 // New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that a Hudson County man has been charged by the Division of Criminal Justice – Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor with being the leader of an auto theft...
GEICO Returns to N.J. Auto Market
Aug 16 2004 // New Jersey state officials this morning announced that GEICO has “good news” for state residents. Beginning today GEICO will be selling private passenger automobile insurance in the state. “This is a very...
N.J. Senators Urge Flood Coverage for Basements
Aug 13 2004 // New Jersey’s U.S. senators are maintaining that many residents affected by last month’s flooding in Burlington and Camden counties are being denied monetary relief because of narrowly defined federal flood...
Agent, Senate Pres. Codey Next in Line for New Jersey’s Governorship Following McGreevey Resignation
Aug 12 2004 // The resignation of New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey over his admission of an extramarital affair with another man means that the next in line to the governorship is State Senate President Richard J. Codey, a Democrat from...
N.J. Department Now Heard in 150 Languages
Aug 10 2004 // The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance has new program designed to tear down language barriers and make it possible for consumers to be heard in more than 150 languages. The department has contracted with...
N.J. Family, N.Y. Man Brake for Fraud
Aug 9 2004 // New Jersey Director of Division of Criminal Justice Vaughn McKoy announced that the Division of Criminal Justice, Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor, obtained an indictment charging four individuals with conspiracy,...
PIANJ, Special Olympics Prove a Winning Combo
Aug 9 2004 // It may share the plot line of the Warner Brothers’ flick, Pay it Forward, where the characters discover the joy of parlaying one good deed into another, exponentially affecting the world for the better. But art is...
N.J. Auto Reforms Bring Rewards to Drivers
Aug 6 2004 // New Jersey Banking and Insurance Commissioner Holly Bakke recently commended Liberty Mutual’s decision to return nearly $15 million to more than 200,000 policyholders. Liberty Mutual’s decision brings the total...
Amid Heightened Security, Financial Firms Including Citigroup, AIG, MetLife and Pru Tend to Business
Aug 3 2004 // Police closed several streets in midtown Manhattan and banned trucks from bridges and tunnels leading to the city’s financial district Monday, Aug. 2, following a government warning that terrorists were planning to...
N.J. Medical Society Files Suit to Block State-Approved Oxford Merger with UnitedHealthcare
Aug 3 2004 // The Medical Society of New Jersey has filed a lawsuit to block the merger of Oxford Health Plans (NJ), Inc. and UnitedHealthcare Inc., claiming it would create a health care monopoly that would not benefit consumers. The...
U.S. Places Financial Centers in N.Y., N.J. and D.C. on High Terror Alert
Aug 2 2004 // Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge announced that the government has “specific credible information” causing it to raise to the terrorism threat level to Code Orange for the financial services sector in New...
‘Unsafe’ Drivers in N.J. Face $250 Surcharge
Jul 29 2004 // New Jersey motorists who have been able to escape points for traffic tickets by pleading guilty to the catch-all charge of “unsafe operation of a motor vehicle” are finding it’s now an expensive bargain,...
Allstate New Jersey, Encompass Insurance to Receive $6.65 Million Award in Fraud Case
Jul 29 2004 // The United States Bankruptcy Court in Newark, N.J. has ordered a former New Jersey chiropractor to pay Allstate New Jersey Insurance Company and Encompass Insurance more than $6.6 million dollars. U.S. Bankruptcy Court...
N.J. Gov. Notes More State Funds Available for Immediate Flood Relief
Jul 22 2004 // New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey announced that the Joint Budget Oversight Committee approved his request for $7.2 million in immediate flood relief for Burlington and Camden counties. “We want to ensure that...
People and Places
Jul 19 2004 // Dana Drago The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. announced that Dana A. Drago has been appointed executive vice president of field, sales and service for its property/casualty operations. Drago joins The Hartford from...
Allstate Returns $15 Million to N.J. Drivers
Jul 19 2004 // New Jersey Governor James E. McGreevey, joined by Banking and Insurance Commissioner Holly C. Bakke, applauded Allstate New Jersey’s plans to return $15 million to more than 200,000 auto insurance policyholders....
N.J. FINES DRIVERS ON CELL PHONES:
Jul 19 2004 // New Jersey’s ban on cell phone use by drivers went into full effect on July 1, but police still can’t pull somebody over simply for chattering away while going down the road. Motorists talking on hand-held cell...
N.J. Gov. Declares State of Emergency in Pair of Counties Following Heavy Rains
Jul 14 2004 // In response to the heavy rain falls and flooding in Burlington and Camden Counties, New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey issued an Executive Order declaring a State of Emergency for those counties – effective...
N.J.’s MIIX Group Receives Offer from Buyer
Jul 9 2004 // The MIIX Group, Inc. in Lawrenceville, N.J., which has been in runoff since May 2002, said that it has received a preliminary memorandum of terms for the acquisition of MIIX Insurance Company, New Jersey State Medical...
N.J. Agent Says He Stole More than $429,000
Jul 7 2004 // New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that a Camden County insurance agent has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $429,000 as part of a complex insurance fraud and investment scheme in which he convinced...
