Latest New Jersey Headlines
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Praise and Concern Over New Jersey’s Plan to Sue Over Pollution
Aug 7 2018 // New Jersey’s new push to sue people and companies responsible for pollution has environmental groups applauding and business interests raising questions and concerns. After two terms of Republican Chris Christie,...
Two More Women Sue New Jersey University Over Alleged Rapes
Aug 1 2018 // Two more women have filed federal lawsuits alleging that a New Jersey university is partly to blame for sexual assaults after they say school officials turned a blind eye to an unsanctioned fraternity known for underage...
GEICO Board of Directors Promotes Connor to VP of New York, New Jersey Offices
Jul 23 2018 // The GEICO Board of Directors has promoted Jeremy Connor to vice president of the company’s regional office in Buffalo, N.Y., and its claims office in Marlton, N.J. Connor had served as assistant vice president of...
Insurance Salesman Sentenced for Stealing Man’s Inheritance in New Jersey
Jul 20 2018 // An insurance salesman convicted of stealing a client’s inheritance is now headed to prison. Federal prosecutors say Patrick McCullagh received a three-year sentence Wednesday. The 70-year-old Georgetown, Kentucky,...
Agency Network Exchange Hires Foley in New Jersey
Jul 19 2018 // Agency Network Exchange LLC (ANE) has added Linda Foley as director of field operations based in New Jersey. In this role, she will work with member agencies to develop and implement growth plans and maintain agency...
New Jersey’s APIC Appoints Hicks as Company Controller
Jul 19 2018 // American Property Insurance Company (APIC), a licensed and admitted commercial insurance carrier headquartered in Eatontown, N.J., has appointed Steven T. Hicks as company controller. Reporting to the chief financial...
Man Charged with Assuming Identity of N.J. Doctor in $1M Insurance Fraud Scheme
Jul 13 2018 // A Florida man has been charged with assuming the identity of a New Jersey doctor to submit more than $1 million in fraudulent medical claims for services allegedly rendered at a Morris County medical center that, in...
Gallagher Bassett Services Acquires New Jersey’s WCD Group
Jul 11 2018 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.’s subsidiary, Gallagher Bassett Services Inc., has acquired Pennington, N.J.-based WCD Group LLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2002, WCD manages and mitigates...
New York, New Jersey PATH Stations to Close on Weekends to Meet Safety Goal
Jul 9 2018 // Several PATH rail stations will close on weekends during the next four months to accommodate work on installing a federally required emergency braking system. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said its World...
Safety Deadline Looming, New Jersey Transit Aiming for Extension
Jul 5 2018 // New Jersey transit officials said Tuesday they hope to earn a two-year extension of a federally mandated deadline for installing an emergency braking system on their rail lines. With an initial deadline six months away,...
Sea Level Rise Puts $117.5B at Risk from Chronic Flooding
Jul 2 2018 // Those interested in risk management are starting to take climate change a bit more seriously. The evidence is anecdotal, but for that proof one can just ask Phil Renaud, executive director for the Risk Institute at Ohio...
New Jersey’s Selective Insurance Group Announces Officer Appointments
Jun 28 2018 // Selective Insurance Company of America, a subsidiary of Branchville, N.J.-headquartered Selective Insurance Group Inc., has announced the following officer appointments. Maria Orecchio has been appointed to senior vice...
New Jersey Judge Injured in Fall Files $1M Claim Against City of Camden
Jun 28 2018 // A New Jersey judge who was injured in a fall outside a courthouse has filed a $1 million claim against the city of Camden. The Courier-Post reported Camden County Assignment Judge Deborah Silverman Katz says in her claim...
New Jersey Chiropractor Gets Prison Term for Medical Fraud Ring Role
Jun 27 2018 // A chiropractor involved in a medical fraud ring that bilked nearly $4 million overall from several insurers is now headed to prison. John Langeraap received a three-year sentence Friday. The 39-year-old Sparta, N.J., man...
Sea Level Rise Puts $117.5B at Risk from Chronic Flooding
Jun 21 2018 // Those interested in risk management are starting to take climate change a bit more seriously. The evidence is anecdotal, but for that proof one can just ask Phil Renaud, executive director for the Risk Institute at Ohio...
New Jersey Reminds Residents, Insurance Companies to Prepare for Hurricane Season
Jun 18 2018 // The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance is urging the insurance and banking companies it regulates, as well as New Jersey residents, to prepare now for hurricane season, which officially began June 1. All Garden...
Delaware Couple Arrested for $100K Insurance Fraud
Jun 15 2018 // A Delaware couple has been arrested for insurance fraud after filing false medical claims for an automobile accident that never occurred, leading their insurance provider to be billed more than $100,000. “We take...
Disaster Declaration Approved for March Storm in New Jersey
Jun 15 2018 // President Trump has granted a major disaster declaration for the state of New Jersey for damage stemming from the severe winter storm and snowstorm March 6-7. The Federal Emergency Management Agency says the declaration...
MAPFRE Insurance Set to Exit New York, New Jersey Markets
Jun 15 2018 // MAPFRE Insurance has entered into definitive agreements with affiliates of The Plymouth Rock Company to exit the states of New York and New Jersey as part of MAPFRE’s previously announced strategy to focus on its...
Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Elects Bush President
Jun 12 2018 // Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey has elected Lloyd H. “Rip” Bush Jr. as its president at the association’s annual business conference at Harrah’s in Atlantic City. Bush is a producer for...
