Latest New Jersey Headlines
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New Jersey Train Service Suspended as Investigators Seek Cause of Crash
Sep 30 2016 // Thousands who rely on the Hoboken terminal in New Jersey may face longer than usual commutes and heavy crowds on Friday as investigators try to determine why a commuter train crashed into the station, killing a woman and...
Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New Jersey Inaugurates Board
Sep 29 2016 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New Jersey (IIABNJ), a Trenton, N.J., based non-profit organization representing independent insurance agents and employees in local communities throughout New Jersey,...
ICW Group Now Writing Workers’ Compensation in Michigan, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Virginia
Sep 26 2016 // ICW Group Insurance Companies has begun writing workers’ compensation four additional states—Michigan, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Virginia. The San Diego-based company says the move bolsters its presence across the...
Man Charged in New Jersey Apartment Fire That Destroyed Three Buildings
Sep 23 2016 // A 19-year-old has been charged with setting his former New Jersey home ablaze, leaving four firefighters hurt, three buildings destroyed and 20 residents displaced. The Jersey Journal reports a criminal complaint says...
New Jersey Shore Town Still Considering Settlement for Gay Ex-Officer
Sep 23 2016 // Officials in a Jersey shore town say they need more time to consider a proposed $369,000 settlement with a gay former police officer who filed a discrimination lawsuit. The Press of Atlantic City reports the Cape May City...
Coface Appoints Murer as New Jersey Based CEO of North America
Sep 23 2016 // Coface, a French trade credit insurer, has appointed Fredrik Murer as CEO of its North America region, which is headquartered in East Windsor, New Jersey. In his new role, Murer will report to Group CEO Xavier Durand....
New Jersey Homeland Security Monitoring Special Events After Bombing
Sep 22 2016 // New Jersey’s Homeland Security Preparedness Office is asking officials to tell it when there are special events in their towns. The request comes after a pipe bomb exploded before the start of a charity race in...
New York Bombing Suspect in Custody, Investigation Continues
Sep 19 2016 // A suspect has been taken into custody in connection with a bomb that went off from inside a dumpster in New York’s Chelsea neighborhood, injuring 29 people. Mayor Chris Bollwage of Elizabeth, New Jersey, said Ahmad...
Apex Insurance Services Opens New Jersey Office, Promotes Galati
Sep 19 2016 // Apex Insurance Services, a Glen Allen, Va., headquartered insurance and reinsurance solutions provider for public entities and educational institutions, has promoted Justin Galati to vice president of brokerage following...
New Jersey Rules in Favor of CGL Coverage for Faulty Subcontractor Work
Sep 19 2016 // New Jersey has joined several other U.S. states in deciding that if a subcontractor’s defective work damages parts of a general contractor’s project, the damages are covered under the general contractor’s...
New Jersey Supreme Court Rules Paralyzed Waterpark Visitor Can Proceed with Gross Negligence Suit
Sep 19 2016 // A New Jersey waterpark visitor who was partially paralyzed in a 2010 accident while on a ride that simulates surfing can proceed with a lawsuit, the state Supreme Court ruled. Roy Steinberg and his wife claim employees at...
Alliant Americas Hires Pizzi to New Jersey Office
Sep 16 2016 // Alliant Americas, the regional subsidiary of the Newport Beach, Calif., headquartered insurance broker, Alliant Insurance Services, has hired Gregg Pizzi as vice president. In this role, Pizzi will be based in the...
New Jersey Condo Complex Fire Damages More Than Half of Units
Sep 14 2016 // Authorities say no injuries were reported when a fast-moving fire damaged about a dozen units at a Bernards, N.J., condominium complex. Authorities say it started in a rear unit and isn’t considered suspicious. The...
Carrier to Exit New Jersey Health Exchange Marketplace
Sep 14 2016 // State officials say a health insurance carrier is leaving New Jersey’s health exchange marketplace created under the Affordable Care Act, or ACA. Officials with Health Republic of New Jersey say the insurance co-op...
Two Johnson & Johnson Talc Cancer Lawsuits Dismissed by New Jersey Judge
Sep 6 2016 // Johnson & Johnson persuaded a New Jersey judge to throw out two women’s lawsuits blaming the health-care company’s talcum powder for their ovarian cancer. The ruling may help J&J fend off more than...
Worker Dies After Elevator Malfunctions at New Jersey Restaurant
Sep 2 2016 // A worker is dead after police say he was caught in the machinery of a small freight elevator at a New Jersey restaurant. Lakehurst Police Chief Eric Higgins tells the Asbury Park Press 34-year-old Oscar Francisco...
New Jersey High Court Rules in Favor of CGL Coverage for Subcontractor Faulty Workmanship
Aug 31 2016 // New Jersey has joined several other U.S. states in deciding that if a subcontractor’s defective work damages parts of a general contractor’s project, the damages are covered under the general contractor’s...
Lawsuit Filed After Railing Collapse Injures 17 at New Jersey Snoop Dogg Concert
Aug 30 2016 // A lawyer representing 17 people injured when a railing collapsed at a Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa concert in New Jersey earlier this month is suing the performers and the venue’s owner. The suit filed Wednesday in...
State Insurance Commissioners Name New Jersey’s Hartt to Financial Oversight Panel
Aug 29 2016 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has appointed Peter L. Hartt, director of New Jersey’s Insurance Division, to a two-year term as the state insurance commissioner representative on the...
Metal Theft Remains an Expensive Problem for Insurance Industry
Aug 26 2016 // Metal theft became a growing concern post financial crisis due to rising global demand for scrap metal, and although economic conditions have slowed demand recently, this expensive crime is still causing headaches for the...
