Latest New Jersey Headlines
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N.J. Bill Seeks to Prohibit Home Insurers From Raising Rates After Single Claim
Feb 25 2015 // A bill currently under consideration in the New Jersey Assembly would prohibit insurance companies from increasing the homeowners insurance policy’s premium based on one claim filed during the policy’s coverage...
Twice-Wounded Sandy Victims Seek Payout as FEMA Presses Insurers
Feb 25 2015 // Some homeowners hit by Hurricane Sandy say they’ve been victimized twice: first by the storm and later by insurers. John Clancy says his insurer, an Allstate Corp. unit, paid just $46,000 of the more than $200,000 in...
New Jersey’s U.S. Senators Seek Probe of Any Sandy Insurer Fraud
Feb 23 2015 // New Jersey’s U.S. senators want the state attorney general’s office to investigate possible fraud by insurance companies following Superstorm Sandy. Sens. Robert Menendez and Cory Booker asked Acting Attorney...
N.J. Cab Drivers Want Ridesharing Firms to Face Taxi-Like Rules
Feb 10 2015 // Dozens of cab drivers lined the street outside the New Jersey Statehouse in Trenton and crammed a legislative hearing to protest ridesharing companies like Uber and Lyft. Drivers and their allies called on lawmakers to...
Bill Could Lead to Electronic Drivers Licenses in New Jersey
Feb 10 2015 // Electronic driver’s licenses and proof of insurance could be a step closer to reality in New Jersey under bills moving through the Legislature. A state Senate committee approved two bills Monday that pave the way for...
N.J. Staffing Firm Owners Accused of Underpaying WC Premiums
Feb 10 2015 // New Jersey authorities announced that a married couple who own several temporary staffing companies with offices in northern and central New Jersey were arrested on first-degree charges. According to a Feb. 4 announcement...
In Fire Aftermath, Reforms Push Up Against Industry Norms in N.J.
Feb 9 2015 // The fire that destroyed most of a large apartment complex in northern New Jersey last month has prompted talk of legislation to toughen building codes, an effort that would butt up against long-established building...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Aequus Trade Credit in New Jersey
Feb 2 2015 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. today announced the acquisition of Aequus Trade Credit LLC in Warren, New Jersey. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 1997, Aequus Trade Credit is a specialist...
Army Corps Releases Northeast Coastal Flood Risk Management Framework
Jan 30 2015 // The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Wednesday issued a report saying that managing the flooding risk along the North Atlantic coast from events like Superstorm Sandy is something that has to be done collaboratively by all...
New Englanders Facing Snowy ‘Big Dig’ After Blizzard
Jan 29 2015 // New Englanders savaged by a blizzard packing knee-high snowfall and hurricane-force winds began digging out Wednesday, grudgingly praising forecasters who got grief from New Yorkers and others spared its full fury. The...
N.J. Official: State’s Ailing Roads, Bridges Costing Drivers Billions of Dollars
Jan 28 2015 // In the wake of the partial closure of a heavily traveled bridge in northern New Jersey last week, the state’s Transportation Commissioner Jamie Fox warned that the state’s failing roads and bridges cost drivers...
Blizzard Sweeps Northeast U.S., New York Spared Its Brunt
Jan 27 2015 // A blizzard swept across the northeastern United States on Tuesday, dropping as much as 2 feet (60 cm) of snow across Massachusetts and Connecticut even as its impact on New York City fell short of dire predictions. The...
New Jersey Moving to Demolish Hundreds of Sandy-Damaged Homes
Jan 27 2015 // New Jersey officials are moving to demolish hundreds of homes that were ravaged by Superstorm Sandy. State Community Affairs Department spokeswoman Tammori Petty tells the Daily Record that the agency is identifying the...
N.Y. Region Revives With Travel Bans Lifted as Blizzard Fizzles
Jan 27 2015 // The New York region lurched back to life after a storm advertised as a potentially life-threatening blizzard ended up as a mundane winter snowfall. Travel bans for automobiles in New York and New Jersey were lifted and New...
New York, Northeast May Get 3 Feet of Snow in Historic Storm
Jan 26 2015 // A blizzard forecasters call “life-threatening” that may drop three feet of snow from New York to Boston has caused more than 1,800 flight cancellations and will likely block road and rail traffic, close schools...
Anger Remains Over Pace of New Jersey’s Sandy Recovery
Jan 26 2015 // More than two years after Superstorm Sandy hit the Jersey Shore, many residents remain angry and frustrated at the pace of recovery. During a Jan. 6 public hearing in Toms River, New Jersey, on the state’s plans to...
Wal-Mart Settles With Family of Comedian Who Died in N.J. Turnpike Crash
Jan 23 2015 // Wal-Mart Stores Inc. reached a confidential legal settlement with the family of comedian James McNair, who died in a June 7 accident on the New Jersey Turnpike that also seriously injured actor-comedian Tracy Morgan. The...
Report: High, Wide Dunes Worked During Superstorm Sandy
Jan 22 2015 // A study by a leading coastal science center lends new support to New Jersey’s efforts to build protective sand dunes along its 127-mile coast. The Coastal Research Center at the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey...
Federal Judge Allows N.J. Town’s Dune Construction Plan to Proceed
Jan 21 2015 // A federal judge ruled on Jan. 15 to let a beach replenishment project proceed — for now — over the objections of a Jersey shore town that does not want the sand piles. Judge Renee Marie Bumb decided that...
Politicians Vow to Block FEMA From Taking Mistaken Sandy Aid
Jan 20 2015 // About 3,000 Superstorm Sandy victims who were either wrongly given storm recovery aid or who were overpaid would not have to repay the federal government under legislation to be introduced this week by two New Jersey...
