Latest New Jersey Headlines
All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Lawmakers: Sandy Flood Insurance Concerns Will Be Addressed
Dec 15 2014 // Federal emergency officials are taking new steps to address concerns from homeowners still struggling to rebuild after Superstorm Sandy more than two years ago, New Jersey and New York lawmakers announced on Dec. 5. U.S....
N.J. Assembly Panel Advances Bill Regulating Ridesharing Firms
Dec 12 2014 // Companies that allow drivers to use personal vehicles to transport riders in New Jersey would have to get a state permit and meet safety requirements under state legislation that’s been advanced by a New Jersey...
N.J. Dealer Gets 3 Years for Selling Sandy-Flooded Cars
Dec 8 2014 // A used car dealer in New Jersey has been sentenced to three years in prison for selling vehicles damaged in Superstorm Sandy to unsuspecting customers. Jonathan Olin of Manalapan admitted orchestrating a scheme in which a...
Travelers Unit Sued Over Allegedly Manipulated Sandy Report
Dec 7 2014 // A Travelers Cos. unit was sued by two New York homeowners who accused it of using a doctored engineering report to reject much of their claim for flood damage from Hurricane Sandy, making it the third insurer to face such...
Lawmakers: Sandy Flood Insurance Concerns Will Be Addressed
Dec 6 2014 // Federal emergency officials are taking new steps to address concerns from homeowners still struggling to rebuild after Superstorm Sandy more than two years ago, New Jersey and New York lawmakers announced on Friday, Dec....
New Jersey Awards Cash to Combat Drunken Driving
Dec 5 2014 // New Jersey’s Highway Traffic Safety Division is giving more than $1.2 million to 165 police departments to combat drunken driving during the holiday season. The “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign...
GOP Fundraiser: N.J. Gov. Christie’s Sand Dune Plan Is ‘Stupid’
Dec 3 2014 // Plenty of oceanfront homeowners at the Jersey shore are unhappy with GOP Gov. Chris Christie’s plan to widen beaches and build protective sand dunes along the state’s entire 127-mile coastline. Among them is...
End Near, Future Uncertain for New Jersey’s Red-Light Cameras
Dec 2 2014 // A bane of motorists and a boon to municipal coffers, New Jersey’s red light cameras are a get-rich-quick scheme by towns or a worthwhile safety improvement that is saving lives, depending on where you sit. The...
2014 State Specialist P/C Insurers Revealed
Dec 1 2014 // The Demotech Company Classification System categorizes insurers into one of 11 categories based on an analysis of data reported by the companies to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). The 11...
N.J. Sen. Menendez Presses for Sandy Flood Insurance Probe
Dec 1 2014 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency should investigate allegations that insurance companies handling Superstorm Sandy flood damage claims are manipulating them to shortchange victims, U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J.,...
Settlement in Accidental Wild West Show Shooting
Dec 1 2014 // The legal battle over an accidental shooting at a Wild West theme park in New Jersey that left an actor partially paralyzed has ended with a settlement of nearly $2 million. The New Jersey Herald reports the actor, Scott...
Red-Light Camera Debate Heats Up in New Jersey
Nov 25 2014 // Ground zero in the debate over New Jersey’s red light camera program shifted to a crowded, sweaty city hall office in Linden, New Jersey, Monday as the program’s most ardent critic locked horns with a mayor who...
Lawyer: Morgan Sustained ‘Traumatic Brain Injury’ in N.J. Turnpike Crash
Nov 18 2014 // Actor-comedian Tracy Morgan was in a coma for days with a traumatic brain injury after a highway crash in which his van was struck from behind by a Wal-Mart Stores Inc. truck five months ago, according to his...
New Jersey Approves 2.9% Increase in Workers’ Comp Rates, Rating Values
Nov 18 2014 // New Jersey’s Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau announced that the commissioner of banking and insurance has approved a 2.9 percent increase in rates and rating values applicable to New Jersey workers’...
Settlement Reached in Accidental Wild West Show Shooting in New Jersey
Nov 18 2014 // The legal battle over an accidental shooting at a Wild West theme park in New Jersey that left an actor partially paralyzed has ended with a settlement of nearly $2 million. The New Jersey Herald reports the actor, Scott...
Truck Driver in Tracy Morgan Crash Asks to Delay Lawsuit
Nov 17 2014 // The truck driver charged in a New Jersey highway crash that injured comedian-actor Tracy Morgan and killed another man filed a request on Nov. 14 to delay a federal lawsuit while his criminal case proceeds in state...
New Jersey Sen. Menendez Presses for Sandy Flood Insurance Probe
Nov 17 2014 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency should investigate allegations that insurance companies handling Superstorm Sandy flood damage claims are manipulating them to shortchange victims, U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez said on...
3 Sentenced in N.J. for Running International Car Theft Scheme
Nov 17 2014 // Three men have been sentenced in New Jersey last Friday for running an international car theft scheme from 2007 to 2009. The scheme resulted in high-end cars being stolen in New York and then routed into New Jersey where...
New Jersey’s Selective Insurance Announces Officer Appointments
Nov 12 2014 // Selective Insurance Group Inc. in Branchville, New Jersey, announced the following appointments by its subsidiary, Selective Insurance Company of America. Martin Hollander to senior vice president, chief audit executive....
Blue-Collar Workers Priced Out as Rich Snap Up Jersey Shore Homes
Nov 10 2014 // When Hurricane Sandy roared through New Jersey two years ago, it not only tore up the shoreline. It also pushed out much of the middle class. From Ocean City to Toms River, one-story cottages and bungalows damaged by the...
