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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...
New Jersey Psychologist Faces Insurance Fraud Charges
Nov 7 2014 // Authorities in Monmouth County, New Jersey, have accused a psychologist of submitting approximately 120 fraudulent insurance claims totaling more than $15,000. Prosecutors have charged 62-year-old Edward Merski of Old...
Hub International Acquires Fotek Insurance Agency in New Jersey
Nov 7 2014 // Hub International Limited announced that its subsidiary Hub International Northeast Limited has acquired the stock of Fotek Insurance Agency Inc., a New Jersey-based employee benefits brokerage. Terms of the acquisition...
Former Insurance Exec MacArthur Wins N.J.’s 3rd Congressional District Seat
Nov 6 2014 // Republican Tom MacArthur has won New Jersey’s most closely watched and expensive U.S. House race, defeating Democrat Aimee Belgard. The 3rd District seat was open as Republican Jon Runyan decided not to seek...
N.J. Man Admits Staging Auto Accidents for $179K Insurance Payments
Nov 4 2014 // A New Jersey resident pleaded guilty to orchestrating two auto accident staging scams in 2010 that resulted in insurance payouts of $179,210 for medical treatment and personal injury settlement proceeds, according to...
Study: N.J.’s Teen Driver Decals Show Sustained Link With Fewer Crashes
Nov 3 2014 // A new study has found that New Jersey’s Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) decal provision is associated with a sustained two-year decline in crash rates among intermediate (i.e., probationary) teen drivers. The study,...
Politics of Ebola Response Tricky for Christie, Cuomo
Oct 30 2014 // Two ambitious governors — one Republican, one Democrat — known for their no-nonsense, take-charge style in a calamity have set off a furor with their aggressive handling of the Ebola crisis, and how it plays...
N.Y., N.J. Governors Stress Home Quarantine for Ebola Workers
Oct 28 2014 // State leaders in New York and New Jersey are at odds with scientists over Ebola as the states’ governors back 21-day quarantines for medical workers returning from West Africa, while the nation’s top...
2 Years After Superstorm Sandy: Are We Ready for Next Big Storm?
Oct 27 2014 // After Superstorm Sandy, officials in New York and New Jersey vowed to make sure the unprecedented destruction wouldn’t happen again. Two years later, would it? There are some concrete signs of tougher protections,...
Report on Infrastructure Upgrades Since Superstorm Sandy
Oct 27 2014 // Two years after Superstorm Sandy, would New York and New Jersey be better protected and prepared if such a storm struck again? A sampling of work on some key issues: • Flood Protection New York City: Many projects on the...
New Jersey Contractor Sentenced for Scamming Sandy Victims
Oct 20 2014 // A New Jersey contractor who took deposits for work that was never done at two central New Jersey homes damaged by Superstorm Sandy has been sentenced to five years in state prison. Monmouth County prosecutors say the...
NJ Transit Sues Insurers Over Sandy Losses, Seeks $300M
Oct 20 2014 // New Jersey Transit, the nation’s third-largest bus, rail and light rail transportation provider, is suing several excess insurers to recoup additional $300 million for Superstorm Sandy losses. NJ Transit says its...
N.J. Regulator: 99.4% of Non-Flood Sandy Claims Settled
Oct 20 2014 // Ken KobylowskiNew Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance Commissioner Ken Kobylowski said that among the 470,281 non-flood, Superstorm Sandy-related homeowners, automobile and commercial claims that were filed in New...
New Jersey Pharmacist Admits Paying Kickbacks to Physicians
Oct 16 2014 // A southern New Jersey pharmacist has admitted paying tens of thousands of dollars in cash bribes to physicians for referring pain cream prescriptions, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday. Vladimir Kleyman, a 43-year-old...
Lawley Insurance Acquires S. Turtletaub & Sons in New Jersey
Oct 15 2014 // Lawley Insurance, an independent agency based in Buffalo, New York, has acquired S. Turtletaub & Sons Inc., an agency in Bayonne, New Jersey. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The transaction is part of...
New Jersey Transit Sues Insurers Over Sandy Losses, Seeks $300M
Oct 8 2014 // New Jersey Transit, the nation’s third-largest bus, rail and light rail transportation provider, is suing several excess insurers to recoup additional $300 million for Superstorm Sandy losses. NJ Transit says its...
N.J. Commissioner: 99.4% of Non-Flood Sandy Claims Settled
Oct 8 2014 // New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance Commissioner Ken Kobylowski said that among the 470,281 non-flood, Superstorm Sandy-related homeowners, automobile and commercial claims that were filed in New Jersey, 99.4...
