Latest New Jersey Headlines
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Farmers of Salem in New Jersey Appoints Doherty as New CEO
Jun 11 2014 // James R. DohertyFarmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Salem County (Farmers of Salem) in New Jersey appointed James R. Doherty to succeed Kent W. Jones as president and chief executive officer effective July 7,2014....
Wal-Mart Trucker Had Not Slept in 24 Hours Before N.J. Morgan Crash: Complaint
Jun 10 2014 // A Wal-Mart Stores Inc. truck driver went at least 24 hours without sleep before his tractor-trailer crashed into a limousine, critically injuring actor-comedian Tracy Morgan and killing another entertainer, according to a...
Post-Superstorm Sandy Buyouts in New Jersey Get Boost as Summer Nears
Jun 9 2014 // Lou Szabo’s street near the Raritan River in New Jersey has flooded for as long as he can remember. “When we were kids, we used to have boat races down the street,” said Szabo, now in his 40s....
N.J. Roofing Company Exec Gets Jail Time for Misleading Workers’ Comp Carrier
Jun 6 2014 // New Jersey authorities said the president of a New Jersey roofing company was sentenced to jail Friday for providing false and misleading information to the company’s workers’ compensation insurance carrier to...
Nationwide to Re-Enter New Jersey’s Auto Insurance Market
Jun 6 2014 // New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance Commissioner Ken Kobylowski said today Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company has been approved to write auto insurance in New Jersey, and the company will begin offering auto...
Sandy Aid in N.J. Becomes Another Christie Albatross
Jun 6 2014 // Nineteen months after Hurricane Sandy left four feet of water in Thomas Largey’s house in Sea Bright, New Jersey, the 82-year-old still lives with his daughter as he awaits aid to raise and rebuild his home. Reopened...
HUD OKs New Jersey’s Plan for Spending $1.46B in 2nd Round of Sandy Aid
Jun 5 2014 // New Jersey is a step closer to its goal of helping the thousands of people on waiting lists for Superstorm Sandy rebuilding assistance now that the federal government has approved its plans for spending $1.46 billion in...
Federal Officials Announce 6 Projects to Protect N.Y., N.J. From Storm Damage
Jun 4 2014 // A system of dikes around the tip of lower Manhattan, and water pumps and parks across the Hudson River in New Jersey were among the projects selected Monday to receive nearly $1 billion in federal funding as part of...
New Jersey Superstorm Sandy Aid Plan Approved
Jun 2 2014 // The federal government has informed New Jersey that it has approved its plan to spend $1.46 billion in its second round of state-controlled Superstorm Sandy recovery funds. Department of Housing and Urban Development...
Swett & Crawford Adds Broker to Property Practice Group in New Jersey
Jun 2 2014 // Swett & Crawford, part of Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford (CGSC), a global wholesale and reinsurance broking group, appointed Todd Morin as vice president and broker for the property practice group. He is based in...
Christie: All Eligible Sandy-Damaged Homes in N.J. Will Get Funding to Rebuild
May 30 2014 // All New Jersey homeowners who were put on a waiting list for the state’s signature post-Superstorm Sandy housing program will receive funding to rebuild, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Wednesday. Christie said...
Elias B. Cohen & Associates Appoints Vice President in New Jersey
May 29 2014 // Elias B. Cohen & Associates, a Roseland, N.J.-based insurance agency, has appointed Jonathan Kaplan as vice president in the commercial lines department. Kaplan most recently served as account executive for...
N.J. Insurance Commissioner Alerts Consumers on Car-Sharing Services
May 28 2014 // New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance Commissioner Ken Kobylowski alerted consumers to the potential loss of insurance coverage in connection with popular business activities known as car-sharing or Transportation...
Study: Number of Adults Without Health Insurance Plummeting in New Jersey
May 27 2014 // A new study finds the number of uninsured adults in New Jersey plummeted as people signed up for the new federal health insurance exchange. The Health Reform Monitoring System, which did polls across the country, found...
New Jersey Housing Board Members Resign Over Sandy Repairs
May 23 2014 // Three members of the New Jersey’s Ocean City Housing Authority board have resigned apparently because of a dispute stemming from the reimbursement of money for Superstorm Sandy repairs. Chairman Ed Price, vice...
Many Jersey Shore Families Still Seeking Normalcy After Sandy
May 22 2014 // Seven months after watching heavy equipment tear down their Superstorm Sandy-wrecked house in Union Beach, N.J., Bart Sutton’s family is settling into a replacement built on the same spot — but much higher in...
N.J. Awards $23.8M Contract to Build Steel Sea Wall in 2 Shore Towns
May 21 2014 // A northern New Jersey firm will get a $23.8 million contract to build a protective steel sea wall in two of the shore communities hardest hit by Superstorm Sandy. The state’s Environmental Protection Department...
Report: N.J. Dispersed Just 25% of Sandy Aid
May 19 2014 // New Jersey officials say they dispersed just 25 percent of the state’s first large allocation of federal Superstorm Sandy aid in the first 11 months. That is a finding of a quarterly state report recently released on...
Health Insurance Broker in N.J. Admits Pocketing Nearly $1M
May 16 2014 // Federal prosecutors say an insurance broker has admitted stealing nearly $1 million while selling health care coverage he knew was fake. Seventy-year-old David Clark of Morristown, N.J., pleaded guilty Wednesday to...
Some N.J. Lawmakers Question Transparency of Sandy Recovery Programs
May 15 2014 // Some New Jersey lawmakers used a hearing Monday to complain that Gov. Chris Christie is not living up to his promise of transparency when it comes to rebuilding after Superstorm Sandy. The Assembly State and Local...
