Latest New Jersey Headlines
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N.J. Groups Call for Changes, Greater Transparency in Sandy Aid Distribution
Jan 16 2014 // Housing advocates and civil rights groups in New Jersey are calling for more help for renters and greater transparency for the state’s next allocation of federal Sandy recovery funds. Fair Share Housing Center and...
N.J. Police Officer Loses Job, Sentenced to 3 Years Probation for Insurance Fraud
Jan 15 2014 // A Newark, New Jersey, police officer who had his sport utility vehicle set on fire and then filed a false insurance claim has been spared a prison term. Essex County prosecutors in New Jersey say 41-year-old Johnathan...
New Day Underwriting Managers Appoints Account Manager in N.J.
Jan 15 2014 // New Day Underwriting Managers LLC, a Bordentown, N.J.-based environmental and construction-related professional liability resource for insurance agents and brokers, has named Mara Majeeda as an account manager within the...
Feds to Audit N.J. Gov. Christie’s Use of Sandy Relief Funds
Jan 13 2014 // New Jersey Governor Chris Christie faces a federal investigation over his use of $25 million of Hurricane Sandy relief money for a commercial he starred in promoting tourism at the New Jersey shore. The inspector...
N.J.’s Sandy Claims Mediation Program Recovered $3.42M Since May
Jan 13 2014 // New Jersey’s mediation program to assist residents with unresolved insurance claims related to Superstorm Sandy has recovered $3.42 million for consumers since the program was launched last May, New Jersey Gov. Chris...
N.J. Third-Party Insurance Administrator Sentenced for Stealing $462K
Jan 10 2014 // The primary owner and operator of a third-party insurance administrator in New Jersey has been sentenced to seven years in state prison after being convicted at trial of stealing approximately half a million dollars from a...
N.J. Assembly Hearing Focuses on Pace of Sandy Aid Distribution
Jan 10 2014 // Fifteen months after Superstorm Sandy pounded New Jersey, the state has distributed nearly half the $1.8 billion in initial funding it received from the federal government, the state’s community affairs commissioner...
N.J. Contractor Pleads Guilty to Providing False Insurance Certificate
Jan 9 2014 // A southern New Jersey man has admitted he provided a false insurance certificate and worked as an unregistered contractor following Superstorm Sandy, even after authorities revoked his registration Monmouth County...
Home Fire Sprinkler Bill Advances in New Jersey
Jan 8 2014 // New homes in New Jersey might need to have fire sprinklers. A Senate committee on Monday approved the measure. It awaits a vote in the chamber. The measure would apply to newly constructed homes. It would not apply to...
CBIZ Acquires Centric Insurance Agency in New Jersey
Jan 8 2014 // Cleveland-based CBIZ Inc. announced that it acquired substantially all the assets of Centric Insurance Agency in New Providence, New Jersey, effective Jan. 1, 2014. Established in 1994, Centric Insurance Agency is an...
Insurance Broker and Former Toms River, N.J., Mayor Get Prison Sentence
Jan 7 2014 // A New Jersey insurance broker and the former mayor of Toms River, N.J., were each sentenced Monday for separate schemes involving officials of Toms River and the former insurance broker for the Toms River regional school...
Prudential Fraud Claims Against Goldman Sachs Over Securities Dismissed
Jan 7 2014 // Prudential Financial Inc. agreed to dismiss its claims that Goldman Sachs Group Inc. engaged in fraud and racketeering in selling $375 million of residential mortgage-backed securities, a court order shows. U.S. District...
N.J. Sen. Menendez Calls on Congress to Delay Flood Insurance Rate Hikes
Jan 3 2014 // U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) on Thursday joined residents and local officials in Brick, N.J., to call on Congress to pass the Homeowner’s Flood Insurance Affordability Act. The bipartisan, bicameral bill,...
Sandy Drives Older New Jersey Residents to Senior Housing
Jan 2 2014 // Chased by Hurricane Sandy from their waterfront homes, a large number of older residents in Little Egg Harbor Township, N.J., are finding new homes among the township’s five 55-and-older developments. The migration...
N.J. Division of Highway Traffic Safety Shares New Year’s Eve Safety Tips
Dec 30 2013 // With New Year’s Eve known to be one of the biggest party nights of the year, the New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety is reminding New Jerseyans to ensure they have a safe and sober way to get home should...
In N.Y., N.J., Disparities Emerge in How Quickly Sandy Victims Get Federal Aid
Dec 27 2013 // As a second New Year since Superstorm Sandy approaches, many coastal residents are still waiting for New York, New Jersey and New York City to distribute billions of federal dollars that were intended to go directly to...
USI Appoints Senior Vice President of Personal Lines in New Jersey
Dec 23 2013 // USI Insurance Services announced today that James P. Kane will join the firm as senior vice president of personal lines effective Jan. 1, 2014. Kane will be responsible for USI’s nationwide personal insurance...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires McIntyre Risk Management in New Jersey
Dec 23 2013 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced its acquisition of McIntyre Risk Management LLC in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 2002, McIntyre Risk Management is a retail...
New Jersey Chiropractor Sentenced in $89K Insurance Fraud
Dec 22 2013 // A northern New Jersey chiropractor was sentenced to state prison for causing false documentation to be submitted to insurance companies and subsequently receiving over $89,000 to which he was not entitled. Joseph Salomone,...
New Jersey Roofer Indicted for Alleged Workers’ Compensation Fraud
Dec 22 2013 // Authorities have charged the head of a central New Jersey roofing company with stealing more than $265,000 through alleged insurance fraud. The state attorney general’s office says Charles Kelcy Pegler Sr., was...
