Latest New Jersey Headlines
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Irene Floods Northeast; Manhattan Spared Worst
Aug 29 2011 // Hurricane Irene swept through Manhattan Sunday but reserved the worst of its fury for towns and suburbs up and down the northeastern United States, where driving rain and flood tides inundated homes and cut power to...
Irene Damage Assessment Underway; Flood Insurance Losses Could Surge
Aug 28 2011 // Hurricane Irene caused between $200 million and $400 million in insured losses in the Carolinas, catastrophe modeling company EQECAT said Sunday, suggesting the storm may have been far less severe than the insurance...
Hurricane Irene Update: 50 Million People Could Be Affected
Aug 26 2011 // Parts of the southeastern United States were already experiencing dangerous swells and rip tides Thursday as Hurricane Irene exited the Bahamas. On Friday afternoon, ahead of Hurricane Irene’s forecasted arrival in...
Fatal Crash Spotlights New Jersey’s Teen Driving Law
Aug 25 2011 // A New Jersey law barring drivers under 18 from having more than one passenger is in the spotlight after an SUV driven by a 17-year-old and carrying seven teenagers crashed. The driver and three passengers died in last...
Former New Jersey Regulator Joins Board of Community Bank
Aug 23 2011 // A former New Jersey banking and insurance regulator has been named to the North Jersey Community Bancorp board of directors. Steven M. Goldman, who served as commissioner of banking and insurance under Gov. Jon S. Corzine,...
South Jersey Man Sentenced for Filing False Claim
Aug 22 2011 // A Cumberland County man was sentenced for filing a false vehicle theft claim. Casey M. Wendling, 28, of Millville, was sentenced to five years of probation by Superior Court Judge Benjamin Telsey in Cumberland Countyand...
New Jersey Diocese Settles Priest Sex Abuse Case for $1M
Aug 17 2011 // The Diocese of Trenton and lawyers for five men who were abused by a New Jersey priest in the 1970s and 1980s said they have reached a seven-figure settlement. The diocese said allegations against the Rev. Ronald Becker,...
What New Car Insurance Rules Mean for New Jersey
Aug 9 2011 // New Jersey proposed a sweeping overhaul last week to its regulations for the personal injury protection component of auto insurance, hoping to curb rising premiums. The changes affect how and what doctors can bill for...
New Jersey Man Pleads Guilty To Identify Theft Scam
Aug 3 2011 // New Jersey Attorney General Paula T. Dow and Division of Criminal Justice Director Stephen J. Taylor announced that a man from HudsonCounty, N.J. has pleaded guilty to an identity theft scam. According to Acting Insurance...
State Farm to Reduce Size of N.J. Operations Center
Jul 28 2011 // State Farm Insurance Company says it plans to reduce the size of a New Jersey operations center, sending about 500 jobs to New York and Pennsylvania. The company said it intends to downsize its Parsippany office over the...
Allstate Agents Hope Unionization Sparks Changes at Insurer
Jul 26 2011 // Some unhappy Allstate Insurance agents who say the insurer controls them like employees even though they are independent contractors are moving to affiliate with a union. The National Association of Professional Allstate...
Measure Spares N.J. Businesses from Steep Tax Jump
Jul 25 2011 // Gov. Chris Christie has signed legislation that calls for the phasing in of a sharp increase in the state’s unemployment tax rate. Proponents say that will spare businesses from having to immediately pay a hefty...
New Jersey Approves First Captive Insurer
Jul 19 2011 // New Jersey has approved its first captive insurance company under the new law that became effective in May. The Department of Insurance issued a certificate of authority, effective July 1, to the Prudential Insurance Co....
New Jersey Agent Pleads Guilty to Stealing $1.9M
Jul 18 2011 // A former New Jersey insurance agent has pleaded guilty to defrauding nine clients out of more than $1.9 million, state prosecutors said. Daniel J. Trolaro, 35, of Oakland, was working for Prudential Insurance Co. of...
New Jersey Court OKs Workers’ Compensation in Obesity Death Case
Jul 18 2011 // The husband of an obese woman who died of a blood clot after working long hours at her home office is eligible to receive workers’ compensation benefits, a New Jersey appeals court ruled. The case has raised...
Business Moves
Jul 18 2011 // The Hanover, Chaucer Massachusetts-based The Hanover Insurance Group has completed its acquisition of Chaucer Holdings, a specialty Lloyd’s insurance group. The $474 million deal includes $13 million to be paid in...
Falling Concrete Barrier Kills Worker in New Jersey
Jul 13 2011 // An accident has claimed the life of a worker at a construction site on the New Jersey Turnpike. New Jersey State Police say 51-year-old Carmen DiLuzio of Wilmington, Del., was killed Monday morning when a concrete barrier...
New Jersey Agent Pleads Guilty to Stealing $1.9M
Jul 7 2011 // A former New Jersey insurance agent has pleaded guilty to defrauding nine clients out of more than $1.9 million, state prosecutors said. Daniel J. Trolaro, 35, of Oakland, was working for Prudential Insurance Co. of...
New Jersey to Get Almost $50M for Flood Protection
Jul 6 2011 // New Jersey will be getting almost $50 million in federal funds to help bolster the state’s long-term flood protections. Emergency Management authorities announced Tuesday that the Federal Emergency Management Agency...
New Jersey Court OKs Workers’ Compensation in Obesity Death Case
Jun 30 2011 // The husband of an obese woman who died of a blood clot after working long hours at her home office is eligible to receive workers’ compensation benefits, a New Jersey appeals court ruled in a case that raised...
