Latest New Jersey Headlines
All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Business Moves
Oct 19 2009 // Norfolk & Dedham, Rockingham Two East Coast-based mutual insurance companies have formed a mutual alliance that they say allows them to achieve efficiencies, diversification and spread of risk without actually merging...
New Jersey Agents Group Elects New Leadership
Oct 8 2009 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of New Jersey (IIABNJ) has elected new leadership. Terry M. Ryan of Hanson & Ryan in Totowa will serve as the new chairman of the association. Ronald Gansfuss of Gansfuss...
The NIA Group Acquires Benefits Team
Oct 1 2009 // New Jersey-based brokerage The NIA Group has acquired J. Lindsay Fuller, CLU Inc. and USC Administrative Services, an employee benefits operation based in Moorestown, New Jersey. As part of the asset acquisition, J....
New Jersey Insurance Worker on Turning 100: ‘I Don’t Feel or Think Old’
Sep 28 2009 // Astrid Thoenig got dressed, went to work and sat at her desk smiling last Thursday as she slid her finger gently under the envelope flap of yet another identical birthday card. They don’t make that many that say...
Employers Must Keep Company Picnics and Team-Building Activities Voluntary
Sep 21 2009 // When Fun ‘n Games at Work Take a Bad Turn Phyllis Young and her co-worker and friend, Sarah Bales, won the hula-hoop contest and the balloon toss, making them the favorites to also win the three-legged sack...
Attorney: Ford Settles New Jersey Toxic Waste Lawsuit
Sep 8 2009 // The Ford Motor Co. has settled a lawsuit filed by residents of a northern New Jersey town over toxic waste dumped there nearly 40 years ago. The settlement was announced in state Superior Court on Thursday. Details were...
Concerns over Falling Furniture, TVs Spur New Jersey Bill
Sep 8 2009 // Concerned about the increasing number of children across the nation being injured by falling furniture and televisions, lawmakers in New Jersey want manufacturers to do more to help prevent such tip-over accidents. The...
Settlements Reached in Deaths of 3 New Jersey Boys
Sep 7 2009 // The families of three Camden, New Jersey boys who died in the trunk of a parked car four years ago have reached a settlement with its manufacturer. But separate civil lawsuits filed against Camden, its police department,...
New Jersey College Offers Insurance Degree
Sep 2 2009 // A new associate’s degree program is being offered at a community college in New Jersey to prepare students for work in the insurance industry. The program at Mercer County Community College in Trenton was developed...
New Jersey Mandates Fuller Hospital Error Disclosures
Sep 1 2009 // New Jersey hospitals will soon have to make public more detailed information on medical errors. The legislation — which also bars hospitals from charging insurers or patients for procedures to correct certain medical...
Settlements Reached in Deaths of 3 New Jersey Boys
Aug 24 2009 // The families of three Camden boys who died in the trunk of a parked car four years ago have reached a settlement with its manufacturer. But separate civil lawsuits filed against Camden, its police department, officers who...
New Jersey Insurer Markets Auto Coverage Using Highway Art
Aug 17 2009 // New Jersey personal auto insurer Palisades is using a unique approach to market itself: an “art gallery” of 13 highway billboards across the state. The images were picked by online voting and were pared down...
New Jersey to Implement Fee Schedule for PIP Payments
Aug 12 2009 // The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance can legally implement a fee schedule for doctors who treat patients with injuries covered through Personal Injury Protection (PIP) coverage, a New Jersey Court has...
Patient Sues New Jersey Doc in Hepatitis B Outbreak Case
Aug 10 2009 // A New Jersey oncologist whom health officials suspect was responsible for a hepatitis B outbreak earlier this year has been sued by one of his patients. Roland Jacobsen, of Manchester, claims he contracted the disease...
New Jersey Case Tests Overseas Reach of Workers’ Comp Law
Aug 3 2009 // School Wants to Eliminate Workers’ Comp for Workers in Foreign Countries A New Jersey nonprofit that hired workers to teach in foreign countries is not required to provide workers’ compensation insurance for...
Insurers to Pay $2.8M in New Jersey Strip-Search Settlement
Aug 3 2009 // A southern New Jersey county has approved a $4 million settlement that could end a class-action lawsuit over strip searches done at its jail. The suit claimed unnecessary strip searches were conducted on thousands of men...
New Jersey Case Tests Overseas Reach of Workers’ Comp Law
Jul 23 2009 // A New Jersey nonprofit that hires workers to teach in foreign countries is not required to provide workers’ compensation insurance for those employees, a New Jersey appeals court has ruled. The decision — which...
Height of New Jersey Beach Dunes Kicks up Political Sandstorm
Jul 22 2009 // Where’s the beach? That’s the question some oceanfront homeowners are asking, bothered that the dunes are blocking their ocean views. A sandstorm is brewing in Atlantic City, where businesses and the City...
People
Jul 20 2009 // Colemont Insurance Brokers has named John Cleary as vice president and casualty broker. Cleary will be physically located in New Jersey, but he will be working as part of the Hartford, Connecticut office. He brings over 25...
Jasey Named New Jersey Insurance Commissioner
Jul 20 2009 // Neil Jasey has been appointed commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance. Jasey Replaces replaces former Commissioner Steve Goldman, who recently departed the role to return to private law...
