Latest New Jersey Headlines
All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Marsh & McLennan Settles Pension Plans’ Suit for $400 Million
Nov 16 2009 // Insurance broker Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. will pay $400 million as part of a class action settlement filed five years ago by state pension plan administrators in New Jersey and Ohio in connection with a probe of the...
Safety First
Nov 15 2009 // Amid all the federal wrangling over national health insurance reform, many states in the Northeast and elsewhere are focusing on smaller, targeted efforts that affect property/casualty insurers as much or more than health...
New Jersey Now Providing More Detailed Patient Safety Data
Nov 10 2009 // For the first time, New Jersey consumers can access detailed information on patient safety at hospitals throughout the Garden State. State health officials recently released a report that shows each hospital’s...
New Jersey’s Synergy Opens California Office
Nov 3 2009 // Synergy Professional Associates, of Kinnelon, N.J., has announced that Myles Alonzo has recently joined Synergy as manager of their new West Coast office. Alonzo will be based out of the San Francisco Bay Area and will be...
Noto Joins Swett & Crawford in New Jersey
Oct 29 2009 // Swett & Crawford has hired Carmela Noto as a broker in the insurance wholesaler’s Morristown, New Jersey office. The insurance industry veteran has long-term experience in marketing and managing commercial...
Gard Joins Jimcor in New Jersey
Oct 22 2009 // Jimcor Agencies has hired Matthew Gard as brokerage specialist in its Montvale, New jersey branch office. Gard has more than 15 years of experience in the commercial lines wholesale industry. Source: Jimcor Agencies
New Jersey to Penalize Drivers for Ice and Snow Left on Vehicles
Oct 20 2009 // New Jeresy Gov. Jon Corzine has signed into law a bill that requires all drivers in the state to make reasonable efforts to remove ice and snow from their vehicles. The bill allows police to stop vehicles they believe pose...
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...
