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Azzolini Joins N.J.-Based NIP Programs as Manager for New SitePro Program
Feb 21 2008 // Christie Azzolini has joined the team at NIP Programs in Woodbridge, N.J. as a program manager leading the newly-developed SitePro insurance program, which targets site preparation and land improvement...
Sharpshooters Target Deer in Crowded N.J. County
Jan 31 2008 // On a Maplewood, N.J. hilltop with breathtaking views of New York’s skyline, sharpshooters perched in trees took aim Tuesday at white-tailed deer, a species being crowded out of one of the nation’s most densely...
10 Tips for Mass. Insurance Agents Moving into Competitive Market
Jan 29 2008 // Massachusetts independent agents are facing a challenge to hang onto their whopping 86 percent market share in personal lines as the state embarks upon a new competitive auto insurance system that will bring some of the...
N.J. Eases Investment Rules for Carriers
Jan 27 2008 // Garden State lawmakers recently approved rules that give insurance companies greater flexibility in their investments. Signed by Gov. Jon S. Corzine earlier this month, the new law allows domestic property and casualty...
AIG to Pay $42.5 Million to Cleanup After Failed Company
Jan 27 2008 // The American International Specialty Lines Insurance Co. Inc. (AISLIC) has agreed to pay $42.5 million to clean up contamination at four industrial facilities run by a bankrupt insured in a suit in which the Department of...
N.J. Clears Way for Private Choppers to Respond To Crashes
Jan 24 2008 // New rules clear the way for private helicopters to be first on the scene of major accidents in New Jersey. But it will cost patients and their insurance companies more. Previously, the companies could only respond if State...
N.J. Distributes $16.4M in Medical Malpractice Insurance Subsidies
Jan 22 2008 // New Jersey Banking and Insurance Commissioner Steven M. Goldman reported that the state began sending subsidies of $16.4 million last month to eligible medical practitioners in certain high-risk specialties. The subsidy...
PCI Praises New N.J. Insurance Bill
Jan 16 2008 // A trade group for insurance companies is lauding the passage of a New Jersey bill that gives companies greater flexibility in the types of investments they can make. The new law, passed earlier this month, expands domestic...
N.J. Red Light Camera Bill Awaits Gov. Corzine’s Signature
Jan 10 2008 // New Jersey drivers may soon be posing for unwanted portraits. The Legislature this week voted to allow municipalities to install cameras to catch drivers disobeying traffic signals. The bill needs Gov. Jon S....
N.J. Man Dies after Being Trapped Under Own Car
Jan 7 2008 // An elderly man from New Jersey died after being crushed beneath his own car while trying to maneuver around a shopping cart. Eighty-one-year-old William Peters had the door of his 2000 Mercury open as he was trying to back...
N.J. Relaxes Rules for Writing Personal Auto Insurance
Jan 4 2008 // New Jersey auto insurance agents will have a lot easier time quoting and writing new policies under a bill signed yesterday by Gov. Jon S. Corzine. The bill, which had awaited his signature since last month, eliminates the...
Squabble Over Mich. Drug Law Intensifies After Vioxx Settlement
Dec 23 2007 // More than 1,000 Michigan residents could end up getting part of a $4.85 billion national settlement if they or their loved ones took the painkiller Vioxx. But that hasn’t squelched a firestorm over the state’s...
Tort Reform Group Labels One N.J. County A ‘Judicial Hellhole’
Dec 19 2007 // Atlantic County, N.J. has earned a dubious ranking: It’s one of six “judicial hellholes” nationwide, according to one tort reform group. “Personal injury lawyers seem to have gained a monopoly in...
N.J. Dry Cleaner Who Lost Suit Makes Santa’s Naughty List
Dec 19 2007 // A Cherry Hill, N.J. dry cleaner now knows how to get on Santa’s naughty list: lose his suit. Donning a new red velvet suit with soft white trim and shiny black boots, a perfectly jolly Max Weisberg arrived through...
N.J. Turnpike Drops Lawsuit Against Deceased Drivers
Dec 19 2007 // The New Jersey Turnpike Authority admits it made a mistake suing two dead motorists for damage to the toll road. Four people died and four were injured when a truck loaded with bricks rear-ended a car last year, triggering...
Merchants Begins Writing in N.J.
Dec 17 2007 // Buffalo, N.Y.-based Merchants Mutual Insurance Co. said its newly formed subsidiary, Merchants Preferred Insurance Co., has begun writing personal and commercial insurance in New Jersey. Unlike its parent company, which...
Squabble over Mich. Drug Law Intensifies after Vioxx Settlement
Dec 17 2007 // More than 1,000 Michigan residents could end up getting part of a $4.85 billion national settlement if they or their loved ones took the painkiller Vioxx. But that hasn’t squelched a firestorm over the state’s...
N.J. Senate Passes Agent-Friendly Auto Insurance Changes
Dec 11 2007 // New Jersey insurance agents would no longer be required to offer auto insurance quotes from all of their companies under a bill recently passed by the state’s legislature. The bill, which carries the backing of both...
S&P Details Actions Taken on ‘Public Information’ Ratings
Dec 10 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has announced various rating actions on insurance companies with public information (pi) ratings. S&P explained that “ratings with a ‘pi’ subscript are...
N.J.-Based Dowell Agency Offers Exclusive Program to Watchmakers
Nov 16 2007 // New Jersey based Dowell Insurance Agency Inc., and Integrated Assurance Solutions (Dowell / IAS) announced a new marketing alliance with the American Watchmakers-Clockmakers Institute (AWCI) whereby Dowell / IAS will...
