Latest New Jersey Headlines
All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
N.J. still tops
Oct 8 2007 // New Jersey drivers still pay more for auto insurance than residents of any other state, but the gap is shrinking. According to a study from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, the average Garden State...
8 N.J. still rates at the top
Oct 8 2007 // Competition helps but drivers still pay most 8 Maine cop hit by police car covered Court rules in the case of a stolen police car 8 N.Y. to issue illegal immigrants licenses Supporters see fewer uninsured...
N.J. still tops
Oct 8 2007 // New Jersey drivers still pay more for auto insurance than residents of any other state, but the gap is shrinking. According to a study from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, the average Garden State...
Class Action Suit Filed Against N.J. Meat Plant, Markets
Oct 5 2007 // As government scientists searched for the source of a multistate E. coli outbreak linked to frozen hamburgers, a class-action lawsuit was filed Wednesday against the New Jersey producer of the patties and supermarkets that...
States Sue Bush Over Limits on Children’s Health Insurance
Oct 3 2007 // Several states say they will challenge the Bush administration in federal court over its new rules that block the expansion of a health insurance program for children from low-income families. Arizona, California,...
New Residents in N.J. Must Now Register Vehicles Within 60 Days
Oct 2 2007 // New New Jersey residents now have 60 days to register vehicles with the state under a new law signed by Gov. Jon S. Corzine. State law had allowed new residents to maintain their vehicle registrations with their previous...
First Guard Insurance Adds N.C. and N.J. to License List
Sep 28 2007 // Venice, Fla.-based First Guard Insurance Co., will begin writing business direct in North Carolina and New Jersey effective Jan. 1, 2008. Currently, FGIC is licensed in twenty-three states, primarily concentrated east of...
Gravel Company Seeks Damages Recovery from Military for N.J. Blaze
Sep 25 2007 // Four homes were destroyed and 37 other damaged by a raging forest fire in the Pinelands last May, but a sand and gravel company is seeking more than 98 percent of the damages sought from the military for causing the...
News Currents
Sep 24 2007 // N.J. hockey case could redefine spectator liability Denise M. Sciarrotta was thrilled with the seats her family had for the minor league hockey game. They were close to the action as they watched players take practice...
From the Big Apple to the Corn State
Sep 24 2007 // From the executive office of the Greater New York Mutual Insurance Companies on Madison Avenue in the heart of New York City, Warren Heck, chairman and chief executive officer, can see Illinois. “It’s...
N.J. bans business auto ‘step-downs’
Sep 24 2007 // New Jersey insurance agents praised Gov. Jon Corzine for signing into law a bill that bans so-called step-down provisions in businesses’ motor vehicle liability policies and frees agents from a having to advise...
News Currents
Sep 24 2007 // 11 N.J. public officials caught in FBI insurance sting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Christopher J. Christie talks in Trenton, N.J. on Sept. 6 about the investigation with the FBI that led to arrests of 11 public officials...
Business Moves
Sep 24 2007 // HRH, Bank of America Insurance broker Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Co. has agreed to purchase Banc of America Corporate Insurance Agency, L.L.C., a segment of Bank of America, N.A., and a middle market insurance intermediary in...
11 N.J. public officials caught in FBI insurance sting
Sep 24 2007 // Federal agents arrested and charged 11 New Jersey local public officials with taking bribes in exchange for giving public contracts to a fake insurance brokerage set up by investigators. The investigation netted five...
N.J. bans business auto ‘step-downs’
Sep 24 2007 // New Jersey insurance agents praised Gov. Jon Corzine for signing into law a bill that bans so-called step-down provisions in businesses’ motor vehicle liability policies and frees agents from a having to advise...
N.J. Agents Create Web Site to Attract College Students’ Resumes
Sep 21 2007 // The New Jersey Young Insurance Professionals and the Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Inc., are calling for college students to submit their resumes to Project Y (http://www.projectynj.org), the...
N.Y., N.J. Port Authority to Require Contractors to Provide Health Coverage
Sep 21 2007 // The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has initiated a policy requiring parking lot, landscaping, cleaning and other contractors it uses to carry health insurance for their employees. The stated policy will require...
Air Force: N.J. Forest Fire Could Cost $200 Million
Sep 11 2007 // Air Force officials are reviewing more than $200 million in claims stemming from the forest fire that destroyed 17,000 acres of the Pinelands in May. The Air Force estimates it has paid approximately $2 million to...
Agents Welcome N.J. Ban on Business Auto Liability ‘Step-Downs’
Sep 11 2007 // New Jersey insurance agents praised Gov. Jon Corzine for signing into law a bill that bans so-called step-down provisions in businesses’ motor vehicle liability insurance policies and frees agents from a having to...
Vioxx Gains Big Win with N.J. High Court’s Rejection of Class Action
Sep 7 2007 // New Jersey’s Supreme Court has rejected a class-action lawsuit against Merck & Co. over its withdrawn painkiller Vioxx. The ruling is a huge legal victory for the drugmaker, which faces nearly 27,000 individual...
