Latest New Jersey Headlines
All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
N.J. to Publicize Firms with High Number of Uninsured Employees
Aug 23 2006 // New Jerseyans will get to know which businesses in their state have many employees receiving publicly funded health care. Following a report that found major companies such as Wal-Mart have hundreds of state workers...
Merck Weighing Options After Legal Setbacks in Vioxx Cases
Aug 18 2006 // Reacting to a couple of legal setbacks related to its embattled arthritis medication, Vioxx, U.S. drug manufacturer Merck & Co. said it is weighing legal options in regards to separate rulings in New Jersey and...
N.J. Jury Awards $11.2 Million to Man Hit By Cargo Box
Aug 17 2006 // A jury in New Jersey has awarded an Atlantic Highlands man $11.2 million for injuries suffered when a cargo container fell off a truck and onto the driver’s side of his car. Paul Dolan, 42, sued Piscataway-based...
N.J. Governor Vows to Unveil Health Insurance Plan in Sept.
Aug 9 2006 // New Jersey will consider adopting a program that “approaches universal health care” as it seeks to provide health insurance to small businesses and uninsured residents, the governor said recently. Gov. Jon S....
N.J. Statehouse Flooding Has Cost in Excess of $2 Million
Aug 1 2006 // Flood damage at the New jersey Statehouse parking garage that was built in a Delaware River flood plain has cost the state about $2 million since September 2004, according to state officials. The 1,100-space garage in...
NJ PURE Medical Malpractice Insurer Receives Favorable Financial Rating From S.A.S.
Jul 25 2006 // Standard Analytical Service (SAS) Rating for NJPURE Is Higher Than For The 15 Largest Companies Princeton NJ – New Jersey Physicians United Reciprocal Exchange (NJ PURE), a leading NJ medical malpractice insurer,...
N.J. auto restrictions: a troubling turn
Jul 24 2006 // You don’t need to conduct any kind of sophisticated market research in order to understand the effects of New Jersey’s 2003 auto insurance reform law. Just drive down the New Jersey Turnpike, where you...
Merck Wins New Jersey Vioxx Case
Jul 24 2006 // A New Jersey jury found in favor of Merck & Co. Inc. earlier this month, rejecting the claims of a patient who blamed her heart attack on nearly three years of Vioxx use. The jury found that Merck acted responsibly in...
The Hanover Expands Connections Auto Program to N.H., N.J.
Jul 19 2006 // The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. is expanding its popular Connections Auto product into New Hampshire and New Jersey. Connections Auto is a state-of-the-art, multi-variate auto product with nearly limitless customer...
Merck Wins New Jersey Vioxx Case
Jul 13 2006 // Merck & Co., Inc. today said it was pleased that a New Jersey found in its favor, rejecting the claims of a patient who blamed her heart attack on nearly three years of Vioxx use. The jury found that Merck acted...
N.Y, N.J. Agents Cite Progress in Campaign Against GEICO Flyers
Jul 12 2006 // Since the inception of a controversial move by the Department of Motor Vehicles, the Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. has taken the position that it is improper for the DMV to include ads from...
Bollinger Rated One of N.J.’s Best Places to Work
Jul 7 2006 // For the second consecutive year, Bollinger, Inc. with New Jersey offices in Short Hills, Moorestown and Princeton, has been selected as one of the Best Places to Work in New Jersey. Bollinger placed #6 in the large company...
Geico defends auto rating criteria in N.J.
Jul 3 2006 // New Jersey state Senator Nia Gill, D-Essex, has sponsored a bill to ban auto insurance companies from taking education and occupation into account when setting policy prices, arguing that the practice is discriminatory and...
Geico defends auto rating criteria in N.J.
Jul 3 2006 // New Jersey state Senator Nia Gill, D-Essex, has sponsored a bill to ban auto insurance companies from taking education and occupation into account when setting policy prices, arguing that the practice is discriminatory and...
Former N.J. Cop Gets 1-Year for ‘Chop-Shop’ Car Insurance Fraud
Jun 28 2006 // A former Hillside, New Jersey police officer has been sentenced to one year in jail and barred from public employment for taking part in a chop shop insurance scheme. Dennis Melendez, who had been on the Hillside...
Declarations
Jun 19 2006 // N.J. pays premium Flood insurance is a particularly salient issue for my home state of New Jersey. Surrounded by the Delaware River to the west and the Hudson River and Atlantic Ocean to the east, New Jersey is especially...
Bollinger Acquires 2 More N.J. Agencies, Hopgood and Windsor
Jun 15 2006 // Bollinger, Inc., a national privately held insurance broker, has acquired Windsor Benefit Consultants, Inc. and James E. Hopgood & Associates of Denville, N.J. Both firms’ employees will relocate to...
N.J. Lawmaker Not Swayed by Geico’s Defense of Rating Criteria
Jun 15 2006 // Auto insurance companies that use a person’s education and occupation to set rates are discriminatory and circumvent laws against using race and income to calculate prices, a state senator said this week. After...
N.J. Agents Elect Anderson as Association President
Jun 14 2006 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Inc. has elected officers for for 2006-2007, with Andrew Anderson of Beach Haven, N.J., being chosen president. He is executive vice president and secretary of the G....
Insurers Defend Job, Education as Auto Insurance Pricing Criteria in N.J.
Jun 13 2006 // Insurance industry representatives urged New Jersey lawmakers not to restrict insurers’ use of certain rating variables including occupation and education in the pricing of auto insurance policies, insisting that the...
