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Jun 6 2005 // MASSACHUSETTS Workers Comp Rates Up 3%: Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Julianne Bowler has approved a 3.0 percent overall average rate reduction in workers’ compensation rates, a savings of $32.6 million in...
Insurers Move to Block N.Y.-N.J. Port Authority $2.1B Claim From 9-11
Jun 3 2005 // Responding to a new claim by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey that it is separately insured for a $2.1 billion “shortfall” in Silverstein property insurance following the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist...
N.J. Insurance Fraud Unit Itself Target of Probe Over Employee Payroll
May 31 2005 // New Jersey’s award-winning office created to root out insurance fraud is under scrutiny itself, with the state auditor probing allegations the insurance industry was billed about $4 million for employees who never...
N.J. Bank-Owned Agency to Give Reward Points to Insureds
May 27 2005 // Commerce Insurance Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Commerce Bancorp based in Cherry Hill, N.J., has unveiled a new Visa Extras rewards program for its personal insurance customers in New Jersey. Customers will...
N.J. Drivers Geared Towards More Savings in 2005
May 25 2005 // New Jersey Banking and Insurance Acting Commissioner Donald Bryan recently announced that during the last two years 64 percent of auto insurance policyholders have received rate reductions or special dividends. Since the...
State Laws Vary on Driving Distractions
May 23 2005 // New Hampshire is the only state that doesn’t require adult motorists to wear seat belts, but it does ticket drivers for eating, drinking, talking on a cell phone or fussing with their makeup while behind the...
N.J. Ruling Clears Way for Loss of Consortium Claims by Gay Couples
May 23 2005 // A judge’s ruling that a same-sex couple can sue for a loss of consortium could expand rights for gays in New Jersey. Superior Court Judge James S. Rothschild Jr. ruled that Judith Peterson and Linda Henry of Fair...
N.J. Ruling Clears Way for Loss of Consortium Claims by Gay Couples
May 23 2005 // A judge’s ruling that a same-sex couple can sue for a loss of consortium could expand rights for gays in New Jersey. Superior Court Judge James S. Rothschild Jr. ruled that Judith Peterson and Linda Henry of Fair...
State Laws Vary on Driving Distractions
May 23 2005 // New Hampshire is the only state that doesn’t require adult motorists to wear seat belts, but it does ticket drivers for eating, drinking, talking on a cell phone or fussing with their makeup while behind the...
AIG Lowers N.J. Auto Rates
May 19 2005 // AIG Auto Insurance said it will lower auto insurance costs for more than 55,000 policyholders in New Jersey. Beginning June 30, 2005, AIG Auto Insurance will implement a 4 percent rate decrease, which will lower auto...
N.J. Ruling Clears Way for Loss of Consortium Claims by Gay Couples
May 16 2005 // A judge’s ruling that a same-sex couple can sue for a loss of consortium could expand rights for gays in New Jersey. Superior Court Judge James S. Rothschild Jr. ruled last week that Judith Peterson and Linda Henry...
The Family That Farms Together, Sells Insurance Together
May 9 2005 // Suydam Agency Firmly Planted in Community It Serves They could sweep me out of my office and I know that the business would continue just fine. But what am I going to do if I’m not here? I’m not going to work...
Hurricane Forecast: New Jersey To Get Hit Sooner or Later
May 9 2005 // For decades, New Jersey has been spared the wrath of major hurricanes, the storms usually veering out to sea before they can wreak havoc on the densely developed coast. But eventually the state’s luck will run out,...
Slivka, Farrell Join New Day Underwriters in N.J.
May 5 2005 // Jeffrey Slivka and Timothy Farrell have joined New Day Underwriting Managers LLC, an environmental insurance wholesale firm, based in Bordentown, N.J. Slivka joins New Day Underwriting as senior vice president of...
N.J. Agency Target of Fraud Investigation
Apr 26 2005 // Vaughn McKoy, director, New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice and Insurance Fraud Prosecutor Greta Gooden-Brown have issued an alert asking Cumberland County residents who may have purchased insurance through the...
N.J. Man Gets Ride to Jail for Auto Scam
Apr 25 2005 // New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice Director Vaughn McKoy announced that a Middlesex County man has been sentenced to prison for his role in an automobile “give up” fraud. According to McKoy and Insurance...
N.J. Doc, Niece Keep Insurance Fraud a Family Matter
Apr 20 2005 // Vaughn McKoy, New Jersey director, Division of Criminal Justice, announced that an Essex County doctor and his niece have been ordered to pay more than $30,000 in restitution and fines after pleading guilty to multiple...
New Jersey Court: Drunk Driver Can Collect Medical Benefits
Apr 14 2005 // In a decision that could affect auto insurance policies for millions of New Jersey drivers, a state appeals court ruled Wednesday that a drunken driver can still collect medical expenses from her carrier. A provision in an...
11th Annual IIABNJ Charity Golf Classic Set for May 3
Apr 7 2005 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New Jersey (IIABNJ) 11th Annual Charity Golf Classic to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation of New Jersey will take place May 3, 2005 at Forsgate Country Club in Monroe...
States Try Narrow and Broad Approaches to Curbing Driving Distractions
Apr 4 2005 // New Hampshire is the only state that doesn’t require adult motorists to wear seat belts, but it does ticket drivers for eating, drinking, talking on a cell phone or fussing with their makeup while behind the...
