Latest New Jersey Headlines
All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
N.J. AG Notes Racketeering Convictions of Pair in Multi-Million Dollar Staged Accident Conspiracy
Oct 16 2004 // New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that a Union County man and a Middlesex County man were convicted this week of racketeering, conspiracy, Health Care Claims Fraud and theft for their roles in a...
N.J. Plastic Surgeon Indicted for Third Time on Insurance Fraud Charges
Oct 14 2004 // New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that An Essex County-based board-certified plastic surgeon has been indicted by the Division of Criminal Justice – Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor for a...
N.J. Office Charges Philadelphia Man With Participation in Auto Scheme
Oct 13 2004 // Vaughn McKoy, director, Division of Criminal Justice, announced that New Jersey’s Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor has charged a Philadelphia man with conspiracy and theft as part of a $23,000 automobile...
FEMA Opens Hurricane Recovery Centers in N.J.
Oct 12 2004 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has opened two disaster recovery centers to help people and businesses whose property was damaged last month by the remains of Hurricane Ivan and subsequent flooding in New...
N.J. Eyes Reducing Urban Auto Rate Subsidies – East – Sept. 17, 2004
Oct 11 2004 // When each company is permitted to develop its own area rating maps, slicing the state into as many as 50 unique pieces, it seems likely that chaos will follow. Yes, the rating territories need some serious tweaking to...
N.J. Agent Charged in Theft of Sales Commissions
Oct 10 2004 // New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that a Monmouth County insurance agent has pleaded guilty to theft charges for stealing more than $43,000 in insurance sales commissions to which he was not...
N.J. Issues Mixed Report on State’s HMOs
Oct 8 2004 // HMOs in New Jersey have improved their performance in several health-related areas but still do not consistently deliver the best possible care, according to an annual state assessment. The rankings, based on 12 areas of...
N.J. Maintains Top Auto Insurance Premium Figures Reflect Years of ‘Suffering’ Before 2003 Reforms
Oct 1 2004 // New Jersey Banking and Insurance Commissioner Holly C. Bakke wasted little time in putting the latest numbers showing the state with the highest average auto insurance premium — $1,113 — in perspective. Those numbers...
N.J. Court Approves Receivership for MIIX Insurance
Oct 1 2004 // MIIX Insurance Co., a subsidiary of The MIIX Group in Lawrenceville, N.J., has been placed into receivership. The Superior Court of New Jersey approved the request from the New Jersey Department of Baking and Insurance,...
N.J. Panel Advances Contractors Insurance Fix
Sep 24 2004 // The New Jersey Assembly Regulated Professions and Independent Authorities Committee this week unanimously released two bills that supporters say will remedy a problem for insurance producers in the issuance of certificates...
PIANJ Golf Classic Sinks Record Amount
Sep 24 2004 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Inc.’s 21st annual PIANJ Golf Classic continued its tradition of supporting Special Olympics New Jersey by raising a record amount of $47,500. Since 1983, PIANJ, in...
Wyrsch Sworn In as N.J. Big ‘I’ Chairman
Sep 23 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of New Jersey (IIABNJ) swore in new officers for the 2004/2005 year at its 111th annual conference in Newport, Rhode Island. Dave L. Wyrsch, Sr., of The Van Dyk Group in Beach...
N.Y., N.J. PORT AUTHORITY JOINS SUIT:
Sep 20 2004 // The government agency that owns the World Trade Center site said it intends to hold Saudi Arabia and nearly 100 other defendants liable for the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people and...
N.J. POSTS MARKET CONDUCT REPORTS:
Sep 20 2004 // New Jersey residents wanting to learn more about an insurance company they do business with can now access market conduct information online. Sixteen insurance company examinations are on the New Jersey Department’s...
N.J. Eyes Reducing Urban Auto Rate Subsidies
Sep 17 2004 // New Jersey urban residents may see their car insurance premiums rise under a state proposal that would give insurance companies more freedom to hike rates. The state Department of Banking and Insurance is considering a...
GEICO Expansion Creates Jobs in Buffalo
Sep 14 2004 // Last month, New Jersey state officials announced that GEICO is now selling private passenger automobile insurance in the state through the company’s Web site, geico.com. This was good news not only for New Jersey...
Former N.J. Neurologist Pleads Guilty to Scam
Sep 7 2004 // New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice Director Vaughn McKoy announced that a former Essex County neurologist has plead guilty to Health Care Claims Fraud as part of a scheme to fraudulently bill an insurance company more...
N.J. Dept. Posts Insurance Company Reviews
Sep 7 2004 // Residents wanting to learn more about an insurance company they do business with can now access market conduct information online. Sixteen insurance company examinations are on the New Jersey Department’s Web site...
N.J. Consumer Advocates Caution on Geico Return
Aug 24 2004 // The re-entrance of Geico into the New Jersey auto insurance market last week may not significantly affect state residents who already have difficulty getting policies, some consumer advocates contend. The state agreed to...
N.J. OFFERS 150 LANGUAGES:
Aug 23 2004 // The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance has new program designed to tear down language barriers and make it possible for consumers to be heard in more than 150 languages. The department has contracted with...
