Latest New Jersey Headlines
All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
N.J. Man Pulled Over in Auto Theft Ring
Aug 20 2004 // New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that a Hudson County man has been charged by the Division of Criminal Justice – Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor with being the leader of an auto theft...
GEICO Returns to N.J. Auto Market
Aug 16 2004 // New Jersey state officials this morning announced that GEICO has “good news” for state residents. Beginning today GEICO will be selling private passenger automobile insurance in the state. “This is a very...
N.J. Senators Urge Flood Coverage for Basements
Aug 13 2004 // New Jersey’s U.S. senators are maintaining that many residents affected by last month’s flooding in Burlington and Camden counties are being denied monetary relief because of narrowly defined federal flood...
Agent, Senate Pres. Codey Next in Line for New Jersey’s Governorship Following McGreevey Resignation
Aug 12 2004 // The resignation of New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey over his admission of an extramarital affair with another man means that the next in line to the governorship is State Senate President Richard J. Codey, a Democrat from...
N.J. Department Now Heard in 150 Languages
Aug 10 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...
N.J. Family, N.Y. Man Brake for Fraud
Aug 9 2004 // New Jersey Director of Division of Criminal Justice Vaughn McKoy announced that the Division of Criminal Justice, Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor, obtained an indictment charging four individuals with conspiracy,...
PIANJ, Special Olympics Prove a Winning Combo
Aug 9 2004 // It may share the plot line of the Warner Brothers’ flick, Pay it Forward, where the characters discover the joy of parlaying one good deed into another, exponentially affecting the world for the better. But art is...
N.J. Auto Reforms Bring Rewards to Drivers
Aug 6 2004 // New Jersey Banking and Insurance Commissioner Holly Bakke recently commended Liberty Mutual’s decision to return nearly $15 million to more than 200,000 policyholders. Liberty Mutual’s decision brings the total...
Amid Heightened Security, Financial Firms Including Citigroup, AIG, MetLife and Pru Tend to Business
Aug 3 2004 // Police closed several streets in midtown Manhattan and banned trucks from bridges and tunnels leading to the city’s financial district Monday, Aug. 2, following a government warning that terrorists were planning to...
N.J. Medical Society Files Suit to Block State-Approved Oxford Merger with UnitedHealthcare
Aug 3 2004 // The Medical Society of New Jersey has filed a lawsuit to block the merger of Oxford Health Plans (NJ), Inc. and UnitedHealthcare Inc., claiming it would create a health care monopoly that would not benefit consumers. The...
U.S. Places Financial Centers in N.Y., N.J. and D.C. on High Terror Alert
Aug 2 2004 // Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge announced that the government has “specific credible information” causing it to raise to the terrorism threat level to Code Orange for the financial services sector in New...
‘Unsafe’ Drivers in N.J. Face $250 Surcharge
Jul 29 2004 // New Jersey motorists who have been able to escape points for traffic tickets by pleading guilty to the catch-all charge of “unsafe operation of a motor vehicle” are finding it’s now an expensive bargain,...
