Latest New Jersey Headlines
All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
N.J. Office of Fraud Prosecutor Charges Pa. Woman with Bilking Money from State Disability Fund
Nov 3 2003 // New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced the Division of Criminal Justice – Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor has charged a Pennsylvania woman with theft, forgery and falsifying documents for allegedly...
Berkeley Township Given Award by N.J. Municipal Joint Insurance Fund
Oct 31 2003 // The New Jersey Township of Berkeley has been presented with a Special Recognition Award for the Most Improved Safety Record by the Garden State Municipal Joint Insurance Fund (GSMJIF). In a ceremony held at the...
So. Brunswick Receives Award from N.J. Municipal Joint Insurance Fund
Oct 30 2003 // The Township of South Brunswick, New Jersey was presented with a Special Recognition Award by the Garden State Municipal Joint Insurance Fund (GSMJIF), for its contributions to the overall success of the Fund. Barry...
IIANJ Joins Insurance Council of New Jersey
Oct 28 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents of New Jersey announced that the organization has recently joined the Insurance Council of New Jersey as an associate member. “ICNJ was established in 1977 and is a nonprofit,...
Report USAA Will Reduce NJ Auto Rates
Oct 27 2003 // The United Services Automobile Association Group, which insures around 91,000 New Jersey drivers, will reportedly begin lowering rates as of the 1st of December. According to a report that appeared in the NJ Star-Ledger,...
N.J. Man Pleads Guilty In Sale of Phony MVC Documents
Oct 21 2003 // New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that an Essex County man has reportedly pleaded guilty to selling fictitious Motor Vehicle Commission documents to an undercover State Investigator assigned to the...
Proformance to Acquire Sentry’s N.J. Auto and Homeowners
Oct 21 2003 // New Jersey’s Proformance Insurance Company announced that it has agreed to acquire the New Jersey auto and homeowners insurance business of Sentry Insurance, a Mutual Company of Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Proformance...
IIANJ Joins ‘Save Choices for Drivers’ Coalition
Oct 13 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents of New Jersey announced that it has joined the “Save Choices for Drivers” coalition recently begun by several insurance industry groups. The organization aims to protect auto...
PIANJ Optimistic on Auto Reform Bill’s Effects
Oct 13 2003 // Judging from recent reports from the Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Inc., the state’s auto reform bill, passed earlier this year, is beginning to have some welcome and quite positive effects in...
IIANJ Comments on Out of State Trust Accounts; ID Cards; Consumer Notices
Oct 10 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents of New Jersey has issued three separate bulletins addressing the problems of out of state trust accounts, multiple ID card forms and consumer notices on automobile insurance. The IIANJ...
PIANJ Praises NJ DOBI Consumer Materials Initiative
Oct 10 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Inc., in a letter to Assistant Commissioner Douglas A. Wheeler, praised the state’s Department of Banking and Insurance for taking the initiative to develop and improve...
N.J. Mother, Son Sentenced for Auto Fraud & Official Bribery Scam
Oct 9 2003 // New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that an East Orange mother and son were sentenced for their reported participation in an organized scheme to illegally obtain valid police accident reports in order to...
NJCRIB Notes Complaints on AIG Terrorist Risk Charges
Oct 9 2003 // New Jersey’s Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau has released an advisory bulletin noting that it has “been receiving complaints from agents and insureds that the AIG companies have been applying a...
AAI Reports Concerns with Implementation of Some N.J. Auto Regulations
Oct 6 2003 // The Alliance of American Insurers submitted comments to New Jersey’s Department of Banking and Insurance expressing support for the Department’s efforts to move quickly in implementing the auto insurance reform...
Special Coverage: NAPSLO Annual Convention
Oct 6 2003 // The NAPSLO Annual Convention took place Sept. 10-14 in San Diego at the San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina. For more Insurance Journal interviews and special video coverage of the NAPSLO Convention, including an...
Special Coverage: NAPSLO Annual Convention
Oct 6 2003 // The NAPSLO Annual Convention took place Sept. 10-14 in San Diego at the San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina. For more Insurance Journal interviews and special video coverage of the NAPSLO Convention, including an...
Hub International Acquires N.J.’s Sondheim & Laughlin, Mass. Commonwealth Insurance Agency
Oct 2 2003 // Chicago-based Hub International announced two new acquisitions to its growing network of regional brokerages. It has acquired the stock of Sondheim & Laughlin, Inc. of Iselin, New Jersey and the assets of Commonwealth...
PIANJ Supports Proposed N.J. Rate Filing Reforms
Oct 2 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Inc. has told Assistant Commissioner Douglas A. Wheeler of the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance that it supports the department’s proposal to modernize...
Alliance Praises N.J. Efforts to Fight Insurance Fraud
Oct 1 2003 // The Alliance of American Insurers has issued an announcement noting that the State of New Jersey has assumed a leadership role in efforts to fight insurance fraud, following a “change in attitude and increased...
PIANJ Letter Addresses Concerns on Auto Policy Regulations
Sep 25 2003 // Professional Insurance Association of New Jersey president John D’Agostino, Jr., CIC, has addressed a letter to Douglas A. Wheeler, Assistant Commissioner of Legislative and Regulatory Affairs for the New Jersey...
