Latest New Jersey Headlines
All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
NAII Wants Clarification of Proposed N.J. Excess Profit Regulation
Sep 25 2003 // The National Association of Independent Insurers announced that it has asked the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance to be more specific regarding the methodology contained in a proposed regulation dealing with...
NJ YIP’s Schedule Time Management Seminar
Sep 23 2003 // The New Jersey Young Insurance Professionals will offer members and non-members lessons in learning to take control of an overwhelming work environment during its Viewpoints seminar, entitled “Time Management Skills...
Alliance Praises NJ Auto Reforms, but Warns on AB 3531
Sep 22 2003 // The Alliance of American Insurers has issued a bulletin applauding the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance on their efforts “to quickly implement the automobile insurance reforms of SB 63.” Richard...
PIA CT, NH, NJ and NY Join Fall Return to School
Sep 22 2003 // A bulletin from the Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut, New Hampshire, New Jersey and New York State Inc. notes that “summer has come and gone. It’s time for calculators and textbooks—for the...
NAPSLO Special Coverage
Sep 19 2003 // Insurance Journal brings you special video coverage of the NAPSLO Annual Convention that took place Sept. 10-14 in San Diego. Insurance Journal spoke with a number of key leaders in the excess & surplus lines...
N.J. Commissioner Reactivates Med Mal Reinsurance Association
Sep 12 2003 // New Jersey’s Banking and Insurance Commissioner Holly C. Bakke has issued an order to reactivate the state’s long-disused Medical Malpractice Reinsurance Association (MMRA) in order to “assure continued...
N.J. DOBI Issues Guidelines on Mold/Fungus Exclusions
Sep 11 2003 // New Jersey Insurance Commissioner Holly C. Bakke has issued a bulletin to all NJ P/C Insurers giving guidelines on Mold/Fungus Exclusions for personal and Commercial lines. The bulletin, No. 03-24, replaces a previous set...
N.J. Man Sentenced for Participation in Phony Staged Auto Accident Scheme
Sep 10 2003 // New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that an Essex County man has been sentenced in Superior Court for his reported role in an organized scheme to illegally obtain official police accident reports in order to...
PIANJ President’s Open Letter on Passage of Agent Ownership Act
Aug 26 2003 // The following is an open letter from John D’Agostino, President of the Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey, concerning the state’s enactment of legislation to protect the ownership rights of insurance...
N.J. MVC Employee Pleads Guilty in Motor Vehicle Title Scam
Aug 25 2003 // New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that a former Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) supervisor has pled guilty to a charge of official misconduct for reportedly selling a fictitious duplicate motor vehicle...
N.J. Governor Signs Agents’ Rights Bill – ‘Most Important Legislation’ Says PIANJ
Aug 20 2003 // New Jersey Governor James McGreevey signed a bill into law this week that protects agents’ ownership and commission rights when insurance policies are transferred from one company to another. The Professional...
N.J. DOBI Publishes Guide to Credit Scoring for Agents
Aug 12 2003 // New Jersey’s Department of Banking and Insurance has published a useful guide to “what every insurance agent needs to know about credit-based insurance scores” on its Web site:...
Alliance Says Arrival of New Insurer in N.J. a Welcome Event
Aug 8 2003 // The arrival of the first new auto insurer in New Jersey in the past seven years is a positive event for the state’s consumers, according to the Alliance of American Insurers. “The decision by California-based...
Mercury to Travel N.J.’s Roads to Auto Competition
Aug 8 2003 // Thursday’s announcement by Governor James McGreevey that Mercury General will begin selling automobile insurance in the Garden State confirms that the strong and positive message sent by the recent passage of the New...
N.J. Man Pleads Guilty to Fraud Charge
Aug 8 2003 // New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that a Hudson County man has pled guilty to theft by deception for conspiring to use false identities to fraudulently obtain more than $2,000 in health insurance...
