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NAII, Alliance and AIA Comment on NJ Auto Reform Bill’s Passage
May 19 2003 // The National Association of Independent Insurers, the Alliance of American Insurers and the American Insurance Association all had favorable comments on the passage of New Jersey’s Auto Insurance Reform Act. (See...
NJ Assembly Approves Auto Insurance Reform Act
May 19 2003 // On Friday the New Jersey General Assembly unanimously approved The Automobile Insurance Competition and Choice Act (S-63/A-2625), a measure designed to correct “years of politically influenced auto insurance...
PIFC Opposes SB 850
May 13 2003 // The Personal Insurance Federation of California (PIFC) opposes SB 850 by Senator Deborah Ortiz, a bill, notes PIFC, that will pile on more regulation to an already overly regulated insurance system in the state. Dan...
PIANJ President Says Governors’ Plan May Ease Auto Insurance Crisis
May 12 2003 // David Madara, President of The Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Inc.and the organization’s Legislative Representative Leon Zimmerman, attended a press conference on Friday with Governor James E. McGreevey,...
NJ Independent Insurance Agents Raise Over $20,000 for Make-A-Wish Foundation
May 12 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents of New Jersey (IIANJ) recently raised over $20,000 for the New Jersey chapter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation at their 910th Annual IIANJ Charity Golf Outing which was held on May 5, 2003 at...
PIANJ Supports Proposed “Hurricane Deductible” Regulation
May 9 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Inc. has written a letter to Assistant Commissioner Douglas Wheeler of the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance, indicating the organization’s support for the...
PIANJ Offers Suggestions to Help Counter State’s Auto Insurance Availability Crisis
May 8 2003 // Following the recent hearings on reforming New Jersey’s auto insurance coverage regulations, the Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Inc. suggested that the problem with auto insurance availability stems from...
N.J. Reform Approved by Assembly Committee
May 6 2003 // The General Assembly Banking and Insurance Committee in New Jersey approved legislation Monday that will reportedly correct years of politically influenced auto insurance regulations that have eroded the availability of...
The MIIX Group and N.J. DOBI Agree on Form of Order
May 6 2003 // The MIIX Group, Inc., based in Lawrenceville N.J., a provider of medical professional liability insurance, announced that it has agreed to an Order with the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance that sets forth...
Prudential “Spirit of Community Award” for N.J. Youth Volunteers
May 6 2003 // Gideon Sofer, 18, of Highland Park, N.J. was named one of America’s top ten youth volunteers for 2003 in a ceremony today at the International Trade Center, in Washington D.C., receiving a national Prudential Spirit...
Hilb, Rogal and Hamilton Acquires NJ’s Aaron Wolf Agency
May 2 2003 // Virginia-based Hilb, Rogal and Hamilton Company, the world’s tenth largest insurance and risk management intermediary, announced that it has acquired the book of business of The Aaron Wolf Agency, Inc. of Vineland,...
Insurance Orgs. File Brief Urging NJ Supreme Court to Reverse Decision in Split Limits Case
May 2 2003 // The Alliance of American Insurers, joined by the American Insurance Association, the National Association of Independent Insurers and the Insurance Council of New Jersey, have filed an amicus curiae brief with the New...
NJ Creates Task Force on Urban Area Insurance
May 1 2003 // New Jersey’s Insurance Commissioner, Holly C. Bakke, has implemented the call by Governor James E. McGreevey to tackle the special problems the state’s urban consumers face when looking for insurance, with an...
A.M. Best Affirms A+ (Superior) Ratings of Selective Insurance
Apr 30 2003 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of A+ (Superior) of Branchville, NJ-based Selective Insurance Group. “The rating applies to the group’s five intercompany pool members led by Selective...
NYSID Announces Arrest of Man Who Sold False N.J. Auto Insurance to New Yorkers
Apr 25 2003 // New York’s Superintendent of Insurance Gregory V. Serio announced that a joint investigation with the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office and New York Police Department has resulted in the arrest of Jose...
N.J. Insurance Commissioner Issues Bulletin on Professional Liability Coverage for Reservists Called to Duty
Apr 22 2003 // New Jersey Insurance Commissioner Holly C. Bakke has issued an official bulletin reminding insurance carriers that doctors and other professionals called to active duty in the Iraq war have the right to suspend their...
NAII Says N.J. Domestic Violence Law Could Encourage Abuses
Apr 18 2003 // A recently enacted New Jersey law prohibiting discrimination by insurers against individuals or applicants based on a history of domestic violence could reportedly inadvertently open the door for fraud and an unfair...
N.J. Woman Pleads to Guilty to Forging Phony Prescriptions
Apr 16 2003 // New Jersey’s Acting Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that a Hudson County woman pled guilty to forging drug prescriptions as part of a reported scheme to obtain controlled drugs through the use of fraudulent...
Trio of N.J. Residents Charged with Receiving Stolen Cars, Fraud
Apr 14 2003 // New Jersey’s Acting Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that three North Jersey men have been charged via separate Passaic County Grand Jury indictments with conspiracy, receiving stolen property and theft by...
U.S. Congress Hears of N.J. Auto Insurance Crisis
Apr 11 2003 // Federal lawmakers Thursday learned that New Jersey’s auto insurance crisis has impacted more than a quarter million people within the past three years alone, forcing drivers to search for auto insurance in a market...
