Latest New Jersey Headlines
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N.J. Gov. Christie: Fed Flood Insurance Program ‘Awful’
Mar 1 2013 // New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says federal flood insurance claims from Superstorm Sandy are being paid too slowly.N.J. Gov. Christie, seen here at a Jan. 24 news conference in Seaside Heights, says federal flood insurance...
Study: 3 New Jersey Roads Most Dangerous for Pedestrians
Feb 27 2013 // A new study awards a dubious distinction to three New Jersey roadways. The Tri-State Transportation Campaign finds that from 2009 to 2011, Route 130 in Burlington County, the Blackhorse Pike in Atlantic County and Route 1...
New Jersey Officials Say Safety Trumps Leafy on Garden State Parkway
Feb 27 2013 // The clearing of trees from the median of a 16-mile stretch of the Garden State Parkway is raising some eyebrows. Some motorists are complaining the work between Wall and Toms River is stripping the parkway of the features...
XL, Fisker Reach Settlement Over Sandy-Damaged Cars at N.J. Port
Feb 25 2013 // XL Insurance America Inc. and Fisker Automotive Inc. reached an agreement last week over an insurance dispute involving hundreds of hybrid cars at a New Jersey port that got wrecked by Superstorm Sandy. “Fisker...
New Jersey’s Consolidated Insurance Agents Hires Field Sales Manager
Feb 25 2013 // Consolidated Insurance Agents LLC, a network of independently owned and operated insurance agencies in New Jersey, hired Jocelyn Rineer as field sales manager. Rineer comes to Consolidated from E&K Agency Inc. of...
Data Suggest Some Insurers Handling NFIP Claims Faster Than Others
Feb 25 2013 // Up and down the Atlantic coast, people are telling horror stories about how long it has taken to get an insurance check for flood damage caused by Superstorm Sandy. Nearly 40 percent are still waiting for the final...
FEMA Defends Handling of Sandy Flood Claims
Feb 25 2013 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency is defending its handling of Superstorm Sandy-related flood insurance claims following sharp criticism by New Jersey’s governor. FEMA says more than half of the more than...
Mantoloking Residents Last in New Jersey to Return Home After Sandy
Feb 21 2013 // Doug and Joyce Popaca were accustomed to storms, having lived in Mantoloking near the ocean for 37 years. So when Superstorm Sandy barreled up the coast last October, the couple left their home with scarcely more than a...
Submerged Superstorm Debris Raising Pollution, Boater Safety Concerns
Feb 20 2013 // On the surface, things look calm and placid. Just beneath the waterline, however, it’s a different story. Cars and sunken boats. Patio furniture. Pieces of docks. Entire houses. A grandfather clock, deposited in a...
New Jersey Insurance Fight Won’t Affect Schoolyard Case
Feb 20 2013 // A lawsuit filed by New Jersey officials against an insurance company will not affect payment of a settlement to the families of three college-bound friends who were murdered in a Newark schoolyard in 2007. The Star-Ledger...
New Jersey Hospitals Pioneer Cost-Cutting Model
Feb 19 2013 // When a patient was moved from the intensive care unit to a regular hospital bed, it used to be routine for Dr. Anthony Granato to order 24 hours of heart monitoring, just in case. A few years ago, his thinking changed: If...
N.J. Congressional Delegation Expresses Concern Over NFIP Claims
Feb 15 2013 // On Tuesday Feb. 12, New Jersey’s Congressional delegation sent a letter to Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator W. Craig Fugate, expressing their concern over what the delegation described as “the...
Insurer Reports Sandy Flood Claims Resolving Quickly
Feb 14 2013 // A bulletin by the National Flood Insurance Program helped spur quicker processing of Sandy flood-related claims. Prior to the bulletin, claims were adjusted according to the policy and guidelines established by the Federal...
Lots of Snow but Not Many Power Failures in New Jersey
Feb 12 2013 // New Jersey residents with fresh memories of Superstorm Sandy’s devastation and disruptions woke up last Saturday morning to a blanket of snow from a storm that carried dire predictions but, in comparison, did not...
N.Y.-N.J. Port Authority: Sandy Caused $2B in Damage
Feb 11 2013 // The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will spend more than $2 billion to repair damage from Superstorm Sandy, but the agency’s executive director said last week that the ultimate financial impact should be...
Aon Risk Solutions Names Resident Managing Director in New Jersey
Feb 8 2013 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, appointed Peter Hutton as resident managing director in the New Jersey office. The office is located in Morristown, N.J.Peter HuttonIn his new role,...
Northeast Braces for Powerful Blizzard
Feb 8 2013 // The northeastern United States braced on Friday morning for a blizzard that could drop up to three feet (nearly one meter) of snow through Saturday and bring travel to a halt. Blizzard warnings were in effect from New...
N.J. Announces New Captive Insurer; 8 Captives Approved Since 2011
Feb 7 2013 // The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance announced Wednesday that the department approved Lumerica Insurance Company, a subsidiary of BASF Americas Corporation, to operate as a captive insurer in New Jersey. The...
N.J. Gov. Christie Says Fed Flood Insurance Program Is a ‘Disgrace’
Feb 6 2013 // New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Tuesday the National Flood Insurance Program’s handling of claims in New Jersey has been “a disgrace,” complaining that the program has been far too slow to resolve...
A Living, Lurking Threat in Sandy-Hit Homes: Mold
Feb 5 2013 // Esther Tauscher stood outside her Staten Island, N.Y., home, leafing through boxes of family photos that had been steeped in storm water. She paused to point out life events — her honeymoon, holding her baby boy in a...
