Latest New Jersey Headlines
All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Business Moves
Oct 4 2010 // Markel, Hiscox Insurer Markel has acquired the rights to American Live Stock, the animal mortality business of Hiscox Insurance Co. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the companies said it would close the...
Gremesco Sells Florida Office Only to New Jersey Wholesaler PRS
Sep 27 2010 // New Jersey-based Professional Risk Solutions (PRS), a wholesale insurance broker, has purchased the assets of Gremesco of Florida, LLC, one of seven members of the Gremesco group of companies. All of the other offices of...
Guard Adds Two Field Reps in New Jersey and New York
Sep 23 2010 // Pennsylvania-based GUARD Insurance Group has bolstered its sales staff focusing on the New Jersey and New York. Gary May has been named senior field representative for New Jersey and southern New York. May brings over 25...
New Jersey Advances Bill Hiking Cell Phone Fines
Sep 15 2010 // New Jersey lawmakers have advanced a bill that would impose heftier fines for talking or texting while driving. The bill approved Monday by the Senate Law and Public Safety Committee would double the fine for first...
New Jersey Court: Construction Worker Can Sue Employer
Aug 31 2010 // New Jersey workers’ compensation laws do not prevent a construction worker injured in a trench collapse from suing his employer, a state Appeals Court has ruled. The lawsuit — which was originally dismissed by...
Judges Reopen Portions of Bid-Rigging Civil Suit
Aug 20 2010 // A decision by a federal court in Philadelphia has reopened some of the racketeering and antitrust lawsuits that were dismissed three years ago against insurers and brokers who allegedly participated in a bid-rigging scheme...
New Jersey Fire Department Settles Discrimination Case for $15K
Aug 19 2010 // A New Jersey fire department has paid a former volunteer $15,000 to settle her gender discrimination case. As part of the settlement with Merrissa Garretson, members of the Clementon Fire and Rescue company will also...
Cars Explode at New Jersey Taxi Company, Burning Two
Aug 13 2010 // Authorities say a fire in the garage of a New Jersey taxi company caused several cars to explode, burning two employees. Jeff Welz, co-director of North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue, says the fire broke out at Rapido...
Court: Waiver Protects New Jersey Gym With Faulty Bike
Aug 9 2010 // The New Jersey Supreme Court says a liability waiver protects a gym from a lawsuit filed by a customer who was injured by a faulty bike. Gina Stelluti signed a liability waiver before joining Powerhouse Gym in Brick. The...
New Jersey Regulators Want to End Auto Insurance Subsidy Program
Aug 6 2010 // New Jersey insurance regulators plan to eliminate a never-used legal entity designed to monitor and encourage auto insurers to write more business in higher-risk areas of the state. The plan, known as the Territorial...
New Jersey Agent Pleads Guilty to $300K in Thefts
Aug 3 2010 // A New Jersey insurance broker has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $300,000 in premium payments from his clients, according to the state’s attorney general. Under a plea agreement with prosecutors, the state will...
Customers Significantly Less Satisfied With Auto Insurance Companies
Aug 3 2010 // After peaking in 2009, overall customer satisfaction with insurance companies has declined significantly in 2010, largely because of price, according to the J.D. Power and Associates “2010 U.S. National Auto...
Poll: More New Jersey Drivers Are Texting
Aug 2 2010 // More New Jersey motorists surveyed say they’re texting behind the wheel and speeding. But Garden State residents believe New York motorists are the worst drivers. Some 25 percent of New Jersey motorists surveyed in...
Dougherty Named President of New Jersey Subcontractors Association
Jul 30 2010 // William Dougherty has been named president of the New Jersey Subcontractors Association for its 2011 fiscal year. Dougherty is executive vice president & COO for True and Associates, a full-service insurance and...
Agent Gets 3 Years for Pocketing Premiums in New Jersey
Jul 29 2010 // A former Pennsylvania insurance agent has been sentenced to three years in prison for his role in scheme to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars in premiums, according to the New Jersey attorney general’s...
Poll: More New Jersey Drivers Are Texting
Jul 20 2010 // More New Jersey motorists surveyed say they’re texting behind the wheel and speeding. But the Garden State residents believe New York motorists are the worst drivers. Some 25 percent of New Jersey motorists surveyed...
New Jersey Supreme Court: Insurer Must Defend in House Guest Overdose
Jul 19 2010 // An insurance company must defend a homeowner who was sued after a woman overdosed on drugs at a house party he held, the New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled. The ruling by Justice Helen E. Hoens reversed an appeals court...
New Jersey Bill Targets Vehicles Registered Out of State
Jul 19 2010 // New Jersey is taking aim at residents who fraudulently register their vehicles or obtain auto insurance in other states. The Assembly recently passed a measure that makes so-called “reverse rate evasion” a form...
Business Moves
Jul 19 2010 // NetComp NetComp Insurance, a newly-formed program manager based in Columbia, S.C., has opened its online program (www.netcompinsurance.com) for small to-mid size workers’ compensation business to all independent...
Insurance Brokers Plead Not Guilty to New Jersey Fraud
Jul 15 2010 // Three insurance brokers from Maryland have pleaded not guilty to charges that they bilked the city of Perth Amboy, N.J., out of more than $216,000 by collecting payments for a nonexistent wellness program for city...
