New Jersey will be getting almost $50 million in federal funds to help bolster the state’s long-term flood protections. Emergency Management authorities announced Tuesday that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved grants to flood-proof properties and minimize the impact …
TD Insurance has named Joseph W. Valerio senior vice president – regional sales manager for the Mid-Atlantic region. Valerio will be based in Mt. Laurel, N.J., and will be responsible for market growth and sales leadership through a network of …
The husband of an obese woman who died of a blood clot after working long hours at her home office is eligible to receive workers’ compensation benefits, a New Jersey appeals court ruled in a case that raised questions about …
High Point Auto Insurance, Palisades Insurance and Teachers’ Insurance Plan of New Jersey all have a new brand name, Plymouth Rock Assurance. Over the next several months, current High Point, Palisades and Teachers’ Insurance customers will start to see the …
Short Hills, N.J.-based insurance broker Bollinger Inc. has acquired the Cranford, N.J. agency, The Property and Casualty Group (PCG). Terms were not disclosed. PCG It sells commercial and personal insurance in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut. The agency was …
Coast Guard figures show New Jersey bucked a national trend of record low recreational boating deaths in 2010. Eight people died in boating accidents in the Garden State last year, two more than in 2009. There have been no deaths …
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey can be sued for negligence over the collapse of a World Trade Center building in the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001, a U.S. appeals court ruled Tuesday. The agency is one …
A New Jersey fishing boat owner is charged in a botched attempt to sink his vessel to collect insurance money. A federal indictment unsealed Wednesday charges 38-year-old Scott Tran of Cherry Hill, and three other men. Authorities say Tran wanted …
The Evesham, New Jersey Township Planning Board has approved a proposal to build a heliport despite objections from a nearby hospital and residents. Permission for the landing area was requested by the insurance firm Conner, Strong & Buckelew, whose chairman …
United Frontier Mutual Insurance Co. is now a member of Mutual Service Office Inc. (MSO), a New Jersey-based rating service bureau. United Frontier, based in Lockport, N.Y., is a P/C insurer that was founded in 1877 as The Farmers Mutual …
