Latest New Jersey Headlines
All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
High Court: E-Scooter Rider Hit by Car Not Eligible for No-Fault PIP Benefits
May 15 2024 // A man injured when he was hit by a car while he was operating a low speed Segway electric scooter is not entitled to personal injury protection (PIP) benefits under New Jersey’s no-fault auto insurance law, the...
New Jersey to Launch Innovation Hub for Fintech and Insurtech Startups
May 8 2024 // New Jersey is creating a strategic innovation center for financial (fintech) and insurance (insurtech) technology startups in a partnership with Silicon Valley-based innovation platform Plug and Play. The new innovation...
Newark Wants Cargo Ship Firefighters’ Deaths Handled Under Workers’ Compensation
May 2 2024 // The city of Newark is asking a federal court to dismiss negligence and wrongful death claims against it by the families of two firefighters who died last July while battling a fire on a cargo ship, The city maintains that...
State AG, Atlantic City Casino Union Ask Judge to Dismiss Anti-Smoking Lawsuit
May 1 2024 // Atlantic City’s main casino workers union and the New Jersey attorney general this week asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a different union that seeks to ban smoking at the city’s nine...
Jersey Shore Town and State Agree on Plan to Replenish Eroded Beaches
Apr 30 2024 // A long-running sandstorm at the Jersey Shore could soon come to an end as New Jersey will carry out an emergency beach replenishment project at one of the state’s most badly eroded beaches. North Wildwood and the...
New Jersey Forest Service Says 510-Acre Wharton Wildfire Is 100% Contained
Apr 25 2024 // The New Jersey Forest Fire Service said it has reached 100% containment of a 510-acre wildfire in the area of Jackson Rd. in Wharton State Forest. The fire burned in both Waterford Twp, Camden County and Shamong Twp,...
Auto Insurer’s $10M Fraud Claims Against Doctors Are Subject to Arbitration, Court Rules
Apr 19 2024 // A federal appeals court has sided with three chiropractors in ruling that claims under New Jersey’s personal injury protection statute concerning insurance fraud are subject to arbitration. GEICO has lost its bid to...
The Auto Store in New Jersey Pays $868K to Settle 35 Safety Violations
Apr 17 2024 // One of the East Coast’s largest auto recyclers and used parts suppliers has agreed to pay $868,000 in penalties related to 35 workplace safety violations at its Camden, New Jersey facility. The agreement with The...
Business Moves
Apr 15 2024 // National Risk Strategies, H.W. International Global specialty brokerage Risk Strategies reported it has acquired the U.S. and Canadian operating entities of global insurance holding company, H.W. International B.V. Based...
Workers Sue to End Atlantic City Casinos’ Exemption From Smoking Ban
Apr 8 2024 // Frustrated at having unsuccessfully agitated for over three years to get lawmakers to ban smoking in Atlantic City casinos, workers on Friday tried a new tactic. They filed a lawsuit to try to overturn a law that leaves...
East Coast 4.8 Earthquake Causes Disruption But No Injuries or Sweeping Damage
Apr 7 2024 // An unusual East Coast earthquake shook millions of people from New York and Philadelphia skyscrapers to rural New England on Friday, causing no widespread damage but startling an area unaccustomed to temblors. The U.S....
New York-New Jersey Area Shaken by 4.8 Earthquake
Apr 5 2024 // A 4.8 magnitude earthquake shook the New Jersey-New York area this morning at about 10:23 am, according to the United States Geological Survey. The earthquake’s epicenter was near Whitehouse Station, New Jersey....
Alkeme Acquires New Jersey’s Wharton Lyon & Lyon Agency
Mar 20 2024 // California-based insurance broker Alkeme reported the acquisition of Wharton Lyon & Lyon, a retail insurance agency headquartered in Livingston, New Jersey. Founded in 1912, Wharton Lyon & Lyon is a...
New Jersey Property Flood Risk Disclosure Law Going Into Effect
Mar 19 2024 // A New Jersey law requiring residential and commercial landlords and sellers of real estate to disclose any flood history and potential flood risks to prospective renters and purchasers goes into effect Wednesday, March...
New Jersey Voters May Get to Decide If They Have a Right to a Clean Environment
Mar 19 2024 // New Jersey, known as much for its beaches and blueberries as for the chemical plants and refineries that line some of its major highways, is considering asking voters a fundamental question: Should the state guarantee its...
Business Moves
Mar 18 2024 // East King Insurance Partners, Mehta Insurance Agency Florida-based King Insurance Partners acquired Mehta Insurance Agency, located in Absecon, New Jersey. Mehta Insurance Agency’s offerings include business, flood...
New Jersey Reports Spike in Incidents of Bias in 2023
Mar 12 2024 // Reports in New Jersey of incidents of bias — like antisemitism and anti-Black behavior among others — climbed by 22% last year, according to preliminary data released Thursday by the attorney general. Attorney General...
Insurance Agent Pleads Guilty, Will Testify in Bribery Case Against Senator Menendez
Mar 5 2024 // A former New Jersey insurance agent has agreed to a deal with prosecutors under which he will testify in the federal corruption case against U.S. Senator Bob Menendez. In federal court in Manhattan last Friday, Jose Uribe...
New Jersey City That Limited Street Parking Hasn’t Had a Traffic Death in 7 Years
Mar 5 2024 // Street parking was already scarce in Hoboken, New Jersey, when the death of an elderly pedestrian spurred city leaders to remove even more spaces in a bid to end traffic fatalities. For seven years now, the city of nearly...
People & Places
Mar 4 2024 // National Xceedance, headquartered in Boston, appointed Peter Flynn as senior vice president, personal lines, Americas. Flynn brings 25 years of insurance experience, having spent the first 15 years of his career various...
