Latest New Jersey Headlines
All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Double Duty: Agent-Soldiers Who Serve Their Country and Their Customers
May 10 2007 // Twenty-nine year old Peter Webb served his country in the U.S. Marines for eight years. Since then, Sergeant Webb has spent four years serving small businesses as an account manager and producer for an Oklahoma City...
Declarations
May 7 2007 // N.J. exit “I realize there are a lot of pressing issues in the state, but none more pressing than a hurricane bearing down upon us.” New Jersey Assemblyman Brian E. Rumpf, a Republican from Atlantic, Burlington...
Declarations
May 7 2007 // Declarations N.J. exit “I realize there are a lot of pressing issues in the state, but none more pressing than a hurricane bearing down upon us.” New Jersey Assemblyman Brian E. Rumpf, a Republican from...
N.J. Man Pleads Guilty in Atlantic City Insurance Scandal
May 3 2007 // An Atlantic City insurance consultant pleaded guilty this week to bribing two city councilmen in a corruption scandal that rocked the resort city’s municipal government. Three of the nine people who served on the...
N.J. Gov. Corzine, Injured in Crash, Pays Seat Belt Fine
May 3 2007 // New Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine has voluntarily paid a $46 fine for violating state law by not wearing a seat belt during the trip in which a car accident almost killed him, his spokesman said. Corzine met with State Police...
N.J. Lawmakers Urge Action on Shore Evacuation Plan
May 1 2007 // Some Jersey shore legislators say the formation of a task force meant to make changes to shore-area evacuation routes — for use in the event of a hurricane — needs to be done quickly. On Jan. 30, the state Assembly...
N.J. Governor to Pay Own Medical Bills Following Auto Crash
Apr 30 2007 // New Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine will forgo his state health insurance and spend hundreds of thousands of his own money to pay for his medical care from a serious car accident, a spokesman said last Friday. The spokesman for...
Business Moves
Apr 23 2007 // AXIS Capital, Media/Pro AXIS Capital, a global specialty commercial property and casualty insurer and reinsurer, has agreed to acquire the assets and operations of Media/Professional Insurance (Media/Pro), a managing...
N.J. DRUNK DRIVING TEST
Apr 23 2007 // MARYLAND SHIELD Agents not liable for notices BID-RIGGING CONSPIRACY Plaintiffs fail to prove charges
News Currents
Apr 23 2007 // N.J. ruling could affect 10,000 drunk driving cases A breath test used in thousands of drunken driving cases in New Jersey went on trial earlier this month, when the state Supreme Court considered whether the instrument...
Double Duty
Apr 23 2007 // Twenty-nine year old Peter Webb served his country in the U.S. Marines for eight years. Since then, Sergeant Webb has spent four years serving small businesses as an account manager and producer for an Oklahoma City...
Neighbors Seek to Drain N.Y. City’s Water Reservoirs to Stem Flooding
Apr 20 2007 // Ten lawmakers want to drain off some of the massive reservoirs holding New York City drinking water, claiming lower water levels will help prevent flooding in riverside communities. House lawmakers from Pennsylvania, New...
As Injured Gov. Corzine Recovers, N.J. Asks, ‘Why No Seat Belt?’
Apr 19 2007 // Last year, New Jersey law officers ticketed 271,182 people for not wearing seat belts in violation of state law. This year, one violator will stand out: Gov. Jon S. Corzine, who wasn’t wearing a seat belt when he was...
Nor’easter Kills 2, Forces 1,400 Evacuations in N.J.
Apr 18 2007 // The effects of the vicious nor’easter that dumped as much as 9 inches of rain on parts of New Jersey lingered Tuesday as floodwaters swirled through several low-lying communities and residents of others waited...
Taylor Promoted to Sales Director for Encompass in N.Y., N.J.
Apr 16 2007 // Steve Taylor has been promoted to regional sales director for Encompass Insurance in New York and New Jersey. Encompass Insurance is part of the Allstate Group and oversees the Encompass, Allstate and Deerbrook insurance...
More N.J. Employers Dropping Health Plans Due to High Cost
Apr 16 2007 // More Garden State employers dropped health insurance coverage for workers last year amid skyrocketing costs that were nearly double what they were five years before, according to a major business association’s survey...
N.J. Casino Settles Deadly Garage Collapse for $101 Million
Apr 12 2007 // The Tropicana Casino Resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey, has settled all civil litigation stemming from the 2003 collapse of its parking garage that was under construction, killing four people, the casino said. Another 20...
N.J. court: sexual assault preclusion not automatic
Apr 9 2007 // A New Jersey appeals court recently ruled that while an insurer is freed from providing liability coverage when an insured commits sexual assault on a young child, the insurer could have an obligation when the insured...
N.J. Court Ruling Could Affect 10,000 Drunk Driving Cases
Apr 6 2007 // A breath test used in thousands of drunken driving cases in New Jersey went on trial this week, when the state Supreme Court considered whether the instrument provides reliable blood-alcohol level readings. The outcome...
Study: Calif. Leads Nation in Fraud Convictions
Apr 5 2007 // California leads the nation in criminal insurance fraud convictions, according to a study by the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud. According to the study, the Golden State had more than one third of of all convictions...
