Latest New Jersey Headlines
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Reuters Special Report: J&J’s Secret Plan to Limit Payouts to Cancer Claimants
Feb 7 2022 // Johnson & Johnson created a plan last year to limit the financial bleeding from billions of dollars in jury awards to plaintiffs who alleged the company’s Baby Powder and other talc products caused deadly...
Court Siding With Merck Over War Exclusion for Cyber Attack a Warning to Insurers
Feb 4 2022 // Last month the Superior Court of New Jersey ruled insurers cannot use a policy exclusion to avoid covering about $1.4 billion in damages Merck & Co. said it suffered from a spring 2017 cyber attack known as...
Recent Storm Caused More Erosion to New Jersey Beach
Jan 21 2022 // The weekend storm that brought rain and snow to much of New Jersey also caused significant erosion to a Jersey Shore beach that was already in the process of being widened. Now, federal and state officials are trying to...
New Jersey Governor Signs Auto Insurance Bad Faith Bill Into Law
Jan 20 2022 // New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has signed into law a bill that proponents have said makes the auto insurance claims process fairer for policyholders and businesses have warned will raise premiums. The New Jersey Insurance...
Doctors, Police Officer Among 13 Indicted in Alleged $100M Auto Insurance Scam
Jan 19 2022 // Federal prosecutors have charged 13 people—including a New York City police officer, an attorney and four physicians—in two indictments that allege they schemed to defraud auto insurers out of $100 million by bribing...
Crews Keep New Jersey Chemical Plant Fire From Spreading
Jan 18 2022 // A dramatic fire near a chemical plant burned through the night and into Saturday in northern New Jersey but led to no evacuation orders or serious injuries — just heavy smoke that was seen and smelled in nearby New York...
New Jersey Bill That Could Recreate Car Insurance Crisis of Early 2000s is Headed for Gov. Murphy’s Desk
Jan 12 2022 // Trial attorneys are on the move. Having won a victory in New York on New Year’s Eve, when Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation tipping the balance squarely in the plaintiffs’ favor, trial attorneys now have...
Renaissance Alliance Acquires New Jersey, California Agency Networks
Jan 5 2022 // Insurance agency network Renaissance Alliance has acquired two other agency networks, one in New Jersey and another in California. Massachusetts-based Renaissance, which calls itself the “agency growth engine,”...
Philadelphia, New Jersey Contractors Face Total $537K in Penalties for Safety Hazards
Jan 4 2022 // On May 24, 2021, inspectors with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) observed roofing workers at Venue Estates at Smithville Green, a senior community housing...
Officials Say Backhoe Driver Damaged New Jersey Homes, Vehicles, Was Shot
Dec 29 2021 // The state attorney general’s office is investigating the shooting death of a man authorities say was driving a backhoe when he damaged vehicles and homes at a mobile home park in New Jersey this month. Joshua...
New Jersey Landlord Accused of Demanding Sex from Tenants to Pay $4.5M
Dec 17 2021 // A landlord accused of demanding sex from his low-income tenants under threat of eviction or in exchange for helping them receive rent assistance will pay more than $4 million to settle a federal lawsuit, the U.S....
World Insurance Associates Acquires New Jersey’s E&K Insurance Group
Dec 14 2021 // World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) acquired E&K Insurance Group of Eatontown, New Jersey, on December 1, 2021. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. E&K was founded in 1930 by two entrepreneurs who...
Risk Strategies Acquires New Jersey’s Meeker Sharkey & Hurley
Dec 9 2021 // Risk Strategies, a national specialty insurance brokerage and risk management firm, acquired full-service insurance and employee benefits agency Meeker Sharkey & Hurley. Terms of the deal were not announced. Meeker...
Former Pharma Executive in New Jersey Charged With Embezzling Millions
Dec 8 2021 // A former executive and owner of a pharmaceutical company embezzled millions of dollars from his company to use for personal expenses, the U.S. attorney’s charged in a criminal complaint released Monday. John Klein...
Alera Group Acquires New Jersey’s Customized Benefit Solutions
Dec 6 2021 // Alera Group, an independent, national insurance and wealth management firm, acquired Customized Benefit Solutions Inc. (CBSI), an employee benefits and insurance firm based in Hightstown, New Jersey. Terms of the...
World Insurance Associates Acquires New Jersey’s Coe-Brooke Insurance Agency
Dec 2 2021 // World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) acquired Coe-Brooke Insurance Agency Inc. of Point Pleasant, New Jersey, on November 1, 2021. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Coe-Brooke Insurance Agency Inc. is a family...
Risk Strategies Acquires New Jersey’s KRA Insurance Agency
Dec 1 2021 // Risk Strategies, a national specialty insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired full-service brokerage firm KRA Insurance Agency Inc. Included in the transaction is KRA’s wholly owned subsidiary, KRA...
New Jersey Man Indicted in Connection with Auto Insurance Fraud Scam
Nov 22 2021 // A Hudson County, New Jersey, man was indicted for allegedly causing fraudulent automobile insurance applications to be submitted on his behalf in an attempt to avoid paying the policy premiums. John A. Loor (also known as...
New Jersey AG’s Office Can’t Use County’s Insurance to Cover Tort Judgment
Nov 9 2021 // The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office can’t rely on a county’s insurance to cover judgment against a public entity facing tort claims, New Jersey’s Appellate Division has ruled. This comes after...
Fire Destroys US Auto Auction Building in New Jersey, No Injuries Reported
Oct 29 2021 // Officials on Wednesday were investigating the cause of a fire that destroyed a large building that housed several businesses in southern New Jersey. Flames broke out Tuesday night and quickly spread throughout the US Auto...
