Latest New Jersey Headlines
All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
N.J. Gov. Codey Appoints Bryan to Replace Bakke
Feb 20 2005 // Acting New jersey Gov. Richard J. Codey on Friday appointed Donald Bryan, director of the state’s Division of Insurance, to head the state Department of Banking and Insurance. The Burlington County resident will...
N.J. Malpractice Insurer Ordered to Pay $15.3 Million
Feb 20 2005 // An insurance company for a prominent Bergen County, New Jersey eye surgeon must pay $15.3 million to cover malpractice claims made by 16 former patients, a Superior Court judge has ruled. Princeton Insurance Co. claimed an...
Jury: Developer Negligence Contributed to N.J. Fire
Feb 14 2005 // Six people whose homes were destroyed by a spectacular fire nearly five years ago have been awarded more than $1 million by a Bergen County, New Jersey jury, which found that a developer’s negligence contributed to...
N.J. Man ‘Falls’ Into Fraud Scam; Charged Newspaper Delivery Person Responsible for Injury
Feb 9 2005 // New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice Director Vaughn McKoy announced that an Ocean County man has pleaded guilty to charges of perjury and falsifying records as part of a phony “slip and fall” bodily injury...
N.J. Commissioner Bakke Resigns
Feb 2 2005 // Acting Governor Richard J. Codey has accepted the resignation of Banking and Insurance Commissioner Holly C. Bakke. “I appreciate that Commissioner Bakke stayed on during the transition, and I recognize the...
N.J. Lawyers Sue to Scrap Med-Mal Insurance Fee
Jan 30 2005 // The New Jersey Legislature could have seen this coming. It enacted a law requiring the state’s lawyers, and many doctors, to pay $75 a year for three years to help doctors in high-risk specialties pay for malpractice...
N.J. SEEKS COMPENSATION PLANS:
Jan 24 2005 // New Jersey Banking and Insurance Commissioner Holly C. Bakke has ordered 18 insurance companies domiciled in the state to submit information and documents outlining compensation and fee arrangements with their clients....
N.J. No Fault Decisions Available Online
Jan 21 2005 // The National Arbitration Forum has a new on-line application that will provide the text of arbitrator decisions issued in No-Fault Insurance Personal Injury Protection disputes in New Jersey. This addition to the...
N.J. Orders 18 Insurers to Supply Compensation Plans
Jan 4 2005 // New Jersey Banking and Insurance Commissioner Holly C. Bakke has ordered 18 insurance companies domiciled in the state to submit information and documents outlining compensation and fee arrangements with their...
The MIIX Group Notes Bankruptcy Filing
Dec 21 2004 // The MIIX Group Inc. announced that it and its subsidiary, New Jersey State Medical Underwriters Inc., each filed a voluntary petition under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code with the United States...
From Maine to Virginia … What Happened in 2004
Dec 20 2004 // Leaving aside the insurance brokerage compensation investigations, the World Trade Center trial, the St. Paul-Travelers merger and the UnumProvident settlement, all of which have their roots in this region but grew to...
N.J. Residents Pulled Over in Accident Scam
Dec 16 2004 // New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that the Division of Criminal Justice – Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor obtained a State Grand Jury indictment charging five North Jersey residents with...
N.J. Rule Changes Could End Lawyers’ Arguments
Dec 7 2004 // Lawyers and federal judges in New Jersey are preparing to argue over new rules that would largely outlaw … arguing. The rules would apply to civil cases, where some judges of the U.S. District Court of New Jersey...
STATE FARM RE-ENTERS N.J.:
Dec 6 2004 // State Farm Indemnity Company and the Department of Banking and Insurance have reached an agreement allowing for the insurer’s re-entry into the New Jersey auto insurance market. Effective Jan. 1, 2005, State Farm...
N.J. TRIES TO BEAT BLACK ICE:
Dec 6 2004 // New Jersey transportation officials are testing a new system aimed at melting black ice, the invisible layer that can send cars spinning without warning on winter nights. A $1.5 million pilot project is being installed on...
N.J. Watches Out for
Dec 6 2004 // Crossing signals that last longer and count down the seconds remaining are among New Jersey’s new efforts aimed at preventing elderly pedestrians from being struck by cars. Other communities are creating safe islands...
AGENT NOW N.J. GOVERNOR:
Dec 6 2004 // Richard J. Codey, long time Democratic legislator and local independent insurance agent in his West Orange community, has become New Jersey’s acting governor. Codey assumed the office from James McGreevey, who...
N.J. Drivers Receive $300 Million in Dividends
Dec 2 2004 // Acting Governor Richard J. Codey and Banking and Insurance Commissioner Holly C. Bakke today announced that nearly $300 million has been returned to more than two million policyholders since the auto insurance reforms...
N.J. Medical Society Goes to Court To Block Recoupment of $15M in Alleged Overpayments
Nov 30 2004 // The Medical Society of New Jersey is seeking court action to prevent an insurance company from recouping $15 million in alleged overpayments to doctors. The society is seeking an injunction against Horizon Blue Cross/Blue...
10,000 N.J. Drivers Opt for Dollar-a-Day
Nov 29 2004 // New Jersey Banking and Insurance Commissioner Holly C. Bakke revealed that more than 10,000 drivers purchased the Dollar-a-Day auto insurance policy during its first year. “Rising sales of the Dollar-a-Day policy,...
