Latest New Jersey Headlines
All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
N.J. Auto Reforms Bring Rewards to Drivers
Aug 6 2004 // New Jersey Banking and Insurance Commissioner Holly Bakke recently commended Liberty Mutual’s decision to return nearly $15 million to more than 200,000 policyholders. Liberty Mutual’s decision brings the total...
Amid Heightened Security, Financial Firms Including Citigroup, AIG, MetLife and Pru Tend to Business
Aug 3 2004 // Police closed several streets in midtown Manhattan and banned trucks from bridges and tunnels leading to the city’s financial district Monday, Aug. 2, following a government warning that terrorists were planning to...
N.J. Medical Society Files Suit to Block State-Approved Oxford Merger with UnitedHealthcare
Aug 3 2004 // The Medical Society of New Jersey has filed a lawsuit to block the merger of Oxford Health Plans (NJ), Inc. and UnitedHealthcare Inc., claiming it would create a health care monopoly that would not benefit consumers. The...
U.S. Places Financial Centers in N.Y., N.J. and D.C. on High Terror Alert
Aug 2 2004 // Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge announced that the government has “specific credible information” causing it to raise to the terrorism threat level to Code Orange for the financial services sector in New...
‘Unsafe’ Drivers in N.J. Face $250 Surcharge
Jul 29 2004 // New Jersey motorists who have been able to escape points for traffic tickets by pleading guilty to the catch-all charge of “unsafe operation of a motor vehicle” are finding it’s now an expensive bargain,...
Allstate New Jersey, Encompass Insurance to Receive $6.65 Million Award in Fraud Case
Jul 29 2004 // The United States Bankruptcy Court in Newark, N.J. has ordered a former New Jersey chiropractor to pay Allstate New Jersey Insurance Company and Encompass Insurance more than $6.6 million dollars. U.S. Bankruptcy Court...
N.J. Gov. Notes More State Funds Available for Immediate Flood Relief
Jul 22 2004 // New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey announced that the Joint Budget Oversight Committee approved his request for $7.2 million in immediate flood relief for Burlington and Camden counties. “We want to ensure that...
People and Places
Jul 19 2004 // Dana Drago The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. announced that Dana A. Drago has been appointed executive vice president of field, sales and service for its property/casualty operations. Drago joins The Hartford from...
Allstate Returns $15 Million to N.J. Drivers
Jul 19 2004 // New Jersey Governor James E. McGreevey, joined by Banking and Insurance Commissioner Holly C. Bakke, applauded Allstate New Jersey’s plans to return $15 million to more than 200,000 auto insurance policyholders....
N.J. FINES DRIVERS ON CELL PHONES:
Jul 19 2004 // New Jersey’s ban on cell phone use by drivers went into full effect on July 1, but police still can’t pull somebody over simply for chattering away while going down the road. Motorists talking on hand-held cell...
N.J. Gov. Declares State of Emergency in Pair of Counties Following Heavy Rains
Jul 14 2004 // In response to the heavy rain falls and flooding in Burlington and Camden Counties, New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey issued an Executive Order declaring a State of Emergency for those counties – effective...
N.J.’s MIIX Group Receives Offer from Buyer
Jul 9 2004 // The MIIX Group, Inc. in Lawrenceville, N.J., which has been in runoff since May 2002, said that it has received a preliminary memorandum of terms for the acquisition of MIIX Insurance Company, New Jersey State Medical...
N.J. Agent Says He Stole More than $429,000
Jul 7 2004 // New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that a Camden County insurance agent has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $429,000 as part of a complex insurance fraud and investment scheme in which he convinced...
N.J. MED-MAL DATA ON WEB:
Jul 5 2004 // New Jersey patients soon will be able to use a new state Web site to obtain information about doctors, including details about malpractice claims they have settled. The release of the information cleared a legal hurdle...
Passing in the Slow Lane
Jul 5 2004 // A number of years ago, very good friends of mine rallied their neighbors in an effort to improve their elementary school. With two young children of their own, they had a vested interest in a better school. But they and...
N.J. Family, N.Y. Man Brake for Auto Fraud
Jun 30 2004 // New Jersey Director of Division of Criminal Justice Vaughn McKoy announced that the Division of Criminal Justice – Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor has obtained an indictment charging four individuals with...
N.J. to Fine Drivers Using Cell Phones Starting July 1
Jun 28 2004 // New Jersey’s ban on cell phone use by drivers goes into full effect on July 1, but police still can’t pull somebody over simply for chattering away while going down the road. Motorists talking on hand-held cell...
N.J. Commissioner: Auto Insurance Market Recovering; Drivers Reap Benefits
Jun 28 2004 // New Jersey Banking and Insurance Commissioner Holly Bakke predicted recently that positive financial results for a majority of companies in the auto insurance marketplace will continue to produce returns for New Jersey...
2004 State IIAJC Jr. Golf Tourney Plans Set
Jun 25 2004 // “Final plans are in place for the State Tournament for the Independent Insurance Agent Junior Classic (IIAJC), also known as the Big “I” Junior Classic, which is sponsored nationally by the Independent...
N.J. MAY ADJUST MOTOR VEHICLE FINES:
Jun 21 2004 // New Jersey Gov. James E. McGreavey’s Task Force on Motor Vehicle Fines has called for adjustments to the penalties for not having proper insurance under the current Auto Insurance Reform Law. After the auto reform...
