Latest New Jersey Headlines
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New Jersey’s Meeker Sharkey & Hurley Appoints Crockett as VP of Personal Lines
Apr 17 2019 // Meeker Sharkey & Hurley has appointed Carrie-Ann Crockett as vice president of Personal Lines to lead the insurance agency’s team of personal line professionals providing home, auto and additional specialized...
World Insurance Associates Merges with New Jersey’s Professional Insurance Associates
Apr 16 2019 // World Insurance Associates LLC, an independent insurance agency headquartered in Tinton Falls, N.J., merged with Professional Insurance Associates Inc. (PIA) of Carlstadt, N.J., on March 1, 2019. Professional Insurance...
Everest Insurance Hires Poopor as Vice President Based in New Jersey
Apr 11 2019 // Everest Insurance has hired Sharone Menczel Poopor to its Structured Solutions group as a vice president based in the company’s Liberty Corner, N.J., office. Poopor will be responsible for underwriting unusual and...
Cook Maran Hires Erickson as Client Advisor in New Jersey
Apr 10 2019 // Cook Maran, a Prime Risk Partner, recently hired Brian Erickson as a client advisor for commercial property and casualty risks, specializing in energy, auto dealer and other large complex accounts. Erickson will be based...
Prosecutors Say New Jersey Couple Stole from Storm Victims, Subcontractors
Apr 4 2019 // Authorities say the owners of a contracting firm stole nearly $700,000 from homeowners and subcontractors they were supposed to use to make repairs to homes damaged by Superstorm Sandy. Ocean County, N.J., prosecutors say...
New Jersey Men, Associated Companies Charged in $1.4M Insurance Fraud Scheme
Mar 28 2019 // Four New Jersey men and six of their associated businesses were charged with first-degree conspiracy and money laundering in connection with a bank scheme involving the deposit of nearly $1.4 million in phony or forged...
New Jersey Legal Marijuana Bill Pulled Over Lack of Support
Mar 26 2019 // New Jersey’s planned legislative vote on legalizing recreational marijuana was canceled as Senate President Steve Sweeney said it didn’t have enough support to pass. The bid to end the state’s prohibition...
New Jersey Sues California Company Over ‘Ghost Guns’
Mar 25 2019 // New Jersey’s attorney general announced a lawsuit Friday against a California company that sells mail-order firearms parts that can be turned into working weapons, the first such action the state has taken since it...
New Jersey’s NJM Insurance Group Names Malone as CFO
Mar 22 2019 // NJM Insurance Group, a property and casualty insurer in the Mid-Atlantic region, has named Chris Malone as chief financial officer. Malone joins NJM with more than twenty-five years of financial and leadership expertise....
University in New Jersey Settles for $800K in Suit Over Rape Allegations
Mar 7 2019 // The estate of a William Paterson University student who took her own life after alleging she was raped at a fraternity has settled a lawsuit against the school for $800,000. Cherelle Locklear’s mother alleged in the...
New Jersey’s RT New Day Promotes Nawa to Vice President
Mar 4 2019 // Joseph Nawa has been promoted to vice president within RT Specialty’s National Environmental and Construction Professional Liability Practice. For the past five years, Nawa has been integral to the company’s...
N.J. Woman Charged in Scheme to Steal $175K from Insurance Annuity Policies
Mar 4 2019 // A New Jersey woman has been charged with insurance fraud and other offenses in an alleged scheme to steal more than $175,000 from the insurance annuity policies of two individuals. Vashanta Stroud-Bennett, 45, of Paterson,...
NJ Transit Receives Approval for Safety Upgrade Extension
Mar 1 2019 // Federal regulators have given official approval to New Jersey Transit for a two-year extension to complete the implementation of a required emergency braking system. The Federal Railroad Administration sent a letter this...
Could J&J Be Helped by Missouri Ruling Against Talcum Lawsuits?
Feb 26 2019 // A Missouri Supreme Court ruling on talc lawsuits could reduce the liability and number of large trials Johnson & Johnson faces over allegations its talc products, including baby powder, cause cancer. The ruling will...
New Jersey Woman Sentenced to Prison for Stealing $190K from Former Employer
Feb 22 2019 // A former site manager for a temporary staffing agency in New Jersey has been sentenced to prison for stealing $190,000 from the agency. Xiomara Jovel, 47, of Roselle, N.J., was sentenced to three years in state prison by...
N.J. Insurers, Regulated Entities Urged to Assist Marcal Employees Affected by Fire
Feb 20 2019 // New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance Commissioner Marlene Caride last week issued a bulletin encouraging insurers and entities regulated by the department to work with and assist employees of the Marcal paper...
N.J. Woman Charged in Scheme to Steal $175K from Insurance Annuity Policies
Feb 13 2019 // A New Jersey woman has been charged with insurance fraud and other offenses in an alleged scheme to steal more than $175,000 from the insurance annuity policies of two individuals. Vashanta Stroud-Bennett, 45, of Paterson,...
National Insurance Firm Alera Group Acquires New Jersey’s Broad Reach Benefits
Feb 13 2019 // Alera Group, a national insurance firm, has acquired Broad Reach Benefits LLC, effective February 1, 2019. Terms of the transaction were not announced. Broad Reach Benefits, headquartered in Madison, N.J., offers a range...
New Jersey Man Accused of Faking Fall for Insurance Pleads Not Guilty
Feb 11 2019 // A New Jersey man accused of faking a slip and fall at a business to get insurance money has pleaded not guilty. Alexander Goldinsky entered his plea Thursday during a brief court hearing. Prosecutors say the 57-year-old...
Website Planned to Help Workers of New Jersey Plant Destroyed by Fire
Feb 7 2019 // The parent company of a landmark New Jersey paper plant destroyed by fire last week says it is creating a website to help hundreds of affected workers find new jobs. Soundview Paper Company said Monday the employment...
