Latest New Jersey Headlines
All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sea Level Rise Puts $117.5B at Risk from Chronic Flooding
Jul 2 2018 // Those interested in risk management are starting to take climate change a bit more seriously. The evidence is anecdotal, but for that proof one can just ask Phil Renaud, executive director for the Risk Institute at Ohio...
New Jersey’s Selective Insurance Group Announces Officer Appointments
Jun 28 2018 // Selective Insurance Company of America, a subsidiary of Branchville, N.J.-headquartered Selective Insurance Group Inc., has announced the following officer appointments. Maria Orecchio has been appointed to senior vice...
New Jersey Judge Injured in Fall Files $1M Claim Against City of Camden
Jun 28 2018 // A New Jersey judge who was injured in a fall outside a courthouse has filed a $1 million claim against the city of Camden. The Courier-Post reported Camden County Assignment Judge Deborah Silverman Katz says in her claim...
New Jersey Chiropractor Gets Prison Term for Medical Fraud Ring Role
Jun 27 2018 // A chiropractor involved in a medical fraud ring that bilked nearly $4 million overall from several insurers is now headed to prison. John Langeraap received a three-year sentence Friday. The 39-year-old Sparta, N.J., man...
Sea Level Rise Puts $117.5B at Risk from Chronic Flooding
Jun 21 2018 // Those interested in risk management are starting to take climate change a bit more seriously. The evidence is anecdotal, but for that proof one can just ask Phil Renaud, executive director for the Risk Institute at Ohio...
New Jersey Reminds Residents, Insurance Companies to Prepare for Hurricane Season
Jun 18 2018 // The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance is urging the insurance and banking companies it regulates, as well as New Jersey residents, to prepare now for hurricane season, which officially began June 1. All Garden...
Delaware Couple Arrested for $100K Insurance Fraud
Jun 15 2018 // A Delaware couple has been arrested for insurance fraud after filing false medical claims for an automobile accident that never occurred, leading their insurance provider to be billed more than $100,000. “We take...
Disaster Declaration Approved for March Storm in New Jersey
Jun 15 2018 // President Trump has granted a major disaster declaration for the state of New Jersey for damage stemming from the severe winter storm and snowstorm March 6-7. The Federal Emergency Management Agency says the declaration...
MAPFRE Insurance Set to Exit New York, New Jersey Markets
Jun 15 2018 // MAPFRE Insurance has entered into definitive agreements with affiliates of The Plymouth Rock Company to exit the states of New York and New Jersey as part of MAPFRE’s previously announced strategy to focus on its...
Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Elects Bush President
Jun 12 2018 // Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey has elected Lloyd H. “Rip” Bush Jr. as its president at the association’s annual business conference at Harrah’s in Atlantic City. Bush is a producer for...
Minnesota Sues Opioid Maker Insys Over Improper Drug Marketing
Jun 1 2018 // Minnesota on May 30 became the latest state to sue Insys Therapeutics Inc., accusing the drugmaker of illegally marketing a powerful fentanyl-based pain medicine, while a former employee pleaded guilty in New Jersey over...
Ex-CFO in New Jersey Gets Prison Term for Stealing More Than $1M
May 25 2018 // The former chief financial officer of a New Jersey orthopedic care provider is headed to prison for stealing more than $1 million from the company for his personal use. Harry Wolfmuller received a two-year sentence...
New Jersey Reminds Residents, Insurance Companies to Prepare for Hurricane Season
May 22 2018 // The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance is urging the insurance and banking companies it regulates, as well as New Jersey residents, to prepare now for hurricane season, which officially begins June 1. All...
Investigators Probe Cause of New Jersey School Bus Crash That Killed Two
May 21 2018 // First, a scraping sound. Then, chaos and panic as a bus taking a group of fifth-graders on a field trip collided with a dump truck and toppled over on a busy highway, killing a student and a teacher and injuring dozens of...
N.J. Manufacturer Faces More Than $435K in Penalties for Workplace Safety Failures
May 21 2018 // New Jersey plastics manufacturer Douglas Stephen Plastics Inc. has been cited for exposing employees to safety and health hazards at its Paterson, N.J., facility. It faces penalties of $435,679. The U.S. Department of...
N.J. Roofing Contractor Cited for Safety Hazards, Could Face $221K in Fines
May 21 2018 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited roofing contractor John Prevete Framing LLC for exposing employees to safety hazards while performing residential...
Report Shows Far to Go for NJ Transit to Hit Safety Deadline
May 18 2018 // New Jersey Transit had installed a federally mandated emergency braking system on less than 10 percent of its fleet of locomotives nine months before the deadline, according to a progress report covering the first quarter...
Preferred Property Program Names Dow Vice President of Programs in New Jersey
May 18 2018 // Preferred Property Program (PPP), a national managing general agency, has named Wayne Dow vice president of programs. Dow will be joining the Bell Works office in Holmdel, N.J., to oversee the marketing of PPP products to...
Man Struck, Dragged by Bus Settles Lawsuit with New Jersey Transit for $2.3M
May 16 2018 // A New Jersey man who was struck by a bus and dragged for nearly two miles has settled his lawsuit with New Jersey Transit for $2.3 million. A lawyer for the firm that handled 63-year-old Seres Arpad’s case confirmed...
NJ Transit to Reduce Trains to Try and Meet Safety Deadline
May 8 2018 // New Jersey Transit said Thursday it will reduce its train service over the next several months as it tries to install a federally mandated safety system by a Dec. 31 deadline. Last week, the Federal Railroad Administration...
