Latest New Jersey Headlines
All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Business Moves
Jul 10 2017 // Cross Insurance, Appleby & Wyman Insurance Agency Cross Insurance, a Bangor, Maine-based subsidiary of Cross Financial Corp., has acquired Appleby & Wyman Insurance Agency, making it the 16th Massachusetts...
Two Brothers in New Jersey Sentenced for Roles in Accident Insurance Scheme
Jul 5 2017 // Two brothers who organized a scheme to recruit motor vehicle accident victims as patients for chiropractic facilities they controlled have been sentenced to more than six years in state prison. The sentences imposed last...
Family of New Jersey Train Crash Victim Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Jun 30 2017 // The family of a woman killed when a New Jersey Transit commuter train slammed into a station last year filed a wrongful death lawsuit on Tuesday against the agency. Fabiola Bittar de Kroon’s family is seeking...
New Jersey’s RPA Insurance Services Hires Kruger from Integro
Jun 30 2017 // RPA Insurance Services, a Parsippany, N.J.-based regional insurance agency, has hired Susan Kruger as the head of claims for Innovative Coverage Concepts (ICC) and Restaurant Programs of America (RPA). Kruger brings more...
‘WannaCry’-Like Cyber Attack Spreading to Firms Globally
Jun 27 2017 // A new cyberattack similar to WannaCry is spreading from Europe to the U.S. and South America, hitting port operators in New York, Rotterdam and Argentina, disrupting government systems in Kiev, and disabling operations at...
Two Twisters in New Jersey Leave Mess, No Injuries Reported
Jun 27 2017 // Two tornadoes touched down in a New Jersey community as severe thunderstorms roared through the state, weather forecasters said. The first tornado hit Howell Township around 7:20 a.m. Saturday, while the second touched...
New Jersey Man Charged with Insurance Fraud, Theft by Deception
Jun 26 2017 // A Middlesex County, N.J., man has been charged with insurance fraud and theft by deception for allegedly impersonating his deceased mother to obtain cheaper renters insurance under her senior-discounted policy and for...
NYC Planners With Sandy Nightmares Say Barrier May Come Too Late
Jun 21 2017 // The warming Atlantic Ocean has raised the risk of another Hurricane Sandy. And still, trillions of dollars of real estate and infrastructure near the shores of New York City and northern New Jersey remain vulnerable to...
Dangerous Chemical Could Threaten New Jersey Reservoir
Jun 21 2017 // A new report says that a dangerous chemical detected in groundwater near a Superfund site in New Jersey could pose a threat to a nearby reservoir that provides drinking water to as many as 3.5 million people. The report by...
New Jersey’s York Hires McMahan as Chief Human Resources Officer
Jun 16 2017 // York Risk Services Group (York), a Parsippany, N.J.-based provider of claims management, managed care, specialized loss adjusting, alternative risk programs, pool administration and other insurance services, has hired...
Insurance Research Finds Many Homeowners Don’t Understand Deductibles
Jun 15 2017 // Almost five years after Superstorm Sandy, one third of homeowners in several coastal states are still unaware of hurricane deductibles and how they work, new insurance research has found. Not only did 33 percent of...
Ex-Car Dealership Official in New Jersey Sentenced for Stealing Nearly $3M
Jun 13 2017 // The former general manager of a now-defunct New Jersey car dealership who got nearly $3 million through a fraud scheme has been sentenced to five years in prison. Richard Pepe had pleaded guilty to bank fraud and filing a...
Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Elects Renna as President
Jun 12 2017 // Kacy Campion Renna of Wall Township, N.J., was elected president of the Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey (PIANJ) at the association’s annual business meeting at Harrah’s Resort and Casino in Atlantic...
Ex-Officer in New Jersey May be Spared Prison Terms for Insurance Fraud
Jun 12 2017 // A former police officer who fraudulently claimed his half-sister was his wife as part of an insurance fraud scheme to get coverage for her and her son will be allowed to a pre-trial program. The charges against Alix...
New Jersey’s World Insurance Associates Acquires Wm. G. Palermo Inc.
Jun 7 2017 // World Insurance Associates LLC, an independent insurance agency headquartered in Tinton Falls, N.J., acquired Wm. G. Palermo Inc. of Linden, N.J., on April 1, 2017. Wm. G. Palermo Inc. is a third-generation, family-owned...
People – East
Jun 5 2017 // Ames & Gough, an insurance broker and risk management consultant specializing in serving design professionals, law firms, associations/nonprofits and other professional service organizations, has appointed Wayne T....
New Jersey Propane Leak Leads to Evacuations, One Injured
May 30 2017 // A rail car carrying propane was leaking in an industrial park in New Jersey, sending a plume of gas into the air. Gloucester County spokeswoman Debra Sellitto says a valve stem on top of the tanker car failed and started...
New Jersey’s NJM Promotes Livingston, Elects New Board Chairman
May 22 2017 // NJM Insurance Group, a West Trenton, N.J.-based property and casualty insurer, has promoted Mitchell A. Livingston, Esq., to chief operating officer (COO), making him the first in the company’s 104-year history to...
Injured Worker Attorney Involvement Varies Widely by State
May 18 2017 // There is a wide variation in the percentage of claims with worker attorneys involvement across state workers’ compensation systems, according to the latest research from the Workers Compensation Research Institute...
Owners of New Jersey Diner Who Burned it Down for Insurance Avoid Prison
May 17 2017 // The owners of a New Jersey diner who burned it down to collect insurance money have been spared prison terms. Forty-nine-year-old Tina Diakos and 40-year-old Ozkan Cengiz were both sentenced to five years of probation on...
