Latest New Jersey Headlines
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National General Holdings Acquires Assigned Risk Solutions in New Jersey
Apr 1 2015 // National General Holdings Corp. announced that it has closed upon the acquisition of Saddle Brook, New Jersey-based Assigned Risk Solutions Ltd. from Toronto-based Kingsway Financial Services for a purchase price of $47...
New Jersey’s Pedestrian Safety Program May Be Making Positive Impact
Mar 25 2015 // Judging by the number of tickets each year, jaywalking as an infraction draws scant attention from police in New Jersey. The Asbury Park Press reports that in 2010, there were 557 jaywalking tickets issued in the state of...
NAIC Report: New Jersey Tops Nation in Auto Insurance Rates
Mar 24 2015 // An annual industry report shows New Jersey has the costliest auto insurance rates in the nation. The National Association of Insurance Commissioners says New Jersey motorists paid an average of $1,220 in 2012. That’s...
N.J. Senate OKs Electronic Proof of Insurance, Reverse Rate Evasion Bills
Mar 19 2015 // New Jersey’s state Senate on March 16 passed a bill (A-3905) that would allow motorists to display proof of auto insurance in either physical or electronic format. The bill was previously approved by the state...
Car Safety Tickets on Rise in New Jersey
Mar 18 2015 // Police in New Jersey are writing more tickets for safety violations in the nearly four years since the state ended motor vehicle safety inspections. A review of court records by The Record newspaper finds police issued...
N.J. Man Pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud Over Damage Done to Car
Mar 18 2015 // A New Jersey man has admitted that he sought more than $15,000 from his insurance company for damage done to his car before his policy took effect and for personal items he claimed were stolen. Derrick Smith of Newark, New...
New Jersey Couple Sues Insurer Over Sales Tax Dispute
Mar 16 2015 // A New Jersey couple sued an insurance company on March 13, claiming it defrauded them out of the sales tax in their Superstorm Sandy claim, and their lawyer said others might also have been affected. Charles and Beverly...
N.J. Senate President: Bill to Give Sandy Victims Estimates of Aid Receipt
Mar 12 2015 // New Jersey residents still recovering from Superstorm Sandy would get individual estimates of when they can expect to receive rebuilding aid under legislation proposed by the state Senate president. Steve Sweeney says his...
InsuraMatch Online ‘Super Agency’ Offers ‘Personality-Driven’ Options
Mar 12 2015 // Do you prefer a fixed price or a la carte? How about paperless or paper? Are you a cat person or a dog person? Do you prefer “old school” or “new school”? These are some of the optional questions...
World Insurance Associates Acquires John Cecchettini Agency in New Jersey
Mar 4 2015 // World Insurance Associates LLC, an independent insurance agency based in Tinton Falls, New Jersey, completed its acquisition of the John Cecchettini Agency of South Plainfield, New Jersey. Terms of the transaction were not...
N.J. Congressman Calls for FEMA Chief’s Resignation
Mar 3 2015 // A New Jersey congressman is asking for the resignation of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator W. Craig Fugate and an immediate investigation into FEMA after reports that FEMA was aware of allegedly...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Excel Insurance, Metcom Excess in N.J.
Mar 2 2015 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of two New Jersey-based wholesale brokers: Excel Insurance Services Inc., located in Hamilton; and McCloskey Surplus & Excess Inc. (d/b/a Metcom Excess),...
Former Northern N.J. Mayor Pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud Charge
Feb 26 2015 // A former northern New Jersey mayor has admitted making false statements to police and an insurance company in a bid to cover up a hit-and-run accident. Former Roselle Mayor Garrett Smith pleaded guilty Tuesday to insurance...
New Jersey’s Selective Insurance Hires Eden as Head of Commercial Lines
Feb 25 2015 // Douglas T. Eden Selective Insurance Group Inc. in Branchville, New Jersey, has hired Douglas T. Eden as executive vice president, head of commercial lines. Eden will assume responsibility for all aspects of standard...
N.J. Bill Seeks to Prohibit Home Insurers From Raising Rates After Single Claim
Feb 25 2015 // A bill currently under consideration in the New Jersey Assembly would prohibit insurance companies from increasing the homeowners insurance policy’s premium based on one claim filed during the policy’s coverage...
Twice-Wounded Sandy Victims Seek Payout as FEMA Presses Insurers
Feb 25 2015 // Some homeowners hit by Hurricane Sandy say they’ve been victimized twice: first by the storm and later by insurers. John Clancy says his insurer, an Allstate Corp. unit, paid just $46,000 of the more than $200,000 in...
New Jersey’s U.S. Senators Seek Probe of Any Sandy Insurer Fraud
Feb 23 2015 // New Jersey’s U.S. senators want the state attorney general’s office to investigate possible fraud by insurance companies following Superstorm Sandy. Sens. Robert Menendez and Cory Booker asked Acting Attorney...
N.J. Cab Drivers Want Ridesharing Firms to Face Taxi-Like Rules
Feb 10 2015 // Dozens of cab drivers lined the street outside the New Jersey Statehouse in Trenton and crammed a legislative hearing to protest ridesharing companies like Uber and Lyft. Drivers and their allies called on lawmakers to...
Bill Could Lead to Electronic Drivers Licenses in New Jersey
Feb 10 2015 // Electronic driver’s licenses and proof of insurance could be a step closer to reality in New Jersey under bills moving through the Legislature. A state Senate committee approved two bills Monday that pave the way for...
N.J. Staffing Firm Owners Accused of Underpaying WC Premiums
Feb 10 2015 // New Jersey authorities announced that a married couple who own several temporary staffing companies with offices in northern and central New Jersey were arrested on first-degree charges. According to a Feb. 4 announcement...
