Latest New Jersey Headlines
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Study: N.J.’s Teen Driver Decals Show Sustained Link With Fewer Crashes
Nov 3 2014 // A new study has found that New Jersey’s Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) decal provision is associated with a sustained two-year decline in crash rates among intermediate (i.e., probationary) teen drivers. The study,...
Politics of Ebola Response Tricky for Christie, Cuomo
Oct 30 2014 // Two ambitious governors — one Republican, one Democrat — known for their no-nonsense, take-charge style in a calamity have set off a furor with their aggressive handling of the Ebola crisis, and how it plays...
N.Y., N.J. Governors Stress Home Quarantine for Ebola Workers
Oct 28 2014 // State leaders in New York and New Jersey are at odds with scientists over Ebola as the states’ governors back 21-day quarantines for medical workers returning from West Africa, while the nation’s top...
2 Years After Superstorm Sandy: Are We Ready for Next Big Storm?
Oct 27 2014 // After Superstorm Sandy, officials in New York and New Jersey vowed to make sure the unprecedented destruction wouldn’t happen again. Two years later, would it? There are some concrete signs of tougher protections,...
Report on Infrastructure Upgrades Since Superstorm Sandy
Oct 27 2014 // Two years after Superstorm Sandy, would New York and New Jersey be better protected and prepared if such a storm struck again? A sampling of work on some key issues: • Flood Protection New York City: Many projects on the...
New Jersey Contractor Sentenced for Scamming Sandy Victims
Oct 20 2014 // A New Jersey contractor who took deposits for work that was never done at two central New Jersey homes damaged by Superstorm Sandy has been sentenced to five years in state prison. Monmouth County prosecutors say the...
NJ Transit Sues Insurers Over Sandy Losses, Seeks $300M
Oct 20 2014 // New Jersey Transit, the nation’s third-largest bus, rail and light rail transportation provider, is suing several excess insurers to recoup additional $300 million for Superstorm Sandy losses. NJ Transit says its...
N.J. Regulator: 99.4% of Non-Flood Sandy Claims Settled
Oct 20 2014 // Ken KobylowskiNew Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance Commissioner Ken Kobylowski said that among the 470,281 non-flood, Superstorm Sandy-related homeowners, automobile and commercial claims that were filed in New...
New Jersey Pharmacist Admits Paying Kickbacks to Physicians
Oct 16 2014 // A southern New Jersey pharmacist has admitted paying tens of thousands of dollars in cash bribes to physicians for referring pain cream prescriptions, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday. Vladimir Kleyman, a 43-year-old...
Lawley Insurance Acquires S. Turtletaub & Sons in New Jersey
Oct 15 2014 // Lawley Insurance, an independent agency based in Buffalo, New York, has acquired S. Turtletaub & Sons Inc., an agency in Bayonne, New Jersey. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The transaction is part of...
New Jersey Transit Sues Insurers Over Sandy Losses, Seeks $300M
Oct 8 2014 // New Jersey Transit, the nation’s third-largest bus, rail and light rail transportation provider, is suing several excess insurers to recoup additional $300 million for Superstorm Sandy losses. NJ Transit says its...
N.J. Commissioner: 99.4% of Non-Flood Sandy Claims Settled
Oct 8 2014 // New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance Commissioner Ken Kobylowski said that among the 470,281 non-flood, Superstorm Sandy-related homeowners, automobile and commercial claims that were filed in New Jersey, 99.4...
New Jersey Diocese Settles Priest Sex Abuse Suit for $610K
Oct 7 2014 // The Trenton Diocese has paid $610,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a New Jersey man who said he was sexually abused for years as a teen by a priest who headed the diocese’s youth group. Forty-two-year-old Chris...
N.J. Commissioner Urges Seniors to Watch Out for Insurance Scams
Oct 6 2014 // New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance Commissioner Ken Kobylowski advised senior citizens at a recent financial literacy meeting to be wary of insurance and other financial scammers. Kobylowski met with seniors at...
ANE Adds 5 New Agencies to New Jersey Network
Oct 3 2014 // ANE, Agency Network Exchange LLC, a network of independently owned and operated insurance agencies, has added five new agencies to its New Jersey network. The following New Jersey-based agencies have joined ANE: J.L....
New Jersey Bill Seeks to Crack Down on Reverse Rate Evasion
Oct 3 2014 // The New Jersey Assembly passed a measure that would make reverse rate evasion an insurance fraud and provide for civil and criminal penalties. The bill, A 2281, passed the state’s Assembly on Monday and is pending in...
Verisk Closes New Jersey Office Today Due to Electrical Problem
Oct 2 2014 // Insurance data firm Verisk Analytics Inc. said that it has closed its Jersey City, New Jersey, office today due to an electrical problem in the building. Customers are directed to call 1-800-888-4476 or send e-mail to...
N.J. Red-Light Cameras Lose Support as Drivers Gripe Over Robotics, Glitches
Oct 2 2014 // New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is leaning toward eliminating red-light cameras after a five-year test was fraught with glitches and gripes, even as data showed fewer crashes at intersections with the equipment. A pilot...
Wal-Mart Seeks to Settle Negligence Lawsuit by Tracy Morgan
Oct 1 2014 // Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said it wants to settle a negligence lawsuit by actor-comedian Tracy Morgan, a day after blaming the celebrity for injuries he sustained when his limousine bus was struck by a speeding company...
Wal-Mart Says Tracy Morgan Is to Blame for Injuries in Highway Crash
Sep 29 2014 // Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said actor-comedian Tracy Morgan is to blame for injuries he sustained in June highway crash because he wasn’t wearing a seatbelt. Morgan, who was critically injured when the limousine bus he was...
