Latest New Jersey Headlines
All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
State Farm to Reduce Size of N.J. Operations Center
Jul 28 2011 // State Farm Insurance Company says it plans to reduce the size of a New Jersey operations center, sending about 500 jobs to New York and Pennsylvania. The company said it intends to downsize its Parsippany office over the...
Allstate Agents Hope Unionization Sparks Changes at Insurer
Jul 26 2011 // Some unhappy Allstate Insurance agents who say the insurer controls them like employees even though they are independent contractors are moving to affiliate with a union. The National Association of Professional Allstate...
Measure Spares N.J. Businesses from Steep Tax Jump
Jul 25 2011 // Gov. Chris Christie has signed legislation that calls for the phasing in of a sharp increase in the state’s unemployment tax rate. Proponents say that will spare businesses from having to immediately pay a hefty...
New Jersey Approves First Captive Insurer
Jul 19 2011 // New Jersey has approved its first captive insurance company under the new law that became effective in May. The Department of Insurance issued a certificate of authority, effective July 1, to the Prudential Insurance Co....
New Jersey Agent Pleads Guilty to Stealing $1.9M
Jul 18 2011 // A former New Jersey insurance agent has pleaded guilty to defrauding nine clients out of more than $1.9 million, state prosecutors said. Daniel J. Trolaro, 35, of Oakland, was working for Prudential Insurance Co. of...
New Jersey Court OKs Workers’ Compensation in Obesity Death Case
Jul 18 2011 // The husband of an obese woman who died of a blood clot after working long hours at her home office is eligible to receive workers’ compensation benefits, a New Jersey appeals court ruled. The case has raised...
Business Moves
Jul 18 2011 // The Hanover, Chaucer Massachusetts-based The Hanover Insurance Group has completed its acquisition of Chaucer Holdings, a specialty Lloyd’s insurance group. The $474 million deal includes $13 million to be paid in...
Falling Concrete Barrier Kills Worker in New Jersey
Jul 13 2011 // An accident has claimed the life of a worker at a construction site on the New Jersey Turnpike. New Jersey State Police say 51-year-old Carmen DiLuzio of Wilmington, Del., was killed Monday morning when a concrete barrier...
New Jersey Agent Pleads Guilty to Stealing $1.9M
Jul 7 2011 // A former New Jersey insurance agent has pleaded guilty to defrauding nine clients out of more than $1.9 million, state prosecutors said. Daniel J. Trolaro, 35, of Oakland, was working for Prudential Insurance Co. of...
New Jersey to Get Almost $50M for Flood Protection
Jul 6 2011 // New Jersey will be getting almost $50 million in federal funds to help bolster the state’s long-term flood protections. Emergency Management authorities announced Tuesday that the Federal Emergency Management Agency...
New Jersey Court OKs Workers’ Compensation in Obesity Death Case
Jun 30 2011 // The husband of an obese woman who died of a blood clot after working long hours at her home office is eligible to receive workers’ compensation benefits, a New Jersey appeals court ruled in a case that raised...
3 New Jersey Insurers Switch to Plymouth Rock Brand Name
Jun 29 2011 // High Point Auto Insurance, Palisades Insurance and Teachers’ Insurance Plan of New Jersey all have a new brand name, Plymouth Rock Assurance. Over the next several months, current High Point, Palisades and...
Bollinger Acquires New Jersey Agency, PCG
Jun 27 2011 // Short Hills, N.J.-based insurance broker Bollinger Inc. has acquired the Cranford, N.J. agency, The Property and Casualty Group (PCG). Terms were not disclosed. PCG It sells commercial and personal insurance in New Jersey,...
Boating Deaths in New Jersey Rise in 2010
Jun 23 2011 // Coast Guard figures show New Jersey bucked a national trend of record low recreational boating deaths in 2010. Eight people died in boating accidents in the Garden State last year, two more than in 2009. There have been no...
New Jersey Man Charged with Trying to Sink His Own Boat
Jun 21 2011 // A New Jersey fishing boat owner is charged in a botched attempt to sink his vessel to collect insurance money. A federal indictment unsealed Wednesday charges 38-year-old Scott Tran of Cherry Hill, and three other...
New Jersey Town Approves Heliport for Powerbroker’s Firm
Jun 20 2011 // The Evesham, New Jersey Township Planning Board has approved a proposal to build a heliport despite objections from a nearby hospital and residents. Permission for the landing area was requested by the insurance firm...
New Jersey Court: Drunk Driver Can Sue Bar that Served Him
Jun 20 2011 // New Jersey’s Supreme Court has ruled that a convicted drunken driver has the right to sue the bar that served him. The court’s 5-2 ruling last month stems from a 2006 motorcycle crash in which Frederick Voss...
New Jersey Court Denies Blogger Shield Protection
Jun 9 2011 // A blogger sued for defamation over comments posted on an Internet message board is not entitled to the same protections as a journalist, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday. The court said that blogger Shellee...
Business Moves
Jun 6 2011 // Crump, Self Funded Alternatives Wholesaler broker Crump Insurance Services Inc. has acquired Self Funded Alternatives, an insurance intermediary specializing in self-insured workers’ compensation programs. SFA is...
New Jersey Court: Drunk Driver Can Sue Bar that Served Him
Jun 3 2011 // New Jersey’s Supreme Court has ruled a convicted drunken driver has the right to sue the bar that served him. Wednesday’s 5-2 ruling stems from a 2006 motorcycle crash in which Frederick Voss had a...
