Latest New Jersey Headlines
All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Judge Orders N.J. Med-Mal Data Made Public
Jun 14 2004 // New Jersey patients soon will be able to use a new state Web site to obtain information about doctors, including details about malpractice claims they have settled. The release of the information cleared a legal hurdle...
Burns & Wilcox Opens New Jersey Office
Jun 8 2004 // Farmington Hills, Mich-based national specialty insurance wholesaler, underwriter and managing general agent Burns & Wilcox Ltd., has opened a new service center in Livingston, N.J. The announcement was made by Burns...
People and Places
Jun 7 2004 // Alan Crater Cynthia Young The Citizens and Hanover Insurance Companies announced that Alan Crater has been named regional president of their downstate New York and New Jersey commercial lines divisions and Cynthia H. Young...
N.J. Panel Recommends Motor Vehicle Fine Adjustments
Jun 4 2004 // New Jersey Governor James E. McGreevey announced the recommendations by his Task Force on Motor Vehicle Fines, which put forth several proposals including adjustments to the penalties for not having proper insurance under...
Seven Indicted for Fraud in Travis County, Texas
Jun 3 2004 // The Travis County (Texas) District Attorney’s Office announced that a Travis County Grand Jury returned indictments charging seven people with the felony offense of unauthorized insurance. The Insurance Fraud Section...
N.J. to Assess High-Tech Auto Safety Gadgets
May 27 2004 // The McGreevey Administration thinks new safety technology for autos and roadways such as on-board navigation systems may be helpful in reducing auto insurance crashes and costs in New Jersey. Banking and Insurance...
N.J. Businessman Admits Million Dollar Insurance Fraud
May 24 2004 // New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that the owner of a defunct Camden County insurance brokerage business has been ordered to pay more than one million dollars in restitution and jailed for seven years as a...
N.J. ALLOWS CREDIT SCORES:
May 17 2004 // New Jersey insurance officials, after reviewing their own test and the results in other states, have decided to permit the use of credit scores in the rating of private passenger auto policies. Last year, the Department of...
N.J. Woman Grounded in Auto Fraud Probe
May 17 2004 // New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice Director Vaughn McKoy announced that the Division of Criminal Justice – Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor has obtained an indictment charging a Mercer County woman with...
N.J. AGENTS’ LOBBY HAILED:
May 17 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents of New Jersey, Inc. (IIANJ) was presented the prestigious Maurice G. Herndon National Legislative Award today in recognition of its outstanding government affairs achievements last year....
NO FALSE ALARMS IN N.J. DORMS:
May 17 2004 // Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J. was able to complete fire sprinkler installations in its dormitories several months ahead of a state deadline by working year-round, campus officials said. New Jersey passed the...
N.J. Insurer Proves Putting Customers First Has Its Own Rewards
May 17 2004 // New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Group doesn’t advertise, does little self-promotion and tells its employees to put good service above growing the company. There are no fancy corner offices, no posh boxes at sports...
N.J. Young Agents in Race for Special Olympics
May 13 2004 // To mark its 20th anniversary, the New Jersey Young Insurance Professionals’ Fun Run expects to raise $100,000 for Special Olympics New Jersey this year. Held as part of the Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey...
N.J. Chiropractor Has Back Up Against Wall; Guilty Plea Offered in Fraud Case
May 13 2004 // New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that a Morris County chiropractor has pleaded guilty to theft for billing an insurance company for chiropractic treatments never performed. According to Vaughn McKoy,...
N.J. Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing from 9/11 Disaster Relief Funds
May 11 2004 // New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that a Union County man who fraudulently obtained more than $42,000 in Sept. 11 survivor benefits by claiming he had been displaced from his Manhattan employment as a...
Crater to Head Hanover’ s N.Y.-N.J. Commercial Lines
May 11 2004 // The Citizens and Hanover Insurance Companies announced that Alan Crater has been named regional president of their downstate New York and New Jersey commercial lines divisions, effective immediately. Crater comes to...
N.J. Sale of Low-Cost Auto Policy Nears 3,000
May 6 2004 // New Jersey Banking and Insurance Commissioner Holly Bakke announced that the number of drivers purchasing the Dollar-a-Day auto insurance policy has increased 79 percent in just four weeks. “The jump in the number of...
IIANJ Honored for State Legislative Work
Apr 22 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents of New Jersey, Inc. (IIANJ) was presented the prestigious Maurice G. Herndon National Legislative Award today in recognition of its outstanding government affairs achievements last...
N.J. Dollar Policies Selling Fast:
Apr 19 2004 // The number of drivers enrolled in the Dollar-a-Day auto insurance program in New Jersey has surpassed 1,500, just six months after it was launched to help uninsured drivers with limited means get affordable auto insurance,...
N.J. Woman, 72, Sentenced in Scam:
Apr 19 2004 // A Philadelphia judge sentenced an elderly woman to 12 years of probation for insurance fraud in a series of claims that drew prison sentences for the defendant in two other courts. Isabel Parker, 72, of Deptford, N.J.,...
