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N.J. Man Charged with Workers’ Comp Fraud

Dec 4 2003 // Vaughn McKoy, Director, Division of Criminal Justice, announced that the Division of Criminal Justice – Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor has charged a Camden County, New Jersey man with attempted theft, Health...

N.J. DOBI Issues Notice on Legion to Surplus Lines Producers

Dec 4 2003 // Holly C. Bakke, the head of New Jersey’s Department of Banking and Insurance, has issued a bulletin to the state’s licensed surplus lines producers requesting that they advise policyholders about the Legion...

PIANJ Congratulates CIC, CISR Designees and Scholarship Recipients

Dec 4 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Inc. recently conferred the New Jersey Certified Insurance Counselor and Certified Insurance Service Representative classes of 2003 in a ceremony at the Trump Taj Mahal in...

AutoOne Insurance to Service NJ PAIP

Dec 2 2003 // AutoOne Insurance will become the newest carrier to handle New Jersey Personal Automobile Insurance Plan (NJ PAIP) business as a Limited Assignment Distribution (LAD) servicing carrier, beginning Jan.1, 2004. The...

Former N.J. Company Employee Ordered to Pay $4,000 to Employer

Nov 25 2003 // New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that a former employee of a Hudson County insurance agency has been ordered to pay nearly $4,000 in restitution after reportedly admitting to concocting a scheme to issue...

N.J. Commissioner Details Consumer Protection Actions

Nov 20 2003 // New Jersey’s Banking and Insurance Commissioner Holly C. Bakke has announced a number of actions, following investigations by the Department’s Market Conduct Unit. It operates within the Office of Consumer...

N.J. DOBI Gives Details on “Dollar-a-Day” Auto Policy

Nov 19 2003 // New Jersey’s Department of Banking and Insurance has issued an information statement on its website – www.nj.gov/cgi-bin/dobi/paip/paipmenu.cgi, giving details for consumers who may be eligible for the...

Former N.J. Chiropractor Pleads Guilty to Health Care Claims Fraud

Nov 13 2003 // New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that a former Bergen County chiropractor previously convicted of insurance fraud has pleaded guilty to additional charges, including Health Care Claims Fraud for...

N.J. Sentences Man on Fraud Charges

Nov 12 2003 // Vaughn McKoy, Director, New Jersey’s Division of Criminal Justice, announced that a Hudson County man has been ordered to perform community service and pay a $5,000 civil penalty for falsely reporting that his car...

N.J. Gov. Notes ‘Dollar A Day’ Policy Now Available

Nov 12 2003 // Continuing his landmark efforts to reform auto insurance in New Jersey, Governor James McGreevey announced this week that the “Dollar-a-Day” auto insurance policy, designed to help uninsured drivers with...

Best Affirms Palisades Group ‘B++’ Ratings; Assigns Ratings to High Point Group

Nov 7 2003 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has affirmed the financial strength ratings of B++ (Very Good) of Palisades Group of Berkeley Heights, N.J. and has removed it from under review. Best also announced that it has assigned...

ACORD to Provide N.J. Auto ID Cards

Nov 6 2003 // The Association for Cooperative Operations Research and Development (ACORD) announced that it will soon be providing temporary as well as permanent auto ID cards in New Jersey, as part of a major change in the...

Selective Group Unveils Q3 Numbers, Notes Favorable Performance

Nov 5 2003 // New Jersey-based Selective Insurance Group, Inc. reported net income of $14.7 million, or $0.53 per diluted share, for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2003, up from $11.1 million, or $0.41 per diluted share for the same...

N.J. Couple Sentenced as Part of $500,000 Fraud Scam

Nov 4 2003 // New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that a Camden County husband and wife charged as part of a multiple-defendant insurance fraud scam have been ordered to repay an insurance company more than $25,000 for...

N.J. Office of Fraud Prosecutor Charges Pa. Woman with Bilking Money from State Disability Fund

Nov 3 2003 // New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced the Division of Criminal Justice – Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor has charged a Pennsylvania woman with theft, forgery and falsifying documents for allegedly...

Berkeley Township Given Award by N.J. Municipal Joint Insurance Fund

Oct 31 2003 // The New Jersey Township of Berkeley has been presented with a Special Recognition Award for the Most Improved Safety Record by the Garden State Municipal Joint Insurance Fund (GSMJIF). In a ceremony held at the...

So. Brunswick Receives Award from N.J. Municipal Joint Insurance Fund

Oct 30 2003 // The Township of South Brunswick, New Jersey was presented with a Special Recognition Award by the Garden State Municipal Joint Insurance Fund (GSMJIF), for its contributions to the overall success of the Fund. Barry...

IIANJ Joins Insurance Council of New Jersey

Oct 28 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents of New Jersey announced that the organization has recently joined the Insurance Council of New Jersey as an associate member. “ICNJ was established in 1977 and is a nonprofit,...

Report USAA Will Reduce NJ Auto Rates

Oct 27 2003 // The United Services Automobile Association Group, which insures around 91,000 New Jersey drivers, will reportedly begin lowering rates as of the 1st of December. According to a report that appeared in the NJ Star-Ledger,...

N.J. Man Pleads Guilty In Sale of Phony MVC Documents

Oct 21 2003 // New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that an Essex County man has reportedly pleaded guilty to selling fictitious Motor Vehicle Commission documents to an undercover State Investigator assigned to the...