Latest New Jersey Headlines
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New Jersey USPS Mail Carrier Charged with Workers’ Compensation Fraud
Jun 10 2021 // A New Jersey U.S. Postal Service (USPS) mail carrier has been charged with making false statements to obtain federal workers’ compensation benefits. Aida Perez, of Roselle Park, New Jersey, has been charged by...
As One New Jersey Forest Fire is Contained, a Second Starts
May 21 2021 // As New Jersey firefighters gained control of one forest fire in the heavily wooded Pinelands region, a second broke out, and was halfway contained as of Tuesday afternoon. The New Jersey Forest Fire Service said it had...
Forest Fire Consumes Hundreds of Acres in Southern New Jersey
May 18 2021 // A forest fire that has consumed roughly 900 acres in southern New Jersey continued to burn Monday, though no injuries have been reported. The fire was spotted around 4 p.m. Sunday in the Bass River State Forest in Little...
NJM Insurance Adds BOP, Commercial Excess, Umbrella Coverage in New Jersey
May 13 2021 // NJM Insurance Group is now writing businessowners policies and corresponding excess and umbrella policies in New Jersey. The ProEdge Businessowners Policy provides protection for property and liability risks associated...
Alera Group Acquires New Jersey’s Duryea Agency
Apr 28 2021 // Alera Group, a financial services and risk management company, has acquired Duryea Agency, an insurance agency providing personal insurance and business insurance for clients across New Jersey and beyond. Duryea Agency is...
New Jersey to Bake Climate Change Risk Into Policies, Share Costs
Apr 27 2021 // New Jersey will incorporate the impacts of climate change and rising seas into all its major policy decisions in the near future, and will seek to share the costs of protecting the state among all levels of government and...
New Jersey Governor Proposes New Gun Control, Safety Measures
Apr 19 2021 // New Jersey would mandate safety courses in order to get a gun permit, require lockboxes for out-of-use firearms and change state law to hold firearm makers liable for harm stemming from gun use, among other changes...
The Hilb Group Acquires Select Book of Business in New Jersey, New York
Apr 15 2021 // The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired a select book of business of quick-serve restaurant clients with more than 100 locations in New Jersey and New York. These clients will participate in THG’s Alternative Solutions...
N.J. Supreme Court Upholds Order to Reimburse Workers’ Comp Claimant for Marijuana
Apr 15 2021 // The New Jersey Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a construction company to reimburse a workers’ compensation claimant for marijuana that was prescribed to relieve his back pain caused by a work injury. The high court...
New Jersey Man Charged with Insurance Fraud for Rate Evasion After Van Accident
Apr 8 2021 // A New Jersey man has been charged with insurance fraud after an investigation revealed he failed to pay the correct premiums to insure his commercial vehicle and deprived his employees of proper insurance coverage. Passaic...
New Jersey Contractor Fined $200K for Safety Hazards After Worker Injury
Apr 7 2021 // A Trenton, New Jersey-based contractor is being fined $201,000 after one of its employees suffered serious injuries when the roof beneath him collapsed. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health...
New Jersey Bill Requiring Insurers Explain BI Policies Lands on Governor’s Desk
Apr 1 2021 // A New Jersey bill that requires insurers issuing business interruption policies in the state provide policyholders with a summary of coverage for loss of use and occupancy of a commercial property has passed the state...
Severe Thunderstorms Roar Through New Jersey; Thousands Lose Power
Mar 31 2021 // Severe thunderstorms that roared through New Jersey left thousands without power and brought down dozens of trees that damaged homes and businesses, but no injuries were reported. The storms hit the state shortly after...
Underground Electrical Blast Rocks New Jersey’s Asbury Park
Mar 29 2021 // Utility crews restored service after an underground electrical fire rocked the New Jersey shore city made famous by Bruce Springsteen’s music. Thursday’s blast caused two manhole covers to come out of the...
New Jersey Governor Nominates Thompson as Insurance Fraud Prosecutor
Mar 29 2021 // New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has announced his nomination of Tracy Thompson as insurance fraud prosecutor. Thompson has led the Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor in an acting capacity since March 2018. Her...
New Jersey Ice Cream Manufacturer Cited for Safety Hazards Leading to Amputations
Mar 16 2021 // Despite two severe amputation injuries in 2018 and 2020 on the same machine at a Lakewood, New Jersey, ice cream manufacturing plant, a recent federal safety and health inspection found the company continued to ignore...
New Jersey Court Rules Against Artist Peter Max Over Damaged Works
Mar 15 2021 // A New Jersey appeals court on Thursday ruled against famed pop artist Peter Max in a dispute over millions of dollars’ worth of his works that were damaged in a warehouse during Superstorm Sandy. The German-born Max,...
U.S. to Urge Barriers, Elevation to Fight New Jersey Back Bay Flooding
Feb 26 2021 // The federal government will recommend flood control measures including storm surge barriers, floodwalls and elevating homes and other buildings in a report later this year on combating back bay flooding, a major problem in...
World Insurance Associates Acquires New Jersey’s Szerlip & Company
Feb 25 2021 // World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) acquired Szerlip & Company of Millburn, New Jersey, on January 1, 2021. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Szerlip & Co. is a third generation insurance agency founded...
Construction Worker Hurt in Accident at New Jersey College
Feb 24 2021 // A construction worker was injured when a gasket burst and struck him in the head at a college in northern New Jersey, authorities said. Workers were conducting a standard pressure test on a chiller line in the Learning...
