Latest New Jersey Headlines
All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Woman Hurt in New Jersey Transit Crash Settles for $1.5M
Nov 19 2019 // A woman injured in the fatal crash of a New Jersey Transit train in 2016 has settled a lawsuit for $1.5 million. LaTonya Story was aboard the train that crashed at Hoboken Terminal, killing one and injuring more than 100...
Insurer Market Conduct Troubles Often Traced to Claims Handling Errors
Nov 19 2019 // Mistakes by claims professionals were the most common reason for enforcement actions taken against U.S. property and casualty insurers in 2018, taking the No. 1 and No. 2 spot on a top 10 list issued by the Wolters Kluwer...
N.J. Man Sentenced to 150 Months in Prison for Insurance Fraud, Drug Distribution
Nov 18 2019 // An Atlantic City, N.J., man was sentenced to 150 months in prison for selling more than 200 grams of crystal methamphetamine and for staging a fake robbery of a Union County, N.J., pawnshop for the purpose of perpetrating...
New Jersey Man Sentenced in Slip and Fall Insurance Scam
Nov 12 2019 // A New Jersey man is not going to prison for orchestrating a slip and fall insurance scam. Under terms of a plea agreement, a judge on Monday instead sentenced 58-year-old Alexander Goldinsky to probation, community service...
New Jersey’s NIP Group Hires Bertoli as Senior Vice President of Marketing
Nov 6 2019 // NIP Group Inc., a Woodbridge, N.J.-headquartered program manager providing marketing, underwriting and administration of specialty insurance programs, has hired John Bertoli as senior vice president of Marketing. In this...
Velocity Risk Underwriters Expands Coverage to Coastal Homeowners in New Jersey
Oct 31 2019 // Velocity Risk Underwriters, LLC, has expanded its home insurance products to include coastal homeowners policies in New Jersey. According to Jose de Diego, director of Independent Agencies, New Jersey is the sixth state...
Seeman Holtz Acquires New Jersey’s Geisenheimer Agency
Oct 30 2019 // Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty has announced the acquisition of GIA Insurance Agency (Geisenheimer Insurance Agency), headquartered in Saddle Brook, N.J. Geisenheimer Insurance Agency is a provider of personal and...
Bookkeeper for New Jersey Company Admits Stealing $1.7M in Check Fraud Scheme
Oct 24 2019 // A bookkeeper for a northern New Jersey company has admitted stealing $1.7 million from the firm by writing herself fraudulent company checks. Tammy Martinez pleaded guilty Tuesday to bank fraud. The 46-year-old South Amboy...
After 100 Years in Business, JGS Insurance Has Learned to Embrace Change
Oct 23 2019 // “To improve is to change, so to be perfect is to have changed often.” This quote from Winston Churchill is hanging on the wall at the offices of Jacobson, Goldfarb & Scott Inc. (JGS Insurance). The Bell...
Velocity Risk Underwriters Expands Coverage to Coastal Homeowners in New Jersey
Oct 23 2019 // Velocity Risk Underwriters LLC has expanded its home insurance products and now offers coastal homeowners policies in New Jersey. This makes New Jersey the sixth state where the company offers homeowners insurance to...
Plymouth Rock Assurance Finalizes Acquisition of New Jersey’s Rider Insurance
Oct 21 2019 // Plymouth Rock Assurance has finalized its acquisition of Rider Insurance Company. New Jersey-based Rider is the largest motorcycle insurance provider in the state and the only carrier serving the motorcycle community...
New Jersey Woman Critically Hurt in Car Crash Receives $4.5M Settlement
Oct 18 2019 // A New Jersey woman who was permanently injured in a crash last year with a volunteer firefighter answering a fire call has settled a lawsuit for $4.6 million. NJ.com reports that 56-year-old Melinda Baker, of Manuta,...
The Hilb Group Acquires New Jersey’s New Agency Partners
Oct 17 2019 // The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired New Jersey-based New Agency Partners (NAP). The transaction became effective October 1, 2019. NAP is a full-service insurance brokerage in Parsippany, N.J., providing business...
The Hilb Group Acquires New Jersey’s LCIA
Oct 16 2019 // The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired New Jersey-based LCIA Inc. DBA Campisano Insurance Agency (LCIA). The transaction became effective October 1, 2019. LCIA is a full-service property and casualty agency that has...
Worker Dies in Accident at Soon-to-Open New Jersey Megamall
Oct 15 2019 // Authorities say a worker has died at the construction site of a soon-to-open New Jersey megamall and entertainment complex. The accident occurred Wednesday afternoon at the American Dream mall at the Meadowlands complex in...
Construction Worker Fatally Electrocuted, Two Others Hurt in New Jersey
Oct 14 2019 // Authorities say two workers were accidentally electrocuted at a townhouse construction site in central New Jersey, leaving one dead and the other critically injured. A third worker suffered burns in the accident, which...
‘Putrid’ Smell of Carcasses Over Newark Prompts New Jersey Lawsuit
Sep 23 2019 // Newark – part of it, anyway – stinks. Residents of New Jersey’s largest city have been complaining about the stench of carcasses emanating from Darling Ingredients Inc.’s rendering plant, which...
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy Signs Executive Order on Gun Safety
Sep 19 2019 // New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has signed Executive Order No. 83, directing the New Jersey Department of Treasury, the Division of Purchase and Property, and the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance to promote...
Conner Strong & Buckelew Hires Trullinger, Keating in New Jersey
Sep 18 2019 // Conner Strong & Buckelew, an insurance, risk management and employee benefits brokerage and consulting firm, has hired Thomas Trullinger as senior vice president of Mergers and Acquisitions. He will be based in the...
Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Expands Commercial Package Coverage Into New Jersey
Sep 17 2019 // Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Companies has expanded its Commercial Package product into New Jersey. This offering includes: Commercial property with limits up to $120 million per location with an enhanced causes of...
