Latest New Jersey Headlines
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New Jersey Framing Contractor Cited for Exposing Employees to Fall Hazards
Jul 2 2019 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Navy Contractors Inc. for exposing employees to fall hazards at a work site in Lakewood, N.J. The company faces $84,183 in...
New Jersey Woman Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Insurance Fraud
Jul 1 2019 // A Bergen County, N.J., woman has been sentenced to four years in prison for filing phony insurance claims for losses she purportedly sustained during Superstorm Sandy and for filing a false bankruptcy application to shed...
Fast-Moving Fire Damages Several Homes in New Jersey
Jun 28 2019 // A fast-moving fire roared through several homes in a northern New Jersey neighborhood, injuring six firefighters and displacing nearly 50 residents. The fire in Paterson began around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday in a home on Summer...
New Jersey Failing to Put Out Required Pollution Reports, AP Finds
Jun 27 2019 // New Jersey’s environmental regulators have failed for nearly a decade to meet a legal requirement they provide a detailed written account for each year of enforcement actions against polluters of state waterways, the...
World Insurance Associates Acquires New Jersey’s Links Insurance Services
Jun 25 2019 // World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA), an independent insurance agency headquartered in Tinton Falls, N.J., has acquired Links Insurance Services LLC of Wall, N.J., on June 13, 2019. Links Insurance Services LLC was...
Viewpoint: Why Medical Marijuana Laws Are Not a Gateway to Adult Use Legislation
Jun 24 2019 // The 2018-2019 legislative sessions of Delaware, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania have all but ended without the passage of adult use cannabis legislation. This was especially surprising in New York and New Jersey,...
Explosion Levels New Jersey Home, Injuring Lone Occupant
Jun 19 2019 // An explosion leveled a home in New Jersey on Monday, injuring the lone occupant, who was pulled from the burning rubble by an off-duty police officer and first responders. Heavy flames and a large plume of smoke rose from...
Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Elects Blum President
Jun 18 2019 // Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey (PIANJ) has elected Bruce Blum of Somerset, N.J., president at the association’s annual business meeting at Harrah’s in Atlantic City. Blum is owner of Blum &...
E-Scooter Injuries on the Rise; Researchers Urge Helmet Laws
Jun 12 2019 // Facial and head injuries from riding electric scooters have tripled over the past decade, according to a Rutgers study. Electric scooter use has been increasing in popularity as an alternative to gas vehicles. However,...
New Jersey’s SageSure Insurance Managers Appoints Lange, Scott as Vice Presidents
Jun 12 2019 // SageSure Insurance Managers, a Jersey City, N.J.-headquartered subsidiary of Insight Catastrophe Group (ICG), has appointed Alan Lange as vice president of Homeowners Pricing Actuary and Tawana Scott as vice president of...
Helicopter Pilot Killed on Manhattan High-Rise Had Reported a Problem
Jun 11 2019 // The pilot of a helicopter who was killed in a crash-landing on a high-rise building in Manhattan had reported a problem and said he wanted to return to the heliport he had taken off from minutes earlier. The copter instead...
Prosecutors Say Bookkeeper in New Jersey Stole $1.7M in Check Fraud Scheme
Jun 10 2019 // Federal prosecutors say a bookkeeper for a northern New Jersey company stole $1.7 million from the firm by writing herself fraudulent company checks. Tammy Martinez was arrested Thursday and charged with bank fraud. She...
Nearly $185K Spent to Fight Fire at Iconic New Jersey Paper Mill
Jun 10 2019 // Officials say a New Jersey borough spent nearly $185,000 fighting a blaze that destroyed a landmark paper plant and toppled its iconic sign earlier this year, but they believe insurance will cover most if not all of that...
Employee Charged with Stealing $900K from New Jersey Insurance Broker
May 22 2019 // A former accounting specialist in the Ridgefield Park, N.J., office of an insurance broker was arrested and charged with allegedly defrauding her employer of approximately $900,000, Acting U.S. Attorney William E....
New Jersey Chemical Plant Fire Prompts Warnings, Bridge, Road Closures
May 20 2019 // Authorities say a fire at a chemical plant in New Jersey has been brought under control, but road and bridge closures remained in effect and local residents were urged to remain indoors because of potential danger from...
MEMIC Hires Lieberman as Production Underwriter in Pennsylvania, New Jersey
May 15 2019 // Workers’ compensation specialist The MEMIC Group has appointed Ted Lieberman to the role of production underwriter to support continued growth in the Pennsylvania and New Jersey markets. Prior to joining MEMIC,...
SUV Hits New Jersey Pizzeria, Leaving Four with Minor Injuries
May 7 2019 // Authorities say a sport utility vehicle plowed into the front of a New Jersey pizzeria, leaving the driver and three people inside the restaurant with minor injuries. The Camden County prosecutor’s office says...
World Insurance Associates Acquires New Jersey’s Joseph A. Britton Agency
Apr 30 2019 // World Insurance Associates LLC, an independent insurance agency headquartered in Tinton Falls, N.J., acquired the Joseph A. Britton Agency Inc. of Mountainside, N.J., on April 1, 2019. The Joseph A. Britton Agency is a...
Lawyers Expect Wave of Litigation Targeting Popular Heart Drugs
Apr 24 2019 // Dozens of lawsuits have been filed against drug makers and sellers over widely prescribed generic heart medications tainted with potential carcinogens, the first claims in what some lawyers expect to be a wave of...
J&J Asks Federal Court to Assume Baby Powder Lawsuits from State Courts
Apr 23 2019 // Johnson & Johnson wants a federal judge to take over more than 2,000 baby-powder lawsuits it faces instead of allowing the cases to be heard by state-court juries, where the company has a mixed record. The...
