Latest New Jersey Headlines
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Regulatory Battles In Personal Lines Ahead; Allstate May Drop Customers
Dec 8 2023 // Analysts from Standard & Poor’s predicted this week that while personal auto results are starting to stabilize, the continued push for rate in 2024 will set the stage for more faceoffs between regulators and...
J&J Cites ‘Progress’ Settling Baby Powder Cancer Cases
Dec 7 2023 // Johnson & Johnson said it’s moving forward to resolve lawsuits that claim its talc-based Baby Powder causes cancer to avoid facing some jury trials next year and further its strategy of finding a global...
New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Rates to Fall 3.9% for 2024
Nov 28 2023 // New Jersey’s insurance regulator has approved a 3.9% reduction in workers’ compensation and employer liability rates starting January 1, 2024. The approved statewide rate change is based on the latest financial...
New Jersey Supreme Court: Workers’ Compensation Covers Commuting Employee’s Car Crash Injury
Nov 27 2023 // Typically, workers who are injured during their commute to work aren’t eligible for workers’ compensation benefits. The New Jersey Supreme Court highlighted an exception to that rule in a unanimous decision...
New Jersey Blaze lnjured 8 Firefighters and Displaced a Dozen Residents
Nov 27 2023 // Eight firefighters were injured battling a Thanksgiving night fire that displaced more than a dozen residents in West New York, New Jersey, officials said. WABC-TV reports that the fire was in an apartment above a pharmacy...
New Jersey Man Charged With Arson and Insurance Fraud Tied to Home Fire
Nov 7 2023 // A former Camden County, New Jersey man has been indicted on charges including arson and insurance fraud relating to a fire that caused significant damage to a house in Cherry Hill in 2018. Attorney General Matthew J....
7 Firms Settle With EPA Over Alleged Underground Storage Tank Violations
Oct 31 2023 // The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has taken action against several companies including gas station operators in New Jersey, New York and the U.S. Virgin Islands to address alleged violations of federal laws...
A Decade After Superstorm Sandy, 2 Major Flood Control Projects Begin in New Jersey
Oct 30 2023 // A decade after they were first envisioned in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy ‘s destruction, two of the largest flood control projects designed to protect the densely populated cities of New Jersey that lie just...
New Jersey Man Admits Role in Interstate Luxury Car Theft Ring
Oct 27 2023 // A New Jersey man has admitted his role in a conspiracy to steal and transport across state lines luxury cars stolen from towns in New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey, reported U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger. Malik Baker...
Choice Financial Group Acquires SIA Insurance in New Jersey
Oct 26 2023 // Choice Financial Group announced it has acquired SIA Insurance in Manasquan, New Jersey. The move marks Choice’s fourth acquisition in New Jersey and adds to Choice’s growing East Coast presence from New...
J&J Weighs Third Bankruptcy Try to Settle Baby Powder Suits
Oct 19 2023 // Johnson & Johnson said it is weighing a third attempt to use bankruptcy for an $8.9 billion settlement of tens of thousands of lawsuits that allege tainted talc in the company’s baby powder caused cancer. Erik...
New Jersey High Court to Hear E-Scooter Rider’s Bid for No-Fault Auto Benefits
Oct 16 2023 // David Goyco says he was like a bicyclist when he was injured while riding his low-speed electric scooter and hit by a car. Thus, he contends, he is entitled to personal injury protection (PIP) benefits from his auto...
Insurance Broker in Menendez Corruption Case Allegedly Got Senator’s Help With Fraud Case
Oct 16 2023 // The defendants in the corruption case involving U.S. Senator Robert Menendez include a former New Jersey insurance broker who was convicted of premium fraud in 2011 and lost his insurance license. Jose Uribe allegedly got...
Uber Allowed to Arbitrate New Jersey Accident Claims
Oct 16 2023 // A notice in Uber’s digital registration process requiring ride-share customers to take any individual claims to arbitration is enforceable, a New Jersey appeals court has ruled in a case involving passengers injured...
World Insurance Acquires Trucking Specialist Oakwood/Insure Big Rig of New Jersey
Oct 11 2023 // World Insurance Associates announced that it acquired the business of Oakwood Insurance Agency, LLC, also doing business as Insure Big Rig, of Califon, New Jersey on October 1, 2023. Oakwood has been providing trucking...
New Jersey Attorney General Opens Inquiry Into Fatal Crash Involving Nadine Menendez
Oct 10 2023 // The New Jersey attorney general’s office has opened an inquiry into how local law enforcement handled an investigation into a fatal car crash that involved the then-future wife of U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, according...
Families Blame Faulty Vehicle for Ship Fire That Killed Two New Jersey Firefighters
Oct 10 2023 // The families of two New Jersey firefighters who were killed battling a July blaze inside a cargo ship said Friday a malfunctioning vehicle being used to load cargo onto the ship caused the fire. Relatives of Newark...
New Jersey Insurance Agent, Contractor Arrested on Workers’ Compensation Fraud Charges
Oct 6 2023 // A New Jersey insurance agent and the owner of painting company were arrested this week on allegations of insurance fraud. Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll and Morris County Chief of Detectives Robert McNally...
New Jersey Town Sues to Overturn State’s ‘Woefully Inadquate’ Toxic Waste Deal
Oct 6 2023 // A Jersey Shore town where childhood cancer cases rose is trying to overturn a settlement between the state and the corporate successor to the company that dumped toxic waste into the water and ground for decades, turning...
Court Tosses $223.8M Verdict Against J&J in Talc Cancer Case
Oct 3 2023 // A New Jersey appeals court on Oct. 3 threw out a $223.8 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson that a jury had awarded to four plaintiffs who claimed they developed cancer from being exposed to asbestos in the...
