Latest New Jersey Headlines
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Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps Released for 2 N.J. Counties
Feb 4 2014 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on Monday released Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) for New Jersey’s Middlesex and Monmouth Counties that reflect the latest refinements to the ongoing...
N.J. Commissioner Offers Insurance Purchasing Tips for Small Businesses
Jan 30 2014 // Making the right insurance choices can have significant impact on the small business owner’s operation costs. With that in mind, New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance Commissioner Ken Kobylowski offered some...
Former N.J. Pharmacist Admits Role in $1.5M Health Care Fraud Scheme
Jan 28 2014 // The former pharmacist-in-charge of a northern New Jersey pharmacy has admitted his role in a decade-long, $1.5 million health care fraud scheme involving twin brothers who owned the business. Federal prosecutors say...
Data Shows Hoboken’s Share of Sandy Aid on Par With Other N.J. Towns
Jan 27 2014 // The city whose Democratic mayor said New Jersey’s GOP Gov. Chris Christie’s administration tied Superstorm Sandy aid to her support for a real estate project has, so far, received a level of aid from state-run...
Fire Sprinkler Requirement Bill Dies in New Jersey
Jan 27 2014 // Fire sprinklers will not be required in new homes in New Jersey. Gov. Chris Christie on Jan. 21 allowed a bill that made the rule to die. The measure would have applied to newly constructed homes. It would not have applied...
N.J.’s Sandy Claims Mediation Program Recovered $3.4M Since May
Jan 27 2014 // New Jersey’s mediation program to assist residents with unresolved insurance claims related to Superstorm Sandy has recovered $3.42 million for consumers since the program was launched last May, New Jersey Gov. Chris...
N.J. Has Distributed Half of $1.8B in Sandy Aid
Jan 27 2014 // Fifteen months after Superstorm Sandy pounded New Jersey, the state has distributed nearly half the $1.8 billion in initial funding it received from the federal government, the state’s community affairs commissioner...
Casino Dealer Prevails in Workers’ Comp Dispute in New Jersey
Jan 24 2014 // New Jersey’s appellate court affirmed a ruling that an employee who got injured in a traffic accident while driving out of her employer’s premises is entitled to worker’s compensation benefits. The court...
N.J. Gov. Christie’s Administration Denies Sandy Aid Allegation
Jan 22 2014 // New Jersey’s Republican Gov. Chris Christie’s administration on Monday pushed back against a claim that Superstorm Sandy relief funding was withheld from a severely flooded city because its Democratic mayor...
Risk Strategies Acquires Singer Nelson Charlmers in New Jersey
Jan 22 2014 // Risk Strategies Co., a national insurance brokerage and risk management firm based in Boston, announced it has acquired Singer Nelson Charlmers, a Teaneck, N.J.-based insurance brokerage firm providing coverages in...
Hoboken, N.J., Mayor Meets With Feds Over Claim Against Gov. Christie
Jan 21 2014 // The Democratic mayor of a New Jersey town severely flooded by Superstorm Sandy said Sunday, Jan. 19, that she was told an ultimatum tying recovery funds to her support for a prime real estate project came directly from...
USI Insurance Services Acquires Oscar & Associates in N.J.
Jan 17 2014 // USI Insurance Services announced the closing of the acquisition of Oscar & Associates, an employee benefit wholesale broker in West Caldwell, N.J. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Oscar & Associates...
N.J. Groups Call for Changes, Greater Transparency in Sandy Aid Distribution
Jan 16 2014 // Housing advocates and civil rights groups in New Jersey are calling for more help for renters and greater transparency for the state’s next allocation of federal Sandy recovery funds. Fair Share Housing Center and...
N.J. Police Officer Loses Job, Sentenced to 3 Years Probation for Insurance Fraud
Jan 15 2014 // A Newark, New Jersey, police officer who had his sport utility vehicle set on fire and then filed a false insurance claim has been spared a prison term. Essex County prosecutors in New Jersey say 41-year-old Johnathan...
New Day Underwriting Managers Appoints Account Manager in N.J.
Jan 15 2014 // New Day Underwriting Managers LLC, a Bordentown, N.J.-based environmental and construction-related professional liability resource for insurance agents and brokers, has named Mara Majeeda as an account manager within the...
Feds to Audit N.J. Gov. Christie’s Use of Sandy Relief Funds
Jan 13 2014 // New Jersey Governor Chris Christie faces a federal investigation over his use of $25 million of Hurricane Sandy relief money for a commercial he starred in promoting tourism at the New Jersey shore. The inspector...
N.J.’s Sandy Claims Mediation Program Recovered $3.42M Since May
Jan 13 2014 // New Jersey’s mediation program to assist residents with unresolved insurance claims related to Superstorm Sandy has recovered $3.42 million for consumers since the program was launched last May, New Jersey Gov. Chris...
N.J. Third-Party Insurance Administrator Sentenced for Stealing $462K
Jan 10 2014 // The primary owner and operator of a third-party insurance administrator in New Jersey has been sentenced to seven years in state prison after being convicted at trial of stealing approximately half a million dollars from a...
N.J. Assembly Hearing Focuses on Pace of Sandy Aid Distribution
Jan 10 2014 // Fifteen months after Superstorm Sandy pounded New Jersey, the state has distributed nearly half the $1.8 billion in initial funding it received from the federal government, the state’s community affairs commissioner...
N.J. Contractor Pleads Guilty to Providing False Insurance Certificate
Jan 9 2014 // A southern New Jersey man has admitted he provided a false insurance certificate and worked as an unregistered contractor following Superstorm Sandy, even after authorities revoked his registration Monmouth County...
