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Study: New Jersey Beaches 30-40 Feet Narrower After Superstorm Sandy
Nov 21 2012 // The average New Jersey beach is 30 to 40 feet narrower after Superstorm Sandy, according to a survey that is sure to intensify a long-running debate on whether federal dollars should be used to replenish stretches of sand...
AIR Worldwide Survey Team Describes Sandy Losses in N.J., N.Y.
Nov 21 2012 // AIR Worldwide recently concluded damage survey of areas impacted by Superstorm Sandy, which made landfall on Oct. 29, five miles southwest of Atlantic City, New Jersey. On November 11, 2012, AIR teams were deployed to...
After Sandy, Uncertainty About Real Estate Market, Mortgages, Insurance
Nov 21 2012 // “Reduced for Quick Sale!” reads Mike Montalbano’s Craigslist ad for the three-bedroom home he needs to sell before he can relocate for a new job. The drywall is new, as are the appliances. The only...
NAIC Sets Up Consumer Call Center in Aftermath of Superstorm Sandy
Nov 19 2012 // State insurance regulators, working cooperatively through the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), are coordinating efforts to assist New Jersey and other Eastern Seaboard residents in the aftermath of...
Q&A With ELANY Executive Maher on Surplus-Lines Industry’s Resiliency
Nov 16 2012 // The Excess Line Association of New York (ELANY) plays a vital role for New York’s surplus-lines industry. The group, a non-profit advisory association created by the New York statute in 1988, is charged with the duty...
AIR Worldwide’s Field Report Describes Scope of Sandy’s Devastation
Nov 15 2012 // Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide published a field survey report on Wednesday, Nov. 14, detailing damages their representatives saw in some of the hardest-hit areas post-Sandy. According to AIR Worldwide,...
Q&A With Attorneys on Emerging Business Insurance Topics
Nov 13 2012 // As companies large and small grapple with losses in Sandy’s aftermath, a number of critical — and costly — business questions have emerged. Darlene Alt and Robert DiUbaldo, two experienced insurance...
Delays in Power Restoration After Storm Anger N.Y., N.J. Residents
Nov 12 2012 // Utility companies in New York and New Jersey closed in on restoring power this past Sunday to the last of the 8.5 million customers who lost it during the superstorm two weeks ago and a subsequent nor’easter storm,...
Nor’easter Brings New Power Outages for Sandy-Battered States
Nov 9 2012 // The nor’easter that stymied recovery efforts from Superstorm Sandy pulled away from New York and New Jersey Thursday, leaving hundreds of thousands of new people in darkness after a blanket of thick, wet snow snapped...
Sandy Could Force 250,000 Cars to Scrap Heap
Nov 8 2012 // Superstorm Sandy may consign as many as a quarter of a million new and used cars and trucks to the scrap heap, a loss that could eventually lead to a spike in new auto sales, automakers and dealers said. So far, automakers...
New York, New Jersey Order Evacuations Ahead of New Storm
Nov 7 2012 // [The National Weather Service updated its nor’easter forecast Wednesday morning. The agency said this strengthening coastal storm will impact northeast Wednesday into Thursday. A low pressure system off the...
Some Sandy Victims Wait As Insurance Adjusters Wait for Access, Prioritize Claims
Nov 5 2012 // Pat Groover called her insurance company on Tuesday morning, the day after a massive tree gave in to storm Sandy’s winds, ripped the front off a neighbor’s house and pulled siding and gutters off of...
Allstate Brings Usage-Based Auto Insurance to N.Y., N.J.
Nov 5 2012 // Allstate announced last month that it has expanded its usage-based auto insurance product, Drive Wise, to four additional states including New York and New Jersey. “Drive Wise rolled out in Colorado, Michigan, New...
Meningitis Lawsuits: Success Could Hinge on Whether Courts See Product Liability or Medical Malpractice
Nov 5 2012 // Victims of a deadly U.S. meningitis outbreak are starting to sue the physicians and clinics that administered tainted steroid shots, and the success of the suits could hinge on whether judges decide the injections are...
Sandy Claims Continue to Pour In at Quick Pace
Nov 2 2012 // Insurers said Sandy-related claims have been pouring in at a rapid pace in the immediate days after the storm — and that as some sense of normalcy returns, many more claims are expected. The Progressive Corp. CEO...
Insurers, Brokers Say Some Northeast Offices Still Closed Due to Sandy
Nov 2 2012 // Superstorm Sandy — and the widespread power outages and transport problems that followed — affected business operations of numerous companies in the Northeast, including those of insurers and brokers. Companies...
Controversy Over Hurricane Deductibles May Just Be Beginning
Nov 2 2012 // When the National Hurricane Center declared Sandy a “post-tropical storm” just before it made landfall, a lot of homeowners across New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and Maryland may have saved a lot of money....
Scope of Hurricane Sandy Widens, Death Toll Rises
Nov 2 2012 // From New York City’s Staten Island to the popular beach towns of the Jersey Shore, rescuers and officials on Friday faced growing evidence of widespread destruction wrought by superstorm Sandy, mounting anger over...
New York, New Jersey Want Washington to Pay More Storm Costs
Nov 1 2012 // New York state on Wednesday asked the U.S. federal government to pay all the costs of cleaning up and repairing damage from massive storm Sandy that tore through the Northeast this week and crippled New York City. Governor...
No Hurricane Deductibles for Sandy Claims in New Jersey, Maryland
Oct 31 2012 // Hurricane deductibles will not be applicable for Sandy-related claims in New Jersey, the state where the superstorm made landfall late Monday. New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance Acting Commissioner Ken...
