Latest New Jersey Headlines
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New Jersey Gov. Murphy Signs Gun Carry Bill
Dec 27 2022 // New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Thursday signed an overhaul to the rules to get a firearm carry permit, legislation that was spurred by this summer’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling expanding gun rights. “While we are...
New Jersey Lawmakers Pass Gun Carry Bill With Insurance Mandate
Dec 21 2022 // New Jersey lawmakers gave final approval Monday to legislation overhauling rules to get a firearm carry permit after this summer’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling expanded gun rights. The Democrat-led Senate passed the...
People Moves: EverQuote’s Bishop Joins Plymouth Rock; Gada Joins Alliant in New Jersey
Dec 14 2022 // Plymouth Rock Home Assurance Names Bishop as Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer Peter Bishop Plymouth Rock Home Assurance Corp. recently appointed Peter Bishop as vice president and chief marketing officer. Bishop...
Network Merger: New Jersey Alliance’s 22 Agencies to Join Keystone Group
Dec 13 2022 // Keystone Insurers Group, the fourth largest insurance agency network, has agreed to merge New Jersey Agents Alliance (NJAA) into its nationally ranked network. Keystone said NJAA’s 22 owners/members unanimously...
New Jersey Sues Town That Defied Ban on Repairing Eroded Beach
Dec 12 2022 // NORTH WILDWOOD, N.J. (AP) — A sand storm at the Jersey shore is escalating. New Jersey is suing a coastal town that repaired beach erosion from a fall storm in defiance of a state order not to do so. And the town, North...
Germany’s BASF to Restore Polluted Superfund Site in New Jersey
Dec 9 2022 // TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — The German chemical company BASF will restore damaged natural resources at a notorious Superfund site where decades or pollution and illegal dumping caused vast contamination of the environment,...
Wildfire Mitigation Plan Would Cut 2.4 Million New Jersey Pinelands Trees
Nov 28 2022 // BASS RIVER TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Up to 2.4 million trees would be cut down as part of a project to prevent major wildfires in a federally protected New Jersey forest heralded as a unique environmental treasure. New...
New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Rates to Drop 6.1% for 2023
Nov 9 2022 // New Jersey workers’ compensation and employer liability insurance rates will be cut an average 6.1% beginning January 1, 2023. The reduction is more than the 4.7% decrease that industry’s rating bureau had...
Ambac Acquires New Jersey Commercial Auto MGU and Marine Broker
Nov 9 2022 // Financial services holding company Ambac Financial Group, Inc. announced that it has acquired majority stakes in both All Trans Risk Solutions, LLC and Capacity Marine Corp, both of Mahwah, New Jersey. All Trans is a...
Alliant Acquires New Jersey’s Trivedi Capacity Associates and Risk Purchasing Group
Nov 2 2022 // Alliant Insurance Services has acquired New Jersey-based Trivedi Capacity Associates, further expanding its reach in the community association and condominium association underwriting space. Central to the acquisition is...
Jury Sides With New Jersey Police in $10M Suit by Family of Man Who Died After Arrest
Nov 2 2022 // A federal court jury has decided that New Jersey police did not violate the civil rights of a man who died shortly after a physical altercation during his arrest 7 1/2 years ago. After a trial, jurors in federal court in...
New Jersey Lawmakers Advance Bill Limiting Gun Carry, Requiring Liability Insurance
Nov 1 2022 // A New Jersey legislative committee voted to require liability insurance for gun owners and restrict where they could carry their weapons, moving what would be some of the strictest US firearms limits closer to becoming...
New Jersey Beach Town Bulldozes State Over Rebuilding Sand Dues, Building Sea Wall
Oct 28 2022 // NORTH WILDWOOD, N.J. (AP) — When the remnants of Hurricane Ian passed by the Jersey Shore earlier this month, chewing huge chunks out of protective sand dunes, North Wildwood asked New Jersey environmental officials for...
New Jersey Train Track Where 2 Were Killed Was Supposed to Be Closed for Repairs
Oct 24 2022 // Federal authorities say two construction workers struck and killed by a train earlier this month on a bridge between New Jersey and Pennsylvania were on a track that was supposed to have been taken out of service for...
New Jersey Lawsuit Alleges Climate Change Deception by Oil and Gas Industry
Oct 20 2022 // New Jersey officials announced a lawsuit Tuesday against five oil and gas companies and a petroleum trade organization, alleging they had known for decades about the harmful impact of fossil fuels on climate change but...
New Jersey Eyes Gun Carry Legislation Including Insurance Requirement
Oct 14 2022 // New Jersey Democrats say they are going to take a shot at passing new gun legislation similar to New York’s even thought that state’s law is facing a court challenge. Assembly Speaker Craig J. Coughlin and...
New Jersey Insurance Law on Ride-Hailing Does Not Apply to Food Delivery: Court
Sep 28 2022 // A New Jersey court has ruled that an insurer is not required to provide coverage to an Uber Eats food delivery driver under the state’s law requiring app-based transport services to provide underinsured motorist for...
Multiple Crashes, Two Deaths Reported at ‘Pop-Up’ New Jersey Car Rally
Sep 27 2022 // A pop-up car rally over the weekend in southern New Jersey led to multiple crashes and the deaths of at least two people riding in a golf cart, officials say. Wildwood Mayor Pete Byron told NJ Advance Media on Sunday that...
New Jersey Liquor Board Readies Permits for Home Delivery of Alcoholic Drinks
Sep 23 2022 // New Jersey recently announced a permitting process that allows third-party delivery services like DoorDash, Instacart, and Amazon Flex to deliver alcoholic beverages – including cocktails “to go” – from...
New Jersey Cannabis Regulator Issues Employers’ Guidance for Workplaces
Sep 16 2022 // New Jersey has issued guidance for workplaces to support employers’ right to create and maintain safe work environments, as well as affirm employees’ right to due process. According to the guidance and...
