Latest New Jersey Headlines
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Uber Pays New Jersey Back Taxes of $100M Over Driver Employment Classification
Sep 13 2022 // Uber Technologies Inc. said on Monday it back-paid New Jersey $100 million in unemployment taxes over classifying drivers as contractors, but added that it did not agree with the state’s view that drivers were...
Risk Strategies Acquires New Jersey’s Dickstein Associates
Aug 24 2022 // Risk Strategies, a Boston-based national specialty insurance brokerage, has acquired Dickstein Associates Agency, a retail insurance agency located in Tinton Falls, New Jersey. Founded in 1965, Dickstein Associates...
Georgia’s MagMutual to Acquire New Jersey-Based MDAdvantage Insurance
Aug 17 2022 // MagMutual Insurance Co. and MDAdvantage Holdings Inc. have reached an agreement for MagMutual, headquartered in Atlanta, to acquire MDAdvantage Insurance Co., based in New Jersey. MDAdvantage, according to AM Best, is one...
Environmental Officer Warns New Jersey Is Not Prepared for Climate Change Effects
Aug 17 2022 // New Jersey’s top environmental officer says the state is not ready for the worsening effects of climate change and rising seas. Testifying Thursday to a joint state Senate-Assembly panel on coastal issues, Shawn...
New Jersey High Court Backs Insurer’s New York Exclusion in Home Depot Injury Case
Aug 16 2022 // Clearly, Admiral Insurance Co. did not want to assume any risk in the New York City area. The insurance policy Admiral issued to Richfield Window Coverings excluded coverage “in any way connected with”...
OSHA Investigating Deaths of Amazon Workers in New Jersey
Aug 15 2022 // Federal work-safety investigators are looking into the death of an Amazon worker and an injury that potentially led to the death of another employee, adding to a probe already underway following a third fatality during the...
State Farm Alleges $2.6M Auto Insurance Fraud by New Jersey Chiropractors, Doctors
Aug 5 2022 // Insurer State Farm is fighting what it says is a fraudulent medical scheme that has been exploiting New Jersey’s personal injury protection (PIP) benefits law since 2014. The insurer is seeking to recover $2.6...
New Jersey Contractor Arraigned for Worker Death at Poughkeepsie Construction Site
Aug 4 2022 // A New Jersey construction company and its principal have been charged with willfully violating federal workplace safety regulations at a Poughkeepsie, New York construction site where a wall collapsed, killing a worker in...
World Insurance Acquires New Jersey’s Coverage Specialists
Aug 2 2022 // Insurance brokerage World Insurance Associates reports that it has acquired Coverage Specialists, Inc. of Pompton Plains, New Jersey. Coverage Specialists is a 35-year-old family-owned agency founded in 2010 that provides...
Court Agrees With Insurer: Amazon Can Be Sued Under New Jersey Product Liability Law
Jul 26 2022 // Online marketplace Amazon can be sued under New Jersey product liability law for defective products sold by third-party sellers on its website. The federal district court in New Jersey sided with the New Jersey...
New Jersey High Court: Default Claims Against Insurer Subject to Arbitration
Jul 19 2022 // A claimant seeking to recover directly from an insurer on default judgments for claims against the insurer’s policyholder, must abide by the insurer’s policy terms that mandate arbitration, the New Jersey...
No Injuries Reported From New Jersey Forest Fire Now Largely Contained
Jun 23 2022 // A forest fire burning in southern New Jersey was 95% contained as of late afternoon Tuesday, and firefighters were confident it would not spread beyond perimeter lines they had created. The fire in Wharton State Forest is...
New Jersey Sues Ford for Damages Over Mining That Contaminated Tribal Land
Jun 21 2022 // New Jersey officials sued Ford Motor Company on Thursday, alleging that the automaker contaminated the ancestral homeland of a Native American tribe by dumping paint sludge and other pollutants into a former mine. The...
New Jersey No-Fault Law Does Not Bar Suit Over Insurer Delay in Approving Treatment
Jun 20 2022 // An insured claiming his auto insurer’s delay in approving treatment caused his injuries to worsen is entitled to prove his breach of contract claim despite New Jersey’s no-fault law. That law governing personal...
New Jersey Woman Injured Rescuing Neighbor’s Dog Loses Damages Suit
Jun 15 2022 // A woman who says she suffered serious injuries while trying to save her neighbors’ dog from a canal can’t sue the pooch’s owners, New Jersey’s Supreme Court ruled on Monday. The court unanimously...
People Moves: Travelers’ Zimmerman Moves to MAPFRE; Bigglestone to Succeed Provost at Vermont Captive Unit; Koch Named New Jersey Workers’ Comp Chief Judge
Jun 10 2022 // MAPFRE USA Hires Zimmerman to Lead Commercial Lines MAPFRE USA, a leading personal and commercial auto writer and home insurer in Massachusetts, announced that Jesse Zimmerman has joined the leadership team as vice...
New Jersey, Massachusetts, EPA Close to Settlements Over Industrial Waste Sites
Jun 8 2022 // A federal court is weighing settlements with a South Carolina electronics company that would provide funds for cleaning up hazardous waste sites in New Jersey and Massachusetts. The proposed consent decree between the...
New Jersey Residents Still Waiting for Hurricane Ida Aid 9 Months Later
Jun 3 2022 // New Jersey resident Shashuna Atwater is still living with the awful smell of sewage that inundated her basement when the remnants of Hurricane Ida struck New Jersey nine months ago, destroying photographs, diplomas and...
Markets/Coverages: NJM Introduces Commercial Package Policy in New Jersey
May 24 2022 // NJM Insurance Group is now writing commercial package policies in New Jersey with policy effective dates beginning July 1, 2022. The NJM ProPack Commercial Package Policy protects mid-to-large-sized businesses against...
New Jersey Trampoline Park Can’t Enforce Arbitration Clause Against Minor Who Lied
May 19 2022 // A New Jersey company cannot enforce an arbitration provision in an agreement signed by a 15-year-old minor who misrepresented his age to gain access to its commercial trampoline park. The Superior Court of New Jersey...
