All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 23 2008 // Auditors say the head of New Jersey’s Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau charged $55,000 on a state credit card for travel, meals and chocolates over 21 months.The audit is the first for the agency that helps...
Oct 23 2008 // A former New Jersey assemblyman and north Jersey mayor has been sentenced to nine months in federal prison and nine months of home confinement for his role in a bribery scandal that brought down 12 people, including 11...
Oct 20 2008 // San Francisco-based Wells Fargo Insurance Services, part of Wells Fargo & Co., has acquired the EMAR Group, an independently owned commercial insurance agency headquartered in Livingston, N.J., with an office in...
Oct 16 2008 // A Lawrence, Massachusetts man wanted for allegedly helping stage a car crash that resulted in the death of a great-grandmother and led to a statewide crackdown of auto insurance fraud has been arrested in New...
Oct 15 2008 // New Jersey drivers have a new option for insuring their vehicles. New Jersey Skylands Insurance is now offering its expandable OneChoice Auto in the Garden State.OneChoice Auto features protection for liability, medical...
Oct 9 2008 // New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine has signed a package of five bills lawmakers hope fill strengthen the state’s workers’ compensation system to better protect workers injured on the job.The package of bills...
Oct 6 2008 // Homeowners in New Jersey won’t have to pay the state an extra fee to rebuild their houses after a fire or flood. The state’s Council on Affordable Housing proposed an exemption to regulations it passed in June...
Oct 3 2008 // The former president of the Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey has been elected to the board of directors for the trade group’s national association.Andrew C. Harris will represent New Jersey’s...
Sep 24 2008 // Homeowners in New Jersey won’t have to pay the state an extra fee to rebuild their houses after a fire or flood.The state’s Council on Affordable Housing proposed an exemption. The council had come under fire...
Sep 16 2008 // A new poll shows few New Jersey residents support lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18.A Fairleigh Dickinson-PublicMind poll shows just 18 percent of New Jerseyans surveyed would support lowering the age, while 76...
Sep 16 2008 // Meeting for the first time since the summer recess, the New Jersey Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee this week debated several bills proposing reforms in the way corporations conduct business.The...
Sep 11 2008 // Wells Fargo Insurance Services, Inc. reported that it has acquired the assets of Three Bridges, New Jersey’s Herder – Tarricone Associates. Herder – Tarricone Associates provides insurance, employee...
Sep 8 2008 // Tropical Storm Hanna brought heavy rains and high winds to New Jersey on Saturday, but no major weather-related problems were reported as the fast-moving storm made its way along the coast Saturday night.Forecasters said...
Sep 2 2008 // Drunken driving deaths are decreasing in New Jersey.According to new federal data released Thursday by AAA Mid-Atlantic, there were 47 fewer DUI-related deaths in New Jersey in 2007 than the year before. That’s a 6...
Sep 1 2008 // Aon, BenfieldChicago-based Aon Corp. is acquiring UK-based broker Benfield Group Limited for about $1.75 billion. The price includes $6.55 (£3.50) per share in cash and assumption of $170 million (£91 million) of...
Aug 28 2008 // Firefighters have been able to keep a southern New Jersey forest fire from spreading, though they have not been able to contain it entirely or put it out.The fire in a remote section of the Wharton State Forest in Camden...
Aug 21 2008 // Agents in New Jersey are praising a recent court decision that limits an agent’s duty of care when a client misrepresents himself.The ruling stems from a suit brought by Harbor Commuter Services, a ferry operator in...
Aug 18 2008 // Former Passaic, New Jersey Mayor Samuel Rivera was sentenced Friday to nearly two years in prison and a $4,000 fine for accepting cash bribes in exchange for influencing city contracts.Rivera, who was caught in a...
Aug 8 2008 // Slightly more New Jerseyans are using seat belts.The state Division of Highway Traffic Safety says May’s “Click It or Ticket” survey found 91.75 percent of drivers using their seat belt. That’s up...
Aug 7 2008 // Jack Byrne’s magic business touch has been all about the basics paired with high drama.Once hailed as the Babe Ruth of insurance, he was the man who long ago saved Geico, the automobile insurer that later became a...