All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 5 2007 // Chicago-based insurance broker Hub International Limited reported that its New York subsidiary has acquired the assets of JM Associates, Ltd. (JM), an agency that has specialized in providing casualty insurance for the...
Nov 4 2007 // A woman injured by a bullet from a drive-by shooting is entitled to recover under her uninsured motorist coverage, according to a New Jersey Appellate Division ruling, even though she was not in her car at the time of the...
Nov 2 2007 // Great American Insurance Group’s Executive Liability Division has opened a new branch office in Princeton, New Jersey and named David Garrison as divisional vice president. Garrison will be responsible for the...
Oct 31 2007 // New Jersey residents with auto coverage from New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Co. will soon be receiving dividend checks worth an average of $327.The Ewing-based company says the checks will be mailed from Nov. 19...
Oct 30 2007 // A woman injured by a bullet from a drive-by shooting is entitled to recover under her uninsured motorist coverage, even though she was not in her car at the time of the shooting, according to a New Jersey Appellate...
Oct 22 2007 // A former New Jersey Democratic state assemblyman who was among 11 public officials arrested last month on federal bribe-taking charges pleaded guilty last week to attempted extortion.Alfred E. Steele acknowledged accepting...
Oct 17 2007 // A state senator says he will soon announce plans to require all New Jerseyans to carry medical insurance, but the governor warned that the plan could cost more than $1 billion.“We are going to announce just after the...
Oct 8 2007 // From the executive office of the Greater New York Mutual Insurance Companies on Madison Avenue in the heart of New York City, Warren Heck, chairman and chief executive officer, can see Illinois.“It’s fantastic,...
Oct 8 2007 // New Jersey drivers still pay more for auto insurance than residents of any other state, but the gap is shrinking. According to a study from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, the average Garden State...
Oct 8 2007 // Competition helps but drivers still pay most8 Maine cop hit by police car covered Court rules in the case of a stolen police car8 N.Y. to issue illegal immigrants licensesSupporters see fewer uninsured motorists10 Mass....
Oct 8 2007 // New Jersey drivers still pay more for auto insurance than residents of any other state, but the gap is shrinking. According to a study from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, the average Garden State...
Oct 5 2007 // As government scientists searched for the source of a multistate E. coli outbreak linked to frozen hamburgers, a class-action lawsuit was filed Wednesday against the New Jersey producer of the patties and supermarkets that...
Oct 3 2007 // Several states say they will challenge the Bush administration in federal court over its new rules that block the expansion of a health insurance program for children from low-income families.Arizona, California, Illinois,...
Oct 2 2007 // New New Jersey residents now have 60 days to register vehicles with the state under a new law signed by Gov. Jon S. Corzine. State law had allowed new residents to maintain their vehicle registrations with their previous...
Sep 28 2007 // Venice, Fla.-based First Guard Insurance Co., will begin writing business direct in North Carolina and New Jersey effective Jan. 1, 2008. Currently, FGIC is licensed in twenty-three states, primarily concentrated east of...
Sep 25 2007 // Four homes were destroyed and 37 other damaged by a raging forest fire in the Pinelands last May, but a sand and gravel company is seeking more than 98 percent of the damages sought from the military for causing the...
Sep 24 2007 // N.J. hockey case could redefine spectator liabilityDenise M. Sciarrotta was thrilled with the seats her family had for the minor league hockey game. They were close to the action as they watched players take practice...
Sep 24 2007 // From the executive office of the Greater New York Mutual Insurance Companies on Madison Avenue in the heart of New York City, Warren Heck, chairman and chief executive officer, can see Illinois.“It’s fantastic,...
Sep 24 2007 // New Jersey insurance agents praised Gov. Jon Corzine for signing into law a bill that bans so-called step-down provisions in businesses’ motor vehicle liability policies and frees agents from a having to advise...
Sep 24 2007 // 11 N.J. public officials caught in FBI insurance stingU.S. Attorney for New Jersey Christopher J. Christie talks in Trenton, N.J. on Sept. 6 about the investigation with the FBI that led to arrests of 11 public officials...