All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 20 2007 // Chemical facilities in New Jersey using extremely hazardous substances must weigh using safer options and plant workers can now join state inspections under new state policies to improve safety and security at the...
Mar 19 2007 // Through a collaboration betwee state and federal regulators, the Pennsylvania Insurance Department has helped to recover approximately $1 million in unpaid health claims for Pennsylvania policyholders, Acting Insurance...
Mar 15 2007 // Merck & Co.’s painkiller Vioxx contributed to an Idaho postal worker’s heart attack, a jury in Atlantic City has ruled, reversing the verdict in the man’s first trial and hitting Merck with a total...
Mar 15 2007 // The New Jersey Supreme Court this week ruled that when police and firefighters get hurt handling an emergency, they can sue and win compensation if negligence contributed to the injury.The unanimous decision by New...
Mar 12 2007 // New Jersey drivers could see a return to high prices and fewer choices for their insurance if legislators limit the use of occupation and education as rating factors, insurers warned lawmakers at a legislative hearing...
Mar 7 2007 // A bid to make it illegal for New Jersey auto insurers to use a driver’s job and education to decide rates failed Monday.The Senate Commerce Committee voted against releasing a proposal to ban car insurers from...
Mar 6 2007 // New Jersey drivers could see a return to high prices and fewer choices for their insurance if legislators limit the use occupation and education as rating factors, insurers warned lawmakers at a legislative hearing this...
Feb 27 2007 // Ames & Gough, an insurance broker specializing in serving architects, engineers and law firms, has hired Robert G. Hughes as a vice president with responsibility for business in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and...
Feb 26 2007 // A new machine to help determine if drivers are drunk is generally reliable but is not perfect and can only be used with some adjustments and discretion, a New Jersey judge has said.One of the adjustments may mean that...
Feb 23 2007 // New Jersey public schools can be held liable for repeated, prolonged student-on-student sexual harassment, the state Supreme Court ruled this week in a case brought by a boy who contended he was victimized by years of...
Feb 20 2007 // Hundreds of gay couples received the same legal protections as married couples early Monday when a law took effect to make New Jersey the third U.S. state to offer civil unions.The civil unions — which offer the legal...
Feb 16 2007 // A new machine to help determine if drivers are drunk is generally reliable but is not perfect and can only be used with some adjustments and discretion, a New Jersey judge said Wednesday.One of the adjustments may mean...
Feb 15 2007 // Insurance broker Jimcor Agencies has announced a new facility to provide business auto coverage for artisan contractors, mobile catering trucks, manufacturers and distributors in New Jersey.The carrier is admitted in New...
Feb 13 2007 // Parsippany, NJ: York Claims Service a subsidiary of York Insurance Services Group, Inc. (“York” or “the Company”), a leading insurance services provider, announced today its approval as a claims...
Feb 13 2007 // NIP Programs in Woodbridge, N.J., reports that Kristine Lucke has joined the company as programs claims director. Lucke will be responsible for the program division’s claims strategy and will oversee the management...
Feb 13 2007 // Lebanon, N.J.-based Camford National Insurance Brokers LLC, has opened as a specialty lines wholesale insurance brokerage serving property/casualty agents and brokers both nationally and internationally. Camford National...
Feb 13 2007 // Bollinger, Inc., one of the country’s largest insurance brokers, has acquired two New Jersey insurance agencies. The agencies are The Peter Duffy Agency, in Green Village, and Patchett, Grode & Topp, in...
Feb 8 2007 // An Atlantic County man previously convicted of insurance fraud has been named in a new state grand jury indictment charging him with arson, according to New Jersey Attorney General Stuart Rabner and Criminal Justice...
Feb 6 2007 // Woodbridge, N.J.-based The Marquis Agency announced the asset acquisition of Thomas J Sharp & Associates. The transaction will expand Marquis’ National Professional Services Practice by adding Sharp’s team...
Jan 19 2007 // Matthew Gardner has joined insurance broker Bollinger, Inc. as managing director of its Commercial Lines Division. He will operate out of the Short Hills, New Jersey corporate headquarters and will oversee...