All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 18 2007 // The Proformance Insurance Co., a subsidiary of National Atlantic Holdings Corp., has appointed Douglas A. Wheeler, Esq. as general counsel.Wheeler joined the company in 2006 as vice president and also continues in that...
Jan 18 2007 // Train lines that carry hazardous shipments have little or no police presence and shoddy security that makes them easy targets for terrorists, according to a newspaper investigation.During a several-month, nationwide...
Jan 11 2007 // Nearly half a billion dollars will be given to U.S. cities and regions to help reduce the risk of terror attacks on ports, transit systems and chemical plants, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff announced this...
Jan 10 2007 // For a chunk of change, a piece of the rock will be the next home of the New Jersey Devils.Prudential Financial Inc. and the NHL team announced the company will pay $105.3 million over 20 years to call the Devils’ new...
Jan 7 2007 // Commerce Group, SWICO Enterprises, State-Wide InsuranceThe Commerce Group Inc., the largest auto insurer in Massachusetts, expects to enter the New York personal lines insurance market in 2007 as part of its plan to expand...
Jan 4 2007 // A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the financial strength rating (FSR) to A+ (Superior) from B++ (Good) and the issuer credit rating (ICR) to “aa” from “bbb+” of Parkway Insurance Co. of Bridgewater, N.J....
Jan 4 2007 // Burns & Wilcox, a Farmington Hills, Mich.-based national specialty insurance wholesaler, underwriter and managing general agent, announced the addition of Michael Bodner, who joins the company’s Parsippany, New...
Jan 4 2007 // Geico ads to greet NJ commuters on George Washington Bridge Received by Newsfinder from AP Jan 3, 2007 20:27 Eastern Time Thousands of New Jersey motorists will drive past the Geico gecko next week on their way to New York...
Jan 3 2007 // Wholesale insurance broker Swett & Crawford has acquired the assets of Oxbridge Insurance Associates, Inc., located in Morristown, New Jersey. The venture marks Swett & Crawford’s first acquisition since...
Jan 3 2007 // New Jersey regulators are considering limiting how much doctors can charge insurers for treating people injured in vehicle accidents, a move meant to cut prices but one foes argue will make it hard to get medical care.The...
Dec 29 2006 // Borden Perlman Insurance in Princeton, N.J., a personal and commercial lines agency, has appointed Sarah Willard Cammerzell to the firm’s personal lines department. Cammerzell will oversee sales and marketing for the...
Dec 27 2006 // The Commerce Group, Inc., the largest auto insurer in Massachusets, expects to enter the New York personal lines insurance market in 2007. Under the terms of the agreement, ACIC Holding Company, Inc., a subsidiary of...
Dec 26 2006 // New Jersey lawmakers and policy experts are working on a plan to overhaul the state’s health care system that would require all New Jerseyans to carry medical insurance but would keep the policies affordable for...
Dec 25 2006 // Allstate Insurance Co., continuing its reappraisal of its hurricane loss exposure along the East Coast, has decided to stop writing new property insurance policies in all areas of Connecticut, New Jersey and Delaware.The...
Dec 24 2006 // Allstate Insurance Co., continuing its reappraisal of its hurricane loss exposure along the East Coast, has decided to stop writing new property insurance policies in all areas of Connecticut, New Jersey and Delaware.The...
Dec 22 2006 // A port security task force this week urged that the nation adopt mandatory security standards for cargo and that the president appoint a port security czar to coordinate the federal agencies that oversee the nation’s...
Dec 11 2006 // Frank J. Coyne, chief executive officer of Insurance Services Office, recently warned that insurers unable to keep up in the technological arms race face a grim prognosis.The industry leader said a chasm is growing between...
Dec 8 2006 // Allstate Insurance Co., continuing its reappraisal of its hurricane loss exposure along the East Coast, has decided to stop writing new property insurance policies in all areas of Connecticut, New Jersey and Delaware.The...
Dec 4 2006 // A year after New Jersey enacted auto insurance regulation changes meant to reduce rates, state residents were still paying through the nose, according to the latest survey compiled by the National Association of Insurance...
Nov 29 2006 // New Jersey Skylands Insurance Companies has unveiled a promotion that highlights what it says is a first-of-a-kind discount for New Jersey drivers who regularly commute to work via mass transit — a rate discount of...