All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 28 2006 // Hanson and Ryan, Inc. in Totowa, N.J. has hired Jennifer Stalgaitis-DiMasi as an account executive. DiMasi will specialize in risk management for the agency’s business clientele, focusing on small and medium size...
Nov 9 2006 // A Pennsylvania man has been indicted for his alleged role in an auto theft and insurance fraud ring in New jersey, accrding to state officials.New Jersey Attorney General Stuart Rabner and Division of Criminal Justice...
Oct 30 2006 // A new study by a Boston-based think tank shows that Massachusetts firms in nine selected industries including financial services have costs that are on average 20 percent to 30 percent higher than similar companies in...
Oct 25 2006 // The New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled that the equal protection clause of the state’s constitution requires that “committed same-sex couples must be afforded on equal terms the same rights and benefits enjoyed...
Oct 24 2006 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Inc. has established the PIANJ Women’s Business Forum to bring together female insurance agency executives.“The PIANJ Women’s Business Forum is designed to...
Oct 17 2006 // Doctors have reached a deal to settle their class-action lawsuit claiming New Jersey’s largest health maintenance organization shortchanged thousands of physicians.Under the proposed agreement with Horizon Blue Cross...
Oct 12 2006 // A lawsuit against an intricate auto insurance fraud network uncovered by Liberty Mutual investigators in the late 1990s came to a costly end last week for the owners of two now-defunct New Jersey chiropractic and...
Oct 12 2006 // 21st Century Insurance Group, one of the pioneers of selling insurance direct to consumers, today began offering private passenger automobile insurance to drivers in New Jersey.The company becomes the seventh auto writer...
Oct 11 2006 // 21st Century Insurance Group Chief Executive Officer Bruce Marlow and New Jersey Insurance Commissioner Steven M. Goldman will hold a teleconference this week to announce plans for 21st Century doing business in New...
Oct 11 2006 // Edward Tafaro, the former president of The Hanleigh Companies (a division of BISYS), has formed Exceptional Risk Advisors, LLC with a single focus in mind—to partner with financial advisors, upscale life insurance...
Oct 10 2006 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of New Jersey (the Big “I”) swore in new officers at its 113th Annual Conference recently.Brian F. Durkin of the Durkin Agency in Englewood and Ramsey was sworn in...
Oct 9 2006 // Agents in New Jersey are protesting a state proposal to require originating brokers making surplus lines placements to tell insureds they will receive a portion of the commission.Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey...
Oct 5 2006 // Pennsylvania, New York, Delaware and New Jersey have agreed to share the costs of a $500,000 study to examine the effects of operational changes at major reservoirs throughout the entire Delaware River basin.The state will...
Oct 5 2006 // A New York man has pleaded guilty for his leadership role in an auto theft and insurance fraud ring in New Jersey, according to New Jersey officials.New Jersey Attorney General Stuart Rabner and Criminal Justice Director...
Sep 29 2006 // Agents in New Jersey are protesting a state proposal to require originating brokers making surplus lines placements to tell insureds they will receive a portion of the commission.The Professional Insurance Agents of New...
Sep 25 2006 // Steven M. Goldman was sworn in as Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance on March 20, 2006, after the Senate Judiciary Committee and full Senate unanimously approved his appointment. Prior to...
Sep 25 2006 // Progressive, Mass. Commercial AutoMassachusetts is about to get a new auto carrier — for commercial, not personal, lines. Progressive Insurance is awaiting approval of rate and form filings from the Massachusetts...
Sep 19 2006 // New Jersey property casualty insurer National Atlantic Holdings Company has confirmed that it is engaged in preliminary discussions regarding potential transactions with The Commerce Group, Inc. of Webster, Mass.The...
Sep 18 2006 // New Jersey hybrid owners can now take advantage of a 10 percent discount on auto insurance offered by Travelers of New Jersey.The discount comes on the heels of Governor Jon S. Corzine’s announcement last spring that...
Sep 5 2006 // USI Holdings Corporation has acquired Melville, N.Y.-based Leader Associates. The acquisition is expected to contribute approximately $9 million in revenue to USI on an annual basis. Terms of the transaction were not...