All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 14 2006 // Selective Insurance Group, Inc., in Branchville, N.J., announced the following executive appointments:Diederik Olijslager (Lafayette, N.J.), to vice president, Selective Insurance Group, and senior vice president, head of...
Mar 9 2006 // In his first political firestorm since taking office in January, Gov. Jon S. Corzine said Wednesday that he provided $5,000 in bail money to an insurance lobbyist accused of stalking a state assemblyman.“I reacted as...
Mar 9 2006 // New Jersey’s largest health insurer and two physician groups have settled a lawsuit over whether hundreds of heart specialists were overpaid for services performed in 2003 and 2004.The settlement ends the case, which...
Mar 8 2006 // An attorney for Merck & Co. insisted at the start of another Vioxx trial that the company adequately investigated the drug’s safety and asserted it was heart disease and other ailments, not Vioxx, that led to...
Mar 6 2006 // Steven M. Goldman was sworn in as Acting Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance on March 1, 2006.Prior to his nomination by Governor Jon S. Corzine, Goldman was a senior member and 22-year...
Mar 1 2006 // A former truck driver, who authorites report falsely claimed to have been injured and permanently disabled in the terror attack on the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, was sentenced recently to 30 months in federal...
Feb 24 2006 // Insurers this week testified in Trenton against a bill (A-1003) that would permit chiropractors in New Jersey to seek reimbursement for services at the same rate as licensed physicians and surgeons.The legislation would...
Feb 21 2006 // The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, The Hanover Insurance Company, and some of its affiliates will transfer renewal rights for a block of certain personal lines policies to...
Feb 17 2006 // Fitch Ratings has affirmed the ‘BBB-‘ long-term issuer rating and ‘BBB-‘ senior debt ratings of CNA Financial Corporation (CNA) and the ‘A-‘ insurer financial strength (IFS) ratings of...
Feb 6 2006 // In what lawyers say is a precedent-setting decision, a New Jersey court has ruled that a claims-made insurance policy that did not include retroactive coverage does not violate public policy and is enforceable.An insurance...
Feb 1 2006 // New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice Director Vaughn L. McKoy reported that a Cumberland County insurance agent has pleaded guilty to theft for stealing nearly $100,000 in insurance premium money from insurance...
Jan 30 2006 // National Atlantic Holdings Corp., a provider of specialized property/casualty insurance products and related insurance services based in Freehold, N.J., has appointed as Vice President Douglas Wheeler, former assistant...
Jan 24 2006 // The Hanover Insurance Group reported that Michelle M. Sipple has been named regional vice president, marine, for the company’s New York and New Jersey region. Sipple will work out of the The Hanover’s...
Jan 22 2006 // PeopleMaryland Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., has selected R. Steven Orr to serve as Maryland Insurance Commissioner. He succeeds Alfred W. Redmer, who resigned in October 2005 to join the private sector. Orr, 53, most...
Jan 18 2006 // New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine, sworn into office in Tuesday, has yet to name several members of his cabinet, including an insurance and banking chief.Corzine did, however, announce that Acting Banking and Insurance...
Jan 18 2006 // Usually snow and ice are the culprits this time of year in the Northeast for problems with the weather.Wednesday, though, proved to be Mother Nature offering a different problem for residents. Winds, in some cases...
Jan 17 2006 // In what lawyers say is a precedent-setting decision, a New Jersey court has ruled that a claims-made insurance policy that did not include retroactive coverage does not violate public policy and is enforceable.An insurance...
Jan 6 2006 // New Jersey Governor-elect Jon Corzine has nominated Rutgers Law School Associate Dean Ronald K. Chen to be public advocate to represent consumers on insurance rates and other issues before state government. Chen’s...
Jan 6 2006 // ACE USA has opened a branch office in Morristown, N.J., which will serve the northern New Jersey area. Andrew Hurley has been appointed New Jersey branch manager and will lead the new office. Hurley will work to expand ACE...
Jan 6 2006 // Jimcor Agencies iannounced that Renee M. Azelby has joined the staff in Marlton, N.J. Azelby comes to Jimcor with 15 years of experience in the industry, most recently working as a professional liability underwriting...