All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 14 2022 // A bus company accused of overcharging New Jersey Transit for missed trips and over-billing for hours and miles driven will pay more than $20 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the state, the attorney general’s...
Feb 14 2022 // New Frontier Data, a producer of cannabis research and intelligence, released its “22 for 22 Report,” in January, which imparts a definitive air of optimism mixed with few cautions for the industry posed by...
Feb 7 2022 // Johnson & Johnson created a plan last year to limit the financial bleeding from billions of dollars in jury awards to plaintiffs who alleged the company’s Baby Powder and other talc products caused deadly...
Feb 4 2022 // Last month the Superior Court of New Jersey ruled insurers cannot use a policy exclusion to avoid covering about $1.4 billion in damages Merck & Co. said it suffered from a spring 2017 cyber attack known as...
Jan 21 2022 // The weekend storm that brought rain and snow to much of New Jersey also caused significant erosion to a Jersey Shore beach that was already in the process of being widened.Now, federal and state officials are trying to...
Jan 20 2022 // New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has signed into law a bill that proponents have said makes the auto insurance claims process fairer for policyholders and businesses have warned will raise premiums.The New Jersey Insurance Fair...
Jan 19 2022 // Federal prosecutors have charged 13 people—including a New York City police officer, an attorney and four physicians—in two indictments that allege they schemed to defraud auto insurers out of $100 million by bribing...
Jan 18 2022 // A dramatic fire near a chemical plant burned through the night and into Saturday in northern New Jersey but led to no evacuation orders or serious injuries — just heavy smoke that was seen and smelled in nearby New York...
Jan 12 2022 // Trial attorneys are on the move. Having won a victory in New York on New Year’s Eve, when Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation tipping the balance squarely in the plaintiffs’ favor, trial attorneys now have...
Jan 5 2022 // Insurance agency network Renaissance Alliance has acquired two other agency networks, one in New Jersey and another in California.Massachusetts-based Renaissance, which calls itself the “agency growth engine,”...
Jan 4 2022 // On May 24, 2021, inspectors with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) observed roofing workers at Venue Estates at Smithville Green, a senior community housing...
Dec 29 2021 // The state attorney general’s office is investigating the shooting death of a man authorities say was driving a backhoe when he damaged vehicles and homes at a mobile home park in New Jersey this month.Joshua...
Dec 17 2021 // A landlord accused of demanding sex from his low-income tenants under threat of eviction or in exchange for helping them receive rent assistance will pay more than $4 million to settle a federal lawsuit, the U.S....
Dec 14 2021 // World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) acquired E&K Insurance Group of Eatontown, New Jersey, on December 1, 2021. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.E&K was founded in 1930 by two entrepreneurs who...
Dec 9 2021 // Risk Strategies, a national specialty insurance brokerage and risk management firm, acquired full-service insurance and employee benefits agency Meeker Sharkey & Hurley. Terms of the deal were not announced.Meeker...
Dec 8 2021 // A former executive and owner of a pharmaceutical company embezzled millions of dollars from his company to use for personal expenses, the U.S. attorney’s charged in a criminal complaint released Monday.John Klein...
Dec 6 2021 // Alera Group, an independent, national insurance and wealth management firm, acquired Customized Benefit Solutions Inc. (CBSI), an employee benefits and insurance firm based in Hightstown, New Jersey. Terms of the...
Dec 2 2021 // World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) acquired Coe-Brooke Insurance Agency Inc. of Point Pleasant, New Jersey, on November 1, 2021. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Coe-Brooke Insurance Agency Inc. is a family...
Dec 1 2021 // Risk Strategies, a national specialty insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired full-service brokerage firm KRA Insurance Agency Inc. Included in the transaction is KRA’s wholly owned subsidiary, KRA...
Nov 22 2021 // A Hudson County, New Jersey, man was indicted for allegedly causing fraudulent automobile insurance applications to be submitted on his behalf in an attempt to avoid paying the policy premiums.John A. Loor (also known as...