All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 7 2003 // Go on mass transit in California, walk into a store in Texas, step on a plane nationwide, and you will see two languages displayed in many instances. With an ever-growing Hispanic population across the country, this trend...
Jul 7 2003 // When Governor James E. McGreevey signed The New Jersey Automobile Insurance Competition and Choice Act (S-63/A-2625), he launched another effort aimed at solving the state’s automobile insurance crisis. This time,...
Jul 7 2003 // The issue of state versus federal regulation of insurance provokes strong opinions and divergent points of view among insurers. Yet there is one point on which we all can agree—consumers are best served by a healthy and...
Jul 3 2003 // While New Jersey legislators managed to agree on an auto insurance reform package this session, they seem to be as far apart as ever on the adoption of reforms aimed at solving what the state’s doctors and health...
Jun 26 2003 // The New Jersey Hospital Association (HJHA) announced that a survey of premiums for medical malpractice coverage determined that the average quote for 2003 is around $1.9 million, compared to $1.1 million in 2002. The...
Jun 25 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Inc. commended the State Senate for its unanimous passage of legislation to help to ensure that agents’ ownership and commission rights are continued when an insurance...
Jun 25 2003 // Leaders of The Independent Insurance Agents of New Jersey, which represents over 700 small businesses in the state, gathered at the New York Hilton on Sunday morning to meet with insurance company executives to discuss the...
Jun 20 2003 // The New Jersey Young Insurance Professionals elected Charles J. Caruso, CPIA, assistant VP of Herbert L. Jamison & Co. LLC in West Orange, as the association’s new president at their recent meeting, held during...
Jun 19 2003 // Allstate New Jersey Insurance Company and its subsidiary, Encompass Insurance, announced the filing of civil actions under the New Jersey Insurance Fraud Prevention Act, in the Superior Court of New Jersey (Morris County),...
Jun 17 2003 // Some 1,500 insurance professionals, the highest number ever, attended the recently concluded PIANJ/PIANY Joint Conference at Bally’s Atlantic City, making it “the highest attended show ever in the...
Jun 16 2003 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has downgraded the financial strength rating to B (Fair) from B++ (Very Good) of the New York-based MLMIC Group, removed the rating from under review, and assigned a “negative”...
Jun 12 2003 // The National Association of Independent Insurers has issued a bulletin indicating that the recent enactment of auto reform legislation in New Jersey (See IJ Website June 9) “has several important implications for the...
Jun 10 2003 // While commending New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey (D) for signing into law on Monday important auto insurance reform legislation, the Alliance of American Insurers (AAI) warned those who want to attract and keep good auto...
Jun 10 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Inc. hailed Governor James E. McGreevey’s signing of S.63/A.2625, reform legislation aimed at combating the State’s auto insurance crisis (See Article in...
Jun 9 2003 // While medical malpractice insurance reform proposals remain stalled in the New Jersey Legislature, some of the state’s physicians have decided to take matters into their own hands. They’re calling on the Board...
Jun 6 2003 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has lowered its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on New Jersey-based Princeton Insurance Co. to ‘Bpi’ from ‘BBBpi’...
Jun 6 2003 // The Alliance of American Insurers testified yesterday against NJ Assembly Bill 3259, which, it asserts, “would place restrictions on insurers using call centers.”Alliance Assistant Regional Manager Richard...
Jun 5 2003 // Patricia A. Costante, Chairman and CEO of MIIX Advantage Insurance Company of New Jersey, headquartered in Lawrenceville, announced a third subscription offering for MIIX Advantage(TM). MIIX Advantage is a...
May 30 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Inc. also announced that Gerry Wilson, president and CEO of Palisades Safety and Insurance Management Corporation, will receive the “Company Person of the Year”...
May 29 2003 // The National Association of Independent Insurers has issued a bulletin commenting on its recent filing of an amicus brief, which opposes a New Jersey appeals court’s conclusion that wrongful death and survival...