All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 4 2002 // The Coalition for Auto Insurance Competition (CAIC) has called upon the Administration of Governor McGreevey to “quickly address the likelihood that auto insurance will become more difficult for New Jersey drivers to...
May 31 2002 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New York and New Jersey announced that they will host a panel discussion on the “Hard Market” at their joint annual conference which takes place June 9-11.The panel, which...
May 21 2002 // Copart, Inc., the national auto salvage provider, announced that it has opened a second auction facility to serve the state of New Jersey in Somerville next to US-206 in the community of Hillsborough. Copart now has 91...
May 21 2002 // The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance (DOBI) has approved the use of the company name “MIIX Advantage Insurance Company of New Jersey,” according to a company announcement.MIIX is in the process of...
May 15 2002 // The Coalition for Auto Insurance Competition (CAIC) announced the launch of an additional wave of advertising as part of its continuing statewide media campaign aimed at reforming New Jersey’s auto insurance system...
May 14 2002 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey issued a statement supporting the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance for its proposed regulation implementing the Parity Act, which amended the powers of state...
May 14 2002 // Even as it winds down its 25 year life as one of New Jersey’s leading medical malpractice insurers (See IJ Website May 10 and 7), the Lawrenceville based MIIX Group is receiving new support for the resurrected,...
May 10 2002 // Patricia A. Costante, the President and CEO of New Jersey-base MIIX Group, the troubled medical professional liability insurer, got a well deserved vote of confidence on Thursday when the company’s Board of Directors...
May 9 2002 // The Coalition for Auto Insurance Competition announced that the Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey (PIANJ) has joined the Coalition in the effort to bring much needed reform to the state’s auto insurance...
May 7 2002 // MIIX Group, the troubled New Jersey-based medical professional liability insurer, announced a loss for the first quarter ended March 31, 2002, of $45.4 million, or $3.38 per share,”resulting primarily from...
Apr 18 2002 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Inc. announced that vice president, John D’Agostino, will represent the association on the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance’s (DOBI) working group...
Apr 17 2002 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey has commended the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance (DOBI) for proposing standards and procedures for surplus lines insurance procurement. In a letter sent last...
Apr 9 2002 // Insurance industry and consumer groups have joined together to launch an extensive advertising campaign aimed at building support for their efforts to bring about reforms in New Jersey’s automobile insurance...
Apr 9 2002 // Regional Executive VP of Brown & Brown, Inc. Thomas E. Riley and Robert J. Turner, President of RJT, Inc. of Parsippany and Freehold, NJ, doing business as The Turner Group, announced that a New Jersey subsidiary of...
Mar 27 2002 // Pennsylvania isn’t the only Eastern State to experience precipitate increases in the cost of medical malpractice insurance. A report in the New York Times reveals premium increases of between 10 and 40 percent in...
Mar 20 2002 // A study by John D. Worrall, professor and chair of economics at Rutgers University – Camden, concludes that “New Jersey’s auto insurance laws are fundamentally flawed, guaranteeing an inefficient and...
Mar 14 2002 // International broker and risk manager Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced that it has completed the acquisition of Life Plans Unlimited, Inc. of Fairfield, Connecticut and Tom Sherwin Insurance Agency of Haddonfield,...
Mar 11 2002 // The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance is proposing a regulation (PRN2002-103) that would change the way insurers calculate profits on personal automobile insurance. New Jersey statutes establish a reasonable...
Mar 8 2002 // The New Jersey Appellate Court’s March 4, 2002 decision to uphold the pre-certification medical guidelines of the Auto Insurance Cost Reduction Act of 1998 (AICRA) is a positive step in promoting true auto reform,...
Feb 12 2002 // James A.Tignanelli will take over as head of Prudential New Jersey’s property/ casualty business, following his appointment as president of The Prudential Property and Casualty Insurance Company of New Jersey (PRUPAC...