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New Jersey Homeowners’ Price Comparison Survey Available

Jul 31 2000 // The New Jersey Banking and Insurance Department has introduced a 2000 Homeowner’s Insurance Premium Comparison Survey designed to help consumers compare rates for homeowner, renter and condominium insurance. The...

New Jersey Legislature Recesses for Summer; Insurance Issues Await Fall Action

Jul 10 2000 // The New Jersey legislature recessed for the summer without voting on major legislation that would allow new lawsuits. The New Jersey trial bar is supporting the bill, which would create a situation similar to that...

Karen Suter Sworn In as N.J. Banking and Insurance Commissioner

Jul 7 2000 // Karen L. Suter has been sworn in as Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance. Suter, of Medford, served as Acting Commissioner of the department since January.She succeeds Jaynee LaVecchia, who...

N.J. Department of Banking and Insurance Now NJDOBI.org

May 25 2000 // It may look like Swahili, but the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance’s web site name change is simple compared to the old one. The department’s previous address,...

Summit Bancorp Forms New Jersey’s Largest Brokerage

May 17 2000 // Summit Bancorp has formed Summit Insurance Advisors, a consolidation of several long-established New Jersey-based insurance brokerage and consulting organizations—Meeker Sharkey Financial Group, W.M. Ross & Co.,...

Former New Jersey Commissioner Dies

Apr 21 2000 // Former New Jersey Insurance Commissioner Andrew J. Karpinski died Tuesday of a heart attack. He was 59. After a 30-year career in insurance, Karpinski was nominated in 1994 to serve as commissioner. He resigned in 1995...

Allstate N.J. Appoints 1st Exclusive Agent In 25 Years

Feb 3 2000 // Citing dramatic changes in the New Jersey auto insurance marketplace due to implementation of auto insurance reform, Allstate New Jersey Insurance Company (ANJ) today announced the appointment of Patricia Egberts, the...