All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 19 2020 // The original property/casualty insurance industry reaction that business interruption losses may be modest may have been too optimistic, according to a leading insurance analyst.KBW’s Meyer Shields believes that the...
Mar 19 2020 // A proposed New Jersey bill, which aims to create business interruption insurance coverage for COVID-19 related claims despite virus exclusions in many policies, has drawn concern about the constitutionality of legislation...
Mar 18 2020 // The New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled that an employee can pursue a disability discrimination claim under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (NJLAD) after being fired due to his legal use of medical marijuana...
Mar 12 2020 // New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy said Tuesday the state will waive fees for COVID-19 testing for more than 2 million residents on certain health plans.The waivers apply to residents with health insurance through their jobs...
Mar 11 2020 // World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) acquired Lewis-Chester Associates Inc. of Summit, N.J., on February 1, 2020. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Founded in 1947, Lewis-Chester Associates Inc. is a full...
Mar 10 2020 // Brightway Insurance Franchise Owner Ryan Collins has expanded his business enterprise with a second Brightway location in Chatham, N.J., which is his first location in the Garden State.Collins opened his first Brightway...
Mar 10 2020 // New York-based law firm Fullerton Beck LLP has opened its first New Jersey office in Red Bank. The firm also has an office in White Plains, N.Y.New Jersey insurance coverage attorney Verne Pedro, who started with the firm...
Mar 2 2020 // The private equity bandwagon continued to roll through the insurance agency and brokerage mergers and acquisitions territory in 2019. As many as two-thirds of all deals involved private equity, according to experts. Most...
Feb 21 2020 // A mortgage company staffer who created hundreds of fraudulent wire transfers to steal roughly $2 million from the firm has been sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison. Dilcia Mercedes of Camden, N.J., will also...
Feb 19 2020 // Authorities say a worker at a New Jersey mall was seriously injured in a 30-foot fall from the roof over the weekend.Roxbury police were dispatched to the Ledgewood Mall shortly after 1 p.m. Saturday after the man, a...
Feb 18 2020 // Insurance Office of America (IOA) has merged with New Jersey-based RDA Benefit Services, owned by Bob and Nancy Damato. The merger became effective Jan. 1, 2020, and further adds to IOA’s growing team in the...
Feb 11 2020 // A state appeals court on Friday revived a lawsuit by a golfer who suffered a serious leg injury when he was hit by a cart driven by another golfer.Thomas McKeown claimed Philip Capavanni shouldn’t have let his...
Feb 5 2020 // A New Jersey oral surgeon has agreed to a five-year license suspension after 15 patients were sickened by a bacterial heart infection and one died.Dr. John Vecchione on Monday also agreed to pay $293,500 in penalties. He...
Feb 5 2020 // J.A. Montgomery Consulting, a New Jersey-based affiliate of Conner Strong & Buckelew that focuses on risk control, safety and claims services, has hired Colleen Vallen to its team.Vallen, a forensic services expert...
Jan 24 2020 // A fast-moving fire roared through a southern New Jersey apartment complex, damaging dozens of units but causing no injuries, authorities said. The fire broke out late Monday in the Buttonwood Village complex in Gloucester...
Jan 23 2020 // The sale of flavored vaping products is banned in New Jersey under legislation Democratic Governor Phil Murphy signed Tuesday.Murphy signed the measure that moved to his desk amid a nationwide scare last year over...
Jan 14 2020 // A large fire that started in an apartment building under construction spread to several other buildings late Sunday in a downtown district, but no injuries were reported.The fire in Bound Brook, N.J., broke out around 8...
Jan 8 2020 // A New Jersey man who sued Staples Inc. after injuring his back when he fell in a store was awarded more than $3.64 million in a jury verdict, the law firm representing him said Monday.Jim Simmons was looking at computers...
Jan 8 2020 // Saxe Doernberger & Vita, P.C. (SDV) has promoted Bethany L. Barrese to partner, effective January 1, 2020.Barrese’s practice focuses on complex policyholder coverage issues. She has experience handling coverage...
Jan 6 2020 // A man working in a ditch was seriously injured December 31 when it collapsed around his lower body, authorities said.The accident occurred shortly before 10 a.m. in Marlboro Township. The 64-year-old man, who was working...