All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 6 2020 // Two women were killed Friday morning when a New Jersey Transit train collided with their car at a railroad crossing in central New Jersey.The accident occurred around 8:10 a.m. at the Cedar Avenue crossing in Middlesex, a...
Jan 2 2020 // A new year is a time of reflection for some, and last year, the city of Boston began 2019 by reflecting on an important piece of the city’s history: the 100-year anniversary of The Great Molasses Flood.The flood,...
Dec 31 2019 // With 2019 nearly rolled up, it is time to exhale and recap the latest dose of marijuana laws affecting the workplace. In the last twelve months, Illinois became the eleventh state to legalize recreational marijuana use by...
Dec 27 2019 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has reached a settlement with Thomas Foods International after issuing citations for workplace safety and health violations at the...
Dec 20 2019 // In the dreary archives of a Newark, New Jersey, courthouse, Ronald Motley found a treasure map.It was an evidence log, a detailed inventory of documents and other exhibits that had been used in an injured worker’s...
Dec 19 2019 // Pie Insurance today has expanded its workers’ comp insurance offering into New Jersey. This latest addition increases Pie’s coverage area to 32 states and the District of Columbia.Pie Insurance, co-founded by...
Dec 17 2019 // New Jersey’s largest hospital system said Friday that a ransomware attack last week disrupted its computer network and that it paid a ransom to stop it.Hackensack Meridian Health did not say in its statement how much...
Dec 16 2019 // Mistakes by claims professionals were the most common reason for enforcement actions against U.S. property and casualty insurers in 2018, taking the No. 1 and No. 2 spot on a top 10 list issued by the Wolters Kluwer...
Dec 12 2019 // Omaha National, an Omaha, Nebraska-headquartered workers’ compensation insurance and payroll services provider serving small and midsize employers, has announced it is expanding coverage to New Jersey. New Jersey is...
Dec 11 2019 // Plymouth Rock Assurance, an east coast-based insurance company, announced that Gerry Wilson, president and CEO of Plymouth Rock Assurance Direct Group, has informed company leadership of his decision to retire.“It...
Dec 4 2019 // Verisk, a Jersey City, N.J.-headquartered data analytics provider, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire FAST, a privately held software company for the life insurance and annuity industry based in Iselin, N.J.FAST...
Dec 4 2019 // A wave of new laws in 15 states that allow people to make claims of sexual abuse going back decades could bring a deluge of lawsuits against the Roman Catholic Church that could surpass anything seen so far in its clergy...
Dec 4 2019 // Berkley One (a Berkley Company), a startup insurance provider high net worth individuals and families, has introduced a new excess flood product, as well as broader geographical capabilities with a launch in Vermont and...
Dec 3 2019 // A New Jersey city has ended its electronic scooter pilot program after a teenage boy died while riding one.Elizabeth’s City Council voted Tuesday night to end the city’s six-month Lime e-scooter program. The...
Nov 19 2019 // A woman injured in the fatal crash of a New Jersey Transit train in 2016 has settled a lawsuit for $1.5 million.LaTonya Story was aboard the train that crashed at Hoboken Terminal, killing one and injuring more than 100...
Nov 19 2019 // Mistakes by claims professionals were the most common reason for enforcement actions taken against U.S. property and casualty insurers in 2018, taking the No. 1 and No. 2 spot on a top 10 list issued by the Wolters Kluwer...
Nov 18 2019 // An Atlantic City, N.J., man was sentenced to 150 months in prison for selling more than 200 grams of crystal methamphetamine and for staging a fake robbery of a Union County, N.J., pawnshop for the purpose of perpetrating...
Nov 12 2019 // A New Jersey man is not going to prison for orchestrating a slip and fall insurance scam.Under terms of a plea agreement, a judge on Monday instead sentenced 58-year-old Alexander Goldinsky to probation, community service...
Nov 6 2019 // NIP Group Inc., a Woodbridge, N.J.-headquartered program manager providing marketing, underwriting and administration of specialty insurance programs, has hired John Bertoli as senior vice president of Marketing. In this...
Oct 31 2019 // Velocity Risk Underwriters, LLC, has expanded its home insurance products to include coastal homeowners policies in New Jersey. According to Jose de Diego, director of Independent Agencies, New Jersey is the sixth state...