All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 26 2019 // New Jersey’s planned legislative vote on legalizing recreational marijuana was canceled as Senate President Steve Sweeney said it didn’t have enough support to pass.The bid to end the state’s prohibition...
Mar 25 2019 // New Jersey’s attorney general announced a lawsuit Friday against a California company that sells mail-order firearms parts that can be turned into working weapons, the first such action the state has taken since it...
Mar 22 2019 // NJM Insurance Group, a property and casualty insurer in the Mid-Atlantic region, has named Chris Malone as chief financial officer.Malone joins NJM with more than twenty-five years of financial and leadership expertise. In...
Mar 7 2019 // The estate of a William Paterson University student who took her own life after alleging she was raped at a fraternity has settled a lawsuit against the school for $800,000.Cherelle Locklear’s mother alleged in the...
Mar 4 2019 // Joseph Nawa has been promoted to vice president within RT Specialty’s National Environmental and Construction Professional Liability Practice.For the past five years, Nawa has been integral to the company’s new...
Mar 4 2019 // A New Jersey woman has been charged with insurance fraud and other offenses in an alleged scheme to steal more than $175,000 from the insurance annuity policies of two individuals.Vashanta Stroud-Bennett, 45, of Paterson,...
Mar 1 2019 // Federal regulators have given official approval to New Jersey Transit for a two-year extension to complete the implementation of a required emergency braking system.The Federal Railroad Administration sent a letter this...
Feb 26 2019 // A Missouri Supreme Court ruling on talc lawsuits could reduce the liability and number of large trials Johnson & Johnson faces over allegations its talc products, including baby powder, cause cancer.The ruling will...
Feb 22 2019 // A former site manager for a temporary staffing agency in New Jersey has been sentenced to prison for stealing $190,000 from the agency.Xiomara Jovel, 47, of Roselle, N.J., was sentenced to three years in state prison by...
Feb 20 2019 // New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance Commissioner Marlene Caride last week issued a bulletin encouraging insurers and entities regulated by the department to work with and assist employees of the Marcal paper...
Feb 13 2019 // A New Jersey woman has been charged with insurance fraud and other offenses in an alleged scheme to steal more than $175,000 from the insurance annuity policies of two individuals.Vashanta Stroud-Bennett, 45, of Paterson,...
Feb 13 2019 // Alera Group, a national insurance firm, has acquired Broad Reach Benefits LLC, effective February 1, 2019. Terms of the transaction were not announced.Broad Reach Benefits, headquartered in Madison, N.J., offers a range of...
Feb 11 2019 // A New Jersey man accused of faking a slip and fall at a business to get insurance money has pleaded not guilty.Alexander Goldinsky entered his plea Thursday during a brief court hearing. Prosecutors say the 57-year-old...
Feb 7 2019 // The parent company of a landmark New Jersey paper plant destroyed by fire last week says it is creating a website to help hundreds of affected workers find new jobs.Soundview Paper Company said Monday the employment...
Feb 4 2019 // Police have arrested a New Jersey man who they say faked a slip and fall at a business to get insurance money.Prosecutors say the 57-year-old Randolph man was subcontracted to work at a company in Woodbridge when he faked...
Jan 31 2019 // Brooks Insurance Agency, a Manalapan, N.J.-based multi-line wholesaler, has hired Michael McCluskey as senior vice president and broker.McCluskey specializes in placing professional liability insurance for the financial...
Jan 29 2019 // Police say four girls and women were wounded, one critically, in a shooting during a candlelight vigil in New Jersey for two males killed in the crash of a stolen vehicle.Police in Newark say the victims, who range in age...
Jan 25 2019 // Jimcor Agency Inc., a Montvale, N.J.-based independent managing general agent and insurance wholesaler, has hired Michael Hogan, Kyle Lacertosa and Victoria Stern.These three new sales team members serve as brokerage...
Jan 22 2019 // A New Jersey congressman has introduced legislation to force federal regulators to notify Congress when a railroad or transit agency is being investigated for safety violations.The bill proposed by Democratic Rep. Albio...
Jan 17 2019 // The Democratic governors of New York and New Jersey each set goals to legalize recreational marijuana as part of their 2019 agendas, declaring in separate State of the State speeches Tuesday that new laws should raise...