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New Jersey Sex Assault Victim Wants College Held Liable

Jan 11 2019 // A lawyer for a college student who was sexually assaulted at a fraternity “Date Night” party and then driven across campus and assaulted again asked a U.S. appeals court Tuesday to hold the public college...

Former New Jersey Police Officer Sentenced to Prison for Sandy Fraud

Jan 9 2019 // A former police officer has been sentenced to prison for his role in stealing $187,000 in federal Superstorm Sandy relief funds to repair a vacation home on the New Jersey shore.The Asbury Park Press reports 45-year-old...

New Jersey’s Solutions Insurance & Financial Services Joins Gloron Agency

Jan 7 2019 // Solutions Insurance & Financial Services of Fairfield, N.J., has joined Gloron Agency Inc. of New York, N.Y., effective January 1, 2019.The headquarters for the newly combined firm will remain in Manhattan, and the...

East States See Health, Flood Coverages as Key in 2019 with Insurtech, Recruitment Raising Concerns

Jan 7 2019 // From big data and blockchain to autonomous vehicles and new technology that isn’t yet on the radar, “change is inevitable” for the insurance industry in 2019.“Insurance companies, insurance...

Safety Lacking at New Jersey Facility That May Have Exposed Many to HIV

Jan 2 2019 // A New Jersey surgery center that may have exposed more than 3,000 patients to HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C used poor drug storage methods, an outdated infection control plan and unacceptable sterilization practices,...

Murphy Says NJ Transit Meets Safety Equipment Deadline

Dec 21 2018 // New Jersey Transit has made enough progress on installing a federally mandated emergency braking system to meet a year-end deadline, Gov. Phil Murphy said.At a news conference at NJ Transit’s maintenance yard, the...

New Jersey Man Charged in Alleged $17K Insurance Fraud Scheme

Dec 20 2018 // A New Jersey man has been charged with insurance fraud and theft by deception in an alleged scheme to collect $17,048 in temporary total disability payment from his insurance company.Ramdeo Ramsaran, of Teaneck, N.J., was...

Reuters Special Report: J&J Knew About Asbestos in Baby Powder for Decades

Dec 17 2018 // Darlene Coker knew she was dying. She just wanted to know why.She knew that her cancer, mesothelioma, arose in the delicate membrane surrounding her lungs and other organs. She knew it was as rare as it was deadly, a...

Special Report: The Industry Industry Gives Back

Dec 14 2018 // Safety National proudly supports Variety the Children’s Charity of St. Louis, an organization that has been helping children with physical and developmental disabilities for more than 80 years. In 2018, Safety...

Wilhelm Named Account Manager at New Jersey’s RT New Day

Dec 11 2018 // RT Specialty has named Daniel Wilhelm as an account manager within its National Environmental and Construction Professional Liability Practice.In this role, he is responsible for supporting new business and marketing...

Federal Agency Probing Accident That Sickened Amazon Workers in New Jersey

Dec 11 2018 // Federal officials will review an accident in which an automated machine punctured a can of bear repellent at an Amazon warehouse in New Jersey, releasing fumes that sickened workers and sent two dozen to hospitals.The...

New Jersey Amazon Workers Treated After Bear Repellent Releases Fumes

Dec 7 2018 // An automated machine punctured a can of bear repellent at an Amazon warehouse in New Jersey on Wednesday, releasing fumes that sickened workers and sent two dozen to hospitals, officials said.An Amazon representative said...

Alliant Hires Clifton to Employee Benefits Group in New Jersey

Dec 6 2018 // Alliant, a Newport Beach, Calif.-headquartered provider of property and casualty, workers’ compensation, employee benefits, surety and financial products and services, has hired Joe Clifton to its Employee Benefits...

Fire Severely Damages Three New Jersey Shore Homes

Dec 5 2018 // Authorities say a fire in a New Jersey Shore town has severely damaged three homes, hurt at least two people and left one elderly woman missing.The fire in Sea Isle City broke out shortly before noon Thursday, sending...

New Jersey Man Pleads Guilty in $74K Insurance Fraud Scheme

Dec 4 2018 // An Essex County, N.J., man has pleaded guilty in a scheme to obtain $74,000 in disability payments by submitting dozens of forged documents to his insurance provider.Major Smith, a former teacher in the East Orange school...

N.J. Woman Pleads Guilty in Used Luxury Vehicle Theft Scheme

Dec 3 2018 // A New Jersey woman has pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining insurance identification cards as part of a scheme to steal luxury used vehicles from dealerships in New Jersey and New York.Paige Hunt, of Bloomfield, N.J.,...

New Jersey Blast Destroys Home, Damages School

Nov 29 2018 // Authorities say an explosion in a northwestern New Jersey home destroyed the residence and damaged a high school across the street.No injuries were reported in the blast, which occurred shortly before 11 p.m. Tuesday in...

Alera Group Acquires New Jersey’s CRISP Insurance Advisors, Two Additional Firms

Nov 27 2018 // Alera Group, a Deerfield, Ill.-based, national employee benefits, property and casualty, risk management and wealth management firm, has acquired three new firms: CRISP Insurance Advisors, Lively Insurance and Loretz...

New Jersey’s RT Specialty/New Day Appoints Reynolds as an Assistant Vice President

Nov 20 2018 // RT Specialty/New Day, a Hamilton, N.J.-based division of R-T Specialty LLC, has named Joe Reynolds as an assistant vice president in the National Environmental and Construction Professional Liability Practice (formerly New...

New Jersey Court Ruling Could Erase 20K Drunken Driving Convictions

Nov 15 2018 // A ruling issued Tuesday by the New Jersey Supreme Court could cause more than 20,000 drunken driving convictions to be vacated.The justices unanimously found that criminal charges pending against a state police sergeant...