All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
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...
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...
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.,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Nov 15 2018 // New Jersey health officials have confirmed five more cases of measles in a central New Jersey community.The latest confirmed cases bring the total to 11 in Ocean County. Officials say the infected people may have exposed...
Nov 14 2018 // A California jury on Wednesday cleared Johnson & Johnson of liability in a case involving a woman who alleged that the company’s talc-based products, including its baby powder, contain asbestos and caused her...
Nov 8 2018 // An elevator technician who was injured while working on a six-story building in New Jersey has settled his lawsuit against the building’s owner for more than $2 million.Lawyers for Brett Riccio tell NJ.com the...
Nov 7 2018 // Selective Insurance Company of America, a subsidiary of Selective Insurance Group Inc., has announced the following officer appointments. Regina DePumpo has been appointed assistant vice president of Corporate Claims. She...
Nov 1 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, 27, of Bloomfield,...
Oct 26 2018 // An insurance broker who stole nearly $1 million while continuing to sell health care coverage he knew was fake has been sentenced to 18 months in prison.David Clark, 75, of Morristown, N.J., previously pleaded guilty...
Oct 24 2018 // A fast-moving blaze ripped through the business district of a New Jersey town, destroying multiple businesses and causing the partial collapse of at least four buildings, according to officials.Daniel DeGroot, director of...
Oct 16 2018 // SASCO Insurance Services of Hackettstown, N.J., has recently merged with Otterstedt Insurance Agency Inc., headquartered in Englewood Cliffs, N.J.SASCO Insurance has been providing customized insurance coverage plans for...
Oct 12 2018 // A New Jersey jury on Thursday cleared Johnson & Johnson of liability in a case involving a woman who alleged that the company’s talc-based products, including its baby powder, contain asbestos and caused her...
Oct 10 2018 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited DuBell Lumber Company of Medford, N.J., for exposing employees to combustible dust and other hazards. The company faces...
Oct 9 2018 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Hamiltime Herb Co. LLC after inspectors found employees exposed to safety and health hazards in a follow-up investigation...
Oct 5 2018 // A New Jersey court is allowing most of the state’s lawsuit against the maker of OxyContin to move forward.Superior Court Judge Thomas Moore dismissed a public nuisance claim against Purdue Pharma. But he’s...