Latest New Jersey Headlines

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Alkeme Acquires New Jersey’s Wharton Lyon & Lyon Agency

Mar 20 2024 // California-based insurance broker Alkeme reported the acquisition of Wharton Lyon & Lyon, a retail insurance agency headquartered in Livingston, New Jersey.Founded in 1912, Wharton Lyon & Lyon is a third-generation...

New Jersey Property Flood Risk Disclosure Law Going Into Effect

Mar 19 2024 // A New Jersey law requiring residential and commercial landlords and sellers of real estate to disclose any flood history and potential flood risks to prospective renters and purchasers goes into effect Wednesday, March...

New Jersey Voters May Get to Decide If They Have a Right to a Clean Environment

Mar 19 2024 // New Jersey, known as much for its beaches and blueberries as for the chemical plants and refineries that line some of its major highways, is considering asking voters a fundamental question: Should the state guarantee its...

Business Moves

Mar 18 2024 // King Insurance Partners, Mehta Insurance AgencyFlorida-based King Insurance Partners acquired Mehta Insurance Agency, located in Absecon, New Jersey. Mehta Insurance Agency’s offerings include business, flood and...

New Jersey Reports Spike in Incidents of Bias in 2023

Mar 12 2024 // Reports in New Jersey of incidents of bias — like antisemitism and anti-Black behavior among others — climbed by 22% last year, according to preliminary data released Thursday by the attorney general.Attorney General...

Insurance Agent Pleads Guilty, Will Testify in Bribery Case Against Senator Menendez

Mar 5 2024 // A former New Jersey insurance agent has agreed to a deal with prosecutors under which he will testify in the federal corruption case against U.S. Senator Bob Menendez.In federal court in Manhattan last Friday, Jose Uribe...

New Jersey City That Limited Street Parking Hasn’t Had a Traffic Death in 7 Years

Mar 5 2024 // Street parking was already scarce in Hoboken, New Jersey, when the death of an elderly pedestrian spurred city leaders to remove even more spaces in a bid to end traffic fatalities.For seven years now, the city of nearly...

People & Places

Mar 4 2024 // Xceedance, headquartered in Boston, appointed Peter Flynn as senior vice president, personal lines, Americas.Flynn brings 25 years of insurance experience, having spent the first 15 years of his career various roles with...

EPA Directs $1 Billion to 25 Superfund Hazardous Waste Cleanups

Feb 28 2024 // The U.S. environment regulator said on Tuesday it is launching new cleanup projects at 25 hazardous waste sites from New Jersey to Oregon with $1 billion in funds.The sites are in the Environmental Protection...

Bumble Faces Penalty for Failing to Disclose If Its Dating App Suitors Include Criminals

Feb 23 2024 // Texas-based internet dating service provider Bumble, Inc. will pay $315,000 and change its business practices to settle allegations it violated New Jersey’s consumer protection and internet dating safety laws by...

King Insurance Acquires New Jersey’s Mehta Agency

Feb 21 2024 // Florida-based King Insurance Partners reports it has acquired Mehta Insurance Agency, located in Absecon, New Jersey.Mehta Insurance Agency’s offerings include business, flood and life insurance. Sunil Mehta said...

New Jersey School District Settles Sex Abuse Lawsuit Involving Teacher for $6 Million

Feb 21 2024 // A southern New Jersey school district will pay $6 million to settle a lawsuit brought by two students who claim they were sexually assaulted for years by a former high school teacher.The male students had filed separate...

New Bill Would Still Permit Smoking in Atlantic City Casinos But With More Restrictions

Feb 16 2024 // Atlantic City casinos would be able to continue to allow gamblers to smoke on the casino floor under a new bill that would impose additional restrictions on lighting up.New Jersey state Sen. John Burzichelli introduced a...

OSHA Seeks $1M Penalty for New Jersey Contractor Added to ‘Severe Violator’ List

Feb 13 2024 // The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited a New Jersey contractor for again exposing workers to fall hazards, this time while working at a construction site in Franklin Lakes, New...

Johnson & Johnson Worker’s Lawsuit Alleges Company Overpaid for Drugs

Feb 8 2024 // Johnson & Johnson was sued by an employee who said the company’s health plan wasted workers’ money by paying inflated prices for prescription drugs.In one instance, the health plan agreed to pay more than...

New Jersey Denies Bulkhead for Shore Town With Wrecked Sand Dunes

Feb 6 2024 // New Jersey is refusing to allow a shore town whose sand dunes have washed away in places to build a bulkhead to protect itself, ruling that no one is in imminent danger.The state Department of Environmental Protection told...

Bill to Ban Smoking in Atlantic City Casinos Advances

Jan 31 2024 // A measure that would prohibit smoking in Atlantic City’s casinos moved forward Monday after three years of going nowhere, heartening casino workers who say they are literally sick and tired of having smoke blown in...

People Moves: Lezynski Joins Alliant Americas in New Jersey From USI

Jan 30 2024 // Michael Lezynski has joined Alliant Insurance Services, headquartered in Irvine, California, as executive vice president within the company’s Alliant Americas division. Based in Red Bank, New Jersey Lezynski will be...

Jersey Shore Town Fighting State Over Beach Erosion Suffers Winter Storm Damage

Jan 29 2024 // A New Jersey shore town locked in a legal battle with the state over tens of millions of dollars it has spent trying — mostly in vain — to hold back the ocean now is more vulnerable than ever.A recent winter...

New Jersey Supreme Court Rules Against Casino in COVID Business Interruption Case

Jan 26 2024 // New Jersey’s Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that an Atlantic City casino is not entitled to payouts from business interruption insurance for losses during the COVID-19 outbreak, determining that the presence of the...