All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 19 2018 // A Passaic County, N.J., pain management doctor has been charged with first-degree conspiracy and money laundering for allegedly submitting more than $4.4 million in fraudulent bills for service to insurance companies that...
Mar 16 2018 // Selective Insurance Company of America, a Branchville, N.J.-headquartered subsidiary of Selective Insurance Group Inc., has announced several officer appointments.Charles Musilli has been appointed to executive vice...
Mar 13 2018 // Alliant has added former New Jersey State Senator Jennifer Beck to its regional brokerage team.As vice president, Beck will provide insurance and risk management services to organizations across the Garden State. Beck...
Mar 9 2018 // The Northeast is digging out from its second powerful nor’easter in less than a week that left behind some areas with more than 2 feet of snow, hundreds of thousands without power, school closures and travel...
Mar 8 2018 // Another snowy, blowy nor’easter threatened a new round of power outages as it began moving up the East Coast on Wednesday, causing officials to close schools and government offices and raising concerns for utility...
Mar 5 2018 // The Supreme Court of New Jersey has ruled a city and its electrical inspector are not liable for claims resulting from a fatal fire within a multi-unit home that was allegedly caused by faulty wiring. The court stated in...
Feb 26 2018 // The Supreme Court of New Jersey has ruled a city and its electrical inspector are not liable for claims resulting from a fatal fire within a multi-unit home that was allegedly caused by faulty wiring. The court stated in...
Feb 22 2018 // Ryan Specialty Group LLC (RSG) has reached a definitive agreement to acquire the assets and operations of New Day Underwriting Managers LLC (New Day), a specialty intermediary with offices in Hamilton, N.J.New Day will...
Feb 22 2018 // A fast-moving fire has gutted an ambulance squad’s building in New Jersey, destroying five ambulances and causing at least $2 million in damage. The fire at the American Legion Ambulance Association in Woodstown,...
Feb 22 2018 // Amtrak could prevent New Jersey Transit trains from entering New York if NJ Transit doesn’t finish installing positive train control.Amtrak President and CEO Richard Anderson told a House subcommittee that Amtrak is...
Feb 21 2018 // Innovative Coverage Concepts LLC (ICC), a Parsippany, N.J.-based national wholesale broker and managing general agency (MGA), has appointed Brian L. Eighmy as director of claims.Eighmy has 20 years of experience in claims...
Feb 20 2018 // Prosecutors say a New Jersey diner owner hired his friend to burn it down last month so he could collect on an insurance claim.Thomas Giannisis, a 51-year-old Bellmawr resident who owned the Country Town Diner in Berlin,...
Feb 14 2018 // A New Jersey appeals court on Monday turned down a request from environmental groups and a former state senator to undo a $225 million pollution settlement between the state and Exxon Mobil.Appellate Division Judge Carmen...
Feb 14 2018 // New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has named Marlene Caride acting commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance (DOBI), effective January 16, 2018.In this new role, Caride oversees New Jersey’s...
Feb 7 2018 // A U.S. investigative agency said on Tuesday that two New York City area commuter train crashes were the result of engineers with undiagnosed sleep disorders.The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) criticized the...
Feb 1 2018 // Brownyard Group, a program administrator providing specialized insurance coverage for select industry groups, has launched a new insurance program with coverage designed for cemeteries and crematories. The Memorialpro...
Jan 29 2018 // Investigators say some burning candles apparently sparked a deadly fire at an apartment complex in Princeton, N.J., last month.The Dec. 27 fire at the Griggs Farm community started in a bedroom in one of the units. The...
Jan 29 2018 // NJM Insurance Group, a West Trenton, N.J.-headquartered property and casualty insurer, has announced that president and CEO Bernie Flynn will retire on April 27, 2018, after a career at the company that spanned 25 years,...
Jan 26 2018 // Firefighters say a near-century-old New Jersey Italian restaurant suffered damage in an afternoon fire. Freehold fire officials say Federici’s Family Restaurant suffered smoke and water damage after a fire broke out...
Jan 26 2018 // Alliant is continuing to expand its presence on the East coast with its recent hiring of Steve Reisler as vice president.Reisler will be based in the Fair Haven, N.J., office of Alliant within the company’s Alliant...