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Lemonade Launches in New Jersey, Marks Fourth State in National Expansion

Aug 21 2017 // Lemonade, the insurance company powered by artificial intelligence and behavioral economics, is now available throughout New Jersey, marking the fourth state in its nationwide expansion strategy.Residents of New Jersey can...

Business Moves

Aug 21 2017 // Morse Insurance Agency Inc. has acquired Quaglia Insurance in Attleboro, Mass.As part of the transition, Quaglia’s Attleboro office will be closing. However, Stacy Quaglia, daughter of Quaglia Insurance Owner Larry...

New Jersey’s New Day Underwriting Names Webb AVP in Construction Division

Aug 18 2017 // New Day Underwriting Managers, a Hamilton, N.J.-based specialty intermediary of environmental and construction-related professional liability insurance coverages, has named Bill Webb assistant vice president in the...

New Jersey’s Meeker Sharkey & Hurley Hires Henry as VP of Business Development

Aug 14 2017 // Meeker Sharkey & Hurley, a New Jersey-based provider of personal and commercial insurance, employee benefits and risk management services, has hired Dan Henry as vice president of business development.In this role, he...

New Jersey’s Jimcor Agency Announces Two Additions to Management Team

Aug 11 2017 // Jimcor Agency Inc., a Montvale, N.J.-headquartered independent managing general agent and wholesaler, has hired Christopher Waller as the personal lines manager and Kristen Skender as the director of corporate...

New Jersey’s Widerman & Company Merges with Connecticut’s Smith Brothers

Aug 9 2017 // Widerman & Company Insurance of Haddonfield, N.J., has merged its business with Smith Brothers Insurance of Glastonbury, Conn.This combination allows Widerman & Company the opportunity to maintain its local...

New Jersey’s Vanguard Hires Graf as Vice President of Operations

Aug 2 2017 // Vanguard Claims Administration Inc. (Vanguard), a Woodbury, N.J.-based insurance agency, has hired Paul J. Graf as vice president of operations.With more than 27 years of multi-line claims management experience in the...

Lemonade Launches in New Jersey, Marks Fourth State in National Expansion

Aug 2 2017 // Lemonade, the insurance company powered by artificial intelligence and behavioral economics, is now available throughout New Jersey, marking the fourth state in its nationwide expansion strategy.Residents of New Jersey can...

Massive Fire Destroys New Jersey Pizza Parlor and Damages Other Businesses

Jul 27 2017 // A New Jersey pizza parlor has been completely destroyed after a massive fire.WNBC-TV reports the flames ignited at Bruno’s Pizzeria around 10 p.m. Sunday in Passaic, N.J. Fire Chief Patrick Trentacost says the fire...

Woman Who Stole $3M from Employer’s New Jersey Facility Sentenced

Jul 26 2017 // A Tennessee woman accused of stealing $3 million from a trucking company’s New Jersey facility has been sentenced. Fifty-five-year-old Tracey Perrigan, of Sparta, was sentenced to 33 months in prison Monday. Perrigan...

New Jersey’s Brooks Insurance Agency Hires Hoover

Jul 24 2017 // Brooks Insurance Agency, a Manalapan, N.J.-based multi-line wholesale insurance agency, has hired Ben Hoover as vice president and broker. Hoover joins the team with a commitment to providing the best service to current...

New Jersey’s RPA Insurance Services Hires Sealey

Jul 14 2017 // RPA Insurance Services (RPA), a Parsippany, N.J.-headquartered insurance agency, has hired Leslie Sealey as a national accounts and middle market client service leader.Sealey brings more than twenty years of insurance...

Alliant Acquires New Jersey’s Boynton & Boynton, Continues Northeast Expansion

Jul 13 2017 // Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has acquired Fair Haven, N.J.-based Boynton & Boynton Insurance Professionals in an effort to continue expanding its footprint throughout the northeast region of the U.S. Terms of the...

Many Homeowners Don’t Understand Deductibles

Jul 10 2017 // Almost five years after Superstorm Sandy, one third of homeowners in several coastal states are still unaware of hurricane deductibles and how they work, new insurance research has found.Not only did 33 percent of...

Business Moves

Jul 10 2017 // Cross Insurance, a Bangor, Maine-based subsidiary of Cross Financial Corp., has acquired Appleby & Wyman Insurance Agency, making it the 16th Massachusetts insurance agency to be purchased by Cross.Founded in 1903,...

Two Brothers in New Jersey Sentenced for Roles in Accident Insurance Scheme

Jul 5 2017 // Two brothers who organized a scheme to recruit motor vehicle accident victims as patients for chiropractic facilities they controlled have been sentenced to more than six years in state prison.The sentences imposed last...

Family of New Jersey Train Crash Victim Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit

Jun 30 2017 // The family of a woman killed when a New Jersey Transit commuter train slammed into a station last year filed a wrongful death lawsuit on Tuesday against the agency.Fabiola Bittar de Kroon’s family is seeking...

New Jersey’s RPA Insurance Services Hires Kruger from Integro

Jun 30 2017 // RPA Insurance Services, a Parsippany, N.J.-based regional insurance agency, has hired Susan Kruger as the head of claims for Innovative Coverage Concepts (ICC) and Restaurant Programs of America (RPA).Kruger brings more...

‘WannaCry’-Like Cyber Attack Spreading to Firms Globally

Jun 27 2017 // A new cyberattack similar to WannaCry is spreading from Europe to the U.S. and South America, hitting port operators in New York, Rotterdam and Argentina, disrupting government systems in Kiev, and disabling operations at...

Two Twisters in New Jersey Leave Mess, No Injuries Reported

Jun 27 2017 // Two tornadoes touched down in a New Jersey community as severe thunderstorms roared through the state, weather forecasters said.The first tornado hit Howell Township around 7:20 a.m. Saturday, while the second touched down...