All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Jun 26 2017 // A Middlesex County, N.J., man has been charged with insurance fraud and theft by deception for allegedly impersonating his deceased mother to obtain cheaper renters insurance under her senior-discounted policy and for...
Jun 21 2017 // The warming Atlantic Ocean has raised the risk of another Hurricane Sandy. And still, trillions of dollars of real estate and infrastructure near the shores of New York City and northern New Jersey remain vulnerable to...
Jun 21 2017 // A new report says that a dangerous chemical detected in groundwater near a Superfund site in New Jersey could pose a threat to a nearby reservoir that provides drinking water to as many as 3.5 million people.The report by...
Jun 16 2017 // York Risk Services Group (York), a Parsippany, N.J.-based provider of claims management, managed care, specialized loss adjusting, alternative risk programs, pool administration and other insurance services, has hired...
Jun 15 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...
Jun 13 2017 // The former general manager of a now-defunct New Jersey car dealership who got nearly $3 million through a fraud scheme has been sentenced to five years in prison. Richard Pepe had pleaded guilty to bank fraud and filing a...
Jun 12 2017 // Kacy Campion Renna of Wall Township, N.J., was elected president of the Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey (PIANJ) at the association’s annual business meeting at Harrah’s Resort and Casino in Atlantic...
Jun 12 2017 // A former police officer who fraudulently claimed his half-sister was his wife as part of an insurance fraud scheme to get coverage for her and her son will be allowed to a pre-trial program. The charges against Alix...
Jun 7 2017 // World Insurance Associates LLC, an independent insurance agency headquartered in Tinton Falls, N.J., acquired Wm. G. Palermo Inc. of Linden, N.J., on April 1, 2017. Wm. G. Palermo Inc. is a third-generation, family-owned...
Jun 5 2017 // Ames & Gough, an insurance broker and risk management consultant specializing in serving design professionals, law firms, associations/nonprofits and other professional service organizations, has appointed Wayne T....
May 30 2017 // A rail car carrying propane was leaking in an industrial park in New Jersey, sending a plume of gas into the air.Gloucester County spokeswoman Debra Sellitto says a valve stem on top of the tanker car failed and started...
May 22 2017 // NJM Insurance Group, a West Trenton, N.J.-based property and casualty insurer, has promoted Mitchell A. Livingston, Esq., to chief operating officer (COO), making him the first in the company’s 104-year history to...