All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 19 2017 // World Insurance Associates LLC, an independent insurance agency headquartered in Tinton Falls, N.J., has merged with Mark Lauria Associates Inc., an independent insurance agency with offices in Staten Island, N.Y. and Red...
Apr 17 2017 // The New Jersey Forest Fire Service is urging residents to be cautious as the spring wildfire season starts in the state.The agency says this year’s season is starting a little earlier than usual because winter...
Apr 17 2017 // A train with about 1,200 passengers became stuck in a tunnel between New York and New Jersey for nearly three hours on Friday, and the chaotic scene escalated to pandemonium when Amtrak police used a stun gun to subdue a...
Apr 13 2017 // The governors of New Jersey and New York say they want “independent verification” of track safety at New York’s Penn Station, citing recent train derailments and serious service disruptions.New Jersey...
Apr 12 2017 // When a train jumped the tracks this past week at New York’s Penn Station, the seemingly minor accident led to a cascade of exasperating delays for hundreds of thousands of commuters.When a flood forced authorities to...
Apr 7 2017 // The heads of the two major commuter rail lines that use New York’s Penn Station took turns criticizing Amtrak on Wednesday for two recent derailments that continued to cause headaches for commuters in the...
Apr 6 2017 // A judge will consider a high-stakes, multimillion-dollar battle over whether a wealthy New Jersey shore enclave can opt out of a protective sand dune plan in an area devastated by Superstorm Sandy.Both sides in the lawsuit...
Mar 27 2017 // The owners of a New Jersey diner have admitted burning it down to collect insurance. Sussex County prosecutors say 49-year-old Tina Diakos and 40-year-old Ozkan Cengiz pleaded guilty to arson on Wednesday. Prosecutors say...
Mar 24 2017 // EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants has acquired the Capacity Group of Companies in Mahwah, N.J.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. As part of EPIC, the firm will now operate as The Capacity Group – an EPIC...
Mar 23 2017 // The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported in March that fatal work injuries totaled 97 in New Jersey for the year 2015, a 10 percent increase from the previous year, according to Chief Regional Economist Martin...
Mar 21 2017 // The Hilb Group LLC (THG), a Richmond, Va.-headquartered middle market insurance agency, has acquired Manasquan, N.J.-based American Truck Insurance Exchange LLC (ATIE). The transaction became effective March 1, 2017.ATIE...
Mar 16 2017 // Concerns about falling temperatures and icy conditions on roads and sidewalks across the Northeast followed a late-season storm that plastered the region with sleet and snow.Tuesday’s powerful nor’easter...
Mar 14 2017 // A hotel manager stands accused of stealing more than $1 million from his boss, including draining a $600,000 insurance annuity belonging to the victim. State authorities say Vikas Mehta was recently indicted on charges of...
Mar 14 2017 // A late-winter storm is about to bury the eastern U.S. in snow.Airlines have canceled thousands of flights, wholesale power prices surged and natural gas futures rallied as the storm prepared to spin up the Atlantic Coast,...
Mar 7 2017 // World Insurance Associates LLC, an independent insurance agency headquartered in Tinton Falls, N.J., acquired Coverage Administrators Inc. of New York, N.Y. on February 1, 2017. Coverage Administrators Inc. has been...
Mar 6 2017 // A federal judge in New Jersey recently dismissed a long-running lawsuit accusing Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.’s investment management unit of overcharging investors in six mutual funds, following a rare...
Mar 6 2017 // More than a year after a law was signed requiring them, child-detection sensors are still not installed on most new school buses because regulations on how to implement it have not been approved.Gov. Chris Christie signed...
Mar 6 2017 // A recently passed bipartisan bill in New Jersey has brought good news to small businesses that want to participate on public construction projects.Senate Bill 123, signed by Gov. Chris Christie on Jan. 4, introduces a new...
Mar 1 2017 // York Risk Services Group (York), a Parsippany, N.J.-based national provider of claims management, managed care, specialized loss adjusting, alternative risk programs, pool administration and other insurance services, has...
Feb 20 2017 // The New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Givaudan Fragrances Corporation (Fragrances) in a $500 million insurance coverage lawsuit against Aetna Casualty & Surety Company and additional insurers named as...