All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 21 2016 // A federal prosecutor on Monday said the government won’t introduce at trial a lengthy statement from a man charged with setting off bombs in New York and New Jersey in order to keep to a scheduled trial date in...
Dec 19 2016 // Federal lawmakers have discussed the idea of merging embattled New Jersey Transit with other state agencies to save money to use for road, bridge and rail projects, and heard from experts about safety upgrades following a...
Dec 14 2016 // NJM Insurance Company, a West Trenton, N. J.-headquartered property and casualty insurer, has announced the retirement of senior vice president andd chief financial officer Charles A. Prall, effective December 31, 2016,...
Dec 8 2016 // Lawmakers on Tuesday discussed the idea of merging embattled New Jersey Transit with other state agencies to save money to use for road, bridge and rail projects, and heard from experts about safety upgrades following a...
Dec 5 2016 // The Rutgers Center for Risk and Responsibility at Rutgers Law School in Camden, N.J., in collaboration with United Policyholders, is seeking to improve homeowners insurance nationally through its recently launched national...
Dec 5 2016 // The Demotech Company Classification System categorizes insurers into one of 11 categories based on an analysis of data reported by companies to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). The 11 categories...
Nov 23 2016 // Seven people have been injured, four critically, in a fire that swept through three homes in Woodbury, N.J.One of the homes collapsed after the fire that started around 3:30 a.m. Monday in a home on Mehorter Boulevard and...
Nov 22 2016 // A lawsuit against William Paterson University over its handling of sex assault charges against five male students will be allowed to proceed.The five were charged in 2014 but a Passaic County grand jury declined to indict...
Nov 22 2016 // Federal regulators want railroads across the country to test train operators for a sleep disorder.The safety advisory being issued this week by the Federal Railroad Administration comes after the engineer in...
Nov 22 2016 // Selective Insurance Company of America, the Branchville, N.J., headquartered subsidiary of Selective Insurance Group Inc., has made five new officer appointments.The company has appointed Rohan Pai to senior vice president...
Nov 21 2016 // Global insurance brokerage Hub International Northeast Limited (Hub Northeast) has hired Timothy McNulty as an assistant vice president in its employee benefits division.In this role, McNulty will be based in the...
Nov 17 2016 // Rutgers Law School’s Camden, N.J., location, in collaboration with United Policyholders, is seeking to improve homeowners’ insurance nationally through its recently launched project.The Rutgers Center for Risk...
Nov 8 2016 // After a $67.5 million jury verdict against Johnson & Johnson on Oct. 27 marked its third straight trial defeat in an onslaught of lawsuits claiming its talc-based products cause ovarian cancer, the company is hoping to...
Nov 7 2016 // The mother of a University of Massachusetts Amherst student who died of a heroin overdose has filed a $6 million lawsuit against the school and another student charged with selling her son the drugs.Francesca...
Nov 3 2016 // New Jersey state officials have fined a utility company $300,000 for safety violations that led to a home explosion and fire last year.The fine against South Jersey Gas was announced Tuesday by the New Jersey Board of...
Nov 1 2016 // Selective Insurance Group Inc., a Branchville, N.J., headquartered holding company for 10 property and casualty insurance companies, appointed Mark A. Wilcox as executive vice president and chief financial officer...
Oct 28 2016 // New Jersey Transit is hiring a former Metro-North president to help it meet federal rail safety requirements.The agency will pay Peter Cannito $350 per hour to review Federal Railroad Administration violations uncovered in...
Oct 27 2016 // Lifeguards said they knew of potentially deadly conditions at their beach for at least six years before a man drowned when the sand gave way beneath him.Sandra Smith, of Horsham, Penn., is suing North Wildwood over the...
Oct 27 2016 // Hub International Limited (Hub), a Chicago, Ill., headquartered insurance brokerage and consultancy firm, has appointed Mary Aikins, RN, BA, CCM, as vice president and practice leader of health and performance for the...
Oct 26 2016 // Global insurance brokerage Hub International Northeast Limited (Hub Northeast) has hired Timothy McNulty as an assistant vice president in its employee benefits division. In this role, McNulty will be based in the...