All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 5 2017 // Cook Maran & Associates (Cook Maran), a New York and New Jersey based insurance broker, will acquire Mintz, Girgan & Brightly Inc. (MGB), a privately owned Rochelle Park, N.J., headquartered agency.The MGB team...
Jan 4 2017 // AXON Underwriting Services LLC, a program administrator and service provider based in Somerville, N.J., has hired David McMillan as an underwriting manager.He joins the firm in order to further develop its growing...
Dec 29 2016 // The family of a woman killed when a New Jersey Transit commuter train slammed into a station this year has filed notice of their intent to sue.Lawyers for Fabiola Bittar de Kroon’s family filed a claim for damages...
Dec 29 2016 // United Continental Holdings Inc. will install new conveyor belts and take other steps to improve worker safety at its Newark Liberty International Airport hub in New Jersey, after federal inspectors found hazardous...
Dec 28 2016 // A beach town being sued for the drowning death of a man swept out to sea when the sand collapsed underneath him says it is immune from such lawsuits due to a state law governing unimproved public property.North Wildwood...
Dec 27 2016 // State authorities say a former insurance agent assumed the identities of former clients to fraudulently apply for new life insurance policies in their names.Marta Cristina Cunha is charged with insurance fraud, identity...
Dec 22 2016 // The R Street Institute, a nonprofit public policy research organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., has found that Vermont has the best insurance regulatory environment in the U.S. for the third straight year in its...
Dec 21 2016 // New Jersey lawmakers have given their OK to ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft.Lawmakers on Monday approved a measure to make the services legal. If approved by Republican Gov. Chris Christie, the measure would allow...
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...