All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 21 2016 // Venbrook Group nailed down $42 million in new financing from Madison Capital Funding, a subsidiary of New York Life, and some of the money has already helped back an acquisition that expands its scope in the U.S....
Oct 20 2016 // New Day Underwriting Managers LLC, a Hamilton, N.J., based specialty intermediary of environmental and construction related professional liability insurance coverages, has named Jesilyn Ippolito as a consultant within its...
Oct 19 2016 // New Jersey Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino and the Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor announced that a Woodbridge, N.J., man was sentenced to three years in prison for reporting that his motorcycle had been...
Oct 18 2016 // California and New Jersey had the nation’s most expensive workers’ compensation rates, while North Dakota had the lowest rates in the nation, a new report shows.A report released this week by the Oregon...
Oct 14 2016 // The National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday the brakes were working on a New Jersey Transit train that sped into the Hoboken Terminal on Sept. 29, killing one and injuring 110 people. The NTSB previously said...
Oct 12 2016 // Hurricanes could start flooding New York City’s coastline as often as every 20 years due to the effects of climate change on sea-level rise and hurricane activity, scientists said on Monday.Water could surge some 9...
Oct 11 2016 // Hamilton USA, the Princeton, N.J., based U.S. insurance arm of Hamilton Insurance Group, a Bermuda-based holding company for property and casualty insurance and reinsurance operations in Bermuda, the U.S. and at...
Oct 10 2016 // Argo Pro, a Jersey City, N.J., based member of specialty insurance and reinsurance underwriter Argo Group International Holdings Ltd., has appointed Richard Edsall to serve as senior vice president of commercial management...
Oct 6 2016 // World Insurance Associates LLC, an independent insurance agency headquartered in Tinton Falls, N.J., has appointed Howard Margolies as principal, senior vice president and head of the benefits division.This comes after...
Oct 5 2016 // The engineer at the controls of the train that smashed into a commuter rail terminal, killing a woman and injuring more than 100 people, told federal investigators he was going only 10 mph as he approached the station but...
Oct 4 2016 // The engineer of the New Jersey commuter train that crashed on Thursday told investigators he was fully rested but has no memory of the incident, and a recovered data recorder was not working, a National Transportation...
Sep 30 2016 // Thousands who rely on the Hoboken terminal in New Jersey may face longer than usual commutes and heavy crowds on Friday as investigators try to determine why a commuter train crashed into the station, killing a woman and...
Sep 29 2016 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New Jersey (IIABNJ), a Trenton, N.J., based non-profit organization representing independent insurance agents and employees in local communities throughout New Jersey,...
Sep 26 2016 // ICW Group Insurance Companies has begun writing workers’ compensation four additional states—Michigan, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Virginia.The San Diego-based company says the move bolsters its presence across the...
Sep 23 2016 // A 19-year-old has been charged with setting his former New Jersey home ablaze, leaving four firefighters hurt, three buildings destroyed and 20 residents displaced. The Jersey Journal reports a criminal complaint says...
Sep 23 2016 // Officials in a Jersey shore town say they need more time to consider a proposed $369,000 settlement with a gay former police officer who filed a discrimination lawsuit.The Press of Atlantic City reports the Cape May City...
Sep 23 2016 // Coface, a French trade credit insurer, has appointed Fredrik Murer as CEO of its North America region, which is headquartered in East Windsor, New Jersey. In his new role, Murer will report to Group CEO Xavier Durand....
Sep 22 2016 // New Jersey’s Homeland Security Preparedness Office is asking officials to tell it when there are special events in their towns.The request comes after a pipe bomb exploded before the start of a charity race in...
Sep 19 2016 // A suspect has been taken into custody in connection with a bomb that went off from inside a dumpster in New York’s Chelsea neighborhood, injuring 29 people.Mayor Chris Bollwage of Elizabeth, New Jersey, said Ahmad...
Sep 19 2016 // Apex Insurance Services, a Glen Allen, Va., headquartered insurance and reinsurance solutions provider for public entities and educational institutions, has promoted Justin Galati to vice president of brokerage following...