All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 25 2016 // After learning some hard lessons from Superstorm Sandy, the Federal Emergency Management Agency says it is reforming the way it handles appeals from disgruntled policyholders in the National Flood Insurance Program.The...
May 20 2016 // A former insurance agent in Essex County, New Jersey, is going to prison for bilking Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company of more than $1 million in commissions and bonuses. A judge sentenced 33-year-old Stanley...
May 18 2016 // KRA Insurance Agency, based in Springfield, New Jersey, and New Agency Partners in Parsippany, New Jersey, have announced that the two firms have merged, resulting in a newly-formed agency, KRA Agency Partners. Terms of...
May 16 2016 // Authorities say a New Jersey diner owner has been charged with burning down the restaurant to collect insurance money.The New Jersey Herald reports that Tina Diakos was arrested and charged on May 13 with setting the March...
May 16 2016 // NJM, a property-casualty insurer offering coverage in New Jersey, has partnered with American Modern Insurance Group to offer coverage for motorcycles, ATVs and similar vehicles.The program offers coverage for standard...
May 10 2016 // Authorities announced that a medical device distributor has agreed to pay nearly $1.9 million to Massachusetts’ Medicaid program (MassHealth) over an alleged scheme to pay kickbacks to health care...
May 9 2016 // A former New Jersey lawyer has been sentenced to serve two years in federal prison after admitting he fraudulently added defendants to more than 100 asbestos lawsuits in New York.Federal prosecutors say Arobert Tonagbanua...
May 5 2016 // New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s warning of Hurricane Sandy-like destruction of the shore will be tested as the worst storm season in three years approaches and beachfront homeowners delay his building protective...
Apr 26 2016 // JenCap Holdings LLC, a portfolio company of private-equity giant Carlyle Group, has acquired Trivedi-Capacity Associates LLC, a specialist MGA and wholesaler based in Mahwah, New Jersey. Terms of the transaction were not...
Apr 26 2016 // A tentative deal between Newark, New Jersey, and ride-hailing company Uber has hit a roadblock.The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates Newark Liberty International Airport, is raising concerns about...
Apr 20 2016 // The mayor of Newark, New Jersey, has released details on a tentative agreement he’s reached with ride-hailing company Uber to operate in the state’s largest city.The deal calls for Uber to pay Newark $1 million...
Apr 19 2016 // New Jersey authorities say a chiropractor whose license was revoked more than a decade ago played a role in a medical fraud ring that allegedly stole nearly $4 million from insurance companies. Philip Potacco faces...
Apr 14 2016 // A Newark, New Jersey, woman who falsely reported her car had been stolen so she could get an insurance settlement is now headed to state prison. State authorities say 58-year-old Janette Bautista received a three-year...
Apr 11 2016 // Farmers Insurance announced Monday that it has begun offering its Rideshare Insurance Coverage endorsement in New Jersey.The endorsement is designed to offer ride-hail drivers coverage options as part of Farmers personal...
Apr 11 2016 // Mark Rosenberg doesn’t need to go to his job as chairman of emergency medicine at New Jersey’s busiest emergency room to get a bracing insight into the mushrooming problem of opioid abuse.He can think of his...
Apr 7 2016 // The Hilb Group, a middle market insurance agency based in Richmond, Virginia, announced Thursday that it has acquired Mahwah, New Jersey-based P.A. Post Agency LLC and its subsidiaries. Terms of the transaction, which...
Apr 7 2016 // New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Tuesday that he’s adding $10 million to New Jersey’s efforts this year to remove lead-based paint from homes around the state.The money would offer up to $20,000 per unit...
Apr 7 2016 // Patrick J. Walsh York Risk Services Group, a national provider of claims management, managed care, specialized loss adjusting, alternative risk programs, pool administration and other insurance services, has hired Patrick...
Apr 4 2016 // Universal Insurance Holdings Inc., an insurance holding company in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is continuing its expansion into the Northeast.The company announced in March that its subsidiary Universal Property &...
Mar 30 2016 // Federal labor officials have reached a deal with a New Jersey-based subsidiary of the world’s largest beer maker to settle claims of safety violations at a distribution warehouse. The Occupational Safety and Health...