All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 16 2015 // A New Jersey couple sued an insurance company on March 13, claiming it defrauded them out of the sales tax in their Superstorm Sandy claim, and their lawyer said others might also have been affected.Charles and Beverly...
Mar 12 2015 // New Jersey residents still recovering from Superstorm Sandy would get individual estimates of when they can expect to receive rebuilding aid under legislation proposed by the state Senate president.Steve Sweeney says his...
Mar 12 2015 // Do you prefer a fixed price or a la carte? How about paperless or paper? Are you a cat person or a dog person? Do you prefer “old school” or “new school”?These are some of the optional questions for...
Mar 4 2015 // World Insurance Associates LLC, an independent insurance agency based in Tinton Falls, New Jersey, completed its acquisition of the John Cecchettini Agency of South Plainfield, New Jersey. Terms of the transaction were not...
Mar 3 2015 // A New Jersey congressman is asking for the resignation of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator W. Craig Fugate and an immediate investigation into FEMA after reports that FEMA was aware of allegedly...
Mar 2 2015 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of two New Jersey-based wholesale brokers: Excel Insurance Services Inc., located in Hamilton; and McCloskey Surplus & Excess Inc. (d/b/a Metcom Excess),...
Feb 26 2015 // A former northern New Jersey mayor has admitted making false statements to police and an insurance company in a bid to cover up a hit-and-run accident. Former Roselle Mayor Garrett Smith pleaded guilty Tuesday to insurance...
Feb 25 2015 // Douglas T. Eden Selective Insurance Group Inc. in Branchville, New Jersey, has hired Douglas T. Eden as executive vice president, head of commercial lines. Eden will assume responsibility for all aspects of standard...
Feb 25 2015 // A bill currently under consideration in the New Jersey Assembly would prohibit insurance companies from increasing the homeowners insurance policy’s premium based on one claim filed during the policy’s coverage...
Feb 25 2015 // Some homeowners hit by Hurricane Sandy say they’ve been victimized twice: first by the storm and later by insurers.John Clancy says his insurer, an Allstate Corp. unit, paid just $46,000 of the more than $200,000 in...
Feb 23 2015 // New Jersey’s U.S. senators want the state attorney general’s office to investigate possible fraud by insurance companies following Superstorm Sandy.Sens. Robert Menendez and Cory Booker asked Acting Attorney...
Feb 10 2015 // Dozens of cab drivers lined the street outside the New Jersey Statehouse in Trenton and crammed a legislative hearing to protest ridesharing companies like Uber and Lyft.Drivers and their allies called on lawmakers to...
Feb 10 2015 // Electronic driver’s licenses and proof of insurance could be a step closer to reality in New Jersey under bills moving through the Legislature.A state Senate committee approved two bills Monday that pave the way for...
Feb 10 2015 // New Jersey authorities announced that a married couple who own several temporary staffing companies with offices in northern and central New Jersey were arrested on first-degree charges.According to a Feb. 4 announcement...
Feb 9 2015 // The fire that destroyed most of a large apartment complex in northern New Jersey last month has prompted talk of legislation to toughen building codes, an effort that would butt up against long-established building...
Feb 2 2015 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. today announced the acquisition of Aequus Trade Credit LLC in Warren, New Jersey. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Established in 1997, Aequus Trade Credit is a specialist...
Jan 30 2015 // The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Wednesday issued a report saying that managing the flooding risk along the North Atlantic coast from events like Superstorm Sandy is something that has to be done collaboratively by all...
Jan 29 2015 // New Englanders savaged by a blizzard packing knee-high snowfall and hurricane-force winds began digging out Wednesday, grudgingly praising forecasters who got grief from New Yorkers and others spared its full fury.The...
Jan 28 2015 // In the wake of the partial closure of a heavily traveled bridge in northern New Jersey last week, the state’s Transportation Commissioner Jamie Fox warned that the state’s failing roads and bridges cost drivers...
Jan 27 2015 // A blizzard swept across the northeastern United States on Tuesday, dropping as much as 2 feet (60 cm) of snow across Massachusetts and Connecticut even as its impact on New York City fell short of dire predictions.The...