All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 27 2015 // New Jersey officials are moving to demolish hundreds of homes that were ravaged by Superstorm Sandy.State Community Affairs Department spokeswoman Tammori Petty tells the Daily Record that the agency is identifying the...
Jan 27 2015 // The New York region lurched back to life after a storm advertised as a potentially life-threatening blizzard ended up as a mundane winter snowfall.Travel bans for automobiles in New York and New Jersey were lifted and New...
Jan 26 2015 // A blizzard forecasters call “life-threatening” that may drop three feet of snow from New York to Boston has caused more than 1,800 flight cancellations and will likely block road and rail traffic, close schools...
Jan 26 2015 // More than two years after Superstorm Sandy hit the Jersey Shore, many residents remain angry and frustrated at the pace of recovery.During a Jan. 6 public hearing in Toms River, New Jersey, on the state’s plans to...
Jan 23 2015 // Wal-Mart Stores Inc. reached a confidential legal settlement with the family of comedian James McNair, who died in a June 7 accident on the New Jersey Turnpike that also seriously injured actor-comedian Tracy Morgan.The...
Jan 22 2015 // A study by a leading coastal science center lends new support to New Jersey’s efforts to build protective sand dunes along its 127-mile coast.The Coastal Research Center at the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey...
Jan 21 2015 // A federal judge ruled on Jan. 15 to let a beach replenishment project proceed — for now — over the objections of a Jersey shore town that does not want the sand piles.Judge Renee Marie Bumb decided that neither...
Jan 20 2015 // About 3,000 Superstorm Sandy victims who were either wrongly given storm recovery aid or who were overpaid would not have to repay the federal government under legislation to be introduced this week by two New Jersey...
Jan 14 2015 // Kim Johns New Day Underwriting Managers LLC, a Hamilton, New Jersey-based specialty intermediary of environmental and construction-related professional liability coverage, has hired Kim Johns as account manager within the...
Jan 12 2015 // Brown & Brown, Global Benefit StrategiesFlorida-based national insurance broker Brown & Brown Inc. announced that its New Jersey-based subsidiary Brown & Brown Metro Inc. has acquired certain assets of...
Jan 9 2015 // The owner of a New Jersey-based insurance adjusting company was sentenced on Thursday to 32 months in prison for his role in a scheme to defraud the N.J. Turnpike Authority (NJTA) and various insurance companies of at...
Jan 8 2015 // American European Group Inc. has hired Peter J. Livaich as senior vice president of its managing general agency subsidiary, AE Specialty Inc.Livaich will have overall leadership responsibility for Cherry Hill, New...
Jan 7 2015 // More than two years after Superstorm Sandy hit the Jersey Shore, many residents remain angry and frustrated at the pace of recovery.During a public hearing Tuesday on the state’s plans to use the final $502 million...
Jan 7 2015 // Hub International Northeast, a division of Hub International Limited, has hired Ciro J. Giué as vice president and voluntary/worksite benefits practice leader of the Employee Benefits division.In this role, Giué will be...
Jan 6 2015 // A former northern New Jersey schools superintendent is facing a prison term after pleading guilty to witness tampering.Gary Vitta entered his plea Monday in federal court in Newark, New Jersey. The 63-year-old Denville...
Jan 5 2015 // A disabled New Jersey teenager’s lawsuit against Six Flags Great Adventure over access to the amusement park’s rides will go forward after a judge declined to dismiss the action.Joseph Masci and his parents...
Jan 4 2015 // The expectation that the new Congress that convenes this week will act quickly to reauthorize the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) is keeping workers’ compensation insurers in particular from altering their...
Jan 2 2015 // The number of pedestrians killed by cars in New Jersey spiked in 2014, throwing 2013’s record low figure into reverse.As of Wednesday morning, New Jersey State Police reported 563 people were killed in traffic...
Dec 30 2014 // Municipalities that installed traffic cameras to boost revenue are scraping for cash to fill budget gaps after complaints by irate drivers forced them to cancel their use.Nassau County on Long Island ended its program...
Dec 29 2014 // Brown & Brown Inc. announced that its New Jersey-based subsidiary Brown & Brown Metro Inc. has acquired certain assets of Global Benefit Strategies in Morristown, New Jersey. Terms of the transaction were not...