All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 5 2015 // Orchid Underwriters Agency LLC, a Vero Beach, Florida-based managing general agent providing excess & surplus (E&S) insurance for coastal properties, announced that it has acquired Coastal Agents Alliance, a...
May 4 2015 // A New Jersey woman who submitted more than $500,000 in fraudulent health care claims to her insurer is now headed to prison.State authorities say 41-year-old Donna Dzienisewski, of Middletown, received a three-year term...
May 4 2015 // More than 15,000 homeowners, whose properties sustained damage during Superstorm Sandy, applied for acceptance into New Jersey’s largest rebuilding initiative, the Rehabilitation, Reconstruction, Elevation and...
May 4 2015 // The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency says he wants to fix what went wrong with the process of paying flood insurance claims following Superstorm Sandy.Craig Fugate told the first meeting of a congressional...
May 4 2015 // The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance announced that starting in June, New Jersey consumers buying or renewing homeowners, condominium, mobile home, renters or dwelling fire insurance policies will receive a...
Apr 22 2015 // An annual study released this week by Plymouth Rock Assurance shows that 33 percent of New Jersey motorists surveyed admit to having read/texted messages while driving in the past. Plymouth Rock says that’s the...
Apr 22 2015 // Two New Jersey towns will share $7.5 million in federal grants to fund the acquisition and demolition of homes in flood-prone areas. Woodbridge will receive more than $3.8 million to buy and demolish 98 homes and Manville...
Apr 20 2015 // AssuredPartners Inc. announced last week that it has completed the acquisition of Platinum Planning (doing business as Walsh Benefits). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Walsh Benefits operates in the New Jersey...
Apr 20 2015 // Ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft could be driven out of New Jersey if a bill lawmakers are considering becomes law.That’s at least what the transportation network companies faced with potential new...
Apr 20 2015 // Confie Seguros, Your Insurance Spot, Wise Insurance Agency, Bronkie AgencyConfie Seguros, a national provider of personal lines insurance based in Huntington Beach, Calif., has acquired three East Coast insurance...
Apr 16 2015 // The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance announced that starting in June, New Jersey consumers buying or renewing homeowners, condominium, renters, mobile home, or dwelling fire insurance policies will receive a...
Apr 14 2015 // For fans of speed, the Exotic Driving Experience at Walt Disney World offers a heart-pounding thrill.People who drive minivans during the week can settle in behind the wheel of a Ferrari, a Porsche or another one of the...
Apr 14 2015 // The former mayor of Roselle, New Jersey, has been sentenced to 90 days in jail for insurance fraud over false reports made after a hit-and-run accident.NJ.com reports that Garrett Smith was sentenced on April 10 after...
Apr 9 2015 // AmWINS Brokerage of the Mid Atlantic hired John Carlsen as senior vice president. Carlsen specializes in public entity risks, with an emphasis on CAT/natural disaster exposures. Prior to joining AmWINS, he was executive...
Apr 8 2015 // ANE (Agency Network Exchange LLC), a network of independently owned and operated insurance agencies, has added two New Jersey agencies to its network: Glenn Insurance Inc. with offices in Absecon and Vineland; and Mile...
Apr 6 2015 // Hardenbergh Insurance Group, an independent insurance agency based in Marlton, New Jersey, announced its acquisition of Meyer Insurance Agency, an independent agency in Medford, New Jersey. Terms of the transaction were...
Apr 6 2015 // An annual industry report shows New Jersey has the costliest auto insurance rates in the nation.The National Association of Insurance Commissioners says New Jersey motorists paid an average of $1,220 in 2012. That’s...
Apr 2 2015 // CRC Insurance Services Inc., a wholesale insurance subsidiary of BB&T Corporation’s principal subsidiary Branch Banking and Trust Company, announced an agreement to acquire strategic assets of NAPCO, LLC. Terms...
Apr 1 2015 // National General Holdings Corp. announced that it has closed upon the acquisition of Saddle Brook, New Jersey-based Assigned Risk Solutions Ltd. from Toronto-based Kingsway Financial Services for a purchase price of $47...
Mar 25 2015 // Judging by the number of tickets each year, jaywalking as an infraction draws scant attention from police in New Jersey.The Asbury Park Press reports that in 2010, there were 557 jaywalking tickets issued in the state of...