All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Dec 22 2014 // A major Jersey shore beach owner is suing the state, the federal government and the borough of Point Pleasant Beach over a project to establish protective sand dunes along the state’s shoreline.Jenkinson’s...
Dec 17 2014 // Restoring housing and expanding a fund that finances thousands of affordable rental units for low- to moderate-income families will be how New Jersey spends most of what will likely be the final round of Superstorm Sandy...
Dec 17 2014 // The New Jersey Assembly has delayed a vote on a measure that would allow drivers in New Jersey to use smart phones, computers or tablets to prove they carry auto insurance during traffic stops.The bill was due to be voted...
Dec 16 2014 // Meeker Sharkey Associates, an insurance agency in Cranford, New Jersey, and James F. Hurley Insurance Agency of Bedminster, New Jersey, have announced their merger. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The two...
Dec 16 2014 // USI Insurance Services in Valhalla, New York, announced its acquisition of an insurance program business from Askin, Weber & Reed (AWR) in Freehold, New Jersey. Terms of the transaction, which has been completed, were...
Dec 15 2014 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of O’Gorman & Young Inc., headquartered in Chatham, New Jersey, including its affiliate G.R. Murray Insurance, in Princeton, New Jersey. Terms of the...
Dec 15 2014 // Rutgers University researchers in New Jersey say there was a spike in heart attacks and strokes in the New Jersey counties hardest hit by Superstorm Sandy.Robert Wood Johnson Medical School compared heart attacks and...
Dec 15 2014 // Tracy Morgan has won the latest round in his effort to sue Wal-Mart and others over a fatal crash in New Jersey.A federal judge on Dec. 12 refused to delay the lawsuit. The ruling came on a motion by Kevin Roper, the...
Dec 15 2014 // Federal emergency officials are taking new steps to address concerns from homeowners still struggling to rebuild after Superstorm Sandy more than two years ago, New Jersey and New York lawmakers announced on Dec. 5.U.S....
Dec 12 2014 // Companies that allow drivers to use personal vehicles to transport riders in New Jersey would have to get a state permit and meet safety requirements under state legislation that’s been advanced by a New Jersey...
Dec 8 2014 // A used car dealer in New Jersey has been sentenced to three years in prison for selling vehicles damaged in Superstorm Sandy to unsuspecting customers. Jonathan Olin of Manalapan admitted orchestrating a scheme in which a...
Dec 7 2014 // A Travelers Cos. unit was sued by two New York homeowners who accused it of using a doctored engineering report to reject much of their claim for flood damage from Hurricane Sandy, making it the third insurer to face such...
Dec 6 2014 // Federal emergency officials are taking new steps to address concerns from homeowners still struggling to rebuild after Superstorm Sandy more than two years ago, New Jersey and New York lawmakers announced on Friday, Dec....
Dec 5 2014 // New Jersey’s Highway Traffic Safety Division is giving more than $1.2 million to 165 police departments to combat drunken driving during the holiday season.The “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign...
Dec 3 2014 // Plenty of oceanfront homeowners at the Jersey shore are unhappy with GOP Gov. Chris Christie’s plan to widen beaches and build protective sand dunes along the state’s entire 127-mile coastline.Among them is...
Dec 2 2014 // A bane of motorists and a boon to municipal coffers, New Jersey’s red light cameras are a get-rich-quick scheme by towns or a worthwhile safety improvement that is saving lives, depending on where you sit.The cameras...