All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 24 2013 // The Jersey shore’s small vacation bungalows and cottages have for decades staked out little plots of paradise where families who scrimped and saved could while away summer evenings, parents having drinks on the deck...
Oct 24 2013 // A year after Superstorm Sandy catastrophically flooded hundreds of miles of eastern U.S. coastline, thousands of people still trying to fix their soaked and surf-battered homes are being stymied by bureaucracy, insurance...
Oct 23 2013 // Nearly a year after Superstorm Sandy, victims of the storm told a New Jersey state panel that insurance woes and bureaucratic red tape are doing just as much damage as the storm.At a New Jersey Senate hearing Monday in...
Oct 21 2013 // A Florida man who worked for a now-defunct southern New Jersey construction company has been sentenced to seven years in state prison for his role in a home-repairs scam.. The New Jersey attorney general’s...
Oct 21 2013 // Confie SegurosPersonal lines insurance brokerage Confie Seguros acquired three additional brokers: James S. Sullivan Agency and Advanced Auto Insurance in New York, and Family Insurance in Corpus Christi, Texas. James S....
Oct 18 2013 // New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance Commissioner Ken Kobylowski announced Thursday the most recent results of a mediation program designed to settle non-flood Superstorm Sandy-related open claims.To date, 69...
Oct 14 2013 // Bart Sutton fought with his insurance company for a year over what it would cost to rebuild his flood-damaged home, then gave up in frustration and tore it down. A week later, the money came through.Simone and Ken...
Oct 10 2013 // Class action lawsuits in federal courts on both coasts have been initiated on behalf of small businesses in California, New York and New Jersey against American International Group (AIG) over workers’ compensation...
Oct 9 2013 // A New Jersey-based nonprofit group is calling on the federal government to establish a permanent funding source to prepare for future natural catastrophes.The group, called US Strong, says in its new report that an...
Oct 7 2013 // New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says a low-level manager — not the state’s mass transit chief — was to blame for failing to move trains to higher ground during Superstorm Sandy, causing $120 million in...
Oct 4 2013 // The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance recently announced a new data call request to the insurance industry to evaluate Superstorm Sandy-related claims and monitor market conditions for property/casualty...
Oct 4 2013 // Even when Superstorm Sandy killed their neighbors and flooded their house, Frank and Mary Lettieri vowed to stay in the Staten Island, New York, home where they raised five children.But with a popular home buyback program...
Oct 3 2013 // AssuredPartners of New Jersey, an AssuredPartners Inc. platform operation, acquired Anderson-Jackson-Metts (d/b/a/ AJM Insurance).AJM Insurance specializes in commercial insurance coverage, personal insurance coverage and...
Sep 30 2013 // Hundreds of New Jersey flood insurance policyholders will soon be facing higher premiums spurred by sweeping changes to the federal law that will take effect Tuesday.The increases stem from legislation passed in June 2012...
Sep 26 2013 // New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed an executive order to speed the construction of sand dunes to protect its coast from storms over the objections of beachfront homeowners worried about losing their ocean views.The...
Sep 25 2013 // State authorities in New Jersey say a Monmouth County-based public adjusting company has admitted submitting fraudulent insurance claims in an attempt to defraud a New Jersey-based insurer out of more than $15,000.Long...
Sep 24 2013 // New Jersey Assemblyman Reed Gusciora (D-Mercer/Hunterdon) last week proposed a bill aimed at strengthening homeowners’ cases against their insurers in civil lawsuits.Assemblyman Gusciora said the bill (A-4382) would...
Sep 23 2013 // Toms River, N..J., homeowner George Kasimos wants to make sure that lawmakers in Washington, D.C., hear the growing concerns of his shore community and other communities across the country.Kasimos started a grassroots...
Sep 21 2013 // New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Sept. 18 defended his decision to use federal Superstorm Sandy recovery money to help rebuild businesses burned by a devastating boardwalk fire.Brian Gabriel, the Ocean County fire chief,...
Sep 20 2013 // A New Jersey cardiologist stands accused of stealing more than $52,000 by billing insurance companies for services that allegedly were performed while he was out of the country. Ahmad Mossavi, also known as Seyed...