All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 25 2013 // Towers Watson Capital Markets Inc., a subsidiary of global professional services company Towers Watson, announced it recently arranged a private placement catastrophe bond, Sullivan Re 2013-1, which closed at $60 million....
Jul 25 2013 // The government should set performance standards for new safety technology that allows cars and trucks to talk to each other and then require the technology be installed in all new vehicles, a federal accident investigation...
Jul 23 2013 // About 2,700 New Jersey homeowners will get federal grants to elevate homes damaged by Superstorm Sandy.Construction workers raise a house in Brick, N.J. on July 22. Under the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Elevation...
Jul 22 2013 // Synapse Services, LLC., a nationwide wholesale environmental insurance firm, has launched a new insurance policy that provides individual liability coverage for Licensed Site Remediation Professionals (LSRPs) in New...
Jul 22 2013 // Brown & Brown, Beecher CarlsonBrown & Brown Inc. completed the acquisition of Beecher Carlson Holdings Inc. from Austin Ventures, FSPM and a group of individual employee and non-employee equityholders for $336.5...
Jul 22 2013 // Public Service Enterprise Group, the largest provider of gas and electric service in New Jersey, sued 11 insurers, including American International Group Inc., over losses from Hurricane Sandy.PSE&G, which provides...
Jul 18 2013 // The floodwaters from Superstorm Sandy gushed in through Bob and Pat Smith’s porch windows and didn’t stop rising till reaching the 6-foot mark. The Smiths marked the insurgence with a piece of black electrical...
Jul 18 2013 // A New Jersey state appellate court has ruled that a man who went missing in northern New Jersey is not financially responsible for the injuries suffered by a police officer who was hurt while trying to find him.The...
Jul 16 2013 // New Jersey is making the first post-Hurricane Sandy buyout offers to South River and Sayreville homeowners this week, Governor Chris Christie said.Gov. Christie announced the first post-Sandy buyout offers were made this...
Jul 16 2013 // A New Jersey man has admitted to supervising an auto theft ring that authorities say stole over 100 vehicles worth a total of more than $550,000.The Attorney General’s office says 33-year-old Jose D. Lopez of South...
Jul 12 2013 // Along the New Jersey shore this year, the sounds of summer include earth-moving equipment still cleaning up the devastation wrought last year by Superstorm Sandy.Officials say knocking down the homes that are too damaged...
Jul 12 2013 // The buzz came mostly by word-of-mouth but also from flyers circulated among New Jersey’s homeless Medicaid recipients and drug addicts. It told them where to get pain pills — and fast — prescribed by...
Jul 10 2013 // New Jersey residents will begin hearing this week whether they’re getting money to rebuild badly damaged homes or stay in their communities after Superstorm Sandy.State Community Affairs Commissioner Richard...
Jul 8 2013 // The McGowan Companies, based in Fairview Park, Ohio, acquired the assets of Professional Risk Placements LLC in Red Bank, New Jersey.Professional Risk Placements will begin operating under the newly-formed “McGowan...
Jul 8 2013 // A New Jersey town can present evidence of the benefits of building dunes as storm barriers when homeowners with beachfront properties seek compensation for losing their ocean views, the state’s highest court...
Jul 8 2013 // Public Service Enterprise Group Inc., the largest provider of gas and electric service in New Jersey, sued 11 insurers, including American International Group Inc., over losses from Hurricane Sandy.PSE&G, which...
Jul 3 2013 // Federal prosecutors say a former claims manager for the New Jersey Turnpike Authority stole more than $120,000 from the agency through various schemes. Gerardo Blasi of Clifton was arrested Monday by special FBI agents....
Jul 2 2013 // New Jersey Captive Insurance Association (NJCIA) this week announced the appointment of Sheila Small as its executive director.She will lead the association’s mission to develop professional opportunities for its...
Jul 1 2013 // One storm is all it takes these days.Anyone who’s been paying attention needn’t be reminded that even a post-tropical cyclone can cause major damage. That’s what Sandy was when she came on shore in New...
Jun 28 2013 // New Jersey is stiffening the penalties for motorists who use handheld cellphones to talk or text. A bill signed into law Thursday increases the fine to a minimum of $200 and a maximum of $400 for a first offense. A second...