All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 29 2013 // New Jersey auto insurance group Plymouth Rock Assurance has released a distracted driving study this week that found approximately 50 percent of passengers polled have asked a driver to stop texting while the car was in...
May 28 2013 // The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies said on May 23 it received approval from the New Jersey Department of Banking & Insurance to convert one of its subsidiaries, Chubb Custom Insurance Company, into a domestic...
May 26 2013 // New Jersey is now accepting applications from homeowners seeking grants to rebuild homes damaged by Superstorm Sandy.Sandy damage in Ortley Beach, N.J., on Nov. 10, 2012. (Governor's Office/Tim Larsen)The grants are part...
May 24 2013 // Novato, Calif.-based Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company appointed Erik Matson to the position of commercial insurance field executive.Erik MatsonIn this role, Matson will be responsible for growing Fireman’s...
May 24 2013 // Overland Park, Kan.-based SeaFire Insurance Services said it is seeking new agency partners in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for its exclusive auto dealer and repair insurance program.SeaFire said it will consider...
May 24 2013 // U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced on Thursday an additional $3.7 billion in disaster relief funds to help the four major transit agencies in New York and New Jersey that sustained the greatest damage from...
May 17 2013 // Some 350 homeowners in the central New Jersey towns of Sayreville and South River whose properties have flooded repeatedly will be eligible to sell their homes in the first phase of a new federally funded buyback program,...
May 16 2013 // Riding the Jet Star roller coaster as a girl vacationing at the Jersey shore, Nicole Jones said there was always that one breath-catching moment when the passenger cars swerved toward the ocean, as if threatening to dump...
May 8 2013 // Work crews are beginning to demolish storm-damaged homes in the Jersey shore town that was hit hardest by Superstorm Sandy.Minor debris removal has already started in Mantoloking, and the first of 50 storm-wrecked houses...
May 8 2013 // Branchville, N.J.-based Selective Insurance Group announced the appointment of Gordon Gaudet as executive vice president and chief information officer (CIO). Gaudet will assume responsibility for all information technology...
May 7 2013 // New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has signed into law on Monday a bill that aims to help homeowners better understand their insurance policies.The legislation (A3642/S2502) requires homeowners’ insurers to give...
May 6 2013 // Insurance regulators in New Jersey and New York — the two states hardest-hit by Superstorm Sandy — reported that as of April 19, insurers have settled 93 percent of the claims they received in the wake of Sandy,...
May 3 2013 // New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance Commissioner Ken Kobylowski said on May 1 that New Jersey residents with unresolved non-flood insurance claims related to Superstorm Sandy can have their cases mediated...
May 1 2013 // Superstorm Sandy, a hybrid of a hurricane and two cold-weather systems, struck six months ago on Oct. 29, concentrating most of its fury on New Jersey, New York and Connecticut and becoming one of the most expensive storms...
May 1 2013 // Hispanic market-focused insurance agency network Confie Seguros announced the acquisition of Capital Insurance Agency of Trenton, N.J.Capital Insurance has been in business since 1935 and specializes in personal insurance...
May 1 2013 // Metal theft claims have risen 36 percent in the three years since January, 2010, according to an insurance research organization.The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) said it is seeing more evidence of pervasive metal...
Apr 30 2013 // Losses from previous storms are helping to drive up New Jersey’s auto insurance rates, which are already the highest in the nation.The Record newspaper reports the state approved increases for 26 insurance companies...
Apr 28 2013 // It’s been six months since Superstorm Sandy made its landfall on the coast of New Jersey and became one of the costliest storms ever recorded in the U.S.Many businesses in the region are still recovering from the...
Apr 25 2013 // York Risk Services Group (York), a national provider of claims-management, specialized loss adjusting, alternative risk programs, pool administration and other insurance services, announced that Jim Ossner has joined the...
Apr 24 2013 // New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says that he expects federally funded grants for New Jersey business owners hit by Superstorm Sandy may arrive soon.But he says homeowners may have to wait until July to see their grants...