All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 22 2013 // Insurance regulators in New Jersey and New York — the two states hardest-hit by Superstorm Sandy — report that insurers have settled 93 percent of the claims they received in the wake of Sandy, according to the...
Apr 22 2013 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency says it has settled 96 percent of post-Sandy National Flood Insurance Program claims in New Jersey. The agency says that as of April 9, there had been 74,825 claims filed and 70,689...
Apr 18 2013 // Two gas stations in New Jersey will pay a combined $46,000 to settle claims they gouged gas prices following Superstorm Sandy.The state attorney general’s office and the division of consumer affairs announced the...
Apr 17 2013 // New Jersey officials plan to unveil a plan in the next two to three weeks for buying out roughly 1,000 flood-prone homes from owners who want to sell them, a state Department of Environmental Protection spokesman said...
Apr 15 2013 // Earlier in April, the federal government announced that it would not give grants to repair homes badly damaged by Superstorm Sandy unless the owners agreed to make sure they are in compliance with new advisory flood...
Apr 12 2013 // The costs continue to mount for New Jersey Transit in the wake of Superstorm Sandy.At its monthly board meeting Wednesday, the agency approved paying another $28 million to a Canadian company to repair locomotives damaged...
Apr 11 2013 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency says it has settled 96 percent of the post-Superstorm Sandy National Flood Insurance Program claims in New Jersey.A photo of flooded homes in the Mantoloking, N.J., region on Nov. 2,...
Apr 8 2013 // Itasca, Ill.-based global insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Advanced Benefit Advisors Inc. of Cherry Hill, N.J. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Established in 2005,...
Apr 2 2013 // Authorities announced Monday that a central New Jersey chiropractor was sentenced to state prison for fraudulently obtaining more than $650,000 by illegally using “runners” to recruit auto accident patients to...
Apr 1 2013 // Kenneth Kobylowski, commissioner for New Jersey’s Department of Banking and Insurance, announced on March 28 that his department has selected the American Arbitration Association to administer a mediation program for...
Apr 1 2013 // The federal government announced $1.4 billion in aid last Friday, March 29, to transit agencies affected by Superstorm Sandy.Most of the aid announced by U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is going to four agencies...
Mar 29 2013 // A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the issuer credit ratings (ICR) to “a+” from “a” and affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A’ (Excellent) of the Odyssey Reinsurance Group members....
Mar 25 2013 // Since shortly after Superstorm Sandy pummeled the Jersey shore last October, homeowners up and down the coast have agonized over whether to raise their homes to survive future storms.N.J. Gov. Christie speaking at a town...
Mar 24 2013 // A new poll finds most New Jersey voters surveyed believe the state should impose specific rules on property owners who are rebuilding after Superstorm Sandy.Sandy boardwalk damage in Seaside, N.J., on Oct. 30, 2012. (N.J....
Mar 21 2013 // The sand dune that ruined Harvey and Phyllis Karan’s view of the ocean allowed their beachfront home to see another day when Superstorm Sandy’s surge crashed ashore. They still want the $375,000 a court awarded...
Mar 21 2013 // New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said on Tuesday, March 19, that he is asking the federal government to let the state use $250 million in Sandy aid to help New Jersey buy out homeowners in flood-prone areas, but he does not...
Mar 18 2013 // New Jersey’s adoption of expanded flood maps in the wake of Superstorm Sandy has put more than 33,000 additional residential buildings in flood zones, a nearly 15 percent increase.Destroyed homes and washed away...
Mar 15 2013 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency says it has made $2.7 billion in flood insurance payments to New Jersey claimants since Superstorm Sandy hit the state last October. The agency also announced Tuesday that it has...
Mar 15 2013 // An affordable housing advocacy group said Wednesday that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has done a good job of describing the problems faced by low-income residents — especially renters — who were hit hard by...
Mar 14 2013 // Financial information firm SNL Financial’s preliminary analysis of more than 2,600 individual property/casualty filer’s statutory data illustrates how big of an impact Superstorm Sandy had on the filers’...