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New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Rates to Drop 6.1% for 2023

Nov 9 2022 // New Jersey workers’ compensation and employer liability insurance rates will be cut an average 6.1% beginning January 1, 2023.The reduction is more than the 4.7% decrease that industry’s rating bureau had...

Ambac Acquires New Jersey Commercial Auto MGU and Marine Broker

Nov 9 2022 // Financial services holding company Ambac Financial Group, Inc. announced that it has acquired majority stakes in both All Trans Risk Solutions, LLC and Capacity Marine Corp, both of Mahwah, New Jersey.All Trans is a...

Alliant Acquires New Jersey’s Trivedi Capacity Associates and Risk Purchasing Group

Nov 2 2022 // Alliant Insurance Services has acquired New Jersey-based Trivedi Capacity Associates, further expanding its reach in the community association and condominium association underwriting space.Central to the acquisition is...

Jury Sides With New Jersey Police in $10M Suit by Family of Man Who Died After Arrest

Nov 2 2022 // A federal court jury has decided that New Jersey police did not violate the civil rights of a man who died shortly after a physical altercation during his arrest 7 1/2 years ago.After a trial, jurors in federal court in...

New Jersey Lawmakers Advance Bill Limiting Gun Carry, Requiring Liability Insurance

Nov 1 2022 // A New Jersey legislative committee voted to require liability insurance for gun owners and restrict where they could carry their weapons, moving what would be some of the strictest US firearms limits closer to becoming...

New Jersey Beach Town Bulldozes State Over Rebuilding Sand Dues, Building Sea Wall

Oct 28 2022 // NORTH WILDWOOD, N.J. (AP) — When the remnants of Hurricane Ian passed by the Jersey Shore earlier this month, chewing huge chunks out of protective sand dunes, North Wildwood asked New Jersey environmental officials for...

New Jersey Train Track Where 2 Were Killed Was Supposed to Be Closed for Repairs

Oct 24 2022 // Federal authorities say two construction workers struck and killed by a train earlier this month on a bridge between New Jersey and Pennsylvania were on a track that was supposed to have been taken out of service for...

New Jersey Lawsuit Alleges Climate Change Deception by Oil and Gas Industry

Oct 20 2022 // New Jersey officials announced a lawsuit Tuesday against five oil and gas companies and a petroleum trade organization, alleging they had known for decades about the harmful impact of fossil fuels on climate change but...

New Jersey Eyes Gun Carry Legislation Including Insurance Requirement

Oct 14 2022 // New Jersey Democrats say they are going to take a shot at passing new gun legislation similar to New York’s even thought that state’s law is facing a court challenge.Assembly Speaker Craig J. Coughlin and...

New Jersey Insurance Law on Ride-Hailing Does Not Apply to Food Delivery: Court

Sep 28 2022 // A New Jersey court has ruled that an insurer is not required to provide coverage to an Uber Eats food delivery driver under the state’s law requiring app-based transport services to provide underinsured motorist for...

Multiple Crashes, Two Deaths Reported at ‘Pop-Up’ New Jersey Car Rally

Sep 27 2022 // A pop-up car rally over the weekend in southern New Jersey led to multiple crashes and the deaths of at least two people riding in a golf cart, officials say.Wildwood Mayor Pete Byron told NJ Advance Media on Sunday that...

New Jersey Liquor Board Readies Permits for Home Delivery of Alcoholic Drinks

Sep 23 2022 // New Jersey recently announced a permitting process that allows third-party delivery services like DoorDash, Instacart, and Amazon Flex to deliver alcoholic beverages – including cocktails “to go” – from...

New Jersey Cannabis Regulator Issues Employers’ Guidance for Workplaces

Sep 16 2022 // New Jersey has issued guidance for workplaces to support employers’ right to create and maintain safe work environments, as well as affirm employees’ right to due process.According to the guidance and...

Uber Pays New Jersey Back Taxes of $100M Over Driver Employment Classification

Sep 13 2022 // Uber Technologies Inc. said on Monday it back-paid New Jersey $100 million in unemployment taxes over classifying drivers as contractors, but added that it did not agree with the state’s view that drivers were...

Risk Strategies Acquires New Jersey’s Dickstein Associates

Aug 24 2022 // Risk Strategies, a Boston-based national specialty insurance brokerage, has acquired Dickstein Associates Agency, a retail insurance agency located in Tinton Falls, New Jersey.Founded in 1965, Dickstein Associates provides...

Georgia’s MagMutual to Acquire New Jersey-Based MDAdvantage Insurance

Aug 17 2022 // MagMutual Insurance Co. and MDAdvantage Holdings Inc. have reached an agreement for MagMutual, headquartered in Atlanta, to acquire MDAdvantage Insurance Co., based in New Jersey.MDAdvantage, according to AM Best, is one...

Environmental Officer Warns New Jersey Is Not Prepared for Climate Change Effects

Aug 17 2022 // New Jersey’s top environmental officer says the state is not ready for the worsening effects of climate change and rising seas.Testifying Thursday to a joint state Senate-Assembly panel on coastal issues, Shawn...

New Jersey High Court Backs Insurer’s New York Exclusion in Home Depot Injury Case

Aug 16 2022 // Clearly, Admiral Insurance Co. did not want to assume any risk in the New York City area.The insurance policy Admiral issued to Richfield Window Coverings excluded coverage “in any way connected with”...

OSHA Investigating Deaths of Amazon Workers in New Jersey

Aug 15 2022 // Federal work-safety investigators are looking into the death of an Amazon worker and an injury that potentially led to the death of another employee, adding to a probe already underway following a third fatality during the...

State Farm Alleges $2.6M Auto Insurance Fraud by New Jersey Chiropractors, Doctors

Aug 5 2022 // Insurer State Farm is fighting what it says is a fraudulent medical scheme that has been exploiting New Jersey’s personal injury protection (PIP) benefits law since 2014.The insurer is seeking to recover $2.6 million...