All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 22 2010 // A deer crashed through a window at a New Jersey veterinarian’s office.Staff, clients and pets escaped without injury when the buck came through Family Pet Hospital in Mount Olive Township Tuesday. Dr. Sue Bliesath...
Oct 18 2010 // A former partner in a New Jersey insurance brokerage firm has admitted stealing more than $20 million in a fraudulent loan scheme. Forty-eight-year-old Gavin Gatta of Wayside pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Newark...
Oct 15 2010 // New Jersey prosecutors say a woman who is currently serving a five-year sentence for insurance fraud and identity theft has been indicted in a separate insurance fraud scheme to steal over $8,000 from Liberty Mutual.Dalynn...
Oct 14 2010 // New Jersey State Police say a farm machine struck overhead power lines and caught fire, killing two workers and injuring a third.Sgt. Julian Castellanos says a chute on a combine the men were operating snagged high-tension...
Oct 6 2010 // Medical malpractice insurers writing in Florida earned an average return on surplus of 6.6 percent in 2009, their sixth straight profitable year, although their profits were lower than in 2008.That’s one of the news...
Oct 4 2010 // Markel, HiscoxInsurer Markel has acquired the rights to American Live Stock, the animal mortality business of Hiscox Insurance Co. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The transaction, which includes the rights to the...
Oct 4 2010 // New Jersey lawmakers have advanced a bill that would impose heftier fines for talking or texting while driving. The bill approved last month by the Senate Law and Public Safety Committee would double the fine for first...
Oct 4 2010 // Markel, HiscoxInsurer Markel has acquired the rights to American Live Stock, the animal mortality business of Hiscox Insurance Co. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the companies said it would close the transaction...
Sep 27 2010 // New Jersey-based Professional Risk Solutions (PRS), a wholesale insurance broker, has purchased the assets of Gremesco of Florida, LLC, one of seven members of the Gremesco group of companies.All of the other offices of...
Sep 23 2010 // Pennsylvania-based GUARD Insurance Group has bolstered its sales staff focusing on the New Jersey and New York.Gary May has been named senior field representative for New Jersey and southern New York. May brings over 25...
Sep 15 2010 // New Jersey lawmakers have advanced a bill that would impose heftier fines for talking or texting while driving.The bill approved Monday by the Senate Law and Public Safety Committee would double the fine for first offenses...
Aug 31 2010 // New Jersey workers’ compensation laws do not prevent a construction worker injured in a trench collapse from suing his employer, a state Appeals Court has ruled.The lawsuit — which was originally dismissed by a...
Aug 20 2010 // A decision by a federal court in Philadelphia has reopened some of the racketeering and antitrust lawsuits that were dismissed three years ago against insurers and brokers who allegedly participated in a bid-rigging scheme...
Aug 19 2010 // A New Jersey fire department has paid a former volunteer $15,000 to settle her gender discrimination case.As part of the settlement with Merrissa Garretson, members of the Clementon Fire and Rescue company will also...
Aug 13 2010 // Authorities say a fire in the garage of a New Jersey taxi company caused several cars to explode, burning two employees.Jeff Welz, co-director of North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue, says the fire broke out at Rapido...
Aug 9 2010 // The New Jersey Supreme Court says a liability waiver protects a gym from a lawsuit filed by a customer who was injured by a faulty bike.Gina Stelluti signed a liability waiver before joining Powerhouse Gym in Brick. The...
Aug 6 2010 // New Jersey insurance regulators plan to eliminate a never-used legal entity designed to monitor and encourage auto insurers to write more business in higher-risk areas of the state.The plan, known as the Territorial Rating...
Aug 3 2010 // A New Jersey insurance broker has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $300,000 in premium payments from his clients, according to the state’s attorney general.Under a plea agreement with prosecutors, the state will...
Aug 3 2010 // After peaking in 2009, overall customer satisfaction with insurance companies has declined significantly in 2010, largely because of price, according to the J.D. Power and Associates “2010 U.S. National Auto...
Aug 2 2010 // More New Jersey motorists surveyed say they’re texting behind the wheel and speeding. But Garden State residents believe New York motorists are the worst drivers. Some 25 percent of New Jersey motorists surveyed in...