All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 19 2010 // NetCompNetComp Insurance, a newly-formed program manager based in Columbia, S.C., has opened its online program (www.netcompinsurance.com) for small to-mid size workers’ compensation business to all independent...
Jul 15 2010 // Three insurance brokers from Maryland have pleaded not guilty to charges that they bilked the city of Perth Amboy, N.J., out of more than $216,000 by collecting payments for a nonexistent wellness program for city...
Jul 8 2010 // An insurance company must defend a homeowner who was sued after a woman overdosed on drugs at a house party he held, the New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled.This week’s ruling written by Justice Helen E. Hoens...
Jul 6 2010 // New Jersey is taking aim at residents who fraudulently register their vehicles or obtain auto insurance in other states.The Assembly recently passed a measure that makes so-called “reverse rate evasion” a form...
Jul 5 2010 // Print it yourself. That’s what New Jersey’s insurance regulator is telling insurance agents about their insurance licenses. The department has issued a new bulletin advising agents and public adjusters in the...
Jul 5 2010 // The Excess Line Association of New York has appointed Jasmin Chen Johnson as financial director. She will be responsible for conducting financial analysis, review and monitoring of all New York-eligible excess line...
Jul 1 2010 // Tower Group Inc. has completed its acquisition of the personal lines business of OneBeacon Insurance Group for $167 million.The completed transaction includes the acquisition by Towers of Massachusetts Homeland Insurance...
Jul 1 2010 // A New Jersey grand jury has indicted a Burlington County insurance agent for pocketing payments from three clients, according to Attorney General Paula T. Dow.Lee Schaffer, of Marlton, was charged with insurance fraud,...
Jun 30 2010 // Print it yourself. That’s what New Jersey’s insurance regulator is telling insurance agents about their insurance licenses.The department issued a new bulletin advising agents and public adjusters in the state...
Jun 22 2010 // New York-based brokerage and risk management firm Integro appointed Jennifer Romano as managing principal, based in New Jersey.She will manage complex placements and risk consulting services for healthcare clients...
Jun 15 2010 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey elected Donna M. Cunningham as the trade group’s president.Cunningham has served as vice president, secretary and treasurer for the group. She is also president of...
Jun 9 2010 // A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the issuer credit ratings (ICR) to “aa” from “aa-” of Travelers Group, its P/C members and affiliate, Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America (TCSA) and...
Jun 7 2010 // Wholesaler Crump Insurance promoted Kevin Hahn to executive vice president. As head of New York brokerage operations, Hahn will oversee Crump’s offices in Long Island and New York, and its environmental practice.XL...
Jun 3 2010 // A New Jersey jury has awarded $7.2 million to a doctor who sued the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey after she fell and broke her elbow at a North Jersey rail station.Lawyers for Soma Mandal of Jersey City said...
May 28 2010 // An aviation firm that parks planes at an airport in New Jersey is not liable for damages to an aircraft struck by the car of sleeping driver, a state appeals court has ruled.The suit stemmed from a 2006 incident at...
May 25 2010 // Deana Lykins has been named president of the Insurance Council of New Jersey (ICNJ), the a trade association for the state’s property/casualty insurance industry.As president, Lykins will oversee the operations of...
May 21 2010 // New Jersey-based NIA Group, part of Marsh Agency, has hired three new insurance producers in its Mount Laurel, Paramus and Somerset offices.Derek Kimmel, who joins the Mount Laurel office, has broad experience in employee...
May 17 2010 // Few New Jersey teen drivers are complying with the nation’s first law that requires them to display decals on their license plates. Fewer than one in four had purchased the decals when the new law went into effect...
May 13 2010 // A.M. Best Co. has revised the outlook to negative from stable and affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘B+’ (Good) and issuer credit rating of “bbb-” of Wisconsin-based Partners Mutual...
May 13 2010 // A former municipal police officer who sued a New Jersey state trooper for excessive use of force has been awarded $5 million.The New Jersey Turnpike Authority says it plans to appeal the jury’s decision. Gary Wade,...