All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 6 2009 // A member of New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine’s Cabinet is stepping down. After three years as commissioner of the Department of Banking and Insurance, Steven Goldman will leave July 15 to resume his private law career. He...
Jul 6 2009 // A New Jersey woman who claimed her bipolar disorder was brought on by a stressful relationship with her boss is not eligible to collect workers’ comp benefits, a compensation judge has ruled.The case was brought by...
Jun 30 2009 // The New Jersey Senate has confirmed Douglas A. Wheeler as director of the Division of Insurance..Wheeler had been nominated by Governor Jon Corzine in May. He will replace longtime division Director Donald Bryan, who...
Jun 25 2009 // A.M. Best Co. has revised the outlook to negative from stable and affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings of “a-” of Plymouth Rock Assurance Group...
Jun 24 2009 // Wholesale commercial insurance brokerage NAPCO has relocated its corporate headquarters to an 11,000-square foot office inside the Woodbridge Hotel and Conference Center complex in Iselin, New Jersey.NAPCO says the move...
Jun 22 2009 // The family of a jazz guitarist from New Jersey who was killed in the crash of a commuter plane near Buffalo, N.Y., in February has sued Continental Airlines and the flight’s operator.The lawsuit was filed Monday in...
Jun 18 2009 // MetLife Auto & Home has appointed Joanne Fagan as a regional sales manager in New Jersey, overseeing the company’s growth plans for the central portion of the Garden State. Fagan has over 38 years of insurance...
Jun 17 2009 // Two former New Jersey elected officials arrested on corruption charges nearly two years ago in an FBI sting operation have been sentenced to federal prison terms.Former Passaic City Council member Marcellus Jackson...
Jun 17 2009 // A New Jersey woman who claimed her bipolar disorder was brought on by a stressful relationship with her boss is not eligible to collect workers’ comp benefits, a compensation judge has ruled.The case was brought by...
Jun 16 2009 // There have always been lingering concerns over how New Jersey would be able to quickly evacuate large numbers of people during hurricanes or other natural disasters, especially among coastal residents.And with that in...
Jun 8 2009 // A former councilman from Passaic, New Jersey has been sentenced to more than six years in prison after being convicted of corruption.Jonathan Soto will serve 75 months in federal prison. A jury found him guilty in February...
Jun 3 2009 // The head of New Jersey’s workers’ compensation division could begin issuing stop-work orders against contractors for misrepresenting employee headcounts under a bill awaiting signature by Gov. Jon Corzine. The...
Jun 3 2009 // Palisades Safety and Insurance Management Corp. and Narragansett Bay Insurance Co.(NBIC) have entered into an agreement allowing NBIC to offer coastal home insurance renewal quotes to former customers of Proformance...
Jun 1 2009 // TD Insurance Inc. has hired Linda Bogardus as an account manager in the Core Division of Commercial Lines. Bogardus, who is based in Burlington, Vermont, will oversee marketing and servicing large commercial insurance...
Jun 1 2009 // A worker putting air in a retreaded tractor-trailer tire at a New Jersey business was killed when it exploded. State police say Bruce Coverdale of Commercial Township died instantly in Friday’s accident at Advance...
May 18 2009 // Police say a longtime employee at a New Jersey welding supplies shop was killed when a 60-pound oxygen tank he was filling exploded.The force of the blast last Wednesday morning at the J.W. Goodliffe and Son building in...
May 11 2009 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating of “a-” of Hawaii’s DTRIC Insurance Company Limited, both with stable outlooks....
May 8 2009 // The New Jersey Senate’s Commerce Committee is in the midst of vetting two key bills that would have significant impact on the Garden State’s insurance industry.One bill would create a create a financial...
May 7 2009 // New Jersey-based insurance brokerage Bollinger Inc. has acquired Gail Steinberg & Co. Inc. of New York, New York, the company announced.In connection with the merger, Gail Steinberg, president and chief executive...
May 4 2009 // AIG, AIUAmerican International Group, Inc. (AIG) has taken the first step to position the rebranding of its insurance units as an independent entity, AIU Holdings. AIG has transgered the company to a special purpose...