Loaded School Bus Torn Apart In Collision With Dump Truck, Two Dead

A student and a teacher were killed and 43 others injured when a school bus with preteens on a field trip collided with a dump truck on a New Jersey highway on Thursday, ripping the bus apart and leaving students dangling by seat belts, officials said.
May 18, 2018 Auto Excess & Surplus Lines Liability New Jersey

Salmonella Sickens Nearly Three Dozen People Following Recall Of More Than 200 Million Eggs

A salmonella outbreak that led to a recall of nearly 207 million eggs has now sickened nearly three dozen people in states along the East Coast.
May 14, 2018 Life & Health Florida New Jersey New York North Carolina Pennsylvania

Insurers Expected To Pay $1.5B For April’s Severe Weather

A catastrophe report has found that the US re/insurance sector is on the hook for more than half of the total economic loss in April resulting from severe convective weather such as thunderstorms and tornados.
May 10, 2018 Auto Catastrophe Property Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California

Trucking Company Owner Convicted For False Freight Claims

A 55-year-old Florida man has been sentenced to nine years in state prison for filing more than $1.2 million in false insurance claims related to refrigerated cargo allegedly spoiling while being transported cross country by his long-haul trucking companies based in Middlesex County.
April 24, 2018 Excess & Surplus Lines Fraud New Jersey

3-Alarm Fire Tears Through New Jersey Apartment Complex

Firefighters battled a fast-moving fire in a Burlington County apartment complex. The fire, which hit three alarms, started at the Willingboro Square Apartments shortly before 5 p.m. Monday along the 7100 block of Millennium Drive in Willingboro, New Jersey, fire officials said.
April 24, 2018 Excess & Surplus Lines Property New Jersey

10-Year-Old Rescues Children After Explosion Rocks NJ House

A New Jersey family woke up Saturday morning to every room in their house engulfed in flames. Multiple children were inside when an explosion rocked their house Vernon Avenue in the Port Reading section of Woodbridge around 9:30 a.m.
April 23, 2018 Property New Jersey

Hurricane Forecasters Shrinking ‘Cone Of Uncertainty’

The National Hurricane Center is making changes to its “cone of uncertainty” based on an improving forecast record. The cone is designed to show people where the center of a storm is likely to head.
April 19, 2018 Catastrophe Property Alabama Delaware District Of Columbia Florida Georgia

Guilty Plea In Plan To Burn Boat For Insurance Fraud

A man who damaged a Tuckerton marina and other boats has entered a guilty plea. The Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office announced that Bruce Roslin entered a guilty plea April 12 for the charge of second-degree conspiracy to commit theft by deception.
April 18, 2018 Fraud Marine New Jersey

U.S. Recalls More Than 200M Eggs Over Salmonella Fears

Nearly 207 million eggs from a farm in North Carolina are being recalled from nine U.S. states after 22 people fell ill, the federal Food and Drug Administration has said.
April 16, 2018 Subrogation Colorado Florida New Jersey New York North Carolina

J&J, Imerys Unit Must Pay $117M In N.J. Asbestos Cancer Case

Johnson & Johnson and Imerys Talc America, a unit of Imerys SA, must pay $117 million in damages in a case involving a man who said he developed cancer due to his exposure to asbestos in talc-based products, a New Jersey state court jury said on Wednesday.
April 12, 2018 Liability Litigation New Jersey

J&J Loses Trial Over Claims Linking Cancer To Asbestos In Talc

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) suffered its first trial loss in a lawsuit claiming its talc-based products including Johnson’s Baby Powder contain cancer-causing asbestos, with a New Jersey jury on Thursday ordering J&J and another company to pay $37 million in damages.
April 6, 2018 Liability Litigation New Jersey

Woman Collected Dead Mother’s Comp Benefits For Years

A New Jersey woman has been accused of stealing more than $46,000 by collecting her dead mother’s worker’s compensation dependency benefits for nearly three years.
April 3, 2018 Fraud Workers' Compensation New Jersey

Fourth Nor’easter In Three Weeks Leaves 90,000 Without Power After Heavy Snow

More than 90,000 customers were without power overnight after another major nor’easter — the fourth in three weeks — pummeled the Interstate 95 corridor with as much as 19 inches of snow on the first full day of spring.
March 22, 2018 Catastrophe Property Massachusetts New Jersey New York Pennsylvania

Nor’easter Leaves Flooding, Power Outages In Its Wake Along New England Coast

Tens of thousands of utility workers in the Northeast raced to restore power to more than 1.5 million homes and businesses just days after a powerful and deadly nor’easter caused flooding and wind damage from Virginia to Maine.
March 5, 2018 Auto Property Connecticut Maryland Massachusetts New Jersey

Allstate And Uber Reveal Partnership

Allstate is partnering with Uber Technologies to provide the ridesharing firm’s drivers with commercial auto coverage. Uber’s drivers in Illinois, New Jersey and Wisconsin will receive the coverage beginning March 01, a release said.
March 2, 2018 Auto Liability Illinois New Jersey Wisconsin

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