New Jersey
Selective Insurance logs ‘solid’ year, despite new business decline
Selective Insurance Group had a “solid performance” last year, showing growth over 2009 in part from investment income.
MSO Inc., a Glen Rock, N.J.-based property-casualty ratings service bureau, is affiliating with CTS-Consulting, a management consulting firm based in Blue Bell, Pa.
The Insurance Agents & Brokers of Pennsylvania elected three members to its board of directors and the Delaware association of the same group elected to members to its board.
Allied Insurance Brokers is going to offer a real estate program in the mid-Atlantic states through a partnership with American Alternative Insurance Corp.
New Washington, D.C., Mayor Vincent C. Gray named Bill White as his insurance commissioner, replacing Gennet Purcell.
NJAHU’s annual State of State in Healthcare symposium set for March 3
Judith L. Roman, president and CEO of AmeriHealth New Jersey. is among five panelists scheduled to take part in the third annual New Jersey Association of Health Underwriters’ State of the State in Healthcare Symposium.
A Bayville, N.J., man was sentenced to three years of probation for fraudulently obtaining more than $16,000 in disability insurance benefits from the company for which he drove a truck, according to New Jersey officials.
Digital Insurance to ‘aggressively’ pursue mid-Atlantic, other acquisitions
Digital Insurance said it intends to “aggressively” implement its growth strategy in 2011 after closing 2010 with $17 million in acquisitions.
Bigger is better for nine independent property-casualty insurance agencies in New Jersey, which have formed an alliance to boost their collective strength with insurance companies.
A former partner of a New Jersey-based insurance brokerage firm was sentenced to 48 months in prison and ordered to pay at least $22 million in restitution for his role in a loan fraud scheme.

Obama to force insurers to give out birth control when employers won’t
Group representing 119 in Congress calls individual mandate illegal
Insurer fined for charging unapproved rates on students’ policies

Brokerage firm pays $3.3M for bad-mouthing insurance broker
Employee benefit offerings only as good as the discussion about them
Sponsors of 401(k)s adding features to boost participants’ investment

Mercury Insurance seeks agents, unveils new commercial auto product
Most, least expensive 2012 car models to insure announced
Two insurance agents allegedly stole $422,000 from family brokerage


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