New Jersey’s insurance commissioner, Tom Considine, is expected to resign his office next month in preparation for a return to the private sector.

New Jersey insurance regulators want to overhaul the state’s auto insurance rules to battle rising costs seen in the state’s personal injury protection, or PIP, system.

Ronald Chillemi, a federal prosecutor in Camden and Newark, N.J., has been named the state’s insurance fraud prosecutor.

New Jersey officials want to significant trim the number of state residents who would qualify for Medicaid, as they seek a potential cost savings of $300 million, if federal officials approve the plan.

Gov. Chris Christie named Edward B. Deutsch of Barnardsville, N.J., to the panel, created by executive order to review administrative rules and solicit public input how regulations will affect economic growth, investment and job creation in the state, according to mycentraljersey.com.

A task force recommending that New Jersey permit private vendors run all of its 58 state parks is be criticized for the suggestion because the state agency running the facilities has failed to collect payments and has not properly handled liability insurance issues.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is one of seven Republican governors who has not joined a 20-state suit challenging the constitutionality of the federal health reform law.

New Jersey Senate Health Committee Vice-Chairman Joseph Vitale wants to allow more parents to enroll in FamilyCare, the state’s insurance program for poor people who work.

A New Jersey Superior Court judge has refused to block a plan by Gov. Chris Christie for public employees to start contributing at least 1.5% of their pay toward health insurance.

Two insurance bills, including one to allow captive insurers companies to operate in New Jersey, are expected to move through the state’s General Assembly.