New Jersey officials and members of the health care industry will utilize $11.4 million in federal funding to create an electronic health records program linking hospitals, doctors and insurance companies …  Read →

The New Jersey Senate approved Thomas Considine, acting insurance commissioner since January, as the head of the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance.

The full New Jersey Senate will now consider the appointments of three of Gov. Chris Christie’s selections for state office, including the department of banking and insurance, after approval by a Senate panel March 15.

Two months after his nomination to head New Jersey’s Department of Banking and Insurance, the state Senate’s judiciary panel will interview Thomas Considine for the post.

A New Jersey watchdog group is voicing its opposition to millions of dollars in proposed cuts to the states’ budget that aid its uninsured population, calling such measures “mean and short-sighted.”

New Jersey Governor-Elect Chris Christie has selected Tom Considine, a 17-year employee of MetLife, to become the state’s next commissioner of banking and insurance.