The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance (DOBI) recently adopted a regulation to maintain compliance with an existing statute barring financial advisors from using “untrue” senior-specific designations.

Donna M. Cunningham of Florham Park N.J., was elected president of the Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey at the association’s annual business conference in Atlantic City, N.J.

The New Jersey Young Insurance Professionals will host its 26th annual Fun Run to benefit Special Olympics of New Jersey (SONJ) Tuesday, June 15, at 7 a.m. at the boardwalk at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, N.J.

The Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey and New York have planned a series of events as part of their 2010 annual conference, scheduled for June 13-15.

Insurance professionals can now earn Fireman’s Fund or Utica Mutual errors and omissions loss prevention credits from the Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut, New Hampshire, New Jersey and New York State without leaving their offices through the organization’s PIA E&O Webinar Series.

The Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut, New Hampshire, New Jersey and New York State have begun their annual Company Performance Surveys, gauging insurance producers’ views of the companies they represent.

Insurance trade groups in New Jersey and New York are seeking nominations for each state’s 2010 Distinction of Professionalism awards.

Project Y, a new initiative to recruit young professionals to the insurance industry, is looking at New Jersey high schools and colleges for potential “high-quality hires.”

A regional agents’ group is speaking out against the practice of carriers requesting customer lists or expensive profiles of agency books of business, calling it a “significant breach” of the agent-carrier relationship.

With all the technology options available to agents now, a coalition of four state trade associations has established a hotline to provide some guidance.