Steven M. Goldman, a former New Jersey insurance commissioner, has joined the board of directors for Englewood Cliffs, N.J.-based North Jersey Community Bancorp.

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

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.

If Jeanne Heisler, government affairs representative for the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New Jersey, had her way, the next insurance commissioner in New Jersey would operate much like …  Read →

New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine named Neil Jasey as interim commissioner for the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance, replacing former head Steven M. Goldman, who recently resigned.

Jasey, 61, …  Read →

The head of the New Jersey Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor has left to become a Superior Court judge.

Greta Gooden Brown

Greta Gooden Brown, who was sworn in as the …  Read →

New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine is expected to name a replacement for Steven M. Goldman, either as an interim leader or as his successor, by July 15, the date Goldman …  Read →

Steven M. Goldman, New Jersey’s commissioner of banking and insurance, announced he will leave the post July 15 to take a job at a law firm in New York.

Goldman made …  Read →

The New Jersey Senate has confirmed Douglas A. Wheeler as the new director for the state’s division of insurance.

Wheeler replaces longtime division director Donald Bryan, who is retiring June 30, …  Read →

Nearly 300,000 customers of Allstate New Jersey Insurance Co. will see an 8.9% increase in their auto coverage rates.

New Jersey Insurance Commissioner Steven Goldman approved the rate increase, which goes …  Read →