The New Jersey Department of Labor is proposing a sweeping new rule that could disrupt how independent insurance agents do business fundamentally. The proposed regulation expands the ABC test—the legal standard used to determine whether a worker is an...
If you write contractor business in Connecticut or New Jersey with Liberty Mutual, there’s an important change coming that could affect your clients—and your book of business. As part of its efforts to manage risk exposure in New York state, Liberty Mutual has...
TRENTON, N.J.—Roger Butler, CIC, was elected president of the Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey at the association’s annual business meeting. Butler is vice president of the Barclay Group in Riverton, N.J. Active in PIANJ, Butler served as president-elect of...
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.—The New Jersey Young Insurance Professionals installed its officers and elected its board of directors June 7 during its annual business meeting. The NJYIP officers installed were: Timothy Latimer of The Barclay Group in Riverton, N.J., will serve...
TRENTON, N.J.—The Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey, honored four insurance professionals at its annual conference, held June 8-10, at The Hard Rock in Atlantic City, N.J. Professional Agent of the Year was awarded to Mandy Adams Moreland, AIS, AU, CPIA....
PIANJ previously alerted members to a deeply concerning regulatory proposal from the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development. This proposal—N.J.A.C. 12:11—would dramatically expand the state’s interpretation of the “ABC test” for classifying...
The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development has introduced a proposed regulation—N.J.A.C. 12:11—that would codify and expand its interpretation of the “ABC test” that is used to determine whether a worker is classified as an employee or an independent...
PIANJ and NJYIP officers and directors attended an event earlier this week to honor the legacy of PIANJ past President Andy Harris. PHOTO CAPTION: (L-R) PIANJ Past President Anthony Bavaro, CIC, CRM; NJYIP Second Vice President Walter Conroy; PIANJ Treasurer Lisa Hamm, CIC; PIANJ Past President Steven C. Radespiel; PIANJ President Andy Harris Jr., CIC, AAI, CIRS; PIANJ Member Hal Soden, CPCU, AAI, CIC, CMIP, CRM, CWCA; PIANJ Director Bill McMahon III, CIC, CWCA; PIANJ Vice President Aaron Levine, CIC; and Pat Doherty, AINS, AIS, of Andover Insurance Co.
Imagine paying for robust auto insurance coverage—only to learn too late that your policy quietly includes a loophole that guts your protection in certain common scenarios. That’s the harsh reality for too many New Jersey drivers, thanks to so-called step-down...
When insurance agents or brokers are sued for professional negligence, their defense should be as fair and balanced as any other party in a civil lawsuit. But in New Jersey, that’s not always the case. Insurance producers face a unique and often unjust hurdle: they’re...
