JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, March 30 (TNSres) -- The American Property Casualty Insurance Association issued the following news release: * * * The $26.9 Billion Underwriting Loss is the Largest Since 2011, According to Preliminary Results from Verisk and APCIA * * * Key financial results for private U.S. property/casualty insurers significantly worsened in 2022 from a year earlier, according to preliminary results from Verisk (Nasdaq: VRSK), a leading global data analytics provider, and the Ame  more

SOUTH PLAINFIELD, New Jersey, March 31 (TNSper) -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on March 29, 2023: The New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NJ) today congratulated Dalya Youssef, who wears hijab, on her swearing in to the New Jersey Superior Court. Youssef will serve on the bench in Somerset County, NJ. A larger, official swearing-in ceremony will soon follow. Youssef joins at least two hijab-wearing Muslim wome  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, March 30 (TNSres) -- Cooper University Health Care issued the following news release on March 29, 2023: Cooper University Health Care recently performed the region's first successful implant of Barostim(TM) Baroreflex Activation Therapy, the world's first FDA-approved heart failure device to use neuromodulation--the power of the brain and nervous system--to improve the symptoms of patients with systolic heart failure. This therapy was designed to treat heart failure patients  more

MERCERVILLE, New Jersey, March 29 (TNStalk) -- The New Jersey Association for Mental Health and Addiction Agencies issued the following statement on March 28, 2023, by President and CEO Debra L. Wentz: * * * Barely three months into 2023, the 89th school shooting of the year occurred in Nashville yesterday. Actions must be taken immediately and on an ongoing basis - through strong legislation and expansion of the behavioral healthcare workforce - to prevent more tragedies in the future. The N  more

BELMAR, New Jersey, March 30 (TNSgov) -- The National Conference of Insurance Legislators issued the following news release: At the 2023 National Council of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) Spring National Meeting in San Diego, the organization adopted the NCOIL Insurance Underwriting Transparency Model Act sponsored by Indiana Representative Matt Lehman, NCOIL Immediate Past President. The Model was passed by both the NCOIL Property & Casualty Insurance Committee and the NCOIL Executive Committee  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, March 30 (TNSres) -- Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey issued the following news on March 29, 2023: With the aid of a near $3.2 million National Cancer Institute grant (R01CA277599) recently awarded, investigators from the state's leading cancer program, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, and Georgetown University's Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, both NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers, will work to close racial disparity gaps in cancer care  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 (TNSgov) -- The ERISA Industry Committee issued the following news release on March 28, 2023: The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) today filed a reply brief in its ongoing lawsuit to defeat the amended New Jersey WARN Act on ERISA preemption grounds. This submission concludes the district court briefing process, leaving just under two weeks for a decision to be reached before the amended law's April 10 effective date. ERIC's latest brief reinforces the arguments made in its  more