Founded in 1992, CDR Insurance Group Inc. offers both personal and commercial lines of coverage and services to customers in New England, as well as in New Jersey and New York.

As CEO, Joseph LaPella will provide oversight for the newly acquired subsidiary.

After noting the firm's long history serving its home and surrounding states, WIA Chief Executive Officer Rich Eknoian said the target "will be a terrific addition to our business.”

Founded in 1991 by Bob and Karen Cotten, Cotten Coverage Insurance Agency of Farmingdale, N.Y., provides property and casualty personal lines products and services as well as commercial lines products and services.

Nick Economidis joined the Morristown-headquartered company in 2018 as vice president of its cyber insurance department.

Founded in the 1950s, the target specializes in benefit plan solutions, including managing a statewide program for private schools and colleges in the Keystone State.

Risk Strategies announced Aug. 24 that it acquired the Tinton Falls-based target, which focuses on real estate and technology companies as well as coastal condominium associations

As president of Travel Insured International, a part of the Specialty Business Unit within the firm’s Accident & Health Division, Barbra Merwin will manage more than 150 employees.  

Nick Cook, who previously held the same title in the Morristown-based insurance company’s Surplus & Specialty division, will lead claim audit and claim litigation management while continuing to oversee catastrophe modeling and the ceded reinsurance function.

Proponents of the law argue that it will protect accident victims and taxpayers; opponents counter that it will raise rates unnecessarily for drivers who cannot afford the increase.

The addition of this Pompton Plains-based firm with a focus on the trucking and transportation industry expands the company's presence in its home state.

The president of the African American Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey and the CEO of CURE Auto Insurance explain their opposition to a car insurance bill now awaiting action by the governor.