Pub. 14 2015-2016 Issue 1

PUBLISHED BY THE NEWSLINK GROUP, LLC 855.747.4003 CONTENTS 4 Chairman’s Message JOHN MANGANELLI 5 President’s Message JAMES B. APPLETON 7 NADA Director’s Message MARCY H. MAGUIRE 8 NJ Temporary Disability Benefits Law: What Employers Need to Know BY JAMES NELLIGAN 10 Reducing Total Cost of Loss With NJ CAR’s Zero Injury Program BY CHARLES RUSSO 14 Reducing a Dealership’s Workers’ Compensation Modification Factor BY CHARLES RUSSO 16 EPLI: A Different Kind of “Auto” Insurance BY DINA M. MASTELLONE, ESQ. AND GILLIAN A. COOPER, ESQ. 20 New Jersey Dealership Insurance Outlook for 2015: Is That a Light at the End of the Tunnel? BY ROGER BEERY 24 Effects of Injuries on Insurance Costs and Revised OSHA Injury Reporting Requirements BY SCOTT HUBBARD 26 Life Can Be Unpredictable- Disability Insurance Can Help BY LENNOX CORNWALL 28 The Benefits Of Workers’ Compensation Coverage ©2015 New Jersey Coalition of Automotive Retailers | the newsLINK Group, LLC. All rights reserved. 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The New Jersey Auto Retailer is a collective work and as such some articles are submitted by authors that are independent of the New Jersey Coalition of Automotive Retailers. While the New Jersey Auto Retailer encourages a first print policy, in cases where this is not possible, every effort has been made to comply with any known reprint guidelines or restrictions. Content may not be reproduced or reprinted without prior written permission. For further information, please contact the publisher at: 855.747.4003. MEMBERS OF THE NJ CAR BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2015-2016 NJ CAR BOARD OF TRUSTEES BY REGION John Manganelli.......................................................................................................... Chairman Lawrence W. Kull ................................................................................................. Vice Chairman Richard A. DeSilva, Jr.................................................................................................. Secretary Robert J. Larson............................................................................................................ Treasurer Scott R. Senior ................................................. Regional Vice President (Northern Region I) Leonard R. Datello........................................... Regional Vice President (Northern Region II) Scott Halderman.................................................... Regional Vice President (Central Region) Peter Lanzaveocchia.......................................... Regional Vice President (Southern Region) Eric Nielsen ................................................................................................... Budget Chairman Edward J. Barlow, Jr ....................................................... NJ CAR Insurance Co. Ltd. Chairman Charles S. Miller...................................................................... NJ CAR Services, Inc. President Frank M. Pezzolla ......................................................................... Truck Committee Chairman Raymond M. Burke, III................................................................................. CAR-PAC President Marcy H. Maguire...................................................................... NADA Director for New Jersey James B. Appleton........................................................................................................ President NORTHERN REGION I (Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Union) Michael Ciasulli Michael DeSilva Michael F. Di Feo Sam X. Di Feo James R. Haskell Guy Johnson (Alt.) Brian Lam George Liang Mark Montenero (Alt.) Todd Van Duren NORTHERN REGION II (Morris, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex) Timothy S. Allocca David Ayers (Alt.) Scott Barna Barbara Beyer Frank Esposito (Alt.) David Ferraez John M. Kemper David J. Long Renee P. McGuire Engle Oostdyk (Alt.) Judith A. Schumacher-Tilton CENTRAL REGION (Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Warren) John F. Chuhinko Drew Coleman Breanna N. Datello Lawrence Iannaccone Steven Kalafer (Alt.) Shelly I. LoCascio Paul J. Muller, Jr. (Alt.) James Reydel Anton Semprivivo John C. Smith (Alt.) Jeffrey R. Wall SOUTHERN REGION (Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Ocean, Salem) Ronald E. Baus, Jr. Ben Catanese (Alt.) Robert L. Davis Dennis M. Egan (Alt.) Thomas J. Hessert, Jr. (Alt.) John R. Lilliston James McCormick Joseph H. McErlean Rob Sickel Taylor Weisleder Tina Wright