The primary focus of the New Jersey Automobile Insurance Competition and Choice Act was to improve the auto insurance market in New Jersey by attracting more competition, thereby giving consumers the choices they need and deserve. However, the legislation also sought to achieve efficiencies in some claim-based functions.

To that end, the Act transferred non-regulatory functions, the Unsatisfied Claim and Judgment Fund (UCJF), the New Jersey Automobile Full Insurance Underwriting Association (NJAFIUA) and the Market Transition Facility (MTF) to a claims-handling entity. Under the Act, the responsibility of these organizations is to be assumed by the New Jersey Property-Liability Insurance Guaranty Association (PLIGA), a non-profit, statutory entity.

On September 15th, 2003, the Department issued an order effectuating the transfer of functions and files to PLIGA.

• Consumer Assistance - Complaints/Inquiries
• Uninsured Employer's Fund > Telephone number 609-292-1092
• Auto Insurers Motor Vehicle Code Numbers
• Unclaimed Property - Department of Treasury
• Vehicle Registration Suspension & Restoration > Telephone number (609) 292-7500 > E-mail NJ Motor Vehicle Services
• Judiciary - List of All New Jersey Counties
• Dept of Treasury - W-9/Vendor Questionnaire
• NJ Victims of Crime Compensation Board

• Transfer of the Management, Administrative and Claim Functions of the Unsatisfied Claim and Judgment Fund to the New Jersey Property-Liability Insurance Guaranty Association (PDF)
• UCJF's 2002 Assessment for Fiscal Year 2003, and True-up Accounting on the UCJF's 2000 Assessment for Fiscal Year 2001
• UCJF Regulation: NJAC 11:3-26
• NJAC 11:3-28 Excess Medical Expense Benefits Paid By Insurers
• New Jersey Statutes
• Bulletin 01-13 ( To All Insurers Seeking UCJF Reimbursement of Personal Injury Protection Medical Expenses)