Insurers could cut out independent insurance agents as distributors of the state-regulated minimum auto coverage product under a new regulatory proposal, according to a New Jersey agents group, which is fighting the concept.

Battling the New Jersey insurance regulator's plan to alter the distribution of the state's basic auto insurance plan is the Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey.

The group said it believes independent agents would be shut out under the proposed changes.

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