Latest Pennsylvania Headlines
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Row Home Explosion Sparks Fire That Spreads to Nine Other Homes in Pennsylvania
Oct 22 2019 // Authorities say an early morning house explosion in the eastern Pennsylvania city of Allentown blew off the front of the row home and led to a fire that spread to nine other homes, but no serious injuries were immediately...
Ex-Church Administrator in Pennsylvania Pleads Guilty in $1.2M Theft
Oct 18 2019 // A former western Pennsylvania church administrator has pleaded guilty to stealing $1.2 million that prosecutors say he and his wife used to pay for vacations, sports tickets and other personal expenses. Fifty-year-old...
Ryan Specialty Group Acquires Assets, Operations of Pennsylvania’s The Suitelife
Oct 16 2019 // Ryan Specialty Group LLC has acquired the assets and operations of The Suitelife, a program manager specializing in boutique hotels, premier and full service hotels, hotel management companies, condo hotels and resorts...
Pennsylvania’s Erie Insurance Names Rugare VP of Customer Service Operations
Oct 15 2019 // Erie Insurance has named Karen Rugare to the position of vice president of customer service operations and strategy, effective October 17, 2019. Rugare began her career at Erie 20 years ago as a media and government...
Pennsylvania’s Venture Insurance Programs Hires Wisler as an Underwriter
Oct 7 2019 // Venture Insurance Programs, a national insurance program administrator based in West Chester, Penn., has hired Cheryl Wisler as an underwriter for FITLIFE, its program for fitness, wellness and spa services. In her new...
Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Grows by Another State
Oct 3 2019 // Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf on Thursday ordered his administration to start working on regulations to bring Pennsylvania into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. The initiative is a nine-state consortium that sets...
World Insurance Associates Acquires Pennsylvania’s KPB Insurance Services
Oct 1 2019 // World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) has acquired KPB Insurance Services Inc. of Warminster, Penn., on September 1, 2019. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1982, KPB Insurance Services provides...
Three Hurt in Pennsylvania Helicopter Crash at Fair
Oct 1 2019 // Authorities in Pennsylvania say three people have been hurt in a helicopter crash at a state fair. WNEP-TV reports a pilot and two passengers were in the helicopter when it crashed Saturday about 7:30 p.m. in the parking...
Hub International Acquires Pennsylvania’s WhartonHill Advisors
Sep 23 2019 // Hub International Limited, a global insurance brokerage, has acquired certain assets of WhartonHill Retirement Services LLC, Strategic Planning Resources Inc. and Karen McCloskey, collectively doing business as WhartonHill...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Pennsylvania’s Allied Insurance Brokers
Sep 23 2019 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Pittsburgh, Penn.-based Allied Insurance Brokers and its subsidiary, Ascinsure Specialty Risk. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1982, Allied Insurance...
The Institutes RiskStream Collaborative Hires Brown in Pennsylvania
Sep 20 2019 // The Institutes RiskStream Collaborative has hired Kenneth Brown as head of Security and Controls in its Malvern, Penn., office. As an insurance industry blockchain consortium, RiskStream Collaborative aims to serve...
PMA Companies Names Shertenlieb as VP of Marketing in Pennsylvania
Sep 4 2019 // PMA Companies has named Tara Shertenlieb as vice president of Marketing. In this role, she is responsible for developing and executing PMA Companies’ marketing strategies and initiatives including branding,...
Insurance Agents & Brokers Announces New Directors, Officers
Sep 4 2019 // September marks a new administrative year for the Insurance Agents & Brokers (IA&B) Service Group and its partnership of agents’ associations in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware. The following independent...
Pennsylvania’s PMA Companies Names Shertenlieb as Vice President of Marketing
Aug 26 2019 // PMA Companies has named Tara Shertenlieb as vice president of Marketing. In this role, she is responsible for developing and executing PMA Companies’ marketing strategies and initiatives including branding,...
Everest Insurance Adds Three Members in Pennsylvania, New York
Aug 23 2019 // Everest Insurance has added three members to the Financial Lines Private Company/Not‐For‐Profit group. This group provides management liability insurance for private and not‐for‐profit companies of all sizes and...
Ryan Specialty Group Reaches Agreement to Acquire Pennsylvania’s Suitelife
Aug 22 2019 // Ryan Specialty Group LLC (RSG) has reached a definitive agreement to acquire the assets and operations of The Suitelife, a program manager specializing in boutique hotels, premier and full service hotels, hotel management...
Penn. Insurance Department Announces Restitution for Consumers in Annuity Scam
Aug 21 2019 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Jessica Altman said her department has gotten more than $117,000 in restitution for 25 Pennsylvania consumers victimized in a major annuity scam. “I am pleased we were able to...
3rd Circuit: Policy to Limit Extended Transportation Expenses May be Bad Faith
Aug 15 2019 // Kyle and Marie Stechert say they rushed to buy another car after their vehicle was “totaled” in an accident because their insurance carrier refused to keep paying for their rental vehicle. The new car was twice...
Pennsylvania Makes Changes to Reduce Chances of Workers’ Comp Rate Filing Errors
Aug 14 2019 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Jessica Altman and Labor & Industry Secretary Jerry Oleksiak announced agreements with two insurers and the Pennsylvania Compensation Rating Bureau (PCRB) to protect Pennsylvania...
State Clergy Abuse Hotline in Pennsylvania Fielded 1,900 Calls in First Year
Aug 13 2019 // Investigators are working their way through accusations from 1,862 calls made to a clergy abuse hotline in the 12 months since a landmark grand jury report exposed decades of child abuse within Pennsylvania’s Roman...
