Latest Pennsylvania Headlines
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Hub Acquires Books of Business, Hires 4 Nationwide Agents in Pennsylvania
Aug 8 2019 // Hub International Limited (Hub), a global insurance brokerage, has acquired property and casualty books of business from, and hired, insurance agents Matthew Lennon, Craig Love, Frank and Michael Namath. Each of the agents...
Suspected Gas Explosion in Pennsylvania Reduces Home to Rubble; Five Injured
Aug 5 2019 // An explosion believed to have been caused by a gas leak reduced a western Pennsylvania home to a pile of rubble and injured five people. The blast just before 4 p.m. Wednesday near a high school in North Franklin Township...
Pennsylvania’s Arthur Hall Insurance Announces Retirement, Promotion
Aug 1 2019 // Arthur Hall Insurance, a West Chester, Penn.-headquartered insurance agency, has announced that Chuck Panetski retired in June 2019 after a 50-year career in the insurance industry. For the past 21 years, Panetski has...
Pennsylvania Fire Chief Faults Utility in Shopping Center Blaze
Aug 1 2019 // A western Pennsylvania fire chief is faulting a utility company’s response to a shopping center fire near Pittsburgh that destroyed several businesses and injured a number of firefighters. Chief Bill Jeffcoats of the...
Nebraska’s Omaha National Expanding to Illinois and Pennsylvania
Jul 31 2019 // Workers’ compensation insurance carrier, Omaha National, is expanding into Illinois and Pennsylvania, issuing policies with an effective date of Sept. 1 or later. In addition to workers’ compensation insurance,...
Pennsylvania Resort Employee Injured in Bear Attack During ‘Safari Tour’
Jul 23 2019 // Officials say a worker at a western Pennsylvania resort was injured in a bear attack while guiding a routine “Safari Tour” of wildlife kept at the property. Nemacolin Woodlands Resort says the Himalayan bear...
Pennsylvania’s Harvey Insurance Group Rebrands as AssetSure
Jul 18 2019 // Harvey Insurance Group LLC (HIG), a West Chester, Penn.-based independent insurance agency, has changed its name and brand to AssetSure to more accurately reflect the company’s expertise in protecting the financial...
Teen Boy Dies After Accidental Fall During Pennsylvania YMCA Camping Trip
Jul 18 2019 // Authorities say a 15-year-old boy attending a teen wilderness camp in western Pennsylvania has died after he was injured during an outing. But it’s not yet known how the accident occurred. Authorities say the teen...
The Hilb Group Acquires Pennsylvania’s Greenwald Berk Agency
Jul 16 2019 // The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired Pennsylvania-based Greenwald Berk Agency LLC (GBA). The transaction became effective July 1, 2019. GBA offers a full spectrum of business insurance, personal insurance and life/health...
Court Blocks Trump Rule on Employer Religious Exemption for Contraceptive Coverage
Jul 15 2019 // A federal appeals court upheld a lower court order that blocked the Trump administration from enforcing rules that allow more employers to deny insurance coverage for contraceptives to women. The three-judge panel of the...
USI Insurance Services Acquires Pennsylvania’s JRG Advisors
Jul 15 2019 // USI Insurance Services (USI) has acquired Wexford, Penn.-based employee benefits services firm, JRG Advisors LLC. The company’s existing operations will be combined with Emerson Reid, USI’s employee benefits...
Business Moves
Jul 15 2019 // East W.N. Tuscano Agency, Insurance Markets W.N. Tuscano Agency Inc. has signed an agreement to acquire Clarks Summit, Penn.-based Insurance Markets Inc. Founded in 1960, Insurance Markets Inc. is a managing general agency...
Hub International Acquires Assets of Pennsylvania’s Cosaint Insurance Partners
Jul 11 2019 // Hub International Limited (Hub), a global insurance brokerage, has acquired the assets of Cosaint Insurance Partners LLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The principal owners of Cosaint Insurance Partners were...
Court Holds Amazon Liable for Products of Other Vendors Sold on Its Site
Jul 8 2019 // A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled against Amazon.com Inc. in a case that could expose the online retailer to lawsuits from customers who buy defective products from third-party vendors through its...
Declarations
Jul 1 2019 // Needless Catastrophe “The lack of effective safety management at this well resulted in a needless catastrophe.” — Kristen Kulinowski, interim executive of the U.S. Chemical Safety Board, comments after...
Severe Weather Spurs Flooding, Disrupts Rail Service in Pennsylvania
Jun 21 2019 // Severe storms containing heavy rains and strong winds have spurred flooding in the suburbs of Philadelphia, disrupting travel and damaging some property. The storms started Wednesday night and continued for several hours...
Penn. Governor Wolf Wants Power Plant Emission Plan to Fight Climate Change
Jun 20 2019 // Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf is asking Pennsylvania’s Republican-controlled Legislature to take steps toward authorizing the state to join a regional consortium that sets a price and caps on greenhouse gas...
Gamblers in Pennsylvania Claim Illegitimate Decks of Cards Lost Them $250K
May 30 2019 // Two gamblers have filed a federal lawsuit against a Philadelphia casino claiming they lost $250,000 because of faulty shuffling machines and illegitimate decks of cards. The lawsuit against SugarHouse was filed in...
Damage to Homes, Large Hail Reported in Pennsylvania After Severe Storms
May 30 2019 // Severe storms swept through Pennsylvania and several tornadoes were reported, causing damage to some homes but no immediate reports of injuries. Emergency dispatchers in eastern Pennsylvania’s Berks and Chester...
Pennsylvania’s KMRD Partners Welcomes Back McPoyle
May 29 2019 // KMRD Partners has welcomed back Colin P. McPoyle in a new business development role. In this role, he will work to identify new business opportunities and develop relationships and strategies with organizations to reduce...
