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Pennsylvania Man Charged With Filing Fraudulent Insurance Claims in New Jersey
Apr 16 2018 // A Pennsylvania man has been charged with filing nearly $50,000 in fraudulent insurance claims for items allegedly lost or stolen while he was traveling around the country. Robert Cirino of Reading, Penn., was indicted on...
Three Highway Workers Injured in I-80 Crash in Pennsylvania
Apr 12 2018 // Authorities say three highway workers were struck and injured on an eastern Pennsylvania interstate. Officials said the accident happened Tuesday afternoon in a construction zone where they were patching potholes in the...
Pennsylvania Man Charged with Filing Fraudulent Insurance Claims in New Jersey
Apr 6 2018 // A Pennsylvania man has been charged with filing nearly $50,000 in fraudulent insurance claims for items allegedly lost or stolen while he was traveling around the country. Robert Cirino of Reading, Penn., was indicted on...
Liquidation Order Issued for Auto Insurer with More Than 42K Policies in Pennsylvania
Apr 2 2018 // A Texas court has issued an order of liquidation for Access Insurance Company, an auto insurer that has 42,785 policies in Pennsylvania. This means Pennsylvanians that currently have auto insurance through Access Insurance...
Some Tornado Victims in Pennsylvania Struggle with Uninhabitable Homes
Mar 29 2018 // God put Brian Cross’s home in a bubble. That’s his explanation for why the tornado that blasted through Uniontown and North Union Township, Penn., last month didn’t inflict as much damage on his Millview...
Liquidation Order Issued for Auto Insurer with More Than 42K Policies in Pennsylvania
Mar 23 2018 // A Texas court has issued an order of liquidation for Access Insurance Company, an auto insurer that has 42,785 policies in Pennsylvania. This means Pennsylvanians that currently have auto insurance through Access Insurance...
Lemonade Enters Pennsylvania, Washington D.C. in National Expansion
Mar 22 2018 // Lemonade, the insurance company powered by artificial intelligence and behavioral economics, has launched in both Pennsylvania and Washington D.C. It announced the expansion on social media. These mark the sixth and...
Keating Adds Workers’ Comp Team in Pennsylvania and Massaschusetts
Mar 21 2018 // Keating Inc., a specialty property and casualty insurance distribution company in the U.S., has hired Tim Palmer as a national managing partner within its workers’ compensation practice. Palmer brings with him a team...
Pennsylvania Can Be Held Liable for Injuries Caused by Guardrail in Crash
Mar 19 2018 // The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that the state’s department of transportation (PennDOT) can be held liable for injuries caused by an allegedly dangerous guardrail on a Pennsylvania highway. The court found...
Pleas Announced in Pennsylvania License Plate Ring
Mar 14 2018 // Authorities have announced pleas in a ring that they said made millions renting out fraudulently obtained Pennsylvania license plates. Fifty-one-year-old Rafael Levi of Brooklyn, New York, entered open guilty pleas Friday...
Stone Point Capital Completes Acquisition of Pennsylvania’s Genex Services
Mar 12 2018 // Genex Services (Genex), a Wayne, Penn.-based provider of cost containment services to the workers’ compensation, disability and auto industries, announced that funds managed by private equity firm Stone Point Capital...
Snowy Nor’easter Brings Threat of More Power Problems
Mar 8 2018 // Another snowy, blowy nor’easter threatened a new round of power outages as it began moving up the East Coast on Wednesday, causing officials to close schools and government offices and raising concerns for utility...
Pennsylvania Can Be Held Liable for Injuries Caused by Guardrail in Crash
Mar 8 2018 // The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that the state’s department of transportation (PennDOT) can be held liable for injuries caused by an allegedly dangerous guardrail on a Pennsylvania highway. The court found...
Uber Sued in Pennsylvania After Data Stolen by Hackers Covered Up
Mar 7 2018 // The ride-hailing company Uber broke Pennsylvania law when it failed to notify potential victims, including thousands of drivers, for a year after it discovered hackers had stolen their personal information, said the state...
Massive Pennsylvania Gas Pipeline Project to Resume; Sunoco Fined $12M
Mar 5 2018 // Sunoco has agreed to a $12.6 million fine over problems with a massive natural gas pipeline project, but work will resume under a consent agreement, Pennsylvania regulators said. The Department of Environmental Protection...
More Than 10 Sickened by Chemical Release at Pennsylvania Paperback Plant
Mar 1 2018 // More than 10 employees of a Pennsylvania paperback manufacturer are recovering in the wake of a chemical release at their plant. The (Wilkes-Barre) Citizens’ Voice reports that Offset Paperback in Dallas Township was...
Pennsylvania’s Radian Group Announces Two Executive Appointments
Feb 28 2018 // Radian Group Inc., a Philadelphia, Penn.-headquartered provider of private mortgage insurance, risk management products and real estate services to financial institutions, has announced two executive appointments. Derek...
Pennsylvania District Reopens After Fire Destroyed, Damaged Several Buses
Feb 28 2018 // Schools are reopening in a Pennsylvania district where a fire destroyed or damaged more than two dozen school buses. Classes were canceled after the fast-moving blaze broke out Friday at a Parkland school district garage...
Pennsylvania Couple Loses Home in Mudslide
Feb 23 2018 // A Pennsylvania couple has lost their home in a mudslide, and they say their insurance company likely won’t cover the damage. Lynn Eash says she was inside her Johnstown, Penn., home when she heard a loud cracking...
Pennsylvania’s Erie Insurance Appoints Kaercher as Corporate Marketing Officer
Feb 23 2018 // Erie Insurance, an Erie, Penn.-based automobile, homeowner’s, life and business insurer, has appointed Kim Kaercher as corporate marketing officer with oversight of Erie’s marketing strategy and...
