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Penn. Commissioner Miller: Individual Market Instability Will Raise Costs
Aug 15 2017 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller issued a letter to federal Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price detailing the urgent need for stability in the individual health insurance market as...
Tour Operator in Pennsylvania’s Amish Country Gets in Tiff Over His Tuk-Tuk
Aug 15 2017 // Pennsylvania utility regulators are making a big to-do over Timm Wenger’s tuk-tuk. The 48-year-old entrepreneur wants to use his three-wheeled, open-sided electric shuttle to offer sightseeing tours of Lancaster the...
Pennsylvania’s Erie Insurance Appoints Shine as Senior VP of Commercial Products
Aug 11 2017 // Erie Insurance, based in Erie, Penn., has appointed Sarah Shine as senior vice president of commercial products. Shine joined Erie in 2000 as an actuarial analyst for personal lines and shifted focus to commercial lines in...
USG Promotes Faust and Whiting in Pennsylvania Office
Aug 10 2017 // USG has promoted Becca Faust to production manager and Amy Whiting to brokerage manager in its Canonsburg, Penn., office. This move is the most recent change USG has implemented in its plan to expand operations nationwide...
Pennsylvania’s IA&B Hires Ross as Marketing, Communications Senior Director
Aug 9 2017 // Insurance Agents & Brokers (IA&B), a Mechanicsburg, Penn.-based tri-state trade organization, has hired Jennifer Ross as marketing and communications senior director. In her role, Ross will oversee communications...
Most Residents Allowed Home After Pennsylvania Derailment
Aug 7 2017 // Most residents were being allowed to return to the homes they were forced to leave after a train derailment and resulting fires in their small Pennsylvania town, authorities said. Tests on air quality led the railroad CSX,...
Normandy Insurance Company Now Writing Workers’ Comp in Pennsylvania
Aug 7 2017 // Normandy Insurance Company, a Deerfield Beach, Fla.-based workers’ compensation carrier, is now offering coverage plans to small, mid-size and large businesses in Pennsylvania. This marks the third major expansion by...
Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Urges Consumers to Review Their Auto Insurance
Aug 7 2017 // The proliferation of usage-based insurance options, recent changes in driving behavior and more available transportation options are reasons Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller is urging Pennsylvania drivers to review...
Federal Uncertainty Could Impact Pennsylvania Individual Market, Miller Says
Aug 7 2017 // Pennsylvania insurers are seeking a statewide average rate increase of 8.8 percent for individual plans and 6.7 percent for small group plans, but this could be adversely affected by actions taken by the Trump...
Evacuations Remain in Effect After Pennsylvania Freight Train Derailment
Aug 4 2017 // Evacuations remain in effect for residents of a small Pennsylvania town following a freight train derailment. CSX says it’s unclear when residents will be able to return to their homes in Hyndman, Penn., about 100...
Cause of Pennsylvania Home Explosion Still Unknown
Aug 4 2017 // The National Transportation Safety Board has not identified the cause of a Pennsylvania home explosion that killed a utility worker and injured three others. In a preliminary report released Tuesday, the NTSB says a...
Freight Train Cars Burning After Derailment in Pennsylvania, Residents Flee
Aug 3 2017 // Rail cars carrying gas and sulfur on a CSX Corp freight train skidded off the tracks and burst into flames on Wednesday in a small Pennsylvania town, forcing hundreds of residents to flee their homes as firefighters fought...
Insurer Threatens to Sue if Pennsylvania Tries to Take $200M
Aug 2 2017 // An organization created by state law to offer medical malpractice insurance is threatening to sue if Pennsylvania state government tries to take $200 million from it. The nonprofit Pennsylvania Professional Liability Joint...
Heavy Rains Cause Widespread Flooding, Some Rescues in Pennsylvania
Jul 31 2017 // Heavy rains caused widespread flooding and prompted some evacuations and rescues in western Pennsylvania, but no major injuries were reported. Forecasters said a stalled system resulted in conditions more similar to winter...
Federal Uncertainty Could Impact Pennsylvania Individual Market, Miller Says
Jul 28 2017 // Pennsylvania insurers are seeking a statewide average rate increase of 8.8 percent for individual plans and 6.7 percent for small group plans, but this could be adversely affected by actions taken by the Trump...
Pennsylvania’s KMRD Partners Hires Salmon to Risk Management Team
Jul 28 2017 // KMRD Partners, a Warrington, Penn.-based boutique risk management and human capital solutions firm, has hired Kirk Salmon to its risk management team. As a sales and relationship manager, Salmon will work closely with...
Pennsylvania Court Rules Section of State Workers’ Comp Act Unconstitutional
Jul 24 2017 // The Pennsylvania Supreme Court in June 2017 found a section of the state Workers’ Compensation Act (the Act) unconstitutional in a move that challenges the way Pennsylvania has assessed workplace injuries for the...
Pennsylvania’s PLM Names Selfe Vice President of Information Technology
Jul 21 2017 // Pennsylvania and Indiana Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Companies (PLM), a property and casualty insurance carrier based in Philadelphia, Penn., has named Erin Selfe vice president of information technology. With more than 20...
Former Pennsylvania Attorney Given Two-Year Prison Sentence for Mail Fraud
Jul 19 2017 // A former Pennsylvania attorney who defrauded dozens of homeowners out of more than $69,000 has been sentenced to two years in prison. Forty-eight-year-old Susan Kevra-Shiner, who owned a company in Avoca that sold...
Pennsylvania’s NSM Insurance Group Hires Johnston
Jul 19 2017 // NSM Insurance Group, a Conshohocken, Penn.-based program administrator of industry-specific insurance programs, has hired Jennifer Johnston as the Northeast regional underwriting manager for social services. In this role,...
