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Maximum Acquires Starpoint General Agency in Pennsylvania
Apr 5 2017 // Maximum, an independent, Chicago, Ill.-based excess and surplus lines wholesaler, has acquired Philadelphia, Penn.-based transportation specialist Starpoint General Agency. Kevin Long, who manages the Philadelphia office,...
Pennsylvania Businesses to See Workers’ Comp Insurance Rate Cut
Apr 3 2017 // Pennsylvania businesses will see another cut in workers’ compensation insurance rates while maintaining benefit levels for injured workers, Wolf Administration cabinet secretaries for the Pennsylvania Insurance...
Pennsylvania Construction Worker Crushed by Safe Deposit Box
Mar 29 2017 // Authorities in suburban Philadelphia, Penn., say a construction worker was crushed to death by a safety deposit box. Cheltenham Township police say the incident happened at an old Wells Fargo in the Cheltenham Mall around...
Vandals Contaminated Pennsylvania Mobile Home Park’s Water System
Mar 21 2017 // Authorities say vandals contaminated the private water system of a mobile home park in western Pennsylvania, leaving about 50 homes without water service. State police in Westmoreland County say someone entered the...
Cashier Admits Stealing $13M at Pennsylvania Monuments Firm
Mar 20 2017 // The former cashier at a Pennsylvania monuments and engraving firm has acknowledged stealing nearly $13 million over 16 years and is hoping a judge will approve a seven-and-a-half-year federal prison sentence for her...
Pennsylvania Court Approves Liquidation of Two Insurance Companies
Mar 20 2017 // The Commonwealth Court in Pennsylvania has approved petitions to liquidate Penn Treaty Network America Insurance Company and American Network Insurance Company, with policyholder claims set to be paid through the state...
Plunging Temperatures in Northeast Lead to Icy Conditions Following Storm
Mar 16 2017 // Concerns about falling temperatures and icy conditions on roads and sidewalks across the Northeast followed a late-season storm that plastered the region with sleet and snow. Tuesday’s powerful nor’easter...
Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Offers Advice for Winter Storm Damage
Mar 16 2017 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller is offering tips to consumers whose home or automobile may have sustained damage from this week’s winter storm, according to a press release issued by the...
Pennsylvania-Headquartered Cohen & Grigsby Hires Anderson as a Director
Mar 16 2017 // Cohen & Grigsby P.C., a law firm headquartered in Pittsburgh, Penn., has hired Roberta D. Anderson as a director. Anderson’s practice is concentrated on insurance recovery and emerging cybersecurity and data...
Fire Marshal Says Pennsylvania Lumber Mill Suffered at Least $7M in Damage
Mar 15 2017 // A fire at a hardwoods lumber mill in north-central Pennsylvania has caused $7 million to $10 million in damage. That’s the assessment of the state police fire marshal investigating early Saturday’s fire at...
Pennsylvania Sues IBM Over $170M Jobless Claims Contract
Mar 13 2017 // Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration sued International Business Machines Corp. on Thursday, saying the company failed to deliver on a 2006 contract to replace an outdated system of processing unemployment...
Pennsylvania Airport Worker Loses Leg, Firm Ordered to Pay Workers’ Comp
Mar 10 2017 // An appeals court says an aviation company was wrong to reject a workers’ compensation claim from a woman who lost her leg on the job. Starr Aviation had said Modesty Colquitt wasn’t entitled to compensation...
Pennsylvania Court Approves Liquidation of Two Insurance Companies
Mar 2 2017 // The Commonwealth Court in Pennsylvania has approved petitions to liquidate Penn Treaty Network America Insurance Company and American Network Insurance Company, with policyholder claims set to be paid through the state...
Pennsylvania Doctor Admits to Selling $5M Worth of Prescriptions to Addicts
Feb 27 2017 // A doctor has admitted his role in peddling prescriptions from a now-defunct clinic in Philadelphia, Penn., that specialized in helping drug addicts. Seventy-eighty-year-old Dr. Alan Summers pleaded guilty in federal court...
All Risks Acquires American Management Advisors in Pennsylvania
Feb 22 2017 // All Risks Ltd., an independent wholesaler based in Hunt Valley, Md., has announced the acquisition of American Management Advisors Inc. (AMA) located in Pennsylvania. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Following...
Pennsylvania’s HB Retirement Hires Ryan
Feb 17 2017 // HB Retirement, an independent financial services firm specializing in the design and function of retirement programs from corporations, small businesses and non-profit organizations throughout the Pittsburgh, Penn.,...
Pennsylvania’s Capital BlueCross Names Hubley as a Vice President
Feb 16 2017 // Capital BlueCross, a health solutions and insurance company headquartered in Harrisburg, Penn., has announced Susan Hubley as the company’s new vice president of corporate social responsibility. Hubley was most...
Philadelphia Insurance Companies in Pennsylvania Promotes 5 Employees
Feb 15 2017 // Philadelphia Insurance Companies (PHLY), a commercial property/casualty and professional liability insurance company for niche markets based in Bala Cynwyd, Penn., has promoted five employees to vice president. Yvonne...
Pennsylvania’s Henderson Brothers Hires Taggart to Employee Benefits Department
Feb 8 2017 // Henderson Brothers Inc., a Pittsburgh, Penn., based independent broker, has hired Jeremy Taggart as a financial analyst in the employee benefits department. In his new role, Taggart will use his three years of industry...
E&S Market Continues to See Growth in Premium: Texas Stamping Office
Feb 6 2017 // Overall, 2016 ended on a positive note for the U.S. excess and surplus lines insurance industry, according to the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX). Nationally, nearly $26 billion in surplus lines insurance...
