Latest Pennsylvania Headlines
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BrickStreet Mutual, Motorists Mutual Pursue Joint Venture
Oct 28 2016 // BrickStreet Mutual Insurance and Motorists Mutual Insurance Co. announced they have begun to formalize an affiliation agreement between the two companies. If approved by state regulators and closed as anticipated in July...
Judge Approves $265M Settlement in 2015 Pennsylvania Amtrak Derailment
Oct 28 2016 // A U.S. federal judge on Thursday approved a $265 million settlement over an Amtrak passenger train crash in Philadelphia in 2015 that killed eight people and injured about 200 others, court records showed. The settlement...
Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Warns Flood Victims About Repair Scams
Oct 27 2016 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller is urging homeowners whose properties suffered damage in the recent flooding that hit several North Central Pennsylvania counties to be cautious of scams when seeking...
Pennsylvania Based NSM Insurance Group Makes First International Acquisition
Oct 26 2016 // NSM Insurance Group, a Conshohocken, Penn., based insurance program administrator, has acquired Vantage Holdings, a U.K.-based collector car and outdoor leisure program administrator. The acquisition is subject to FCA...
Pennsylvania’s Henderson Brothers Hires Quealy
Oct 26 2016 // Henderson Brothers Inc., a Pittsburgh, Penn., based independent broker in the insurance, employee benefits and financial services industries, has hired Thomas Quealy as a consultative associate in its consultative...
Erie Insurance of Pennsylvania Announces Executive Leadership Promotions
Oct 25 2016 // Erie Insurance, an Erie, Penn., based insurer, has announced several new executive leadership promotions. This move follows the company’s June 2016 announcement that Timothy G. NeCastro was named the firm’s...
Henderson Brothers Inc. of Pennsylvania Hires Brown
Oct 21 2016 // Henderson Brothers Inc., an independent insurance broker headquartered in Pittsburgh, Penn., has hired Eric Brown as a consultative associate. As a member of the consultative department, Brown will provide compliance...
State Regulators Say Pennsylvania Health Insurance Premiums to Rise
Oct 20 2016 // State regulators say the cost of health insurance premiums will be going up sharply next year for residents who buy individual plans. The state Department of Insurance said Monday that insurance company rates, based on...
Bill Cosby Avoids Liability for PR Reps’ Statements Over Sexual Assault Claims
Oct 19 2016 // Massachusetts federal judge Mark Mastroianni has rejected a bold attempt to pin liability on Bill Cosby over what his spokespersons told the press in reaction to women who accused the entertainer of sexual assault. Cosby...
Northwest Insurance Services to Acquire Pennsylvania’s Winans Insurance
Oct 17 2016 // Northwest Insurance Services, a Warren, Penn., headquartered subsidiary of Northwest Bank, has signed a definitive agreement effective November 1 to acquire Winans Insurance & Employee Benefits, a property and casualty...
Fire Damages Nearly a Dozen Homes at Pennsylvania Apartment Complex
Oct 11 2016 // Fire officials say flames swept through an eastern Pennsylvania apartment complex, causing extensive damage to a unit of about a dozen homes. More than a dozen firetrucks and ambulances responded to the blaze at the...
Medical Malpractice Liability Premiums Remain Flat: Survey
Oct 10 2016 // The medical malpractice insurance industry’s premiums remain essentially flat, having dropped only very slightly (0.1 percent) from last year across the industry, according to the 2016 Medical Liability Monitor...
Contractor Lacked Safety Permit Before Pennsylvania Bridge Fire
Oct 10 2016 // A contractor didn’t obtain a key safety permit before welding caused plastic pipe and a construction tarp to burn on the Liberty Bridge last month, resulting in a 24-day shutdown of a primary artery into downtown...
Pennsylvania Adopts New Fracking Regulations
Oct 10 2016 // New regulations governing the extraction of natural gas through fracking went into effect on Saturday in Pennsylvania, the first overhaul since the industry took off in the state more than 10 years ago. The new rules allow...
Malfunction at a Pennsylvania Hospital Cost $13.5M in Damages
Oct 7 2016 // Officials at a Pennsylvania hospital say a July air conditioning malfunction that pumped humid air into operating rooms cost the hospital an estimated $13.5 million in damages. LNP newspaper reports that figure...
Ride The Ducks Exits Pennsylvania Over Financial Difficulty, Raised Premiums
Oct 7 2016 // The operator of the popular Philadelphia duck boat tours has suspended operations in the city “indefinitely,” the company said. Branson, Missouri-based Ride the Ducks announced on its website Wednesday that it...
Pennsylvania Nursing Home Chain to Pay $2M Settlement
Oct 6 2016 // A Pennsylvania chain of nursing homes has agreed to pay $2 million to settle claims of failing to provide basic services to their customers. Attorney General Bruce Beemer announced the settlement with Reliant Senior Care...
Pennsylvania Helps High School Students Better Understand Auto Insurance
Oct 5 2016 // Pennsylvania education secretary Pedro Rivera and Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller are focusing on helping high school students better understand car insurance. An interactive lesson titled “Insurance 101”...
Pennsylvania Hospital Sued Over Firing of Employees Who Refused Flu Shots
Sep 28 2016 // Federal authorities are suing a Pennsylvania hospital, alleging religious discrimination in the firing of six employees who refused to get flu shots. The lawsuit was filed in federal court in Erie, Penn., by the Equal...
Pennsylvania’s Henderson Brothers Hires Murphy
Sep 28 2016 // Henderson Brothers Inc., an independent insurance agency based in Pittsburgh, Penn., has hired Christine Murphy as a client consultant in its employee benefits division. In her new role, Murphy will use her six years of...
