Latest Pennsylvania Headlines
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Pennsylvania Bomb Squad Removes Suspicious Package Near Hotel
Sep 27 2016 // Authorities say a suspicious package was removed from outside a Bethlehem hotel while a Celtic festival was being held in the city. The Morning Call reports that police and the fire department’s bomb squad were...
Ex-Head of Pennsylvania Hospice Faces Insurance Fraud Charges
Sep 21 2016 // A woman who formerly headed a suburban Pittsburgh hospice faces sentencing on a health care fraud charge accusing her of using patients who weren’t terminally ill to collect millions of dollars in false Medicare and...
Pennsylvania City Fleet Supervisor Admits Theft in $400K Auto Shop Fraud
Sep 19 2016 // A former city fleet supervisor in Philadelphia has admitted to theft and conspiracy charges in a scheme that prosecutors say steered work to an auto body shop that overcharged the city more than $400,000. The Philadelphia...
Business Moves
Sep 19 2016 // Arthur J. Gallagher, Blue Horizon Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Blue Horizon Insurance Services in San Diego. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Ronald Zappelli and his team will continue to operate in...
New Inflation Requirements for Pennsylvania Long Term Care Partnership Policies to Take Effect
Sep 16 2016 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller announced a change in guidance allowing greater flexibility in federally required inflation protection for long term care partnership policies. This flexibility means more...
Pennsylvania Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing $1.8M from QVC Shopping Network
Sep 15 2016 // A man who spent several years as the lighting manager for online and TV shopping network QVC has pleaded guilty to stealing about $1.8 million from the company. Douglas Rae pleaded guilty to stealing from the West...
Pittsburgh Uber Riders Preview Driverless Cars Through Test Program
Sep 15 2016 // Uber riders in Pittsburgh can get a glimpse of the future by summoning a car capable of handling most of the tasks of driving on its own. Starting Wednesday morning, a fleet of self-driving Ford Fusions will pick up Uber...
Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Urges Better Understanding of Annuities
Sep 12 2016 // Speaking at Foxdale Village Retirement Community in State College, Penn., Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller urged consumers, particularly seniors, to take time to understand annuities in order to protect their...
Pennsylvania Reinstates Uber’s Record $11.4M Fine
Sep 7 2016 // A Pennsylvania regulator on Thursday reinstated a record $11.4 million fine against the popular ride-sharing service Uber Technologies Inc. for operating illegally in the state in 2014. By a 4-1 vote, the Pennsylvania...
School Boards Insurance Company of Pennsylvania Rebrands Following Church Mutual Acquisition
Sep 6 2016 // School Boards Insurance Company of Pennsylvania Inc., which in June was acquired by Church Mutual Insurance Company of Merrill, Wis., has rebranded to CM Regent Insurance Company to better reflect the company’s...
Pennsylvania Law Requiring Rear-Facing Car Seats Takes Effect
Sep 6 2016 // Motorists in Pennsylvania must now make sure car seats face backward for all children until they’re two years old. The requirement is part of a new state law. It directs police to issue warnings for the first year,...
Judge Dismisses Lawsuits Over 2013 Shooting at Pennsylvania Town Building
Sep 2 2016 // A federal judge has dismissed three lawsuits filed against township officials in connection with a 2013 shooting at a municipal building in Pennsylvania that left three people dead and several others injured. The...
Pennsylvania’s Keystone Insurers Group Hires Neff
Sep 2 2016 // Keystone Insurers Group, a property and casualty insurance partnership headquartered in Northumberland, Penn., has named Linda Neff as its director of school transportation, the firm’s largest specialty insurance...
Pennsylvania’s Henderson Brothers Hires Grealish as a Consultant
Aug 31 2016 // Henderson Brothers Inc., a Pittsburgh, Penn., based insurance broker, has hired Daniel W. Grealish as a consultant in its commercial lines division and an LPL registered representative in its retirement division. In his...
Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing $1.4M from Pennsylvania Employer
Aug 22 2016 // A man federal prosecutors say was victimized in an overseas, online romance scam has pleaded guilty to wire fraud for stealing more than $1.4 million from two Pittsburgh, Penn., area companies whose funds he controlled,...
Pennsylvania Councilman to Resign Amid Insurance Fraud Charges Following 2014 Crash
Aug 19 2016 // A city councilman is resigning following charges he filed a false accident report and repeatedly changed his explanation for what happened. Lebanon, Penn., councilman Tony Matula, 59, faces charges including insurance...
Pennsylvania Law Requiring Rear-Facing Car Seats Takes Effect
Aug 15 2016 // Motorists in Pennsylvania must now make sure car seats face backward for all children until they’re two years old. The requirement is part of a new state law that went into effect Friday. It directs police to issue...
32 People, 3 Corporations Charged in Pennsylvania Auto Theft, Insurance Fraud Ring
Aug 12 2016 // Prosecutors in Philadelphia, Penn., say they’ve charged 32 people and three corporations for their participation in what’s being described as a theft and insurance fraud ring that stole and resold 45...
Element Risk Management Acquires Singleton Insurance in Pennsylvania
Aug 2 2016 // West Chester, Pennsylvania-based insurance agency Element Risk Management has finalized the acquisition of Singleton Insurance in Ickesburg, Pennsylvania. Terms were not disclosed. The acquisition expands Element...
Business Moves
Jul 25 2016 // Risk Strategies Company, McLaughlin Brunson Insurance Agency National insurance brokerage and risk management firm Risk Strategies Co. has acquired Dallas-based McLaughlin Brunson Insurance Agency. McLaughlin Brunson...
