Latest Pennsylvania Headlines
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Pennsylvania Regulator Offers Consumer Tips for Airbnb Users
May 23 2016 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller is offering consumer tips for both guests and hosts of home sharing sites like Airbnb, as use of these sites may rise in Pennsylvania with the state hosting two major...
Brightway Insurance Announces 2 Agency Owners in Pennsylvania
May 19 2016 // Brightway Insurance, a national property/casualty insurance retailer selling through a network of franchised independent agencies throughout the country, has announced two agency owners in Pennsylvania. Kate Gowen has...
Pennsylvania Federal Judge Dismisses Parks Lawsuit Against Tyson Foods
May 12 2016 // This lawsuit over hot dogs failed to cut the mustard. A federal judge threw out a lawsuit accusing Tyson Foods Inc and its Hillshire Brands unit of infringing a trademark belonging to the maker of Parks’ sausages...
Pennsylvania Officials: $11M Fine Against Uber Could Stunt Tech Growth
May 9 2016 // Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf and Pittsburgh-area officials want the state’s regulators to greatly reduce their record-setting $11.4 million fine against ride-sharing company Uber. The Public Utility Commission fined...
Pennsylvania Investigates Possible Link Between Quakes, Fracking
May 6 2016 // The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is investigating whether fracking contributed to two small earthquakes near a western Pennsylvania drilling operation. DEP spokeswoman Melanie Williams says Hilcorp...
KMRD Partners Adds 2 Risk Managers in Pennsylvania
Apr 25 2016 // John Garber KMRD Partners, an insurance brokerage and risk management services firm based in Warrington, Pennsylvania, has hired John Garber and Karl Granlun as risk managers. Garber’s role as risk manager, Client...
Uber Hit With $11M Fine in Pennsylvania
Apr 25 2016 // Pennsylvania regulators fined Uber $11.4 million on April 21 — a record for the utility commission — for operating for six months in 2014 without the required approval. The company said it would appeal. The...
Pennsylvania Becomes 24th State to Legalize Medical Marijuana
Apr 19 2016 // Pennsylvania has become the 24th state to legalize a comprehensive medical marijuana program. Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf signed the bill into law Sunday afternoon surrounded by a jubilant crowd of supporters at the Capitol...
States with Ignition Lock Laws Curb Drunk Driving Deaths by 15%
Apr 19 2016 // State laws that require drivers who’ve been convicted of drunk driving to pass a breathalyzer-type test before starting their cars saved an estimated 915 lives between 2007 and 2013, according to a new study. The...
Pennsylvania Issues Advisory on Appealing Flood Zone Designation
Apr 18 2016 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller issued a consumer alert telling homeowners about a process by which they can appeal their property’s placement in a flood zone by the federal government, which in...
Pennsylvania Agency Employee Accused of Embezzling $530K
Apr 18 2016 // The attorney for a central Pennsylvania woman charged with stealing $530,000 from two insurance agencies says she’s addicted to slot machines. Attorney Herbert Goldstein says 65-year-old Diane Fabian is cooperating...
Parents Share Stories of Heroin’s Heavy Toll
Apr 14 2016 // Travis Mohr found sobriety after heroin came close to taking his life. Every year at the anniversary of the day he got clean, his parents hosted a celebration at their Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania, home to recognize...
Penn. Issues Consumer Alert for Homeowners on Appealing Flood Maps
Apr 6 2016 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller issued a consumer alert this week telling homeowners about a process by which they can appeal their property’s placement in a flood zone by the federal government,...
Supreme Court Quashes Wal-Mart, Wells Fargo Bids to Upend Class Action Judgments
Apr 4 2016 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s bid to throw out a more than $150 million class action judgment over the retailers’ treatment of workers in Pennsylvania. The justices declined...
DOL Sues U.S. Steel Corp. Over Injury Reporting Practices
Mar 30 2016 // The U.S. Department of Labor recently announced that it has sued U.S. Steel Corp. for allegedly retaliating against two employees who violated the company’s immediate reporting policy for workplace injuries. The...
Penn. Encourages Motorcyclists to Take Actions to Reduce Risk This Spring
Mar 25 2016 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller is advising all drivers to be aware of motorcycles, as warmer weather means more motorcyclists on Pennsylvania roadways. Miller is also encouraging motorcyclists to...
Northwest Bank to Acquire Penn.-Based Best Insurance Agency
Mar 23 2016 // Northwest Bank, based in Warren, Pennsylvania, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement, effective April 1, to acquire Best Insurance Agency Inc., an employee benefits and property/casualty insurance agency in...
HOT Markets: Drones, Cyber and More
Mar 21 2016 // Looking for new sales and opportunities in 2016? Here are a few of the top market sectors that just might deliver hot opportunities for agents and brokers in the property/casualty insurance industry this year. Sky’s...
Pennsylvania Families Win Fracking Suit
Mar 21 2016 // Two couples were awarded nearly $4.25 million on March 10 after a federal jury found one of the largest natural gas drillers in Pennsylvania polluted their well water. The verdict came at the end of a bitter and...
Pennsylvania Agency Employee Accused of Embezzling $530K From Work
Mar 18 2016 // The attorney for a central Pennsylvania woman charged with stealing $530,000 from two insurance agencies says she’s addicted to slot machines. Attorney Herbert Goldstein says 65-year-old Diane Fabian is cooperating...
