Latest Pennsylvania Headlines
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C&R Insurance Services in Pennsylvania Announces 2 Acquisitions
Nov 12 2014 // C&R Insurance Services Inc. in Wayne, Pennsylvania, has acquired Garden State Professional Insurance Agency, a professional liability agency based in Freehold, New Jersey, and its affiliate FLAG Insurance Services....
Imprisoned Pennsylvania Doctor Faces Health Care Fraud Plea
Nov 5 2014 // A western Pennsylvania doctor serving more than 11 years in federal prison for writing phony painkiller prescriptions has been scheduled to plead guilty to health care fraud charges. Forty-three-year-old Oliver Herndon was...
IA&B in Pennsylvania Hires Foster as CFO/COO
Nov 3 2014 // Keith E. Foster Insurance Agents & Brokers (IA&B), a tri-state trade organization based in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, has hired Keith E. Foster, CPA, as chief financial officer/chief operating officer. Foster...
Penn. Agrees to $200M Settlement in Med Mal Fund Case
Nov 3 2014 // Health care providers will be getting $200 million from the state of Pennsylvania in a settlement announced on Oct. 16 over litigation about a massive fund set up to help doctors pay malpractice insurance...
Pennsylvania’s Mcare Fund Assessment Down 48% for 2015 Coverage
Oct 31 2014 // Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett announced the assessment for the state’s Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error (Mcare) Fund — a medical liability coverage fund run by the state — will decrease 48...
Horse and Buggy Crashes Decline but Still Deadly in Lancaster County, Penn.
Oct 22 2014 // Nothing says “Lancaster County” in Pennsylvania like the sight and sound of a lathered horse pulling a square, black buggy down the road. The county undoubtedly has more of the horse-powered vehicles than any...
Pennsylvania Agrees to $200M Settlement in Medical Malpractice Fund Case
Oct 17 2014 // Health care providers will be getting $200 million from the state of Pennsylvania in a settlement announced Thursday over litigation about a massive fund set up to help doctors pay malpractice insurance premiums. Gov. Tom...
Penn. Dept. of Transportation Target of Civil Suit in Fatal Crash
Oct 17 2014 // Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is defending itself from a civil suit alleging it is partly at fault for a car crash that killed a 15-year-old girl in northeastern Pennsylvania. The Citizens’...
Safety a Focus in Pennsylvania Crude Oil Transport
Oct 14 2014 // Millions of gallons of crude oil are passing through western Pennsylvania — up to 75 trains each week on their way to refineries in the East — according to records released by state emergency management...
First Commonwealth Acquires Thompson/McLay in Pennsylvania
Oct 10 2014 // First Commonwealth Insurance Agency, an Indiana, Pennsylvania-based insurance agency and a subsidiary of First Commonwealth Financial Corp., acquired Thompson/McLay Insurance Associates, an agency also based in Indiana,...
Ex-U.S. Security Chief Ridge, Guy Carpenter, Lloyd’s Launch Cyber Policy
Oct 7 2014 // Reinsurance specialist Guy Carpenter & Co. is launching a new cyber privacy and network protection product with Ridge Insurance Solutions Co., a new Lloyd’s managing agency led by Tom Ridge, former U.S. secretary...
27 Arrested in Pennsylvania’s Statewide Insurance Fraud Sweep
Sep 25 2014 // Pennsylvania’s Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane announced this week the arrest of 27 individuals across the state for a variety of unrelated insurance fraud offenses. The recent sweep was the result of...
People – East
Sep 22 2014 // Penn National Insurance in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, said Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Christine Sears has been elected president and CEO-elect by the company’s board of directors. She...
KMRD Partners Appoints Boyer as Managing Partner in Pennsylvania
Sep 8 2014 // KMRD Partners, a property/casualty insurance brokerage and risk management consulting firm in Warrington, Pennsylvania, has hired Keith Boyer as managing partner. Boyer’s role as managing partner will include...
IA&B Announces Officers for New Administrative Year
Sep 2 2014 // Insurance Agents & Brokers Service Group (IA&B) in Mechanicsburg, Penn., and its partnership of agents’ associations in Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania announced officers for the new administrative year...
NORCAL Mutual Begins Offering Med Mal Coverage in Del., Penn.
Aug 29 2014 // NORCAL Mutual Insurance Company, a medical professional liability insurance carrier domiciled in San Francisco, said it is now offering its medical professional liability coverage to healthcare professionals in Delaware...
Fatal Farm Accidents Involving Kids Not Uncommon in Pennsylvania
Aug 15 2014 // The accidental drowning death of a Leacock Township, Pennsylvania, teen on August 9 was tragic, but unfortunately, not unique. Fifteen-year-old Jonas King was operating a skid loader when it overturned into a manure pit,...
More States Raise Speed Limits, but Not New Jersey
Aug 13 2014 // Motorists breezing through parts of Pennsylvania are now able to set their cruise control at 70 mph without having to worry about getting a speeding ticket. Pennsylvania is the latest state to join the 70 mph club. A...
People – East
Aug 4 2014 // Insurance brokerage and risk management firm Integro appointed Ruth Kilduff as chairman, and Anne Anderson as president of its United States operations, Integro USA. Both Kilduff and Anderson are Integro veterans. Kilduff...
Pennsylvania’s MJB Financial Joins Iroquois Group
Jul 24 2014 // MJB Financial and Insurance Advisors in Drexel Hill, Penn., has joined The Iroquois Group network, according to Michael Brown, agency principal, and Iroquois. The agency joined Iroquois on July 17, according to the...
