Latest Pennsylvania Headlines
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Johnstown Flood Museum in Pennsylvania Plans $3.45M Upgrade
May 27 2014 // The Johnstown Flood Museum in Johnstown, Penn., is planning $3.45 million worth of upgrades because officials say its exhibits haven’t been updated since the centennial of the great 1889 flood 25 years ago. The...
Penn. Insurance Department Taking Steps to Assist Consumers After Hail Storm
May 27 2014 // Pennsylvania’s insurance department said last Friday it has taken steps to help consumers after a hail storm caused widespread damage in communities in eastern Pennsylvania. The department said it will allow...
Data Breach Impacts Pennsylvania College Students
May 20 2014 // Students at a northwestern Pennsylvania medical school are being urged to monitor their credit after their names and Social Security numbers were inadvertently posted online. The Erie Times-News says the data breach...
Ratings Recap: Penn National, MGA, MAPFRE USA
May 19 2014 // A.M. Best has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a-” of Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance Company and its...
Penn. Court: Homeowners’ Policy Doesn’t Cover Injury From Insured’s Prank
May 16 2014 // A Pennsylvania appeals court has affirmed this month that a homeowners’ insurer has no duty to defend or indemnify in an underlying case where the policyholder’s teenage son caused an injury to a friend during...
Pennsylvania Schools Stress Prom Night Safety
May 9 2014 // Ryan Axe flashes a few pictures of his family on the big screen in front of his students. “Now, all of you have seen my family more than my brother ever did, and my brother was my best friend,” he...
Declaration Brokerage Acquires RBLA of PA
May 6 2014 // Declaration Brokerage, LLC, a Mahwah, N.J.-based insurance agency, has acquired the business of RBLA of PA, a Stroudsburg, Penn.-based agency that offers commercial and personal lines coverages. Declaration Brokerage was...
Business Moves
May 5 2014 // AssuredPartners, CBS Coverage Group Lake Mary, Fla.-based AssuredPartners Inc., through its subsidiary Assured SKCG Inc., has acquired CBS Coverage Group Inc. in Plainview, N.Y. CBS Coverage Group specializes in commercial...
Walmart Begins Selling Auto Insurance Online
Apr 30 2014 // Walmart has partnered with AutoInsurance.com to offer car insurance to its customers at “everyday low prices.” The new arrangement provides an auto insurance comparison service through the AutoInsurance.com...
Griffith Insurance Education Foundation Moves to Pennsylvania
Apr 16 2014 // The Griffith Insurance Education Foundation announced that, as of April 15, its office will officially relocate from Columbus, Ohio, to Malvern, Penn. In 2012, The Griffith Foundation affiliated with The Institutes, an...
N.J.’s Consolidated Insurance Agents Changes Name to ANE, Eyes Expansion
Apr 10 2014 // Consolidated Insurance Agents, a network of independent insurance agencies in New Jersey, is changing its name to ANE, Agency Network Exchange. It also unveiled a plan to add resources and staff to expand its network of...
Top 10 States and Cities for Job Growth
Apr 7 2014 // North Dakota, California, Texas and Florida did well in job growth in 2013 while Arkansas and Pennsylvania lagged and West Virginia was the only state to lose jobs. Overall, 12 states showed job growth of at least two...
Mercury Ins. Lowers Homeowners Rates in Penn., Seeks to Grow Market Share
Apr 3 2014 // Mercury Insurance said the company is lowering its homeowners insurance rates for Pennsylvania residents by an average of 10 percent. The Los Angeles-based insurer said the rate reduction would help attract more...
Penn. Workers’ Comp Insurance Rates to Decline for Some Employers
Apr 1 2014 // The Pennsylvania Departments of Insurance and Labor & Industry on Monday announced a 5.15 percent workers’ compensation rate reduction, effective April 1. The officials said the reduction would save millions of...
Penn. High Court Reaffirms Statutory Employer Defense
Mar 31 2014 // Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court on March 26 reaffirmed statutory employer defense in a general contractor liability case, in which a subcontractor was injured during construction work. The high court’s decision...
Pennsylvania River Towns Facing Rising Flood Insurance Rates
Mar 27 2014 // Jeff King had put his house in Wilkes-Barre, Penn., up for sale for $90,000 last year, put off by the city’s struggles with crime and the desire for a better school district for his four children, when he got a...
IFPA: Insurance Fraud Reporting in Penn. Rose to All-Time High in 2013
Mar 13 2014 // The Pennsylvania Insurance Fraud Prevention Authority (IFPA) announced this week that the reporting of insurance fraud in Pennsylvania increased to an all-time record-high in 2013. Reporting jumped by 9 percent to 3,582...
Millers Mutual in Pennsylvania Names Orndorff New CEO
Mar 6 2014 // Millers Mutual, a regional commercial property/casualty insurer based in Harrisburg, Penn., named Scott A. Orndorff as president and chief executive officer. Orndorff succeeds Bob Lyon who left Millers Mutual to pursue...
Emergency Responder Shortage a Growing Concern in Pennsylvania
Mar 4 2014 // In 1977, there were 300,000 volunteer firefighters. Today, the number is closer to 50,000. Recruiting and retaining firefighters and emergency medical service providers is a growing concern in Pennsylvania and lawmakers...
Business Moves
Feb 24 2014 // Kemper Corp. Kemper Corp. is realigning its property/casualty business. This realignment will result in one property/casualty segment for financial reporting purposes, beginning with the first quarter 2014. The new Kemper...
