Latest Pennsylvania Headlines
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CEO of Pennsylvania Insurer Highmark Fired After Assault Charges
Apr 2 2012 // A western Pennsylvania insurance company has fired the chief executive officer who was arrested a week ago after a fight with the husband of an employee with whom he was having an affair. Highmark Inc. announced Sunday...
CEO of Pennsylvania Insurer Highmark Charged With Assault
Mar 30 2012 // The chief executive officer of a major western Pennsylvania insurance company is facing charges of simple assault and defiant trespass relating to a fight with the husband of an employee he was having an affair...
Pennsylvania Regulators’ Rate Review Authority Gets a Boost
Mar 22 2012 // The law giving the Pennsylvania Insurance Department authority to review and disapprove rate increases in the small group health insurance market took effect on Wednesday. The law, Act 134, was signed into law by Governor...
Erie Insurance in Pennsylvania Announces New Appointments, Promotions
Mar 21 2012 // Erie Insurance Group, the 20th largest P/C insurer in the country based on total lines net premium written, announced several officer appointments and promotions. Andrew Erman has been appointed as vice president and chief...
Pennsylvania Workers’ Comp Staffer Charged With Bribery
Mar 21 2012 // A supervisor in Pennsylvania’s workers’ compensation program has been charged with bribery. Agents from the state attorney general’s public corruption unit arrested 53-year-old James McDonnell of Scranton...
Flood Aid to Pennsylvania Passes $550M Mark
Mar 19 2012 // Federal aid to victims of the historic flooding that struck eastern Pennsylvania last year has topped the half-billion-dollar mark. In an update on the aftermath of floods from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee, the...
Pennsylvania Guard Suspended Over Insurance Fraud Charges
Mar 15 2012 // A guard at the Allegheny County Jail in Pittsburgh has been suspended without pay because police say she filed a false claim that her car had been stolen when she knew, instead, that her boyfriend had crashed the vehicle...
Penn. Encourages Consumers to Buy Flood Insurance as Spring Approaches
Mar 12 2012 // Pennsylvania insurance regulators are encouraging homeowners to consider buying flood insurance before the start of spring, citing the higher risk of severe flooding during warmer months. Pennsylvania is one of the most...
Federal Flood Aid to Pennsylvania Passes $550M Mark
Mar 9 2012 // Federal aid to victims of the historic flooding that struck eastern Pennsylvania last year has topped the half-billion-dollar mark. A photo of destroyed homes on Sept. 19, 2011, in Falls, Penn., caused by severe flooding...
Ban on Texting While Driving in Pennsylvania Goes Into Effect
Mar 8 2012 // A new state law requiring Pennsylvania drivers to pull over and stop if they want to use text-based communications went into effect at midnight Thursday, although it remains legal to use a hand-held cellphone behind the...
Pennsylvania High Court Overturns Malpractice Fund Ruling
Mar 2 2012 // Pennsylvania’s highest court is handing the Corbett administration a major victory in a dispute over a malpractice insurance fund. The state Supreme Court’s Wednesday decision overturned a Commonwealth Court...
Penn. Insurance Department Forms New Health Insurance Assistance Unit
Feb 28 2012 // The Pennsylvania Insurance Department announced last week it has formed a new consumer unit to respond to questions about health insurance. “This new unit supplements our health insurance complaint-handling...
Ratings Roundup: McMillan-Warner, Republic, School Boards
Feb 24 2012 // A.M. Best Co. has revised the outlook to negative from stable and affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating of “a-” of Wisconsin-based McMillan-Warner...
Pennsylvania Township, Schools Pay $63K to Banned Fan Mom
Feb 24 2012 // A Pittsburgh-area suburb and its school district will pay $63,500 to settle a civil rights lawsuit filed by a woman who claims she was wrongfully barred from watching her daughter’s seventh-grade basketball practices...
Pennsylvania Christian College Sues Over Birth Control Regs
Feb 22 2012 // A Christian college in western Pennsylvania has sued the federal government saying regulations that require employers to offer birth control coverage that includes drugs that abort fertilized embryos are “directly at...
Pennsylvania Insurance Department to Liquidate First Sealord Surety
Feb 13 2012 // The Pennsylvania Insurance Department Commissioner Michael Consedine announced last week that the Commonwealth Court has approved the department’s petition to liquidate First Sealord Surety Insurance. First Sealord,...
Pennsylvania Woman Gets Probation for Fake Cancer Claims
Feb 9 2012 // A Pennsylvania woman who submitted nearly $100,000 worth of fake cancer treatment insurance claims for herself and her husband must repay the money while she serves nearly nine years on probation. The Observer-Reporter of...
Penn. Regulators Approve 5.7% Decrease in Workers’ Comp Costs
Feb 3 2012 // The Pennsylvania Insurance Department has approved a 5.7 percent decrease in overall workers’ compensation costs that will result in $160 million in savings for Pennsylvania employers. Regulators said employers can...
Penn. Regulators Recovered $3.2M in Restitution for Consumers in 2011
Feb 1 2012 // The Pennsylvania Insurance Department said its office of market regulation completed 334 enforcement actions and market conduct examinations in 2011. In all, the department issued 141 orders and adjudications, collected...
Nationwide Calls Harleysville Deal ‘Fair and Compelling’
Jan 25 2012 // Nationwide is brushing off Liberty Mutual’s allegation that Nationwide’s pending acquisition of Harleysville Mutual would unfairly benefit subsidiary Harleysville Group’s stock shareholders at the expense...
