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Pennsylvania Considers Workers’ Comp for Small Business Owners
Apr 4 2011 // Agents in Pennsylvania are urging lawmakers to pass legislation that would allow insurers to cover owners or partners of small businesses through a workers’ compensation policy. The legislation changes insurance laws...
Company Faces $300M Penalty in Pennsylvania Pollution Suit
Mar 23 2011 // GenOn Northeast Management Co. is liable for fouling the Conemaugh River with metal discharges from a power plant in Indiana County since 2005, a federal magistrate has ruled, opening the door to a maximum civil penalty of...
Pennsylvania Ponders Workers’ Comp for Small Business Owners
Mar 23 2011 // Agents in Pennsylvania will urge lawmakers today to pass legislation that would allow insurers to cover owners or partners of small businesses through a workers’ compensation policy. The legislation changes insurance...
Pennsylvania Ponders Election for Insurance Commissioner
Mar 21 2011 // A bill that would make the Pennsylvania insurance commissioner an elected position has been introduced in the state’s House of Representatives. Legislation sponsored by Rep Neal Goodman, a Democrat from Mahanoy City,...
Dad of Gas-Soaked Stun Gun Victim Sues Pennsylvania Police
Mar 17 2011 // The father of a Pennsylvania man who had soaked himself in gasoline during a domestic dispute is suing the Pennsylvania State Police because his son caught fire and died when a trooper used a stun gun to subdue him. Shawn...
Judge Tosses $20M Suit Against Police in Pennsylvania Pursuit Death
Mar 11 2011 // A federal judge has tossed a New Jersey man’s suit against a Pennsylvania police department over the 2008 death of his wife in a head-on crash with a suspect being pursued by officers. U.S. District Judge Lawrence...
Insurance Costs Lead to Ticket Tax at Pennsylvania Theater
Mar 9 2011 // The southwestern Pennsylvania township where a major concert amphitheater is located plans to charge a 5 percent tax on tickets so it can afford a police force to patrol the venue. The Hanover Township supervisors last...
Pennsylvania Ponders Election for Insurance Commissioner
Mar 8 2011 // A bill that would make the Pennsylvania insurance commissioner an elected position has been introduced in the state’s House of Representatives. Legislation sponsored by Rep Neal Goodman, a Democrat from Mahanoy City,...
Pennsylvania Considers Tort Reform, Again
Mar 7 2011 // Pennsylvania lawmakers are once again eyeing a tort reform package — a resurrection of the “Fair Share” act — that many in the insurance industry say would rein in what critics say is a legal system abused...
Industry Has Big Legislative Goals for 2011
Feb 21 2011 // Just as state lawmakers forge ahead with new legislative goals for 2011, the insurance industry, agents and their lobbyists are doing the same across much of the Northeast. Some states have already seen and continue to see...
Pennsylvania Considers Tort Reform
Feb 18 2011 // Pennsylvania lawmakers are once again eyeing a tort reform package — a resurrection of the “Fair Share” act — that many in the insurance industry say would help put downward pressure on premiums and rein in...
Philadelphia Suit Alleges U.S. Catholic Leaders Failed to Protect Kids
Feb 18 2011 // A civil lawsuit filed this week against the Archdiocese of Philadelphia by a man who said two priests had sexually abused him as a child may signal a new era in church-abuse litigation in Pennsylvania. The Roman Catholic...
Crews Unearth Gas Pipe Eyed in Deadly Pennsylvania Blast
Feb 16 2011 // A 4-foot-long section of natural gas pipe suspected of causing a massive explosion and fire that killed five people has been unearthed and will be transported to an engineering firm for analysis. Workers began removing the...
Pennsylvania Insurance Fraud Fighters Say Media Campaign Helping
Jan 28 2011 // An advertising and public relations campaign by the Pennsylvania agency that coordinates insurance fraud prevention activities is increasing the public’s understanding of various kinds of fraud, according to a new...
Consedine Picked For Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner
Jan 24 2011 // Pennsylvania Gov.-elect Tom Corbett said he will nominate lawyer Michael Consedine as the Keystone State’s next insurance commissioner. Consedine, 41, is a partner in the Harrisburg office of law firm Saul Ewing,...
Six Keys to Harleysville’s Turnaround
Jan 24 2011 // How The Pennsylvania Insurer Made a Company-Wide Shift in its Business Approach Six years ago, Harleysville Group was in need of a big change. The Pennsylvania-based insurer had just come out of the worst performing year...
Florida Competitive in Workers’ Compensation Market Arena
Jan 24 2011 // Florida’s workers’ compensation market remains competitive with more than 250 private insurers writing coverage and only a fraction of business being funneled to the residual market. Also, availability does not...
People
Jan 24 2011 // National wholesale broker USG Insurance Services, Inc. has added Jason Holloman as a property broker specializing in large commercial and catastrophe-exposed risks. He will be based in USG’s office outside...
Consedine Picked For Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner
Jan 18 2011 // Pennsylvania Gov.-elect Tom Corbett has will nominate lawyer Michael Consedine as the state’s next insurance commissioner. Consedine, 41, is a partner in the Harrisburg office of law firm Saul Ewing, where he serves...
Pennsylvania Insurance Program for Homes Above Mines Active
Jan 13 2011 // As many as 1 million Pennsylvania homes sit above abandoned coal mines, yet a state-subsidized insurance program for mine subsidence has issued only 58,000 policies. Abandoned mines are in 43 of Pennsylvania’s 67...
