Latest Pennsylvania Headlines
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Long-Sought Pennsylvania Mine Safety Bill Hits New Snags
Apr 10 2008 // A new disagreement has erupted over efforts to overhaul Pennsylvania’s 1961 mine safety law, threatening a compromise forged more than five years after the rescue of nine miners in western Pennsylvania spurred a push...
Politics Forces Pa. Gov. Rendell to Withdraw Insurance Nominee Ario
Apr 3 2008 // Republicans in the Pennsylvania Senate are refusing to consider Gov. Ed Rendell’s nominee for the job of state insurance commissioner, forcing the governor to withdraw the nomination. Aides say Rendell plans to...
Pennsylvania Doctors Lose Malpractice Subsidy
Apr 2 2008 // A five-year, $1 billion taxpayer subsidy to help Pennsylvania doctors buy medical malpractice insurance lapsed Monday, forcing physicians to pay higher premiums unless Democrats and Republicans break an impasse over...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Healthcare Risk Solutions of Pa.
Mar 21 2008 // Illinois-based Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. reports it has acquired Healthcare Risk Solutions, LLC headquartered in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2002, Healthcare...
High Metal Prices Spur Car-Towing Schemes in Pennsylvania
Mar 18 2008 // Harrisburg, Pennsylvania police say a woman recently noticed that her car had been tagged as abandoned and rushed down to the state transportation building to clear up the problem. When she got back, the tag was gone...
AIG to Pay Record $9.1M Settlement to Pennsylvania Regulators
Mar 18 2008 // American International Group Inc. will pay $13.5 million – including a record $9.1 million in penalties and investigative costs – to settle allegations of bid-rigging and financial misreporting brought by the...
ATF Investigating $6M Pennsylvania Warehouse Blaze
Mar 14 2008 // Federal agents are investigating a fire that caused more than $6 million in damage at an auto parts warehouse in Pennsylvania. Nearly 20 fire companies battled the blaze at the Pennsylvania Collision Parts warehouse in...
2008 State Rankings: Sinners and Saints Among Tort Systems
Mar 14 2008 // Florida ranks the worst in terms of tort costs and litigation risks, while North Dakota ranks the best. In a separate ranking, Colorado has the best tort laws on its books, while Rhode Island has the worst. The free-market...
Gorton’s Says Pills Found in Pennsylvania Fish Fillets Harmless
Mar 12 2008 // Gorton’s Inc. said Monday that the pills a Pennsylvania family reported finding in their fish fillets were harmless over-the-counter herbal supplements. The incident remains an isolated case and the U.S. Food and...
Pennsylvania Surplus Lines Association 26th Annual Meeting
Mar 11 2008 // All members of the insurance community are invited to attend the Pennsylvania Surplus Lines Association’s 26th Annual Membership Meeting on April 9-10, 2008 at the Pittsburgh Marriott City Center Hotel in Pittsburgh,...
Pa. Judge Wants Insurance Fraud Trial Moved
Mar 10 2008 // Former Pa. Superior Court Judge Michael Joyce wants his federal insurance fraud trial moved out of Erie to U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh. Joyce’s attorney says news coverage of the case has generated enormous...
New Markets
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New Markets
Mar 10 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Blanket Accident Insurance Nuts &...
New Markets
Mar 10 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Blanket Accident Insurance Nuts &...
ATF Investigating Blaze at Historic Pa. Building
Mar 5 2008 // The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is investigating the fire that destroyed a historic building at Conneaut Lake Park in Pennsylvania The 99-year-old Dreamland Ballroom was destroyed Feb. 1. A...
Cricket Lighter Company to Pay $200K to End Pa. Suit
Mar 4 2008 // Cricket Lighters will pay $200,000 to a settle a lawsuit regarding the death of three people in a 1993 fire in Pennsylvania. The Stockholm-based company agreed to pay the settlement to end litigation that began in...
Pa. Judge Wants His Insurance Fraud Trial Moved To Pittsburgh
Feb 27 2008 // Former Pa. Superior Court Judge Michael Joyce wants his federal insurance fraud trial moved out of Erie to U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh. Joyce’s attorney says news coverage of the case has generated enormous...
Strength in Numbers and Cooperation
Feb 24 2008 // No. 4 on IJ’s Top 100, Keystone Insurers Group’s cooperative approach now thrives in five states Top 100 Agency Profile RANKING: No. 4 Keystone Insurers Group Headquarters: Northumberland, Pa. Year Founded:...
Pa. Man Gets Probation for Helping to Bilk Insurance Company
Feb 19 2008 // A Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to three years’ probation for defrauding an insurance company with the help of a chiropractor. A federal judge in Pittsburgh also ordered 31-year-old Brandon Burns of Murrysville...
Pa. Senate Passes Long-Awaited Mine Safety Measure
Feb 13 2008 // The first major rewrite of Pennsylvania’s 1961 mine safety law received unanimous approval from the state Senate this week, but the mine workers union wants the House to make additions to it. Under the current draft,...
