Latest Pennsylvania Headlines
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Business Moves
Feb 7 2022 // National Marsh McLennan, Affinity Agency Association Member Benefits Advisors, a national affinity-based membership and marketing insurance agency, has agreed to acquire the associations business of Mercer, a business of...
Pennsylvania Township Reported to Settle Police Shooting Lawsuit for $950K
Feb 4 2022 // ALLENTOWN, Pa. —The family of a New Jersey man shot and killed by a police officer near an eastern Pennsylvania amusement park in 2018 will reportedly receive part of a $950,000 settlement of a federal civil rights...
Element Risk Acquires Hoffman and L&B in Pennsylvania, Stoneburner-Carter in Virginia
Jan 25 2022 // Pennsylvania-based Element Risk Management has acquired two Pennsylvania insurance agencies and another in Virginia, The Pennsylvania agencies are W.S. Hoffman Insurance located in Phoenixville, and L&B Insurance and...
Pennsylvania Senate Passes Ransomware, Data Breach Bills
Jan 21 2022 // Pennsylvania’s state Senate passed a package of legislation on Wednesday aimed at preventing data security breaches and requiring victims and law enforcement officials to be notified when they do happen. The...
Roof Collapse at Pennsylvania Stone Mine Kills Worker
Jan 10 2022 // LAKE LYNN, Pa. —The roof of a stone mine in southwestern Pennsylvania collapsed, killing one worker, authorities said. The collapse was reported Friday afternoon at Laurel Aggregates’ Lake Lynn Mine in Springhill...
World Insurance Associates Acquires Pennsylvania’s PLA Insurance Services
Jan 4 2022 // World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) acquired PLA Insurance Services (PLA) of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on December 1, 2021. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. PLA is a full-service, multi-solution insurance...
Ryan Specialty Group to Acquire Pennsylvania’s Keystone Risk Partners
Dec 13 2021 // Ryan Specialty Group, an international specialty insurance firm, has signed an agreement to acquire certain assets of Keystone Risk Partners LLC based in Media, Pennsylvania. Terms of the transaction were not...
Pennsylvania Lawmakers Try Anew to Toughen Penalty for Repeat DUI Drivers
Nov 22 2021 // The Pennsylvania House of Representatives approved legislation aiming to increase penalties for motorists who have multiple DUI convictions to end what critics have called Pennsylvania’s “revolving door”...
Suit Claims Trucker in Pennsylvania Crash Wore Noise-Canceling Headphones
Oct 28 2021 // Victims of a crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike that killed five people and hurt nearly all the dozens of passengers on a bus nearly two years ago claim in a lawsuit that one of the drivers was wearing noise-canceling...
Pennsylvania’s The Perzel Agency Joins The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers
Oct 21 2021 // The Perzel Agency has joined The Liberty Company Network of Insurance Brokers. Based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, The Perzel Agency was founded more than 25 years ago by Mike Perzel, specializing in personal lines and...
Two Tornados Confirmed in Western Pennsylvania
Oct 20 2021 // A pair of tornados have been confirmed in western Pennsylvania over the weekend, forecasters said. The National Weather Service says an EF-0 tornado with estimated winds up to 85 mph touched down in the town of...
SECURA Insurance Begins Offering Specialty Lines Products in Pennsylvania
Oct 12 2021 // SECURA Insurance has begun offering its specialty lines products in Pennsylvania. For the initial launch, the company is partnering exclusively with Keystone agencies throughout the state focusing on classes such as...
Pennsylvania Man Sentenced for Insurance Fraud After Staging Motor Vehicle Accident
Oct 6 2021 // A Pennsylvania man was sentenced to 180 days in the Essex County Correctional Facility as a condition of probation for committing insurance fraud when he staged a motor vehicle accident in Newark, New Jersey. James E....
Pennsylvania Eyes $500M from Feds for Environmental Program
Oct 1 2021 // A state Senate committee in Pennsylvania approved legislation to use federal coronavirus relief aid to revive a long-running program designed to help clean up waterways, fix up parks and preserve open space. The bill,...
President Biden Approves Major Disaster Declaration in Pennsylvania
Sep 14 2021 // President Biden has declared a major disaster in Pennsylvania due to heavy rains, severe flash flooding and tornadoes in the commonwealth from the remnants of Hurricane Ida. Biden approved a request from Pennsylvania...
Pennsylvania Insurance Department Provides Damage Claims Info Following Storm
Sep 10 2021 // Following the strong storms, tornadoes and historic flooding in the commonwealth, Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Jessica Altman provided information to home and business owners to help them file insurance claims for...
Biden Asked to Declare Disaster in Pennsylvania Due to Storm
Sep 10 2021 // Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf is asking President Biden to declare a major disaster in Pennsylvania due to heavy rains, severe flash flooding and tornadoes in the commonwealth last week from the remnants of Hurricane...
NWS Says Seven Tornadoes Hit New Jersey, Pennsylvania During Storm
Sep 8 2021 // Seven tornados tore through parts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey during last Wednesday night’s storm, including an EF-3 that damaged homes and businesses in the Garden State, according to the National Weather...
Pennsylvania Woman Who Coughed on Market Produce, Claimed Virus Gets Jail
Aug 30 2021 // A Pennsylvania woman who pleaded guilty to coughing and spitting on food at a supermarket in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic was sentenced to at least a year in jail. Margaret Ann Cirko, 37, pleaded guilty in...
10th Tornado Confirmed in July Pennsylvania, New Jersey Storms
Aug 17 2021 // The National Weather Service has confirmed a 10th tornado that struck during storms last month in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Forecasters in Mount Holly, New Jersey, said Sunday that the EF-0 tornado struck July 29 in a...
