Latest Pennsylvania Headlines
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Ill. Orders Legion Indemnity into Conservation
Apr 9 2002 // Illinois Insurance Director Nathaniel S. Shapo has obtained a conservation order against Legion Indemnity Company. The conservation of Legion was precipitated by rehabilitation orders entered in the state of Pennsylvania...
Legion and Villanova Suspended in Colo.
Apr 8 2002 // The Colorado Division of Insurance has suspended Legion Insurance Company and Villanova Insurance Company. The suspensions are the result of both companies being placed into rehabilitation by the Commonwealth Court of...
Legion, Villanova Taken Over by Pa. Dept.
Apr 1 2002 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner M. Diane Koken announced that the Commonwealth Court has approved her petitions for Orders of Rehabilitation for Legion Insurance Company and Villanova Insurance Company, both located in...
PA Gov. Schweiker Signs Med Mal Reform Law
Mar 21 2002 // As expected, Pennsylvania Governor Mark Schweiker signed medical malpractice reform legislation that proponents estimate will save doctors as much as 20 percent on insurance premiums while providing additional patient...
PA Medical Society Responds to Trial Lawyers Charges over PMSLIC
Mar 18 2002 // The Pennsylvania Medical Society responded in no uncertain terms to the accusations of impropriety made by the state’s trial lawyers association involving the relationship between the Society and the Pennsylvania...
PA Agents Associations to Merge
Mar 15 2002 // The Independent Agents Association of Pennsylvania (IIAP) and the Professional Insurance Agents Association (PIA) have agreed to merge their Pennsylvania memberships “to better serve independent property and casualty...
PA Legislature Passes Med Mal Reform Bill
Mar 14 2002 // Three months of wrangling over reforming Pennsylvania’s medical malpractice insurance system may be at an end with the passage of House Bill 1802 by a 196 to 1 margin, following its unanimous approval in the...
PA Trial Lawyers Attack Medical Society Links with Med Mal Insurer
Mar 13 2002 // As the battle over medical malpractice insurance reform resumes in Harrisburg, the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association (PTLA) issued a press release which revealed that the Pennsylvania Medical Society (PMS) controlled...
Efforts Continue on PA Med Mal Reform
Feb 18 2002 // While remaining optimistic that a solution to Pennsylvania’s medical malpractice insurance crisis would eventually be found, Governor Mark Schweiker admitted that after the failure of legislators to reach an...
PA Court Stays Asbestos Claims Against Dresser Industries
Feb 15 2002 // According to an announcement by Halliburton Co., Chief Judge Judith Fitzgerald of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Pennsylvania has issued a temporary restraining order staying more than 200,000 pending...
Penn Med Mal Reform Bill Stalls in House
Feb 14 2002 // Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives voted by a 148-51 margin to approve additional provisions to the Senate’s version of the medical malpractice reform bill, delaying passage of any measure until a...
Penn Court Approves PHICO Liquidation
Feb 4 2002 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner M. Diane Koken announced that the Commonwealth Court has granted her petition to enter an Order of Liquidation for PHICO Insurance Company of Mechanicsburg, effective...
Penn. Med Mal Reform Debate Heats Up
Jan 30 2002 // The controversy surrounding Pennsylvania’s ongoing medical malpractice crisis increased on Tuesday as some 700 physicians, healthcare professionals and patients demonstrated in favor of tort reform at the State...
Penn. Doctors, Patients Gather to Urge Med Mal Reform
Jan 22 2002 // Pennsylvania’s ongoing medical liability insurance crisis has generated a rare alliance between the State’s doctors, health care professionals and their patients, culminating in a gathering in Harrisburg,...
Penn. Ins Commissioner Inaugurates Insurance Information Week
Jan 15 2002 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Diane Koken announced the beginning of the State’s “Get Smart Week,” an awareness campaign aimed at helping consumers become more aware about their insurance policies...
IRMI Supports Penn. Lawyers; Insurers to Blame for Malpractice Cost Rise
Jan 3 2002 // The International Risk Management Institute (IRMI) has issued a statement supporting the contentions of the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association(PaTLA) that the insurance industry’s own business practices are...
Governor Calls For Malpractice Reforms in Penna.
Dec 27 2001 // Pennsylvania Governor Mark Schweiker called on the General Assembly to adopt strong reforms to curb the skyrocketing costs of medical-malpractice insurance and to address the diminishing availability of insurance. He also...
Penna. Auto Theft Prevention Authority Warns Holiday Shoppers
Dec 7 2001 // The Pennsylvania Auto Theft Prevention Authority (PATPA) warned holiday shoppers that “December and January are peak activity periods for car thieves.” Common sense measures like parking in well-lit areas,...
Prosecution Error Frees PA Insurance Fraud Couple
Nov 28 2001 // The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Philadelphia has been forced to drop all charges against a Bucks County couple accused of hiring a handyman to burn down their luxury home and cars in order to obtain a $1.1 million...
Frank Bruckner Appointed to PA Insurance
Nov 14 2001 // Frank Bruckner of Pittsburgh has been appointed to a four-year term on the board of directors of Pennsylvania’s Insurance Fraud Prevention Authority (IFPA) by State Senator Robert J. Mellow. Bruckner replaces Walter...
