Latest Pennsylvania Headlines
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Man Killed in Accident in Central Pennsylvania Mine
Nov 5 2020 // Authorities on Wednesday were investigating after a man died in a central Pennsylvania coal mine. Daniel Shoener, 37, of Donaldson, was struck by a rock about 1,000 feet below the surface in Williamstown Mine on Tuesday...
Insight Service Group Acquires Pennsylvania’s Social Detection
Oct 30 2020 // Insight Service Group (ISG) has acquired Social Detection LLC., based out of Pennsylvania, to further expand its Social Media Technology platform. Together, ISG and Social Detection will provide a more expansive and...
Pennsylvania Judge Allows COVID Business Loss Suit Against Lloyd’s to Advance
Oct 30 2020 // Lloyd’s of London lost its initial bid to squelch a coronavirus business interruption lawsuit brought by a Philadelphia bar and restaurant. Judge Gary S. Glazer of the Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia turned...
FCCI Insurance Group Writes First Policy in Pennsylvania
Oct 23 2020 // Sarasota, Fla.-based property and casualty insurer FCCI Insurance Group (FCCI) has written its first policy in Pennsylvania with the agency Babb Inc. This comes as September 2020 marks FCCI’s first month of operation...
Pennsylvania Justices Review Priest Abuse Lawsuit’s Ruling on Time Limits
Oct 23 2020 // Pennsylvania’s highest court on Tuesday grappled with whether a woman’s lawsuit on claims of sexual abuse by a priest decades ago should be allowed to proceed – a lower-court ruling that has launched many...
Pennsylvania’s Erie Insurance Announces Senior Leadership Changes
Oct 9 2020 // Erie Insurance, based in Erie, Penn., has announced a series of senior leadership changes within the Claims, Sales & Products and Information Technology divisions. The organizational changes are in conjunction with the...
Pennsylvania-Based MedRisk Hires Lisenbey as President
Oct 2 2020 // MedRisk, a King of Prussia, Penn.-based managed care organization dedicated to the physical rehabilitation of injured workers., hired Danielle Lisenbey as president, effective November 2. In this role, Lisenbey will...
Plymouth Rock Assurance Launches Motorcycle Insurance in N.J., Pennsylvania
Oct 1 2020 // Plymouth Rock Assurance launched motorcycle insurance for riders across New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The launch of the product comes than a year after the company acquired Rider Insurance Co., which has focused on the...
Pennsylvania’s Strickler Insurance Agency Joins Agency Network Exchange
Sep 29 2020 // Agency Network Exchange LLC (ANE) has added Strickler Insurance Agency Inc. in Lebanon, Penn., to its network to sixteen agencies in the state. Strickler Insurance Agency has been insuring individuals and businesses...
Small Plane Crash Lands on Street in Pennsylvania, Two Injured
Sep 23 2020 // A small plane traveling from Vermont crash landed on a residential street in Pennsylvania, injuring the pilot and a passenger. The single-engine aircraft was trying to land at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport on...
KMRD Partners Hires Chaples as Sales, Relationship Manager in Pennsylvania
Sep 18 2020 // KMRD Partners has hired Greg Chaples to its team as a sales and relationship manager in its Warrington, Penn., office. KMRD Partners is a risk management and human capital consulting and insurance brokerage firm with...
Lawsuit Claims EPA Has Failed to Enforce Chesapeake Bay Pollution Caps
Sep 16 2020 // The Environmental Protection Agency has failed to ensure that Pennsylvania and New York are doing enough to reduce pollution that flows from farms and cities into the Chesapeake Bay, according to a lawsuit filed on...
Pennsylvania Authorities Arrest Alleged Fraud Network Participants
Sep 15 2020 // Pennsylvania authorities filed criminal charges on July 13 in Dauphin County against Kenneth Torres, Louis Torres, Ruth Negron-Acevedo, Juan Lopez-Barco and Philadelphia-based businesses EZ Multi-Services and Saul Auto...
Element Risk Management Acquires Two Pennsylvania Agencies
Sep 9 2020 // Element Risk Management has acquired two new insurance agencies in Pennsylvania. Barrick & Associates of Hanover, Penn., and Danner’s Insurance, with locations in East Berlin and Biglerville, Penn., are now part...
Man Found Dead After Fire in Pennsylvania Tavern
Sep 4 2020 // A man was found dead after a predawn fire in a western Pennsylvania tavern, authorities said. Fire crews were called just before 6 a.m. Wednesday to Walat’s atop Laurel Hill Summit in Somerset County’s Jenner...
Pennsylvania’s Erie Insurance Appoints Neumaier as Chief Information Security Officer
Sep 4 2020 // Erie Insurance has appointed Jamie Neumaier as chief information security officer (CISO), effective September 10. He will continue to work from Erie Insurance’s home office in Erie, Penn. Neumaier will report...
OSHA Defends Inspector Calling Ahead to Pennsylvania Meat Plant Before Visiting
Aug 17 2020 // A federal safety inspector tipped off a coronavirus-tainted Pennsylvania meatpacking plant before visiting the next day — then failed to issue a citation, according to testimony in a lawsuit accusing the agency of...
Consolidation of COVID Business Loss Suits Denied; But Grouping by Insurer Eyed
Aug 13 2020 // The legal panel on multidistrict litigation (MDL) has denied a proposal to consolidate cases brought by multiple businesses against various insurers for coronavirus-related business losses. The U.S. Judicial Panel on...
Tornadoes Confirmed in Pennsylvania During Storm
Aug 10 2020 // The National Weather Service has confirmed that tornadoes touched down in Bucks and Montgomery counties during Tuesday’s storm. The weather service office in Mount Holly, New Jersey, said more details would be...
COVID Business Interruption Suits Top 700 with More to Come
Aug 10 2020 // When insurance coverage lawsuits brought by businesses seeking coverage for COVID-related interruptions surpassed the 700 mark last month, the natural question to ask was: Is that a lot? That’s exactly the question...
