Latest Pennsylvania Headlines
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Pennsylvania Businesses with Workplace Safety Plans Save $300M
Sep 12 2008 // Pennsylvania businesses have saved more than $300 million thanks to a program that allows workplaces to save five percent annually on workers’ compensation insurance premiums, according to the state. Businesses...
Pennsylvania Jury Gives $2.2M to Estate of DUI Crash Victim
Aug 28 2008 // A jury has awarded more than $2 million to the survivors of a central Pennsylvania man killed by a drunken driver four years ago. But a lawyer for Jack Hynen’s estate says he doubts the award will ever be...
Pennsylvania Chiropractor Charged in Staged Bus Accident Claims
Aug 27 2008 // A former Bucks County, Pa., chiropractor has been accused of fraudulently billing two insurance companies for more than $27,000 for treatments to patients who claimed to have been injured in staged bus accidents. Attorney...
TAPCO Expands into Pennsylvania
Aug 27 2008 // TAPCO Underwriters Inc., a Burlington, N.C.-based managing general agent, said it is now offering its products and proprietary quoting and binding process to retail agents in Pennsylvania. TAPCO says its...
Wakeley Joins Lloyd Inc. in Pennsylvania
Aug 26 2008 // Pittsburgh-based insurance firm Lloyd Inc. has hired William F. Wakeley as director of business operations. The firm also announced the promotions of Tracey Spearman and Leslie Thomas. Wakeley has 20 years of industry...
DA: Worker’s Torch Started Pennsylvania Apartment Fire
Aug 21 2008 // A construction worker removing steel frames with an acetylene torch accidentally started a fire that destroyed two apartment buildings in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania and left nearly 400 people homeless, investigators said...
Pennsylvania Halts Excess Home Insurance by Lenders
Aug 21 2008 // Pennsylvania homeowners may be entitled to a reduction in their homeowners’ insurance premiums, thanks to The Mortgage Property Insurance Coverage Act signed by Gov. Ed Rendell. The law, which was spurred by the...
Pennsylvania Hands Out $600k in Insurance Fines
Aug 12 2008 // The Pennsylvania Insurance Department said it assessed nearly $600,000 in penalties last quarter to entities and individuals found guilty of violating insurance laws. Those fines stem from 35 enforcement actions and 17...
ProMutual Cuts Malpractice Insurance Rates for Pennsylvania Doctors 6%
Jul 22 2008 // Malpractice insurer ProMutual Group recently announced a rate reduction for individual physicians and surgeons in the state of Pennsylvania. All individual professional liability policyholders will receive a 6 percent...
Parties Clash Over Proposed Merger of Pennsylvania Health Insurers
Jul 14 2008 // State lawmakers, doctors and health care industry executives clashed last week over whether the proposed merger of Pennsylvania’s two largest health insurers will benefit or hurt consumers. They were among roughly...
Rendell Signs Updated Pennsylvania Mine-Safety Bill
Jul 9 2008 // Gov. Ed Rendell has signed into law the first comprehensive update to Pennsylvania’s mine safety law in nearly half a century. It addresses emergency shelters and accidental breaches of flooded mines, as occurred in...
Pennsylvania Bans Lenders from Requiring Excess Home Insurance
Jul 8 2008 // Pennsylvania homeowners may be entitled to a reduction in their homeowners’ insurance premiums, thanks to The Mortgage Property Insurance Coverage Act that Gov. Rendell signed into law on July 4. The law, which was...
Pennsylvania Marshal Urges Chiefs to ID Firefighter Arsonists
Jul 7 2008 // Experts say it’s impossible to identify firefighters with a penchant for arson, but the problem is widespread enough to prompt a program to educate fire chiefs about it. In Pennsylvania, state fire marshal David...
Pennsylvania Senate Finally Approves Ario as Insurance Commissioner
Jul 7 2008 // The Pennsylvania Senate in a July 3 roll call vote unanimously approved Joel S. Ario to become the state’s insurance commissioner, a year after Gov. Ed Rendell first nominated the former chief insurance regulator in...
Heads Up in Pennsylvania
Jul 7 2008 // Serious head injuries among Pennsylvania motorcyclists have become more common in the five years since lawmakers repealed the law mandating helmets, according to a legislative study. Meanwhile, overall motorcycle crash and...
Mine Owners, Unions Compromise on Long-Sought Pennsylvania Safety Bill
Jul 2 2008 // Legislation to improve safety in Pennsylvania’s approximately 200 bituminous coal mines was poised to become law after a marathon negotiation yielded a compromise bill endorsed Monday by both the coal companies and...
Serious Head Injuries Up After Pennsylvania Nixes Biker Helmet Law
Jun 27 2008 // Serious head injuries among Pennsylvania motorcyclists have become more common in the five years since lawmakers repealed the law mandating helmets, according to a legislative study. Meanwhile, overall motorcycle crash and...
Ratings: Argonaut, MAPFRE (Fla.), Pekin, Penn National, AXA Art, Tennessee Farmers, ALPS, BancInsure
Jun 23 2008 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a” of the Texas-based Argonaut Insurance Group and its members. Best also...
Coal Miner Killed in Pennsylvania Accident
Jun 18 2008 // A coal miner was killed Monday in an accident at an eastern Pennsylvania anthracite mine. The 40-year-old man, who was not immediately identified, became trapped by falling coal or rocks about three-fourths of a mile into...
Fire Does $1M Damage to Pennsylvania Church
Jun 17 2008 // Fire officials in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania say a blaze did an estimated $1 million damage to a church in Caernarvon Township early Sunday. Flames were shooting from the roof of the south wing of Conestoga Mennonite...
