Latest Pennsylvania Headlines

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Two Firefighters Die in Pennsylvania House Fire

Dec 13 2022 // WEST PENN TOWNSHIP, Pa (AP) — Pennsylvania State Police say two firefighters died responding to a house fire where a body was found, while two people who lived in the home got out safely. The slain firefighters were...

Proposed Class Action Alleges Liberty Mutual Website Violates Pennsylvania Law

Dec 12 2022 // Liberty Mutual Insurance is the target of a proposed class action alleging that the company uses spyware on its website that violates Pennsylvania’s electronic surveillance law. The suit claims the company uses...

Union Bay Acquires Pennsylvania’s LaBrozzi Insurance

Dec 6 2022 // Union Bay Acquisition, an aggregator of insurance agencies agent based in Princeton, New Jersey, has acquired LaBrozzi Insurance Group, Inc. of Bradford, Pennsylvania. Terms were not disclosed. Debra LaBrozzi is the...

Parents of Gunman in Deadly Pennsylvania State Trooper Shooting Settle Suit

Dec 6 2022 // The parents of a gunman who killed a Pennsylvania state trooper and permanently disabled another eight years ago in an ambush of a police barracks have settled a lawsuit that accused them of partial responsibility for the...

Pilot Cited ‘Rigging Issue’ Before Small Plane Crashed in Pennsylvania

Dec 2 2022 // HANOVER TOWNSHIP, Pa. (AP) — Federal investigators say the pilot of a small experimental plane spoke of a problem with the aircraft shortly before it went down in a northeastern Pennsylvania farm last month, killing...

Hilb Group Acquires Sharpline Brokerages of Pennsylvania

Nov 29 2022 // The Hilb Group announced that it has acquired Pennsylvania-based Sharpline Insurance Brokerages, expanding its property/casualty presence throughout the Mid-Atlantic. Based in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, Sharpline...

Residents Await Fix for Pennsylvania Methane Leak

Nov 22 2022 // A vent at an underground natural gas storage well in Western Pennsylvania has been spewing massive amounts of planet-warming methane into the atmosphere for more than 11 days and attempts to plug the leak have thus far...

Cause of Sickness Affecting 48 at Pennsylvania Charter School Still Unknown

Nov 8 2022 // Authorities say they still don’t know what caused several dozen children and adults to fall ill at an eastern Pennsylvania school last week, prompting an evacuation. Chief Scott Van Why of the Hanover Township...

Federal Court Finds Pennsylvania Poultry Farm in Contempt Over OSHA Penalties

Oct 28 2022 // A federal court has found Birdsboro Kosher Farms Corp. in contempt for failing to pay $162,359 in penalties after an inspection by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration found numerous safety hazards. The U.S....

Federal Judge Dismisses Multiple Pennsylvania COVID-19 Claims

Oct 18 2022 // A Western Pennsylvania federal district judge has dismissed eight cases seeking payment for COVID-19 business interruption coverage from several insurers including Cincinnati Insurance, Travelers Insurance and Hartford....

Kids, Staff Sickened by Carbon Monoxide Leak at Pennsylvania Day Care Center

Oct 13 2022 // ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A malfunctioning heater sent a dangerously high level of carbon monoxide into a Pennsylvania day care center early Tuesday, sickening dozens of children — some of whom were unconscious as they...

Pennsylvania Jury Awards Corrections Officer $1M Over Retaliatory Firing Claim

Oct 12 2022 // A white Allegheny County jail corrections officer who claimed he was fired in retaliation for reporting racial and sexual harassment incidents has been awarded almost $1 million by a federal jury. Jeffrey Kengerski claimed...

13 Businesses, 19 Individuals Charged in Alleged Pennsylvania Car ‘Title Washing’ Ring

Oct 5 2022 // Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro said his office has filed criminal charges against 19 individuals and 13 separate businesses for alleged motor vehicle “title washing.” Prosecutors allege the...

Pennsylvania Recovers $1.7M for Buyers of Car Repair Coverage Service Contracts

Sep 23 2022 // Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro said his office has secured a court order for more than $1.7 million in restitution against a car service coverage firm he said denied claims for services and refused to refund...

Agency Aggregator Union Bay Acquires Farrell Insurance in Pennsylvania

Sep 22 2022 // Union Bay Acquisition, a new aggregator of insurance agencies agent based in Princeton, New Jersey, reports it has acquired Farrell Insurance Associates Inc. of Lansdale, Pennsylvania. Terms were not disclosed. Jerry...

Conner Strong & Buckelew Acquires Pennsylvania’s Armstrong, Doyle & Carroll

Sep 12 2022 // Camden, New Jersey-based insurance brokerage Conner Strong & Buckelew has acquired Wayne, Pennsylvania-based brokerage firm, Armstrong, Doyle & Carroll. In business since the 1950s, Armstrong, Doyle & Carroll...

Body of Construction Worker Found After Pennsylvania Construction Site Collapse

Sep 2 2022 // State police say the body of a worker was found in the rubble of a collapse at a construction site in Pennsylvania. Trooper Megan Frazer said the body of the 30-year-old man was found at about 9:45 p.m. Tuesday at the site...

Pennsylvania Loosens Rules on Where Medical Malpractice Cases Can Be Filed

Aug 29 2022 // Pennsylvania’s highest court lastThursday reversed its own two-decade-old rule that required medical malpractice cases to be filed in the county where the alleged harm occurred, a win for civil plaintiffs and the...

One80 Intermediaries Acquires Pennsylvania Wholesale Broker Agentic

Aug 24 2022 // Boston-based specialty insurance broker One80 Intermediaries reports that it has acquired wholesaler broker Agentic Insurance of Radnor, Pennsylvania. Agentic is a privately owned specialty operation providing professional...

Crash Into Pennsylvania Bar During Fundraiser for Fire Victims Kills 1, Injures 17

Aug 16 2022 // One person was killed and another 17 people injured when a vehicle struck a crowd gathered at a Pennsylvania bar for a fundraiser for victims of a house fire that killed 10 earlier this month; the man police say was the...