Latest Pennsylvania Headlines
All the headlines from our Pennsylvania Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Koken Resigns as Pa. Commissioner After Serving 10 Years
Feb 14 2007 // Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell today accepted the resignation of Insurance Commissioner Diane Koken, effective Feb. 19. Rendell appointed Randolph Rohrbaugh, currently a deputy commissioner, to serve as acting...
HARLEYSVILLE WORCESTER REDOMESTICATES TO PA.
Feb 12 2007 // Massachusetts officials have given the green light to the redomestication of Harleysville Worcester Insurance Co. to Pennsylvania. The company is a subsidiary of Pennsylvania-based Harleysville Insurance Group, whose...
2007 Super Regional Property/Casualty Insurers™ Alphabetical listing
Feb 11 2007 // Acuity a Mutual Insurance Co. AIG Centennial Insurance Co. AIG Premier Insurance Co. AIU Insurance Alaska National Insurance Alfa Insurance Corp. American Automobile Insurance Co. American Commerce Insurance Co. American...
2007 Super Regional Property Casualty Insurers™
Feb 11 2007 // Acuity a Mutual Insurance Co. AIG Centennial Insurance Co. AIG Premier Insurance Co. AIU Insurance Alaska National Insurance Alfa Insurance Corp. American Automobile Insurance Co. American Commerce Insurance Co. American...
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Mass. Approves Harleysville Worcester Switch to Pa. Regulation
Feb 5 2007 // Massachusetts officials have given the green light to the redomestication of Harleysville Worcester Insurance Co. to Pennsylvania. The company is a subsidiary of Pennsylvania-based Harleysville Insurance Group, whose...
St. Paul Travelers Settles Stun-Gun Suit Against Pa. Suburb
Feb 2 2007 // A Pittsburgh suburb’s former insurance carrier paid $100,000 to an ex-pizzeria owner who sued the municipality after being subdued by police with a stun gun in 2005. Mount Lebanon police used a 50,000-volt Taser on...
Pa. Insurance Mandate Violates Free Speech, White Supremacists Tell Court
Feb 2 2007 // A white supremacist group asked a panel of federal judges Tuesday to throw out the city of York, Pennsylvania’s public-assembly ordinance, saying it violates the right to free-speech by putting an unfair burden on...
Pa. Couple Awarded $1.5 Million Against Hormone Drug Maker Wyeth
Jan 31 2007 // A couple who contended that a hormone-replacement drug caused the woman’s breast cancer was awarded $1.5 million (euro1.16 million) this week in a jury verdict in Philadelphia against drug maker Wyeth. The jury also...
State Alleges Cover-Up in Pa. Coal Mine Worker’s Death
Jan 30 2007 // Pennsylvania coal industry regulators have revoked the operating permit of a coal mine where a worker died in an explosion three months ago, alleging that a cover-up of a similar 2004 blast might have contributed to the...
Great American, Lindsay Group Target Education Risks in Pa.
Jan 22 2007 // Great American Insurance Group has a new insurance program that features property and liability coverages for education organizations that its Specialty Human Services Division will market in Pennsylvania exclusively...
Pa. Maternity Clothier Settles Suit Alleging Bias Against Pregnant Workers
Jan 17 2007 // A Pennsylvania maternity-clothing retailer has agreed to pay $375,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging it refused to hire qualified applicants because they were pregnant — and then fired an assistant manager who complained...
New Hope Pa. Hopes New Hydrants Lower Insurance Rates
Jan 12 2007 // Fifty-five new hydrants will help fight fires faster and may lower insurance rates for New Hope, Pa. residents, officials said. Fifteen of the 55 hydrants are already operating and 40 more are expected to be turned on by...
New fire science could overturn arson convictions across the nation
Jan 8 2007 // The clues were everywhere. A young woman lay dead in a burned church camp cabin in East Stroudsburg, Pa., while her father survived. Most of the lessons taught to budding fire investigators stood out at the scene. The...
New fire science could overturn arson convictions across the nation
Jan 8 2007 // Studies have chipped away at old fire science for years but many prosecutions are still based on discredited methods The clues were everywhere. A young woman lay dead in a burned cabin at a church camp in East Stroudsburg,...
New fire science could overturn arson convictions across the nation
Jan 7 2007 // The clues were everywhere. A young woman lay dead in a burned cabin at a church camp in East Stroudsburg, Pa., while her father survived. Most of the lessons taught to budding fire investigators stood out at the scene. The...
New fire science could overturn arson convictions across the nation
Jan 7 2007 // The clues were everywhere. A young woman lay dead in a burned church camp cabin in East Stroudsburg, Pa., while her father survived. Most of the lessons taught to budding fire investigators stood out at the scene. The...
Fugitive Minister, Damaging Adjustor Among Pa.’s Top Fraudsters in 2006
Jan 5 2007 // Imagine public adjustor being caught red-handed on an insurance agent’s digital camera causing damage to a home that was supposedly a result of a storm. This scenario involves just one of the criminals highlighted on...
Pa. Court Grants Doctors’ Class Action Over Blues’ Reimbursements
Dec 29 2006 // Thousands of Pennsylvania doctors may be eligible to join a lawsuit over a Blue Cross health plan’s reimbursement rates after a federal judge granted the plaintiffs class-action status. The suit charges that Keystone...
New fire science could overturn arson convictions across the nation
Dec 25 2006 // Studies have chipped away at old fire science for years but many prosecutions are still based on discredited methods The clues were everywhere. A young woman lay dead in a burned cabin at a church camp in East Stroudsburg,...
