Latest Pennsylvania Headlines
All the headlines from our Pennsylvania Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Blizzard Batters Midwest, then Northeast – A Real White Christmas
Dec 27 2002 // A powerful blizzard roared through the Midwest and moved on into Pennsylvania, New York and New England over Christmas bringing record snowfalls for this time of year and blanketing a wide swath of the U.S. with a real...
New Med-Mal Providers Approved for Pennsylvania
Dec 25 2002 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner M. Diane Koken announced that two new medical-malpractice insurance entities—Pennsylvania Health Providers Reciprocal Exchange of Harrisburg and United Central PA Reciprocal Risk...
Pa. Supreme Court: Workers’ Comp Payments Recoupable from Malpractice Suit Proceeds
Dec 19 2002 // The Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued a ruling stating that insurers can recoup workers’ compensation payments from malpractice suit proceeds made to injured employees who sue their lawyers for mishandling their...
NAII: Pa. Med Mal Reform Bill Doesn’t Go Far Enough
Dec 6 2002 // NAII: Pa. Med Mal Reform Bill Doesn’t Go Far Enough Responding to the news that the Pennsylvania State Legislature passed only one of a number of bills aimed at alleviating the state’s medical malpractice...
Pa. Independent Agent Associations Merge
Dec 5 2002 // Members of two Pennsylvania independent agent associations, The Independent Insurance Agents of Pennsylvania (IIAP) and the Pennsylvania members of Professional Insurance Agents Association (PIA) of Pennsylvania, Maryland...
Iroquois Expands Pa. Operations
Dec 5 2002 // Iroquois Mid-Atlantic, a unit of The Iroquois Group, announced its expansion into Pennsylvania, and appointed Robert Weidler as regional manager for that state. Weidler joins Iroquois with over 30 years experience in...
AAI Urges Pa. to Enact Producer Licensing Reform
Dec 3 2002 // The Alliance of American Insurers (AAI) is pressing Pennsylvania Gov. Mark Schweiker to sign a bill recently passed by the State Legislature that would implement producer licensing reform. If the governor signs the bill as...
Pa. Gov: Insurers Should Postpone MCARE Collection to Allay Med-Mal Crisis
Dec 2 2002 // Pa. Gov. Calls for Postponement of MCARE to Allay Med-Mal Crisis Pennsylvania Governor Mark Schweiker announced he has directed Insurance Commissioner Diane Koken to request a postponement of Medical Care Availability and...
$100,000 in Stolen Equipment Recovered in Pa.
Nov 28 2002 // A new partnership between the National Equipment Register (NER) and the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) is beginning to put a dent in heavy equipment theft with the recovery of more than $100,000 in stolen equipment...
Pa. Senate Rejects Ban on Use of Credit-Based Scores
Nov 20 2002 // A last-minute effort to prohibit the use of credit-based insurance scores in auto insurance underwriting and rating was rejected by the Pennsylvania Senate. National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) Counsel Ann...
Pa. Insurance Dept. Closes Unlicensed Agency
Nov 18 2002 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner M. Diane Koken today announced the closing of an unlicensed insurance company and the penalty and license revocation of the insurance agent responsible for its illegal...
Pa. JUA Offers Med-Mal Discount to Physicians with No Claims
Nov 4 2002 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner M. Diane Koken announced that at the request of Gov. Mark Schweiker, the state insurance department has approved a filing by the Pennsylvania Professional Liability Joint Underwriting...
A.M. Best Reports Med-Mal Crisis Adding to Health Insurer Woes
Oct 30 2002 // Rising medical-malpractice insurance premiums for doctors and hospitals are adding to already budget-busting medical-cost inflation, according to the special report, “The Impact of the Med-Mal Insurance Crisis on...
Pa. Agriculture Secretary Touts Benefits of Crop Insurance
Oct 25 2002 // Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary Sam Hayes kicked off a 2002-03 crop insurance education and outreach program at the behest of Gov. Mark Schweiker during the third annual Crop Insurance Conference in...
Pa. Med-Mal Crisis Deepens
Oct 23 2002 // A new poll commissioned by the The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) and the Pennsylvania Medical Society has found that four out of 5 Pennsylvanians consider malpractice jury awards “out...
AAI Says Newly Signed Pa. Med Mal Law on Forum Shopping a ‘Huge Victory’
Oct 18 2002 // The Alliance of American Insurers called a bill signed into law by Pennsylvania Gov. Mark Schweiker (R) Oct. 17 a “huge victory” in the fight to reel in runaway malpractice awards. The bill (SB 138), which...
Additional Workplace Safety Workshop Offered to Pa. Business Owners
Oct 18 2002 // A fourth safety workshop conducted by the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) and the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will be offered to small business owners and manager Oct. 22...
Pa. Insurance Dept. Sues Reliance Accountant
Oct 17 2002 // The Pennsylvania Insurance Department has filed suit against accounting firm Deloitte & Touche LLC, which the department charges inflated Reliance Insurance Co.’s financial statements by $1 billion, contributing...
Pa. AG Commends Bill to End Venue Shopping
Oct 11 2002 // Pennsylvania Attorney General Mike Fisher praised a bill recently passed by the state General Assembly requiring medical malpractice lawsuits to be filed only in the counties in which causes of action occur, effectively...
Pa. Hospital Association Applauds Med-Mal Legislation
Oct 8 2002 // The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) hailed House passage of a state Senate bill that would limit the practice of venue shopping by plaintiff attorneys, which seek to have medical malpractice...
