Latest Erie Insurance Headlines

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Oh, deer … it’s that season

Oct 9 2006 // According to claims information from Erie Insurance, one in every 100 drivers nationally is likely to have a collision with a deer. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety estimates that deer-vehicle crashes rack up...

Oh, deer . . . it’s that season

Oct 9 2006 // According to claims information from Erie Insurance, one in every 100 drivers nationally is likely to have a collision with a deer. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety estimates that deer-vehicle crashes rack up...

Citigroup’s Stempora Joins Erie Insurance to Head IT

Jul 26 2006 // Erie Insurance Group recently announced the appointment of Jeffrey D. Stempora as senior vice president, division officer and chief information officer, effective August 21, 2006. In his new position Stempora will be...

Erie Indemnity Selected for NASDAQ Global Select Market

Jul 6 2006 // Erie Indemnity Company (NASDAQ:ERIE) of Erie, Pa., is now included in the new NASDAQ Global Select Market. Prior to the change, the company had been listed on the NASDAQ National Market. The NASDAQ Global Select Market...

Erie Insurance Provides Emergency Claims Contact Info to Ind. Policyholders

Apr 19 2006 // Erie Insurance Group has announced that is is providing contact information to its policyholders who have suffered damages as a result of the recent hail storms in Indiana. In its writtend statement, Erie Insurance...

Erie Indemnity Alters Personal Lines Technology Strategy

Apr 18 2006 // Erie Indemnity Company said it is halting development of its ERIEConnection, a personal lines policy administration and Web-based agency interface system. The company said it will instead now focus on more incremental,...

N.H.’s Senator Gregg, 17 Erie Insurance Employees Among Powerball Winners

Oct 21 2005 // Winners of this week’s Powerball lottery include a millionaire U.S. senator from New Hampshire and 17 employees of Erie Insurance Group in Erie, Pa. Neither U.S. Senator Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) nor the Erie Insurance...

Erie Company Extends Execs’ Contracts

Sep 15 2005 // Erie Indemnity Company directors have extended with modifcations the the employment contracts for the company’s seven principal executive officers. The modifications include a reduction in the severance benefits for...

Erie Insurance Group Throws Support Behind Katrina Victims

Sep 9 2005 // While Pennsylvania-based Erie Insurance does not have policyholders in the areas impacted by Hurricane Katrina, the company is still doing its part in the recovery efforts. The company has launched a two-week campaign to...

Erie Insurance Requests 2.4 Percent Rate Decrease in W.V.

Jul 1 2005 // The West Virginia Insurance Commission has received a new private passenger automobile rate filing from Erie Insurance Property and Casualty Company. Erie is requesting approval for a 2.4 percent rate decrease for its...

W. Va. Approves Erie Insurance’s 3.1 Percent Rate Decrease

May 27 2005 // A request by the Erie Insurance Group for a 3.1 percent decrease in its private passenger automobile insurance rates has been approved by the West Virginia Insurance Commission. The new rates go into effect August 1. The...

Best Affirms Ratings for Erie’s P/C Companies; Outlook Stable

May 3 2005 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of A+ (Superior) of Pennsylvania-based Erie Insurance Group’s property and casualty companies (Erie), which are managed by its publicly-traded company, Erie...

Pa. Wildlife Officials Quash Coyote-Deer Risk Management Rumor

Dec 29 2004 // Did you hear the one about the insurance agent and the coyote? So have the Pennsylvania Game Commission, wildlife agencies in other states and insurers. They all dismiss as urban legend claims that insurance companies and...

Best Affirms Erie Group’s ‘A+’ Ratings

Mar 8 2004 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has affirmed the financial strength rating of “A+” (Superior) for the property/casualty affiliates of Pennsylvania’s Erie Insurance Group, managed by Erie Indemnity...

Erie Indemnity Elects Directors and Officers

Apr 30 2003 // Erie Indemnity Company announced that the shareholders at their annual meeting had elected as directors all of the nominees recommended by the nominating committee, expanding the board from 12 to 15 members. It listed the...

Erie Insurance Reports $25 Million Preliminary Loss Estimate from Recent Storms

Mar 14 2003 // The Erie Insurance Group announced that it has received loss notification from approximately 6,600 policyholders as a result of severe ice, snow and flooding Feb. 14-18 and Feb. 21-23, 2003. It gave preliminary loss...

Erie Reports Storm Losses, Loss Reserve Increases

Dec 25 2002 // Erie Insurance Group announced that its property and casualty companies would increase loss and loss adjustment expense reserves by approximately $184 million in the fourth quarter of 2002. The company also reported its...

Erie Fills Management Positions

Dec 17 2002 // Erie Insurance of Erie, Pa. announced the appointment of several management positions. Thomas Morgan will fill the position of executive vice president, Insurance Operations, which has been vacant since Jeffrey Ludrof...

Erie Indemnity Increases Dividend, Lowers Management Fee

Dec 13 2002 // The Board of Directors of the Erie Indemnity Company approved an increase in the regular quarterly shareholder dividend from $0.17 to $0.19 on each Class A share and from $25.50 to $28.50 on each Class B share. The Board...

Erie Insurance to Expand into Minnesota

Dec 10 2001 // Just months after Erie Insurance began writing insurance in Wisconsin, the property/casualty insurer announced its intention to expand operations even further into Minnesota by September 2004. This is the 12th state that...