Latest Pennsylvania Headlines
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Penn. Ins Commissioner Inaugurates Insurance Information Week
Jan 15 2002 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Diane Koken announced the beginning of the State’s “Get Smart Week,” an awareness campaign aimed at helping consumers become more aware about their insurance policies...
IRMI Supports Penn. Lawyers; Insurers to Blame for Malpractice Cost Rise
Jan 3 2002 // The International Risk Management Institute (IRMI) has issued a statement supporting the contentions of the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association(PaTLA) that the insurance industry’s own business practices are...
Governor Calls For Malpractice Reforms in Penna.
Dec 27 2001 // Pennsylvania Governor Mark Schweiker called on the General Assembly to adopt strong reforms to curb the skyrocketing costs of medical-malpractice insurance and to address the diminishing availability of insurance. He also...
Penna. Auto Theft Prevention Authority Warns Holiday Shoppers
Dec 7 2001 // The Pennsylvania Auto Theft Prevention Authority (PATPA) warned holiday shoppers that “December and January are peak activity periods for car thieves.” Common sense measures like parking in well-lit areas,...
Prosecution Error Frees PA Insurance Fraud Couple
Nov 28 2001 // The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Philadelphia has been forced to drop all charges against a Bucks County couple accused of hiring a handyman to burn down their luxury home and cars in order to obtain a $1.1 million...
Frank Bruckner Appointed to PA Insurance
Nov 14 2001 // Frank Bruckner of Pittsburgh has been appointed to a four-year term on the board of directors of Pennsylvania’s Insurance Fraud Prevention Authority (IFPA) by State Senator Robert J. Mellow. Bruckner replaces Walter...
The Battle For Reliance Assets Heats Up
Sep 30 2001 // The fight for Reliance Insurance Company’s (RIC’s) assets between the Pennsylvania Department of Insurance (PDI), which took over the failed insurer last June, and the creditors and investors of its parent...
Courts Continue to Reject Diminished Value Concept in Class Actions
Sep 5 2001 // In spite of an ongoing influx of litigation, U.S. courts continue to reject class-action lawsuits involving diminished value, a concept referring to the difference between the value of a vehicle before and after it was...
The Battle For Reliance Assets Heats Up
Sep 3 2001 // The fight for Reliance Insurance Company’s (RIC’s) assets between the Pennsylvania Department of Insurance (PDI), which took over the failed insurer last June, and the creditors and investors of its parent...
Battle for Reliance Assets Heats Up
Aug 27 2001 // The fight for Reliance Insurance Company’s (RIC) assets between the Pennsylvania Department of Insurance (PDI), which took over the failed insurer last June, and the creditors and investors of its parent company,...
New Funds Enable Insurance Department to Expand Prevention, Reporting Efforts
Aug 1 2001 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner M. Diane Koken announced expanded fraud-combating efforts supported by a recently received grant award. Commissioner Koken said the department recently received a two-year Pennsylvania...
Reliance Insurance 1817-2001 – R.I.P’
Jul 23 2001 // Reliance Group Holdings (RGH), the parent company of Reliance Insurance Company (RIC), one of America’s oldest insurers which traces its roots back to 1817, filed for bankruptcy protection in the Southern District of...
PA Hospital Ass’n. Alerts Harley Owners to
Jul 12 2001 // The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) has issued a warning to people selling their motorcycles, particularly Harley-Davidsons, to beware of a potential buyer posing as a doctor. The thief used...
Study Shows Only 1 in 100 Children in NY and PA Are Properly Restrained
Jul 6 2001 // The Partners for Child Passenger Safety Study (PCPS) released data from its surveys of 6 to 8 year olds in New York and Pennsylvania, showing that “less than 1 percent” are properly restrained as passengers in...
PA Governor Signs Tobacco Settlement Bill
Jun 28 2001 // Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge has signed House Bill 2, which provides for the distribution of 12 percent of the tobacco settlement funds the state will receive to establish tobacco prevention and tobacco treatment...
Reliance Insurance, 1817-2001…R.I.P.’
Jun 25 2001 // On June 12, Reliance Group Holdings (RGH), the parent company of Reliance Insurance Company (RIC), one of America’s oldest insurers, which traces its roots back to 1817, filed for bankruptcy protection in the...
PA Insurers File Memo Supporting Workers’ Comp Consent Decree Reversal
Jun 21 2001 // A group of Pennsylvania workers’ compensation insurers has filed a memorandum in U.S. District Court supporting efforts to vacate the 1984 consent decree in the case of Richard Baksalary, et.al. v. Smith et.al.,...
PA Hospital Ass’n. Lauds Passage of Medical Liability Privatization Bill
Jun 21 2001 // The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) hailed the passage of Senate Bill 556, “which fully privatizes the state’s medical professional liability system.” The reform measure...
PA Couple Given 14 Years in Faked Death Insurance Fraud
Jun 20 2001 // Lee Likhit Kongsiri and his wife Phatcha, former Lehigh County residents, were each given 14 year prison terms for defrauding six different life insurers a total of $1.6 million by faking Lee’s death in Thailand in...
PA Questions Development in Wake of Allison Floods
Jun 20 2001 // Pennsylvania officials, sodden homeowners and insurers were questioning the apparent lack of coordinated development regulations in the wake of the floods caused by 10 inches of rain from Tropical Storm Allison. Stricter...
