Latest Pennsylvania Headlines
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Pennsylvania Adopts Exception to Ban on an Insurer Subrogating Against an Insured
Feb 24 2022 // The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has sided with an insurer seeking subrogation for payments it made to an injured worker before it was determined the insurer was not obligated to make the payments. The state’s highest...
Risk Strategies Acquires Joyce Insurance in Pennsylvania
Feb 17 2022 // Specialty insurance brokerage Risk Strategies has acquired the retail brokerage operations and assets of Joyce Insurance Group and associated businesses in Pittston, Pennsylvania. The acquisition of Joyce Insurance Group...
Altman Leaving Pennsylvania Insurance Post to Lead California Health Plan
Feb 16 2022 // Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced that Insurance Commissioner Jessica Altman will resign her position Feb. 25. Altman has accepted a position as chief executive officer of Covered California, that state’s...
Hilb Group Acquires Pennsylvania’s Wharton Surety Consultants
Feb 10 2022 // The Hilb Group announced that it has acquired Wharton Surety Consultants, expanding its growing presence in the Philadelphia area. The transaction became effective December 31, 2021. Based in Wayne, Pennsylvania, Wharton...
States Eligible for $725M a Year to Clean Up Abandoned Coal Mines
Feb 8 2022 // The Biden administration on Monday said $725 million in federal funds would be available to states this year to clean up abandoned coal mines, one of several initiatives aimed at reducing pollution from decades of fossil...
Business Moves
Feb 7 2022 // National Marsh McLennan, Affinity Agency Association Member Benefits Advisors, a national affinity-based membership and marketing insurance agency, has agreed to acquire the associations business of Mercer, a business of...
Pennsylvania Township Reported to Settle Police Shooting Lawsuit for $950K
Feb 4 2022 // ALLENTOWN, Pa. —The family of a New Jersey man shot and killed by a police officer near an eastern Pennsylvania amusement park in 2018 will reportedly receive part of a $950,000 settlement of a federal civil rights...
Element Risk Acquires Hoffman and L&B in Pennsylvania, Stoneburner-Carter in Virginia
Jan 25 2022 // Pennsylvania-based Element Risk Management has acquired two Pennsylvania insurance agencies and another in Virginia, The Pennsylvania agencies are W.S. Hoffman Insurance located in Phoenixville, and L&B Insurance and...
Pennsylvania Senate Passes Ransomware, Data Breach Bills
Jan 21 2022 // Pennsylvania’s state Senate passed a package of legislation on Wednesday aimed at preventing data security breaches and requiring victims and law enforcement officials to be notified when they do happen. The...
Roof Collapse at Pennsylvania Stone Mine Kills Worker
Jan 10 2022 // LAKE LYNN, Pa. —The roof of a stone mine in southwestern Pennsylvania collapsed, killing one worker, authorities said. The collapse was reported Friday afternoon at Laurel Aggregates’ Lake Lynn Mine in Springhill...
World Insurance Associates Acquires Pennsylvania’s PLA Insurance Services
Jan 4 2022 // World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) acquired PLA Insurance Services (PLA) of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on December 1, 2021. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. PLA is a full-service, multi-solution insurance...
Ryan Specialty Group to Acquire Pennsylvania’s Keystone Risk Partners
Dec 13 2021 // Ryan Specialty Group, an international specialty insurance firm, has signed an agreement to acquire certain assets of Keystone Risk Partners LLC based in Media, Pennsylvania. Terms of the transaction were not...
Pennsylvania Lawmakers Try Anew to Toughen Penalty for Repeat DUI Drivers
Nov 22 2021 // The Pennsylvania House of Representatives approved legislation aiming to increase penalties for motorists who have multiple DUI convictions to end what critics have called Pennsylvania’s “revolving door”...
Suit Claims Trucker in Pennsylvania Crash Wore Noise-Canceling Headphones
Oct 28 2021 // Victims of a crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike that killed five people and hurt nearly all the dozens of passengers on a bus nearly two years ago claim in a lawsuit that one of the drivers was wearing noise-canceling...
Pennsylvania’s The Perzel Agency Joins The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers
Oct 21 2021 // The Perzel Agency has joined The Liberty Company Network of Insurance Brokers. Based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, The Perzel Agency was founded more than 25 years ago by Mike Perzel, specializing in personal lines and...
Two Tornados Confirmed in Western Pennsylvania
Oct 20 2021 // A pair of tornados have been confirmed in western Pennsylvania over the weekend, forecasters said. The National Weather Service says an EF-0 tornado with estimated winds up to 85 mph touched down in the town of...
SECURA Insurance Begins Offering Specialty Lines Products in Pennsylvania
Oct 12 2021 // SECURA Insurance has begun offering its specialty lines products in Pennsylvania. For the initial launch, the company is partnering exclusively with Keystone agencies throughout the state focusing on classes such as...
Pennsylvania Man Sentenced for Insurance Fraud After Staging Motor Vehicle Accident
Oct 6 2021 // A Pennsylvania man was sentenced to 180 days in the Essex County Correctional Facility as a condition of probation for committing insurance fraud when he staged a motor vehicle accident in Newark, New Jersey. James E....
Pennsylvania Eyes $500M from Feds for Environmental Program
Oct 1 2021 // A state Senate committee in Pennsylvania approved legislation to use federal coronavirus relief aid to revive a long-running program designed to help clean up waterways, fix up parks and preserve open space. The bill,...
President Biden Approves Major Disaster Declaration in Pennsylvania
Sep 14 2021 // President Biden has declared a major disaster in Pennsylvania due to heavy rains, severe flash flooding and tornadoes in the commonwealth from the remnants of Hurricane Ida. Biden approved a request from Pennsylvania...
