Latest Pennsylvania Headlines
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Element Risk Management Acquires Pennsylvania’s Smith Insurance
May 20 2021 // Element Risk Management has acquired Smith Insurance with locations in Hershey and Williamstown, Pennsylvania. Smith Insurance was founded as a small insurance agency by James J. Smith in 1933. The agency was bought by...
Pennsylvania Takes Next Step to Start Carbon Emissions Caps in 2022
May 7 2021 // Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf’s administration on Tuesday solidified its intention to begin imposing a price on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants next year as part of a multi-state consortium, over the...
Pennsylvania Contact Tracing Breach Impacts Private Info of 72K People
May 5 2021 // Employees of a vendor paid to conduct COVID-19 contact tracing in Pennsylvania may have compromised the private information of at least 72,000 people, including their exposure status and their sexual orientation, the state...
Pennsylvania Regulator Asks Insurers To Assess Pandemic’s Impact in Rate Filings
Apr 30 2021 // The Pennsylvania Insurance Department has issued guidance for property/casualty insurers in the state to continue to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in rate filings. “Much has changed since the start of...
Authorities Investigating Helicopter Crash in Northeastern Pennsylvania
Apr 29 2021 // Authorities were investigating a helicopter crash in northeastern Pennsylvania, the Federal Aviation Administration said. The wreckage of a Robinson R44 copter was found in a remote area of Wyoming after the agency had...
Pennsylvania Moves Closer to Allowing Lawsuits by Child Sex Abuse Victims
Apr 23 2021 // For the first time, prominent Republican state senators on Wednesday put their support behind legislation in Pennsylvania to change the law to allow now-adult victims of child sexual abuse to sue the perpetrators or...
Four Girls, 12 and 14 Years Old, Accused of Setting Pennsylvania House Fire
Apr 13 2021 // Four teenage girls ranging in age from 12 to 14 have been arrested on juvenile court charges of setting a fire that destroyed an unoccupied western Pennsylvania house earlier this month, sending a police officer and a...
Pennsylvania Construction Firm Accused of Stealing $20M from Workers
Apr 12 2021 // A major Pennsylvania construction contractor was charged Thursday with stealing tens of millions of dollars from its own workers by systematically violating state and federal prevailing wage laws on taxpayer-funded public...
Police Say Man Killed in Industrial Accident at Pennsylvania Plant
Apr 5 2021 // An industrial accident claimed the life of a worker in western Pennsylvania, authorities said. Allegheny County police said emergency personnel were called shortly after 10:30 a.m. Friday to Alpha Aeromatics in...
Pennsylvania Gas Driller to Pay $1.9M for Damage to Wetlands, Waterways
Mar 30 2021 // One of the most active natural gas exploration firms in Pennsylvania has agreed to pay $1.9 million after it disclosed in 2014 that its construction work had damaged waterways and wetlands, without proper permits,...
Pennsylvania’s Bedivere Insurance Company to Be Liquidated
Mar 22 2021 // The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court has approved the liquidation of Bedivere Insurance Company, formerly One Beacon Insurance Company, recognizing that the company’s financial liabilities have exceeded its...
Pennsylvania Cheerleader’s Mom Accused of Making ‘Deepfakes’ of Rivals
Mar 18 2021 // A Pennsylvania woman is accused of doctoring photos and video of her daughter’s cheerleading rivals to try to get them kicked off the squad, officials said. The Bucks County District Attorney’s Office last week...
State of Pennsylvania to Pay $475K to Family of Pot Suspect Killed by Dozer
Mar 17 2021 // The state of Pennsylvania will pay $475,000 to the estate of a man who died underneath a bulldozer that Pennsylvania State Police had used to chase him for growing a handful of marijuana plants, according to a settlement...
Hub International Acquires Assets of Pennsylvania’s Davis Trachtenberg Inc.
Mar 9 2021 // Global insurance brokerage Hub International Limited has acquired the assets of Davis Trachtenberg Inc. (DTI). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Located in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, DTI is a full-service...
Hub International Limited Acquires Assets of Pennsylvania’s Incentive Systems
Mar 5 2021 // Hub International Limited (Hub), a full-service global insurance broker, has acquired the assets of Incentive Systems Inc. (ISI). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Located in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, ISI provides...
Car Crashes Into Pennsylvania Gift Shop, Setting Two Buildings on Fire
Mar 3 2021 // A vehicle slammed into a Gettysburg gift shop and burst into flames, killing the driver and setting the building and a neighboring structure on fire, authorities said. Emergency dispatchers in Adams County said the vehicle...
The Private Risk Management Association Forms New Chapter in Pennsylvania
Feb 1 2021 // The Private Risk Management Association (PRMA), a nonprofit educational organization for risk management professionals in the insurance industry, has formed its newest chapter in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. PRMA chapters...
Pennsylvania Water Customer in Arrears Burned Workers with Acid
Jan 25 2021 // A Pennsylvania woman who didn’t pay her water bill has been charged with felonies including the use of weapons of mass destruction after she burned three municipal workers with acidic drain cleaner as they tried to...
Heavily Criticized Pennsylvania Veterans’ Home Sued Over COVID-19 Outbreak
Dec 29 2020 // A state-run veterans’ home in Pennsylvania heavily criticized for its handling of a coronavirus outbreak inside its walls drew a federal wrongful death lawsuit, filed by family members of five residents who died of...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Pennsylvania’s Premier Brokerage Services
Dec 15 2020 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Jenkintown, Penn.-based Premier Brokerage Services Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1995, Premier is a high-net-worth focused life insurance wholesale...
