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Railcar Service Company Faces $551K in Penalties After Worker Death in Pennsylvania
Dec 5 2019 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Dana Railcare, based in Wilmington, Del., for confined space hazards after an employee fatality in Pittston, Penn. The...
More Than $270K in Fines Issued Against Firms in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania
Nov 22 2019 // Investigations by the Connecticut Department of Labor’s Wage and Workplace Standards Division into complaints of workers being improperly employed at a large poultry plant in Bozrah has led to fines of more than...
AM Best Revises Outlooks to Negative for Pennsylvania’s Farmers
Nov 13 2019 // AM Best has revised the outlooks to negative from stable and affirmed the financial strength rating of B+ (good) and the long-term issuer credit rating of “bbb-” of Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company of...
Alera Group Acquires Pennsylvania’s Capital Region Benefits
Nov 13 2019 // Alera Group, a national employee benefits, property and casualty, risk management and wealth management firm, has acquired Capital Region Benefits, effective November 1, 2019. Capital Region Benefits, an independent...
Element Risk Management Acquires Three Insurance Agencies in Virginia, Pennsylvania
Nov 8 2019 // Element Risk Management has acquired three new insurance agencies in Virginia and Pennsylvania. Barnes & Phillips Insurance & Financial Services of Woodstock, Va., Crawford Insurance Company of Strasburg, Va., and...
Alera Group Acquires Business Assets of Pennsylvania’s HR inTune
Nov 7 2019 // Alera Group, a national employee benefits, property and casualty, risk management and wealth management firm, has acquired the business assets of HR inTune, effective October 1, 2019. HR inTune, located in Berwyn, Penn.,...
The Glatfelter Agency Hires Gormley as President of Pennsylvania Office
Nov 7 2019 // The Glatfelter Agency (TGA), a division of Glatfelter Insurance Group, has hired Sean Gormley as the new president of its downtown York, Penn., office. Gormley will focus on developing further growth in personal, business...
Fire That Killed Woman, Girl in Pennsylvania Blamed on Overloaded Circuit
Oct 31 2019 // Authorities say an early morning fire that killed a woman and a six-year-old girl was sparked by an overloaded electrical circuit. The Clearfield County coroner on Monday ruled the deaths of 52-year-old Mary Beth Erickson...
Risk Strategies Acquires Pennsylvania’s Dash & Love
Oct 30 2019 // Risk Strategies, a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired Dash & Love Inc., a full-service specialty brokerage based just outside of Philadelphia. Terms of the deal were not...
Pennsylvania Company Fined After Worker’s Fatal Fall into Meat Grinder
Oct 25 2019 // Federal officials have fined a Pennsylvania company for violations found after a worker was killed when she fell into a meat grinder earlier this year. The Occupational Health and Safety Administration issued $49,062 in...
Row Home Explosion Sparks Fire That Spreads to Nine Other Homes in Pennsylvania
Oct 22 2019 // Authorities say an early morning house explosion in the eastern Pennsylvania city of Allentown blew off the front of the row home and led to a fire that spread to nine other homes, but no serious injuries were immediately...
Ex-Church Administrator in Pennsylvania Pleads Guilty in $1.2M Theft
Oct 18 2019 // A former western Pennsylvania church administrator has pleaded guilty to stealing $1.2 million that prosecutors say he and his wife used to pay for vacations, sports tickets and other personal expenses. Fifty-year-old...
Ryan Specialty Group Acquires Assets, Operations of Pennsylvania’s The Suitelife
Oct 16 2019 // Ryan Specialty Group LLC has acquired the assets and operations of The Suitelife, a program manager specializing in boutique hotels, premier and full service hotels, hotel management companies, condo hotels and resorts...
Pennsylvania’s Erie Insurance Names Rugare VP of Customer Service Operations
Oct 15 2019 // Erie Insurance has named Karen Rugare to the position of vice president of customer service operations and strategy, effective October 17, 2019. Rugare began her career at Erie 20 years ago as a media and government...
Pennsylvania’s Venture Insurance Programs Hires Wisler as an Underwriter
Oct 7 2019 // Venture Insurance Programs, a national insurance program administrator based in West Chester, Penn., has hired Cheryl Wisler as an underwriter for FITLIFE, its program for fitness, wellness and spa services. In her new...
Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Grows by Another State
Oct 3 2019 // Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf on Thursday ordered his administration to start working on regulations to bring Pennsylvania into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. The initiative is a nine-state consortium that sets...
World Insurance Associates Acquires Pennsylvania’s KPB Insurance Services
Oct 1 2019 // World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) has acquired KPB Insurance Services Inc. of Warminster, Penn., on September 1, 2019. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1982, KPB Insurance Services provides...
Three Hurt in Pennsylvania Helicopter Crash at Fair
Oct 1 2019 // Authorities in Pennsylvania say three people have been hurt in a helicopter crash at a state fair. WNEP-TV reports a pilot and two passengers were in the helicopter when it crashed Saturday about 7:30 p.m. in the parking...
Hub International Acquires Pennsylvania’s WhartonHill Advisors
Sep 23 2019 // Hub International Limited, a global insurance brokerage, has acquired certain assets of WhartonHill Retirement Services LLC, Strategic Planning Resources Inc. and Karen McCloskey, collectively doing business as WhartonHill...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Pennsylvania’s Allied Insurance Brokers
Sep 23 2019 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Pittsburgh, Penn.-based Allied Insurance Brokers and its subsidiary, Ascinsure Specialty Risk. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1982, Allied Insurance...
