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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...

The Institutes RiskStream Collaborative Hires Brown in Pennsylvania

Sep 20 2019 // The Institutes RiskStream Collaborative has hired Kenneth Brown as head of Security and Controls in its Malvern, Penn., office. As an insurance industry blockchain consortium, RiskStream Collaborative aims to serve...

PMA Companies Names Shertenlieb as VP of Marketing in Pennsylvania

Sep 4 2019 // PMA Companies has named Tara Shertenlieb as vice president of Marketing. In this role, she is responsible for developing and executing PMA Companies’ marketing strategies and initiatives including branding,...

Insurance Agents & Brokers Announces New Directors, Officers

Sep 4 2019 // September marks a new administrative year for the Insurance Agents & Brokers (IA&B) Service Group and its partnership of agents’ associations in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware. The following independent...

Pennsylvania’s PMA Companies Names Shertenlieb as Vice President of Marketing

Aug 26 2019 // PMA Companies has named Tara Shertenlieb as vice president of Marketing. In this role, she is responsible for developing and executing PMA Companies’ marketing strategies and initiatives including branding,...

Everest Insurance Adds Three Members in Pennsylvania, New York

Aug 23 2019 // Everest Insurance has added three members to the Financial Lines Private Company/Not‐For‐Profit group. This group provides management liability insurance for private and not‐for‐profit companies of all sizes and...