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Pennsylvania’s Altman Named to Leadership Position on Health Insurance with NAIC
Jan 22 2018 // Acting Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Jessica Altman will serve as vice chair of the Health Insurance and Managed Care Committee of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), the organization reported...
National Study Shows Pennsylvania Auto Insurance Consumers Benefit from Competitive Market
Jan 22 2018 // A national study by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has indicated Pennsylvania auto insurance consumers continue to benefit from the state’s competitive market, with average premiums...
A.M. Best Upgrades Pennsylvania’s Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance
Jan 8 2018 // A.M. Best has upgraded the Financial Strength Rating of Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Marble, Penn., to A (Excellent) from A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to “a” from...
ArcelorMittal Subsidiary to Pay $1.5M in Pennsylvania Coke Plant Lawsuit
Jan 8 2018 // A subsidiary of European steel giant ArcelorMittal has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle a lawsuit over allegations its western Pennsylvania coke plant violated emissions requirements over soot and other pollutants...
Prosecutors Can Try to Reinstate Charges in 2015 Amtrak Wreck in Pennsylvania
Jan 8 2018 // The fight to reinstate criminal charges against the engineer in a deadly 2015 Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia will carry over into 2018. A judge told prosecutors she will review Brandon Bostian’s case, and she set...
ArcelorMittal Subsidiary to Pay $1.5M in Pennsylvania Coke Plant Lawsuit
Dec 27 2017 // A subsidiary of European steel giant ArcelorMittal has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle a lawsuit over allegations that its western Pennsylvania coke plant had violated emissions requirements over soot and other...
Prosecutors Can Try to Reinstate Charges in 2015 Amtrak Wreck in Pennsylvania
Dec 22 2017 // The fight to reinstate criminal charges against the engineer in a deadly 2015 Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia will carry over into next year. A judge on Wednesday told prosecutors she will review Brandon Bostian’s...
Pennsylvania’s NSM Insurance Group Hires Meuret
Dec 21 2017 // NSM Insurance Group, a Conshohocken, Penn.-based administrator of industry-specific programs, has hired Richard Meuret as program director of Care Providers Insurance Services, the social service and nonprofit division of...
A.M. Best Upgrades Pennsylvania’s Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance
Dec 20 2017 // A.M. Best has upgraded the Financial Strength Rating of Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Marble, Penn., to A (Excellent) from A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to “a” from...
Pennsylvania’s Erie Insurance Promotes Wallace Oakley
Dec 11 2017 // Erie Insurance has promoted Dionne Wallace Oakley to executive vice president of Human Resources and Strategy. The appointment is effective Jan. 1, 2018. In this role, she will expand her oversight to include several...
Man Claims He Caught Eye-Eating Parasite at Pennsylvania Amusement Park
Dec 4 2017 // A man has filed a lawsuit against a Pittsburgh amusement park claiming he contracted an eye-eating parasite after getting splashed on a water ride. Robert and Krystsina Trostle claim in their lawsuit filed Tuesday that he...
Four Missing in Pennsylvania Senior Home Inferno
Nov 22 2017 // Four people are missing and presumed dead following last week’s fire at a Pennsylvania senior living community. The massive blaze tore through Barclay Friends Senior Living Community in West Chester late Thursday,...
Pennsylvania’s KMRD Partners Works Hard to Never Stop Improving
Nov 21 2017 // One of the first messages that appears on KMRD Partners Inc.’s website is a slogan that says, “We never stop improving for you.” The Warrington, Penn.-headquartered, boutique risk management and human...
Hoverboard Suspected in Pennsylvania Fire that Damaged Six Townhomes
Oct 24 2017 // Officials suspect a hoverboard may be to blame for a fire that damaged six townhomes in Pennsylvania. Firefighters found one home engulfed in flames when they arrived on the scene on Royal Drive in Manchester, Penn.,...
Pennsylvania Fire Company Closes Following Sexual Abuse Lawsuit
Oct 20 2017 // Authorities say a Pennsylvania volunteer fire company that was sued over sexual abuse by a firefighter and its alleged cover-up by fire officials has closed its fire station. Lancaster Emergency Management Agency director...
Pennsylvania’s Kueny Insurance Merges with KMRD Partners
Oct 20 2017 // Kueny Insurance, a Warrington, Penn.-based insurance company, has merged with KMRD Partners, a boutique risk management and human capital solutions firm also based in Warrington. The merger brings three new team members to...
Three Injured After Train Strikes Car in Pennsylvania
Oct 17 2017 // Three people have been injured after a train hit a car at a Pennsylvania railroad crossing. Railroad officials say the crash happened around 4:15 p.m. Sunday in Aspinwall, a suburban area north of Pittsburgh. A spokesman...
Pennsylvania Man Recruited by Soccer Pro Admits Military Insurance Fraud
Oct 10 2017 // A man admitted in federal court in New Jersey on Wednesday that he defrauded a military insurance program after he was recruited into the scheme by a former Major League Soccer TV analyst. Jason Cerge, 41, of Media, Penn.,...
Alera Group Acquires Pennsylvania’s Simpson McCrady Benefits
Oct 6 2017 // Alera Group, a national employee benefits, property and casualty, risk management and wealth management firm, has completed the acquisition of Simpson McCrady Benefits LLC, effective October 1, 2017. Terms of the...
Penn. Supreme Court Says Malice Not Required to Win Bad Faith Claims
Oct 5 2017 // The Pennsylvania Supreme Court unanimously affirmed a decision by the state’s Superior Court that although ill-will or malice is one factor that can be used to assess insurer bad faith, it is not a prerequisite for...
