Latest Pennsylvania Headlines
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Fire Damages Nearly a Dozen Homes at Pennsylvania Apartment Complex
Oct 11 2016 // Fire officials say flames swept through an eastern Pennsylvania apartment complex, causing extensive damage to a unit of about a dozen homes. More than a dozen firetrucks and ambulances responded to the blaze at the...
Medical Malpractice Liability Premiums Remain Flat: Survey
Oct 10 2016 // The medical malpractice insurance industry’s premiums remain essentially flat, having dropped only very slightly (0.1 percent) from last year across the industry, according to the 2016 Medical Liability Monitor...
Contractor Lacked Safety Permit Before Pennsylvania Bridge Fire
Oct 10 2016 // A contractor didn’t obtain a key safety permit before welding caused plastic pipe and a construction tarp to burn on the Liberty Bridge last month, resulting in a 24-day shutdown of a primary artery into downtown...
Pennsylvania Adopts New Fracking Regulations
Oct 10 2016 // New regulations governing the extraction of natural gas through fracking went into effect on Saturday in Pennsylvania, the first overhaul since the industry took off in the state more than 10 years ago. The new rules allow...
Malfunction at a Pennsylvania Hospital Cost $13.5M in Damages
Oct 7 2016 // Officials at a Pennsylvania hospital say a July air conditioning malfunction that pumped humid air into operating rooms cost the hospital an estimated $13.5 million in damages. LNP newspaper reports that figure...
Ride The Ducks Exits Pennsylvania Over Financial Difficulty, Raised Premiums
Oct 7 2016 // The operator of the popular Philadelphia duck boat tours has suspended operations in the city “indefinitely,” the company said. Branson, Missouri-based Ride the Ducks announced on its website Wednesday that it...
Pennsylvania Nursing Home Chain to Pay $2M Settlement
Oct 6 2016 // A Pennsylvania chain of nursing homes has agreed to pay $2 million to settle claims of failing to provide basic services to their customers. Attorney General Bruce Beemer announced the settlement with Reliant Senior Care...
Pennsylvania Helps High School Students Better Understand Auto Insurance
Oct 5 2016 // Pennsylvania education secretary Pedro Rivera and Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller are focusing on helping high school students better understand car insurance. An interactive lesson titled “Insurance 101”...
Pennsylvania Hospital Sued Over Firing of Employees Who Refused Flu Shots
Sep 28 2016 // Federal authorities are suing a Pennsylvania hospital, alleging religious discrimination in the firing of six employees who refused to get flu shots. The lawsuit was filed in federal court in Erie, Penn., by the Equal...
Pennsylvania’s Henderson Brothers Hires Murphy
Sep 28 2016 // Henderson Brothers Inc., an independent insurance agency based in Pittsburgh, Penn., has hired Christine Murphy as a client consultant in its employee benefits division. In her new role, Murphy will use her six years of...
Pennsylvania Bomb Squad Removes Suspicious Package Near Hotel
Sep 27 2016 // Authorities say a suspicious package was removed from outside a Bethlehem hotel while a Celtic festival was being held in the city. The Morning Call reports that police and the fire department’s bomb squad were...
Ex-Head of Pennsylvania Hospice Faces Insurance Fraud Charges
Sep 21 2016 // A woman who formerly headed a suburban Pittsburgh hospice faces sentencing on a health care fraud charge accusing her of using patients who weren’t terminally ill to collect millions of dollars in false Medicare and...
Pennsylvania City Fleet Supervisor Admits Theft in $400K Auto Shop Fraud
Sep 19 2016 // A former city fleet supervisor in Philadelphia has admitted to theft and conspiracy charges in a scheme that prosecutors say steered work to an auto body shop that overcharged the city more than $400,000. The Philadelphia...
Business Moves
Sep 19 2016 // Arthur J. Gallagher, Blue Horizon Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Blue Horizon Insurance Services in San Diego. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Ronald Zappelli and his team will continue to operate in...
New Inflation Requirements for Pennsylvania Long Term Care Partnership Policies to Take Effect
Sep 16 2016 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller announced a change in guidance allowing greater flexibility in federally required inflation protection for long term care partnership policies. This flexibility means more...
Pennsylvania Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing $1.8M from QVC Shopping Network
Sep 15 2016 // A man who spent several years as the lighting manager for online and TV shopping network QVC has pleaded guilty to stealing about $1.8 million from the company. Douglas Rae pleaded guilty to stealing from the West...
Pittsburgh Uber Riders Preview Driverless Cars Through Test Program
Sep 15 2016 // Uber riders in Pittsburgh can get a glimpse of the future by summoning a car capable of handling most of the tasks of driving on its own. Starting Wednesday morning, a fleet of self-driving Ford Fusions will pick up Uber...
Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Urges Better Understanding of Annuities
Sep 12 2016 // Speaking at Foxdale Village Retirement Community in State College, Penn., Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller urged consumers, particularly seniors, to take time to understand annuities in order to protect their...
Pennsylvania Reinstates Uber’s Record $11.4M Fine
Sep 7 2016 // A Pennsylvania regulator on Thursday reinstated a record $11.4 million fine against the popular ride-sharing service Uber Technologies Inc. for operating illegally in the state in 2014. By a 4-1 vote, the Pennsylvania...
School Boards Insurance Company of Pennsylvania Rebrands Following Church Mutual Acquisition
Sep 6 2016 // School Boards Insurance Company of Pennsylvania Inc., which in June was acquired by Church Mutual Insurance Company of Merrill, Wis., has rebranded to CM Regent Insurance Company to better reflect the company’s...
