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Pennsylvania Law Requiring Rear-Facing Car Seats Takes Effect
Sep 6 2016 // Motorists in Pennsylvania must now make sure car seats face backward for all children until they’re two years old. The requirement is part of a new state law. It directs police to issue warnings for the first year,...
Judge Dismisses Lawsuits Over 2013 Shooting at Pennsylvania Town Building
Sep 2 2016 // A federal judge has dismissed three lawsuits filed against township officials in connection with a 2013 shooting at a municipal building in Pennsylvania that left three people dead and several others injured. The...
Pennsylvania’s Keystone Insurers Group Hires Neff
Sep 2 2016 // Keystone Insurers Group, a property and casualty insurance partnership headquartered in Northumberland, Penn., has named Linda Neff as its director of school transportation, the firm’s largest specialty insurance...
Pennsylvania’s Henderson Brothers Hires Grealish as a Consultant
Aug 31 2016 // Henderson Brothers Inc., a Pittsburgh, Penn., based insurance broker, has hired Daniel W. Grealish as a consultant in its commercial lines division and an LPL registered representative in its retirement division. In his...
Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing $1.4M from Pennsylvania Employer
Aug 22 2016 // A man federal prosecutors say was victimized in an overseas, online romance scam has pleaded guilty to wire fraud for stealing more than $1.4 million from two Pittsburgh, Penn., area companies whose funds he controlled,...
Pennsylvania Councilman to Resign Amid Insurance Fraud Charges Following 2014 Crash
Aug 19 2016 // A city councilman is resigning following charges he filed a false accident report and repeatedly changed his explanation for what happened. Lebanon, Penn., councilman Tony Matula, 59, faces charges including insurance...
Pennsylvania Law Requiring Rear-Facing Car Seats Takes Effect
Aug 15 2016 // Motorists in Pennsylvania must now make sure car seats face backward for all children until they’re two years old. The requirement is part of a new state law that went into effect Friday. It directs police to issue...
32 People, 3 Corporations Charged in Pennsylvania Auto Theft, Insurance Fraud Ring
Aug 12 2016 // Prosecutors in Philadelphia, Penn., say they’ve charged 32 people and three corporations for their participation in what’s being described as a theft and insurance fraud ring that stole and resold 45...
Element Risk Management Acquires Singleton Insurance in Pennsylvania
Aug 2 2016 // West Chester, Pennsylvania-based insurance agency Element Risk Management has finalized the acquisition of Singleton Insurance in Ickesburg, Pennsylvania. Terms were not disclosed. The acquisition expands Element...
Business Moves
Jul 25 2016 // Risk Strategies Company, McLaughlin Brunson Insurance Agency National insurance brokerage and risk management firm Risk Strategies Co. has acquired Dallas-based McLaughlin Brunson Insurance Agency. McLaughlin Brunson...
Gas Company to Test Other Pipelines Near Blast in Western Pennsylvania
Jul 22 2016 // A federal agency has ordered a natural gas pipeline company to conduct additional assessments on three lines buried in western Pennsylvania, including one that has corrosion similar to a fourth line that blew up in April,...
Pennsylvania Jury Clears NASCAR, Pocono Raceway in Lightning Death
Jul 20 2016 // A jury has ruled that a Pennsylvania racetrack didn’t cause harm to a man killed by lightning minutes after an August 2012 NASCAR race was stopped. The Pocono Record reported that the jury ruled in favor of Pocono...
Autopilot Warning May Not Help Tesla in Crash Defense
Jul 18 2016 // Telling Tesla drivers its Autopilot feature doesn’t mean their cars can drive themselves may not be enough to keep Elon Musk off the hot seat if the technology comes up short. This month, two Teslas equipped with...
The ‘Pokemon Go’ Files: 10 Tales of Trespass, Robbery, Murder and More
Jul 15 2016 // The “Pokemon Go” craze across the U.S. has people wandering into yards, driveways, cemeteries and even an off-limits police parking lot in search of cartoon monsters, prompting warnings that trespassers could...
BrickStreet Buys Workers Compensation Business from Pennsylvania’s HM Insurance
Jul 11 2016 // BrickStreet Mutual Insurance said it finalized an agreement to acquire the workers’ compensation block of business from Pittsburgh-based HM Insurance Group (HM), a Highmark company. The purchase involves...
Tesla Says AutoPilot Not a Factor in Pennsylvania Crash
Jul 6 2016 // -The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is investigating a July 1 crash in Pennsylvania of a Tesla Model X to determine whether automated functions were in use at the time of the accident, the agency...
Hub Acquires Assets of Gateway Financial Affiliated Agency in Pennsylvania
Jul 5 2016 // Global insurance brokerage Hub International Limited has acquired the assets of Tenth Dot Benefit Solutions, an employee benefits agency in Pittsburgh that is affiliated with Gateway Financial Group Inc. and does business...
Pennsylvania Widow Blames Railroad Trestle for Husband’s Death
Jun 27 2016 // A northeastern Pennsylvania woman is suing over a railroad trestle she contends is unsafe and led to her husband’s death on a dirt bike last year. Courtney Cruz contends her 29-year-old husband, Daniel, died when his...
Sisters’ Lawsuit Against Pennsylvania Diocese Claims Sex Abuse by Priest
Jun 23 2016 // Two sisters have sued a Catholic priest, his central Pennsylvania diocese and two ex-bishops who supervised him, saying the cleric molested them repeatedly as girls — including one at her first Communion party. The...
OSHA to Investigate Death of Pennsylvania Steel Worker
Jun 20 2016 // Federal authorities are investigating the death of a worker killed in an accident at a steel fabricating company in eastern Pennsylvania last week. The Lehigh County coroner’s office said 53-year-old Robert...
