Latest Pennsylvania Headlines
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Penn. Encourages Motorcyclists to Take Actions to Reduce Risk This Spring
Mar 25 2016 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller is advising all drivers to be aware of motorcycles, as warmer weather means more motorcyclists on Pennsylvania roadways. Miller is also encouraging motorcyclists to...
Northwest Bank to Acquire Penn.-Based Best Insurance Agency
Mar 23 2016 // Northwest Bank, based in Warren, Pennsylvania, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement, effective April 1, to acquire Best Insurance Agency Inc., an employee benefits and property/casualty insurance agency in...
HOT Markets: Drones, Cyber and More
Mar 21 2016 // Looking for new sales and opportunities in 2016? Here are a few of the top market sectors that just might deliver hot opportunities for agents and brokers in the property/casualty insurance industry this year. Sky’s...
Pennsylvania Families Win Fracking Suit
Mar 21 2016 // Two couples were awarded nearly $4.25 million on March 10 after a federal jury found one of the largest natural gas drillers in Pennsylvania polluted their well water. The verdict came at the end of a bitter and...
Pennsylvania Agency Employee Accused of Embezzling $530K From Work
Mar 18 2016 // The attorney for a central Pennsylvania woman charged with stealing $530,000 from two insurance agencies says she’s addicted to slot machines. Attorney Herbert Goldstein says 65-year-old Diane Fabian is cooperating...
Pennsylvania Lawmakers Start Debating Medical Marijuana Bill
Mar 17 2016 // The Pennsylvania House of Representatives took up a proposal this week to permit the use of marijuana for medical purposes, a potential breakthrough for supporters who have worked for several years to get legalization...
Penn. Hails House Committee Passage of Private Flood Insurance Bill
Mar 17 2016 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller hailed a recent vote by the U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee approving the Flood Insurance Market Parity and Modernization Act (H.R. 2901). Miller...
Pennsylvania Families Win $4.24M Verdict Against Gas Driller
Mar 11 2016 // Two couples were awarded nearly $4.25 million on Thursday after a federal jury found one of the largest natural gas producers in Pennsylvania was responsible for the contamination of their well water, capping a six-year...
Pennsylvania Reclaimed $185M for Consumers in 2015
Mar 7 2016 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller announced that the state’s Insurance Department reclaimed $185,055,050 for insurance consumers in the state during 2015. The commissioner said that throughout 2015,...
Penn. Fracking Trial Begins; Driller Accused of Contaminating Drinking Water
Feb 24 2016 // Cabot Oil & Gas Co contaminated drinking water for two Pennsylvania families in its rush to begin fracking operations during the state’s natural gas boom, a lawyer told a federal jury in Scranton, Pennsylvania,...
Pennsylvania Reclaimed $185M for Insurance Consumers in 2015
Feb 24 2016 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller announced that the state’s Insurance Department reclaimed $185,055,050 for insurance consumers throughout the state during 2015. The commissioner said that throughout...
Pennsylvania Highlights Private Flood Insurance
Feb 22 2016 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller announced that the state’s Insurance Department has created a new “one-stop shop” webpage to make information on private market flood insurance more...
AssuredPartners Acquires Encompass Risk Solutions in Pennsylvania
Feb 18 2016 // AssuredPartners Inc. announced Thursday that it has acquired Encompass Risk Solutions Inc., an independent agency based in Warminster, Pennsylvania, with two additional offices in York, Pennsylvania, and Marietta, Georgia....
Alliant Hires Harper for Employee Benefits Group in Pennsylvania
Feb 18 2016 // Specialty insurance broker Alliant Insurance Services has hired Craig Harper as first vice president within its Employee Benefits Group. He will be based in Alliant’s King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, office. In his...
Pennsylvania OKs Average Workers’ Comp Loss Cost Decrease of 0.9%
Feb 12 2016 // The Pennsylvania Compensation Rating Bureau (PCRB) said the Pennsylvania Insurance Department has approved PCRB’s filing which calls for an overall average workers’ compensation loss cost decrease of 0.90...
P/C Retail, Wholesale Agency 2015 M&A Highlights by Region, State
Feb 10 2016 // When agency consultants at Reagan Consulting hosted more than 150 industry leaders at a workshop on agent/broker mergers and acquisitions (M&A) recently, the mood was upbeat, since brokers are enjoying their best...
P/C Retail, Wholesale Agency M&A Activity Brisk in 2015
Feb 8 2016 // When agency consultants at Reagan Consulting hosted more than 150 industry leaders at a workshop on agent/broker mergers and acquisitions (M&A) recently, the mood was upbeat, since many brokers have continued to enjoy...
Pennsylvania Eyes an End to ‘Surprise’ Medical Bills
Feb 8 2016 // Pennsylvania’s insurance regulator is floating a proposal to protect Pennsylvanians against expensive medical bills at out-of-network rates, including emergency care. Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller said on Jan....
Pennsylvania Police Challenged in Catching Texting Motorists
Feb 4 2016 // Cambria County, Pennsylvania, Assistant District Attorney Heath Long could not prove that a young man was texting when he careened his pickup into another, killing a grandfather and his teenaged granddaughter. “What...
Penn. Encourages Homeowners to Look at Private Market Flood Coverage
Feb 4 2016 // The Pennsylvania Insurance Department has created a new “one-stop shop” webpage to make information on private market flood insurance more accessible to Pennsylvania homeowners and renters. In announcing the...
