Latest Pennsylvania Headlines
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N.J.’s Consolidated Insurance Agents Changes Name to ANE, Eyes Expansion
Apr 10 2014 // Consolidated Insurance Agents, a network of independent insurance agencies in New Jersey, is changing its name to ANE, Agency Network Exchange. It also unveiled a plan to add resources and staff to expand its network of...
Top 10 States and Cities for Job Growth
Apr 7 2014 // North Dakota, California, Texas and Florida did well in job growth in 2013 while Arkansas and Pennsylvania lagged and West Virginia was the only state to lose jobs. Overall, 12 states showed job growth of at least two...
Mercury Ins. Lowers Homeowners Rates in Penn., Seeks to Grow Market Share
Apr 3 2014 // Mercury Insurance said the company is lowering its homeowners insurance rates for Pennsylvania residents by an average of 10 percent. The Los Angeles-based insurer said the rate reduction would help attract more...
Penn. Workers’ Comp Insurance Rates to Decline for Some Employers
Apr 1 2014 // The Pennsylvania Departments of Insurance and Labor & Industry on Monday announced a 5.15 percent workers’ compensation rate reduction, effective April 1. The officials said the reduction would save millions of...
Penn. High Court Reaffirms Statutory Employer Defense
Mar 31 2014 // Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court on March 26 reaffirmed statutory employer defense in a general contractor liability case, in which a subcontractor was injured during construction work. The high court’s decision...
Pennsylvania River Towns Facing Rising Flood Insurance Rates
Mar 27 2014 // Jeff King had put his house in Wilkes-Barre, Penn., up for sale for $90,000 last year, put off by the city’s struggles with crime and the desire for a better school district for his four children, when he got a...
IFPA: Insurance Fraud Reporting in Penn. Rose to All-Time High in 2013
Mar 13 2014 // The Pennsylvania Insurance Fraud Prevention Authority (IFPA) announced this week that the reporting of insurance fraud in Pennsylvania increased to an all-time record-high in 2013. Reporting jumped by 9 percent to 3,582...
Millers Mutual in Pennsylvania Names Orndorff New CEO
Mar 6 2014 // Millers Mutual, a regional commercial property/casualty insurer based in Harrisburg, Penn., named Scott A. Orndorff as president and chief executive officer. Orndorff succeeds Bob Lyon who left Millers Mutual to pursue...
Emergency Responder Shortage a Growing Concern in Pennsylvania
Mar 4 2014 // In 1977, there were 300,000 volunteer firefighters. Today, the number is closer to 50,000. Recruiting and retaining firefighters and emergency medical service providers is a growing concern in Pennsylvania and lawmakers...
Business Moves
Feb 24 2014 // Kemper Corp. Kemper Corp. is realigning its property/casualty business. This realignment will result in one property/casualty segment for financial reporting purposes, beginning with the first quarter 2014. The new Kemper...
Small Business Online Insurer AssureStart Now Writing in Maryland, Pennsylvania
Feb 14 2014 // AssureStart, a Seattle-based start-up direct company that sells small business insurance on the Internet, has opened for business in Maryland and Pennsylvania. Owned primarily by American Family Insurance, AssureStart...
Crude Oil Train Derails in Western Pennsylvania
Feb 13 2014 // A Norfolk Southern Corp. train carrying crude oil derailed in Vandergrift in western Pennsylvania on Thursday, the company confirmed. There were as yet no reports of injuries or fire at the scene, after twenty-one tank...
People – East
Feb 10 2014 // The Hartford Financial Services Group recently announced the election of Julie Richardson to its board of directors. Richardson will serve on the board’s audit committee as well as the finance, investment and risk...
Ice Storm Knocks Out Power for Hundreds of Thousands in Northeast
Feb 7 2014 // Utility crews were working feverishly to restore power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in the eastern U.S. that were still in the dark and cold on Thursday after an ice storm knocked out electricity to...
PAMIC Taps Penn. Deputy Insurance Commissioner Gallagher for New President
Feb 5 2014 // The Pennsylvania Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (PAMIC) announced that Ron Gallagher will become the next president of PAMIC. Gallagher will assume the duties of that office on March 10, overlapping for three...
Blackmoor Acquires Penn. Branch of Connecticut Underwriters
Feb 3 2014 // Blackmoor General Agency of Horsham, Penn., has acquired the Pennsylvania branch of Connecticut Underwriters, an independent excess and surplus lines broker in Middletown, Conn., effective Feb. 1, 2014. The business and...
Penn. State Rep., House Insurance Committee Chairman Micozzie to Retire
Jan 29 2014 // Pennsylvania State Rep. Nicholas Micozzie, a veteran member of the state’s House of Representatives and current majority chairman of the House Insurance Committee, said this week he will retire from the legislature...
More Than 81,000 Pennsylvanians Enroll Under Federal Health Care Law
Jan 15 2014 // Government figures released Monday show that more than 81,000 Pennsylvanians have enrolled under the federal health care law, a sharp increase from the 11,800 who were signed up at the end of November. The Obama...
Pennsylvania Insurance Department Offers Tips for Winter Storm Victims
Jan 6 2014 // The Pennsylvania Insurance Department offers the following advice and tips about homeowner’s and auto insurance policies in wake of last week’s winter storm. First, damage to the house and its contents caused...
With Snow Comes Snowplow Damage, Some in Pennsylvania Find
Jan 3 2014 // Winter can be tough, especially on private property, and no one knows that better than Stroud Township, Pennsylvania, resident Pamela Wnuk. She says her property sustained damage after a municipal snowplow driver tore...
