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Pennsylvania’s GMI Insurance Names Underwriting Director
Jan 23 2013 // GMI Insurance, a Valley Forge, Penn.-based managing general agency specializing in commercial transportation exposures, named Angela Milks as its underwriting director. Milks has more than a decade of experience writing...
New Risk Management Consulting Firm Launched in Pennsylvania
Jan 11 2013 // A new risk management consulting firm recently opened its doors for business in Pennsylvania. Auspice Risk is an independent risk management consulting firm based in West Chester, near Philadelphia. Girija Shaffer, chief...
Penn. Regulators Say 2012 Was Record Year for Fines and Restitution
Jan 9 2013 // The Pennsylvania Insurance Department announced on Tuesday that the state’s regulators collected a record of nearly $18 million in fines and $13.4 million in restitution in 2012. The collections were from enforcement...
Keystone Insurers Group Appoints VP in Pennsylvania
Jan 4 2013 // Keystone Insurers Group has appointed Julie Webb as its Pennsylvania state vice president. Webb has spent the majority of her career with GEICO (Government Employees Insurance Company), where she served as underwriting...
Pennsylvania Governor Announces Lawsuit vs. NCAA Over Penn State Scandal
Jan 3 2013 // Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett said on Wednesday he will ask a federal court to throw out the multimillion-dollar sanctions levied by the NCAA against Penn State University over the Jerry Sandusky sex-abuse scandal,...
Insurance Agents & Brokers of Pennsylvania Adds New Board Member
Dec 19 2012 // The Insurance Agents & Brokers of Pennsylvania announced Joseph Pastor, CEO of Barr’s Insurance in Oil City, Penn., has joined the association’s statewide board.Joseph PastorThe Insurance Agents &...
UMass Amherst Scientists Forecast Warmer, Wetter Northeast Winters
Dec 14 2012 // A new high-resolution climate study by University of Massachusetts Amherst climate scientists — the first to apply regional climate models to examine likely near-term changes in temperature and precipitation across...
Governor Says Pennsylvania Won’t Set Up Own Health Care Exchange
Dec 13 2012 // Pennsylvania will not set up its own health care exchange under the federal Affordable Care Act, at least not for now, Gov. Tom Corbett said Wednesday, putting the state on a course to join others led by Republicans that...
GMI in Pennsylvania Launches Norman Specialty Insurance Group
Nov 29 2012 // GMI Insurance — a Valley Forge, Penn.-based managing general agent for transportation insurance nationwide — announced the launch of Norman Specialty Insurance Group, a wholesale brokerage unit for specialty...
Penn.-Based First National Insurance Taps Marsh USA Executive as COO
Nov 26 2012 // First National Insurance Agency, a unit of First National Bank of Pennsylvania, recently hired Michael Barbarita as managing director and chief operating officer. In this role, Barbarita will oversee marketing, risk...
Northwest Savings Bank Acquires Bert Insurance Group of Pennsylvania
Nov 26 2012 // Northwest Savings Bank agreed to acquire The Bert Insurance Group, an employee benefits and property/casualty insurance agency. The Bert Insurance Group specializes in commercial and personal insurance planning as well as...
Penn. Regulators, Public Adjuster Groups Discuss Post-Sandy Issues
Nov 7 2012 // Pennsylvania insurance department officials recently held a conference call with public insurance adjuster associations to discuss issues that have arisen in the aftermath of Sandy. The department has had a similar meeting...
Sandy Claims Figure Update From State Farm, Nationwide
Nov 6 2012 // Sandy-related claims are coming in at a fast pace, major insurers say. State Farm Insurance said it received approximately 90,000 Sandy-related claims (76,100 property claims and 13,900 auto claims) as of end of day Nov....
Hurricane Deductibles Won’t Apply for Sandy in Del. Penn., R.I., D.C.
Nov 4 2012 // [Update: Maine also announced this week that hurricane deductibles would not apply for Sandy-related claims in the state. The Maine Bureau of Insurance told Insurance Journal Monday, Nov. 5, that hurricane deductibles will...
Sandy Claims Continue to Pour In at Quick Pace
Nov 2 2012 // Insurers said Sandy-related claims have been pouring in at a rapid pace in the immediate days after the storm — and that as some sense of normalcy returns, many more claims are expected. The Progressive Corp. CEO...
Pennsylvania’s Health Insurance Exchange Plan Stalls
Oct 19 2012 // A state-run health insurance exchange is unlikely to be ready for a scheduled January 2014 rollout, Pennsylvania’s top insurance regulator said Wednesday. Insurance Commissioner Michael Consedine said development of...
Tri-State Insurance Agents Group Names Officers
Oct 15 2012 // The fall marks a new administrative year for Insurance Agents & Brokers Service Group and its partnership of agents’ associations in Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania. The following directors have been elevated...
For Elderly Drivers, Families Can Help Decide When to Give Up the Keys
Oct 3 2012 // Ruth Lape of Somerset, Pennsylvania, decided to stop driving in 1999, but it wasn’t because of any limitations that she felt she had. “It was when we moved to Somerset (from Ohio),” she said. “I...
SIAA Adds Agencies in Pennsylvania, New York
Sep 17 2012 // The Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance (SIAA), a national alliance of over 4,000 independent insurance agencies, said four new agency members signed up in the Northeast region last month. The new members are: Capital...
Penn. Commissioner: Washington Slow to Give Guidance on Healthcare Law
Sep 13 2012 // Testifying before Congress this week, Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Michael Consedine offered a blistering critique of the way the federal government is coordinating the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. In...
