Latest Pennsylvania Headlines
All the headlines from our Pennsylvania Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Pennsylvania Considers Tort Reform
Feb 18 2011 // Pennsylvania lawmakers are once again eyeing a tort reform package — a resurrection of the “Fair Share” act — that many in the insurance industry say would help put downward pressure on premiums and rein in...
Philadelphia Suit Alleges U.S. Catholic Leaders Failed to Protect Kids
Feb 18 2011 // A civil lawsuit filed this week against the Archdiocese of Philadelphia by a man who said two priests had sexually abused him as a child may signal a new era in church-abuse litigation in Pennsylvania. The Roman Catholic...
Crews Unearth Gas Pipe Eyed in Deadly Pennsylvania Blast
Feb 16 2011 // A 4-foot-long section of natural gas pipe suspected of causing a massive explosion and fire that killed five people has been unearthed and will be transported to an engineering firm for analysis. Workers began removing the...
Pennsylvania Insurance Fraud Fighters Say Media Campaign Helping
Jan 28 2011 // An advertising and public relations campaign by the Pennsylvania agency that coordinates insurance fraud prevention activities is increasing the public’s understanding of various kinds of fraud, according to a new...
Consedine Picked For Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner
Jan 24 2011 // Pennsylvania Gov.-elect Tom Corbett said he will nominate lawyer Michael Consedine as the Keystone State’s next insurance commissioner. Consedine, 41, is a partner in the Harrisburg office of law firm Saul Ewing,...
Six Keys to Harleysville’s Turnaround
Jan 24 2011 // How The Pennsylvania Insurer Made a Company-Wide Shift in its Business Approach Six years ago, Harleysville Group was in need of a big change. The Pennsylvania-based insurer had just come out of the worst performing year...
Florida Competitive in Workers’ Compensation Market Arena
Jan 24 2011 // Florida’s workers’ compensation market remains competitive with more than 250 private insurers writing coverage and only a fraction of business being funneled to the residual market. Also, availability does not...
People
Jan 24 2011 // National wholesale broker USG Insurance Services, Inc. has added Jason Holloman as a property broker specializing in large commercial and catastrophe-exposed risks. He will be based in USG’s office outside...
Consedine Picked For Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner
Jan 18 2011 // Pennsylvania Gov.-elect Tom Corbett has will nominate lawyer Michael Consedine as the state’s next insurance commissioner. Consedine, 41, is a partner in the Harrisburg office of law firm Saul Ewing, where he serves...
Pennsylvania Insurance Program for Homes Above Mines Active
Jan 13 2011 // As many as 1 million Pennsylvania homes sit above abandoned coal mines, yet a state-subsidized insurance program for mine subsidence has issued only 58,000 policies. Abandoned mines are in 43 of Pennsylvania’s 67...
Personal Crusade for Tractor Safety in Pennsylvania
Jan 10 2011 // Though it’s been nearly five years since her grandfather died, Alyssa Fodor still remembers the suffering her family experienced when he never returned home from his daily farm chores. And that’s why the...
Pennsylvania Trench Collapse Kills 1, Injures Another
Jan 6 2011 // Authorities say a trench collapse in eastern Pennsylvania has killed one construction worker and injured another. Allentown fire officials say the workers were on a bridge when the trench in which they were working...
Florida Workers’ Compensation Market Remains Competitive: Report
Jan 5 2011 // Florida’s workers’ compensation market remains competitive with more than 250 private insurers writing coverage and only a fraction of business being funneled to the residual market. Also, availability does not...
Federal Judge Tosses Pennsylvania Bar Patron’s Shooting Lawsuit
Dec 30 2010 // A federal judge in Pittsburgh has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a bar patron who claims he and another customer should have been searched for weapons before they shot one another in February. Forty-two-year-old Thomas...
Marsh Agency Buys Pennsylvania’s Trion
Dec 22 2010 // Marsh’s retail agency business has acquired Trion Group Inc., the largest privately held employee benefits specialist in the United States with $74 million in annual revenue. Terms of the deal were not...
Couple Hurt When Pennsylvania House Explodes; Cause Unknown
Dec 15 2010 // Authorities say a northwestern Pennsylvania couple is expected to recover from their injuries in an explosion and fire that destroyed their home near the New York border. Officials in Bradford say Robert and Beverly Butler...
Pennsylvania Police: Arson Gutted Civil War-Themed Chapel
Dec 7 2010 // A fire that destroyed a controversial Civil War-themed chapel in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania was set intentionally, police said. There are no official suspects, but investigators are seeking three teens reported to be in the...
Forfeiture Hearing Set in Ex-Pennsylvania Judge’s Fraud Conviction
Nov 19 2010 // A federal court forfeiture hearing is set in the case of a former Pennsylvania Superior Court judge convicted of insurance fraud. Michael Joyce, of Millcreek Township, is serving a 46-month prison sentence for collecting...
Pennsylvania Woman Sues Gas Driller, Claims Water Tainted
Nov 14 2010 // A Pennsylvania woman is suing natural gas driller Chesapeake Energy Corp. and two of its subsidiaries, claiming that drilling near her rural home has fouled the water with methane and other pollutants and created a rash of...
Business Moves
Nov 14 2010 // AIM, Quincy Mutual A.I.M. Mutual Insurance Cos. and Quincy Mutual Group will join forces to create the Commercial Solutions Underwriting Alliance, a business arrangement designed to meet the commercial lines product needs...
