Latest Pennsylvania Headlines
All the headlines from our Pennsylvania Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Coroner: Pennsylvania Roofer Wasn’t Wearing Harness
Nov 4 2010 // Authorities say a roofer wasn’t wearing a safety harness when he fell died in a roof collapse at a prestigious eastern Pennsylvania private school. Montgomery County Coroner Walter Hofman says Kevin Sensenig had...
Budd Joins USG in Pennsylvania
Oct 29 2010 // Pennsylvania-based wholesaler USG Insurance Services has hired James Budd as an underwriter and broker in its Canonsburg office. Budd, a 30-year industry veteran, most recently served as senior account executive with DVUA,...
Brown & Brown Buys Some Business from Pennsylvania’s Greystone
Oct 25 2010 // Insurance broker Brown & Brown has acquired part of the business of Berwyn, Pa.-based Greystone Benefits, Inc. The company said that the acquired book of business, with annual revenues of approximately $1.2 million,...
Workers Injured in Pennsylvania Coke Blast Sue U.S. Steel
Oct 22 2010 // Three men burned in a July explosion at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works have sued claiming the steelmaker’s managers directed them to repair a “live” gas line even after an alarm went off warning...
Pennsylvania School Settles Two Webcam Spy Lawsuits for $610K
Oct 13 2010 // A Philadelphia-area school district has agreed to pay $610,000 to settle two lawsuits over secret photos taken on school-issued laptops. The Lower Merion School District admits it captured thousands of webcam photographs...
Pennsylvania MedMal Climate Improving, Governor Says
Oct 12 2010 // A big drop in the size and amount of payouts from Pennsylvania’s Mcare fund show that the state’s medical malpractice climate is improving, Gov. Edward Rendell said. Over the last seven years, Mcare...
Florida Medical Malpractice Insurance Market Found in Good Health
Oct 6 2010 // Medical malpractice insurers writing in Florida earned an average return on surplus of 6.6 percent in 2009, their sixth straight profitable year, although their profits were lower than in 2008. That’s one of the news...
Student Arrested After Fires Again Strike Pennsylvania Dorm
Sep 30 2010 // A student is in custody following a series of fires inside a northeastern Pennsylvania dorm. Nineteen-year-old Ryan Burke was arrested hours after two fires broke out early Tuesday in the dorm on the campus of East...
Pennsylvania Ponders Increased Auto Liability Limits
Sep 20 2010 // A new bill introduced to the Pennsylvania senate would double the minimum liability amounts of auto insurance policies in the state. Current laws set minimum liability limits for bodily injury at $15,000 per person and...
Lawsuit: Gas Drilling Fluid Ruined Pennsylvania Water Wells
Sep 17 2010 // Thirteen families in the heart of the gas-rich Marcellus Shale say their water wells have been contaminated by poisonous fluids blasted deep underground by a drilling company using a technique at the center of a fierce...
Pennsylvania County Reaches $3M Strip-Search Settlement
Sep 16 2010 // Pennsylvania’s Allegheny County has agreed to pay $3 million to settle a lawsuit over strip searches for nonviolent offenders. County solicitor Michael Wojcik tells the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review the county agreed to...
Jury Sets Home Values in Pennsylvania Town Hit by Mine Fire
Sep 14 2010 // A Central Pennsylvania jury has set values for homes in a central Pennsylvania town decimated by a mine fire at values far below those sought by homeowners who are challenging the state’s condemnation of their...
People
Sep 6 2010 // Aon Consulting has named Shelly Blackstone as vice president of business development in its Richmond, Virginia office. In her new role, Blackstone will develop new products and services clients in Central and Southern...
Pennsylvania Ponders Increased Auto Liability Limits
Sep 3 2010 // A new bill introduced to the Pennsylvania senate would double the minimum liability amounts of auto insurance policies in the state. Current laws set minimum liability limits for bodily injury at $15,000 per person, and...
Judge: Pennsylvania School District Must Pay $260K in Spying Case
Sep 1 2010 // A federal judge says a suburban Philadelphia school district embroiled in a laptop spying scandal must pay a family’s lawyer about $260,000. Lower Merion School District was ordered Monday to pay attorney Mark...
