Latest Pennsylvania Headlines
All the headlines from our Pennsylvania Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Pennsylvania May Use Traffic Cameras to Confirm Insurance
Aug 2 2010 // Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell says a network of surveillance cameras could be used to identify uninsured drivers and help raise money for the state treasury. Rendell brought up the idea last week in urging state senators to...
Two Die in Pittsburgh-area Well Explosion
Jul 26 2010 // An oil storage tank at a natural gas well exploded Friday morning, killing two workers, leaving a third man remarkably uninjured and sparking a smoky well fire that smoldered for hours. A team of oil- and gas-well...
Pennsylvania Arsonist Pleads Guilty
Jul 23 2010 // A suburban Philadelphia man who authorities say tried to pass himself off as a firefighter has pleaded guilty to intentionally setting a fire at a diner. Twenty-one-year-old Mark Gilliam, of West Bradford, was sentenced...
Explosion at Pennsylvania Coke Plant Under Investigation
Jul 16 2010 // Investigators were looking for clues Thursday into what caused an oven at a U.S. Steel plant near Pittsburgh to explode, injuring 20 workers and starting a fire that burned for hours. The powerful blast in the coke oven at...
UPMC WorkPartners Offers Workers’ Compensation in Pennsylvania
Jul 7 2010 // UPMC WorkPartners, part of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, has announced a new workers’ compensation product line offering dollar one coverage for Pennsylvania companies. “Health care reform is...
Scranton, Pennsylvania Agency CEO Arrested on Premium Theft Charges
Jul 7 2010 // Agents from the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Insurance Fraud Section have arrested the CEO of a bankrupt Scranton insurance agency, who is charged with the theft of more than $1.3 million in premiums that were...
Pratt Joins NSM Insurance in Pennsylvania
Jul 7 2010 // Geoff Pratt is joining NSM Insurance Group as director of Workers’ Compensation Programs. Pratt brings 23 years of underwriting and risk management experience in monoline workers compensation. He last served as vice...
‘Industrial Accident’ at Pennsylvania Gas Well Injures 2
Jun 21 2010 // An accident at a natural gas well in northern Pennsylvania injured two workers who were flown to a hospital for treatment, state officials said. Tioga County Emergency Management Agency Coordinator Dennis Colegrove said...
Pennsylvania’s PMA Cos. Acquired by Old Republic
Jun 10 2010 // Pennsylvania-based PMA Capital Corp. has been acquired by Old Republic International Corp. in a stock-swap transaction valued at around $365 million. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter, pending...
Hub International Acquires Assets of Irus Corp.
Jun 7 2010 // Insurance brokerage Hub International Ltd. has acquired the assets of Pennsylvania-based employee benefits firm Irus Corp. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. In connection with the deal, some Irus employees will become...
Thomas Named Marketing Head at Millers Capital in Pennsylvania
May 20 2010 // Pennsylvani-based insurer Millers Capital Insurance Co. has named Tamrah Grae Thomas as vice president and chief marketing officer. She has more than thirteen years experience in the property and casualty insurance...
Insurer Won’t Pay Legal Costs in Pennsylvania Webcam Spying
May 17 2010 // An insurance company is balking at paying legal costs for a suburban Philadelphia school district accused of spying on students through laptop webcams. Meanwhile, a lawyer for a student suing the Lower Merion School...
Family Won’t Seek Class Damages for Pennsylvania Webcam Spying
May 14 2010 // A lawyer for the family suing a Pennsylvania school district for allegedly spying on students through school laptops says they won’t seek a class-action damage award. Lawyer Mark Haltzman says Lower Merion School...
Court: Pennsylvania City, Not Insurer, Must Pay Settlement
May 13 2010 // A federal appeals court says an eastern Pennsylvania city and not its insurance company must pay a multimillion-dollar settlement with the widow of a police officer accidentally shot by another officer inside police...
CRC Employees in California, Illinois, Pennsylvania Resign
May 6 2010 // CRC Insurance Services Inc. (CRC) – the largest wholesale insurance broker in the United States – released a memo to its customers stating that a number of CRC employees in Illinois, California and Pennsylvania...
Pennsylvania Judge Tosses Burned-by-Price-Scanner Suit
May 3 2010 // An Erie County, Pennsylvania judge has thrown out a lawsuit filed by the guardian of a 12-year-old girl who claimed the girl was burned and traumatized when a convenience store clerk allegedly aimed a hand-held price...
People
May 3 2010 // TD Insurance Inc. in South Portland, Maine, has hired Leah K. Halsey as an account executive in employee benefits. She is responsible for working with employers throughout northern New England to design, implement and...
Pennsylvania Exotic Dancer Charged with Workers’ Comp Fraud
Apr 30 2010 // A Pennsylvania woman has been charged with workers’ comp fraud after authorities found her moonlighting as an exotic dancer while collecting benefits from a waitress job she claimed she couldn’t do. In 2007,...
Norman-Spencer Acquires Pennsylvania-Based JC Stevens
Apr 29 2010 // Pennsylvania-based JC Stevens, a program underwriter specializing in cranes, has been acquired by Norman-Spencer for an undisclosed sum. “JC Stevens has a built a strong reputation as a quality underwriting and...
Ivey Appointed Head of CNA’s Reading, Pa. Branch
Apr 28 2010 // CNA announced that Robert Ivey, who recently joined the company as branch vice president of its Philadelphia office, has also been appointed branch vice president of its Reading, Pennsylvania office. In his new position,...
