Latest Pennsylvania Headlines
All the headlines from our Pennsylvania Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Cricket Lighter Company to Pay $200K to End Pa. Suit
Mar 4 2008 // Cricket Lighters will pay $200,000 to a settle a lawsuit regarding the death of three people in a 1993 fire in Pennsylvania. The Stockholm-based company agreed to pay the settlement to end litigation that began in...
Pa. Judge Wants His Insurance Fraud Trial Moved To Pittsburgh
Feb 27 2008 // Former Pa. Superior Court Judge Michael Joyce wants his federal insurance fraud trial moved out of Erie to U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh. Joyce’s attorney says news coverage of the case has generated enormous...
Strength in Numbers and Cooperation
Feb 24 2008 // No. 4 on IJ’s Top 100, Keystone Insurers Group’s cooperative approach now thrives in five states Top 100 Agency Profile RANKING: No. 4 Keystone Insurers Group Headquarters: Northumberland, Pa. Year Founded:...
Pa. Man Gets Probation for Helping to Bilk Insurance Company
Feb 19 2008 // A Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to three years’ probation for defrauding an insurance company with the help of a chiropractor. A federal judge in Pittsburgh also ordered 31-year-old Brandon Burns of Murrysville...
Pa. Senate Passes Long-Awaited Mine Safety Measure
Feb 13 2008 // The first major rewrite of Pennsylvania’s 1961 mine safety law received unanimous approval from the state Senate this week, but the mine workers union wants the House to make additions to it. Under the current draft,...
Pennsylvania Lowers Workers Comp Rates 10%
Feb 13 2008 // Pa. Gov. Edward G. Rendell announced a 10.22 percent average decrease in workers compensation insurance costs, a move that he said will result in $250 million in savings for employers in the state. The move follows...
Pa. Jury Awards $10M to Teen Injured Wearing Lap Belt in Crash
Feb 11 2008 // A Pennsylvania jury awarded $10.2 million to a teenager who was paralyzed in a drunken driving crash while wearing a lap belt in the backseat. The belt tore into Chelsea Pursell’s abdomen, fracturing her spinal cord...
Pa. Court Upholds Rights of Terminated Insurance Agents
Jan 29 2008 // A new decision by a Pennsylvania court could have far-ranging implications on what happens to an insurance agency’s book of business if a carrier terminates its contract. The decision, rendered last week by Judge...
Business Moves
Jan 27 2008 // Lighthouse Underwriters, Cooley and Darling Cooley and Darling Insurance Agency Inc., a new retail agency based in Haymarket, Va., has acquired the retail book of non-profit business from Lighthouse Underwriters LLC, a...
Workers Comp Insurer Guard Begins Rollout of Businessowners Policy
Jan 23 2008 // Guard Insurance Group in Wilkes-Barre, Penn. is venturing beyond its workers compensation roots by introducing a small businessowners policy (BOP) during the first quarter of 2008. The company said it will begin rolling...
Pa. Senate Panel Advances Long-Delayed Mine Safety Measure
Jan 17 2008 // A bill that would install a slew of safety measures into Pennsylvania’s long-outdated law protecting coal miners received unanimous approval from a state Senate committee this week. The bill, which is headed for a...
1908 Pa. Opera House Tragedy Ushered in Fire Safety Rules
Jan 15 2008 // Panic spread through the audience as quickly as the flames devouring the highly flammable stage curtains. Nearly 400 people had packed the Boyertown, Pa. opera house to watch or perform in a play called “The Scottish...
Pa.’s Lebanon Mutual Insurance Plans Conversion to Stock Company
Jan 8 2008 // The board of directors of Lebanon Mutual Insurance Co. of Cleona, Pa., has adopted a plan to convert the insurer from a mutual to a stock organization. Under the plan, Lebanon will convert from a Pennsylvania mutual...
Pa. Officials Cracking Down on Unlicensed ‘Amish Taxis’
Jan 4 2008 // The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission is cracking down on operators of “Amish taxis” who regularly serve as drivers for members of the religious group but are not certified to carry passengers. The PUC...
Nuclear Workers in Pa. Become Eligible for Compensation
Jan 4 2008 // After a yearslong fight, tens of thousands of workers at a former nuclear fuel processing plant in Armstrong County, Pa. are now eligible for government aid for their illnesses. To qualify for the $150,000 in compensation,...
CarInsurance.com Adds Insurance Carriers for 2008
Jan 3 2008 // CarInsurance.com, which sells auto insurance over the Internet, has added more carriers to its current 28 state agency product offering. In November and December 2007, the firm expanded and now offers Encompass Insurance...
Pa. High Court: Murder Spree is Single Event under Home Insurance Policy
Dec 31 2007 // An insurance company can be required to defend policyholders accused of negligence in the aftermath of a deadly shooting spree conducted by their son, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled. However, the shooting spree...
Pa. Man Accused of Pushing Car off Mountain to Make Theft Claim
Dec 31 2007 // A Pennsylvania man pushed his Ford Mustang down a mountain as part of a scheme to claim it was stolen, authorities said. Richard Way Jr., 28, pushed the car down an embankment along Wopsy Mountain in Blair County last...
Flying Ice Injures Pa. Ambulance Driver
Dec 21 2007 // An ambulance driver in Bethlehem, Pa. says ice blew off a tractor trailer, smashed her windshield, struck her on the head and showered the inside of the ambulance with ice and broken glass. Jessica Strivelli says if the...
Neighbor With Fire Extinguishers Helps Save Pa. Amish School
Dec 19 2007 // A neighbor rushed to a Belleville, Pa. Amish schoolhouse that was on fire and emptied three fire extinguishers to help contain the blaze. The fire broke out late Monday morning while the White Hall Amish School was in...
