Latest Pennsylvania Headlines
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Lawsuit Aims to End LGBTQ Antidiscrimination Protections in Pennsylvania
Mar 11 2025 // Two public school districts and several parents have sued Pennsylvania in a bid to undo antidiscrimination protections for gay and transgender people, saying the state’s two-year-old regulation is illegal because it...
Energy Transfer Fuel Leak in Pennsylvania Lasted 16 Months, PHMSA Says
Feb 28 2025 // A pipeline operated by Energy Transfer LP leaked jet fuel for at least 16 months, contaminating residential water wells in Pennsylvania, and the conduit may be at risk for further incidents, according to a preliminary...
Pennsylvania Shootout Highlights Rising Violence Against US Hospital Workers
Feb 25 2025 // A man who took hostages in a Pennsylvania hospital during a shooting that killed a police officer and wounded five other people highlights the rising violence against U.S. healthcare workers and the challenge of protecting...
Pennsylvania’s NSM to Sell Commercial Insurance Division to Investment Firm
Feb 25 2025 // New Mountain Capital, an investment firm, has agreed to buy the commercial insurance division of Pennsylvania-based NSM Insurance Group. The firms said in a news release that the deal is expected to close in the next 45...
Massive Fire at Pennsylvania Aerospace Plant Prompts Evacuations
Feb 20 2025 // Schools were closed and residents were ordered to shelter-in-place Tuesday after a large fire broke out at an aerospace manufacturer’s facility in a town north of Philadelphia, officials said. The fire broke out at...
Pennsylvania Says It Blocked $180 Million in Auto, Home, Other P/C Insurance Hikes
Jan 31 2025 // The Pennsylvania Insurance Department (PID) reported that in 2024 it refused to approve $180.3 million in annual property/casualty (P/C) insurance premium increases in the state through its rate review processes. The PID...
Crews Continue Efforts to Stabilize Pennsylvania Sinkhole Area
Jan 14 2025 // A sinkhole where a Pennsylvania woman fell to her death last month is now being filled with hundreds of cubic yards of grout in a bid to stabilize the site. The work in the village of Marguerite, about 40 miles (64...
People Moves: Pennsylvania Lumbermens Names Firko Operating Officer, Promotes 6
Jan 9 2025 // Steve Firko Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Company (PLM), headquartered in Philadelphia, named Steve Firko as executive vice president and chief operating officer overseeing all front-line customer-focused...
Union Bay Acquires Pennsylvania’s Loyalhanna Insurance Group
Dec 30 2024 // Loyalhanna Insurance Group of Latrobe, Pennsylvania has been acquired by Union Bay Acquisition LLC, an aggregator of insurance agencies based in Lansdale, Pennsylvania. Terms were not disclosed. This acquisition is Union...
Third Circuit Finds Pennsylvania’s JUA — and Its Surplus— Are Public, Not Private
Dec 19 2024 // Pennsylvania’s facility that insures high risk medical professionals is a public agency, not a private entity, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled. The ruling by a three-judge panel opens the door for...
Schrager Hampson Aviation Expands With Acquisition of Pennsylvania’s Bilella Agency
Dec 18 2024 // Schrager Hampson Aviation Insurance Agency LLC, a division of Schrager Hampson Aviation Insurance Group, has announced the acquisition of Charles W. Bilella Agency Ltd, its sixth aviation insurance acquisition. The Charles...
Parts of New York, Pennsylvania Buried by Up to 4 Feet of ‘Lake-Effect’ Snow
Dec 2 2024 // The governors of New York and Pennsylvania have declared disaster emergencies in areas hit with as much as three and four feet of “lake-effect” snow from a fierce winter storm. New York Governor Hochul declared...
Two Hospitalized After Small Plane Hits Another at Pennsylvania Airport
Nov 21 2024 // Two people were taken to hospitals after a small plane struck an unoccupied plane at an eastern Pennsylvania airport, authorities said. Police in Bucks County’s Buckingham Township said first responders were sent to...
Pennsylvania Home Health Care Agency to Pay $810K in Back Wages, Damages
Nov 8 2024 // The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment requiring a Wyncote, Pennsylvania, home health care agency and its owner, Dominique Conner, to pay 196 direct care employees a total of $810,320 in back wages...
Pennsylvania Prohibits Fires on State Lands as Dry Conditions Persist
Nov 7 2024 // Earlier this week, the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) announced that it is prohibiting campfires on state park and forest lands until further notice. The department also encouraged...
DOL Seeks Reinstatement, Back Wages From Pennsylvania Manufacturer
Nov 5 2024 // The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has filed suit against a York, Pennsylvania, manufacturing company alleging the company wrongly terminated an employee who raised safety concerns when directed to use a ladder to move...
Lawsuits Claim Children Were Sexually Abused in Pennsylvania Juvenile Facilities
Oct 28 2024 // A set of lawsuits was filed last Wednesday by people who claim they were sexually abused inside Pennsylvania juvenile detention and treatment facilities, making more than 200 people to have launched such cases since...
Pennsylvania’s Enders Insurance Joins Unison Risk Advisors
Oct 17 2024 // Unison Risk Advisors (URA) has acquired Enders Insurance, a family-run property/casualty insurance agency based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Enders has more than 60 employees throughout its central Pennsylvania office...
Pennsylvania Contractor Ordered to Pay $85K Owed to 6 Workers on Federal Projects
Oct 16 2024 // An administrative law judge has ordered a Pennsylvania-based federal contractor to pay $85,284 in back wages for failing to pay prevailing wages, fringe benefits and overtime pay owed to workers employed on multiple...
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Yanks Dentist’s COVID Insurance Coverage Win
Oct 4 2024 // The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has reversed lower court rulings and denied a dentist’s bid for insurance coverage for loss of use of his offices due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The high court concluded in a case...
