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More Than 10 Sickened by Chemical Release at Pennsylvania Paperback Plant
Mar 1 2018 // More than 10 employees of a Pennsylvania paperback manufacturer are recovering in the wake of a chemical release at their plant. The (Wilkes-Barre) Citizens’ Voice reports that Offset Paperback in Dallas Township was...
Pennsylvania’s Radian Group Announces Two Executive Appointments
Feb 28 2018 // Radian Group Inc., a Philadelphia, Penn.-headquartered provider of private mortgage insurance, risk management products and real estate services to financial institutions, has announced two executive appointments. Derek...
Pennsylvania District Reopens After Fire Destroyed, Damaged Several Buses
Feb 28 2018 // Schools are reopening in a Pennsylvania district where a fire destroyed or damaged more than two dozen school buses. Classes were canceled after the fast-moving blaze broke out Friday at a Parkland school district garage...
Pennsylvania Couple Loses Home in Mudslide
Feb 23 2018 // A Pennsylvania couple has lost their home in a mudslide, and they say their insurance company likely won’t cover the damage. Lynn Eash says she was inside her Johnstown, Penn., home when she heard a loud cracking...
Pennsylvania’s Erie Insurance Appoints Kaercher as Corporate Marketing Officer
Feb 23 2018 // Erie Insurance, an Erie, Penn.-based automobile, homeowner’s, life and business insurer, has appointed Kim Kaercher as corporate marketing officer with oversight of Erie’s marketing strategy and...
Pennsylvania’s V3 Insurance Partners Names Janitschke Chief Operating Officer
Feb 21 2018 // V3 Insurance Partners LLC, a Newtown, Penn.-based specialty insurance program administrator, has named Brian Janitschke chief operating officer. In this role, he will be based in V3’s Newtown offices and will focus...
Accidental Deaths in Pennsylvania Rose in 2016, Driven By Opioid Overdose
Feb 19 2018 // According to National Safety Council (NSC) analysis of federal data, 1,086 more Pennsylvanians died accidentally in 2016, an increase of 15 percent over 2015. Opioid overdose led to 78 percent of those deaths. This comes...
Two Killed, One Critical Injury After Accident at Pennsylvania Crane Manufacturer
Feb 19 2018 // Two men have been killed and a third was critically injured in an accident at a Pennsylvania crane manufacturer. State police say the accident happened at Manitowoc Cranes in Shady Grove, about 65 miles southwest of...
Massive Pennsylvania Gas Pipeline Project to Resume; Sunoco Fined $12M
Feb 15 2018 // Sunoco has agreed to a $12.6 million fine over problems with a massive natural gas pipeline project, but work will resume under a consent agreement, Pennsylvania regulators said. The Department of Environmental Protection...
Pennsylvania Jury Awards $1.7M to Injured Little League Player Hit by Foul Ball
Feb 7 2018 // A Pennsylvania jury has awarded $1.7 million to a Little League player who was hit in the head by a foul ball in the dugout on the day before his 12th birthday. His lawyer says Zachary Hoffman sustained a traumatic brain...
Two Killed, One Critical Injury After Accident at Pennsylvania Crane Manufacturer
Feb 6 2018 // Two men have been killed and a third was critically injured in an accident at a Pennsylvania crane manufacturer. State police say the accident happened Friday morning at Manitowoc Cranes in Shady Grove, about 65 miles...
Pennsylvania’s Altman Named to Leadership Position on Health Insurance with NAIC
Feb 5 2018 // Acting Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Jessica Altman will serve as vice chair of the Health Insurance and Managed Care Committee of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), the organization reported...
Altman Advises Southwestern Pennsylvania Property Owners on Filing Flood Claims
Feb 5 2018 // Acting Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Jessica Altman has advised property owners in southwestern Pennsylvania experiencing flooding from heavy rains on important actions to take when preparing and filing flood...
Normandy Insurance Company Hires Morton as Pennsylvania Field Manager
Feb 1 2018 // Normandy Insurance Company, a Deerfield Beach, Fla.-headquartered workers’ compensation carrier, has hired Kelly Morton as its Pennsylvania field manager. The multi-state workers’ compensation carrier recently...
Accidental Deaths in Pennsylvania Rose in 2016, Driven By Opioid Overdose
Jan 30 2018 // According to National Safety Council (NSC) analysis of federal data, 1,086 more Pennsylvanians died accidentally in 2016, an increase of 15 percent over 2015. Opioid overdose led to 78 percent of those deaths. This comes...
Pennsylvania’s Altman Named to Leadership Position on Health Insurance with NAIC
Jan 22 2018 // Acting Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Jessica Altman will serve as vice chair of the Health Insurance and Managed Care Committee of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), the organization reported...
National Study Shows Pennsylvania Auto Insurance Consumers Benefit from Competitive Market
Jan 22 2018 // A national study by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has indicated Pennsylvania auto insurance consumers continue to benefit from the state’s competitive market, with average premiums...
A.M. Best Upgrades Pennsylvania’s Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance
Jan 8 2018 // A.M. Best has upgraded the Financial Strength Rating of Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Marble, Penn., to A (Excellent) from A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to “a” from...
ArcelorMittal Subsidiary to Pay $1.5M in Pennsylvania Coke Plant Lawsuit
Jan 8 2018 // A subsidiary of European steel giant ArcelorMittal has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle a lawsuit over allegations its western Pennsylvania coke plant violated emissions requirements over soot and other pollutants...
Prosecutors Can Try to Reinstate Charges in 2015 Amtrak Wreck in Pennsylvania
Jan 8 2018 // The fight to reinstate criminal charges against the engineer in a deadly 2015 Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia will carry over into 2018. A judge told prosecutors she will review Brandon Bostian’s case, and she set...
