Latest Pennsylvania Headlines
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Pennsylvania Sues IBM Over $170M Jobless Claims Contract
Mar 13 2017 // Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration sued International Business Machines Corp. on Thursday, saying the company failed to deliver on a 2006 contract to replace an outdated system of processing unemployment...
Pennsylvania Airport Worker Loses Leg, Firm Ordered to Pay Workers’ Comp
Mar 10 2017 // An appeals court says an aviation company was wrong to reject a workers’ compensation claim from a woman who lost her leg on the job. Starr Aviation had said Modesty Colquitt wasn’t entitled to compensation...
Pennsylvania Court Approves Liquidation of Two Insurance Companies
Mar 2 2017 // The Commonwealth Court in Pennsylvania has approved petitions to liquidate Penn Treaty Network America Insurance Company and American Network Insurance Company, with policyholder claims set to be paid through the state...
Pennsylvania Doctor Admits to Selling $5M Worth of Prescriptions to Addicts
Feb 27 2017 // A doctor has admitted his role in peddling prescriptions from a now-defunct clinic in Philadelphia, Penn., that specialized in helping drug addicts. Seventy-eighty-year-old Dr. Alan Summers pleaded guilty in federal court...
All Risks Acquires American Management Advisors in Pennsylvania
Feb 22 2017 // All Risks Ltd., an independent wholesaler based in Hunt Valley, Md., has announced the acquisition of American Management Advisors Inc. (AMA) located in Pennsylvania. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Following...
Pennsylvania’s HB Retirement Hires Ryan
Feb 17 2017 // HB Retirement, an independent financial services firm specializing in the design and function of retirement programs from corporations, small businesses and non-profit organizations throughout the Pittsburgh, Penn.,...
Pennsylvania’s Capital BlueCross Names Hubley as a Vice President
Feb 16 2017 // Capital BlueCross, a health solutions and insurance company headquartered in Harrisburg, Penn., has announced Susan Hubley as the company’s new vice president of corporate social responsibility. Hubley was most...
Philadelphia Insurance Companies in Pennsylvania Promotes 5 Employees
Feb 15 2017 // Philadelphia Insurance Companies (PHLY), a commercial property/casualty and professional liability insurance company for niche markets based in Bala Cynwyd, Penn., has promoted five employees to vice president. Yvonne...
Pennsylvania’s Henderson Brothers Hires Taggart to Employee Benefits Department
Feb 8 2017 // Henderson Brothers Inc., a Pittsburgh, Penn., based independent broker, has hired Jeremy Taggart as a financial analyst in the employee benefits department. In his new role, Taggart will use his three years of industry...
E&S Market Continues to See Growth in Premium: Texas Stamping Office
Feb 6 2017 // Overall, 2016 ended on a positive note for the U.S. excess and surplus lines insurance industry, according to the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX). Nationally, nearly $26 billion in surplus lines insurance...
Pennsylvania’s Henderson Brothers Hires Martinelli
Feb 3 2017 // Henderson Brothers Inc., an independent broker headquartered in Pittsburgh, Penn., has hired Scott Martinelli as a life/disability/worksite leader and business development consultant in the Employee Benefits Department. In...
Amtrak Engineer Sues Railroad Over Deadly Pennsylvania Train Crash
Feb 2 2017 // The Amtrak engineer involved in a deadly 2015 crash in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has sued the railroad, saying it failed to address reports that people were throwing projectiles at trains. Brandon Bostian, 33, said he...
Test Results Show Pennsylvania Workers Killed by Train Were on Drugs
Jan 31 2017 // Both maintenance workers killed by an Amtrak train near Philadelphia last year were on drugs when the crash happened, test results show, but that doesn’t appear to have factored into safety lapses and...
Jury to Assess Blame in Fatal Pennsylvania Building Collapse
Jan 30 2017 // Two powerhouse lawyers squared off in court Wednesday over who should be held responsible for a building collapse that killed six people inside a downtown Philadelphia store. Nineteen shoppers and workers were buried in...
RSGUM Acquires Interstate Insurance Management in Pennsylvania
Jan 30 2017 // RSG Underwriting Managers (RSGUM) has agreed to acquire the total assets and operations of Interstate Insurance Management Inc. (Interstate). Interstate was represented in the transaction by Marsh, Berry & Company Inc....
Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner to Chair National Task Force on Senior Issues
Jan 26 2017 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller will chair a task force as part of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) that will examine issues that impact senior insurance consumers. Commissioner...
Pennsylvania’s Henderson Brothers Hires Trushel
Jan 25 2017 // Henderson Brothers Inc., a Pittsburgh, Penn., based insurance broker, has hired David Trushel as an account executive in the commercial lines department. Trushel will use his four years of industry experience to assist...
Texas Stamping Office: Upward Trend Continues for Surplus Lines
Jan 24 2017 // Overall, 2016 ended on a positive note for the U.S. excess and surplus lines insurance industry, according to the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX). Nationally, nearly $26 billion in surplus lines insurance...
Former Executive Admits Stealing $850K from Pennsylvania Health Care Giant
Jan 24 2017 // A former executive with Pittsburgh-based health care giant UPMC has admitted he stole nearly $850,000 from the company by arranging to hire his wife and a friend as ghost workers. Federal prosecutors say 48-year-old Ronald...
Pennsylvania Court Rules in Favor of Evanston Insurance, Cites Policy Exclusion
Jan 23 2017 // The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in December ruled that Evanston Insurance Co. is not obligated to defend Tri-Arc Financial Services Inc. in an underlying lawsuit because of an...
