Latest Pennsylvania Headlines
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Penn. Commissioner Proposes Measures to Stop Surprise Medical Bills
Jan 20 2016 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller has announced a proposal to protect health care consumers from surprise balance bills and is soliciting public comment. Surprise balance bills happen when a consumer...
AssuredPartners Acquires Roehrs & Co. in Pennsylvania
Jan 19 2016 // AssuredPartners Inc. announced that it has acquired Roehrs & Company Inc., an independent agency based in Exton, Pennsylvania. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Roehrs & Company was founded in 1923 by...
Former Pennsylvania Theater Owner Gets Prison for Insurance Fraud
Jan 13 2016 // A former Pennsylvania theater owner convicted of falsifying insurance claims involving a flood at one playhouse and a fire at another has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison. Federal investigators say New Hope,...
Obama Nominates 4 to NARAB National Producer Licensing Governing Board
Jan 12 2016 // President Barack Obama has nominated four individuals to sit on the 13-member governing board of a new national insurance producer licensing system. They are state insurance regulators from South Carolina and Minnesota and...
Pennsylvania’s Donegal Buys Out Activist Investor for $70M
Jan 11 2016 // Gregory M. Shepard, an activist investor who’s been a major stockholder of Pennsylvania-based Donegal Group and a frequent critic of the company, has sold off his shares. Shepard’s stake consisted of 3.675...
NSM Insurance Group Hires McClellan as Producer in Pennsylvania
Dec 28 2015 // Kyle McClellan NSM Insurance Group, a program administrator based in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, has hired Kyle McClellan as a producer on the NSM Retail sales team. Most recently, McClellan worked at Creative Financial...
Pennsylvania’s Donegal Buys Out Activist Investor’s Shares for $70M
Dec 23 2015 // Gregory M. Shepard, an activist investor who’s been a major stockholder of Pennsylvania-based Donegal Group and a frequent critic of the company, has sold off his shares Tuesday, according to securities...
Pennsylvania Officials Offer Tips on Home Holiday Safety
Dec 22 2015 // The holiday season is a festive time, which often means homes are decorated and family and friends visit. Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration is offering some tips on how to keep this season happy by avoiding...
Ratings of Pennsylvania-Based ARI Mutual Downgraded
Dec 22 2015 // A.M. Best has downgraded the financial strength rating to B (Fair) from B+ (Good) and the issuer credit rating to “bb” from “bbb-” of ARI Mutual Insurance Company based in Newtown, Pennsylvania....
Pennsylvania Court Issues Liquidation Order for Regis Insurance
Dec 21 2015 // Regis Insurance Company, a Pennsylvania-domiciled insurance company, was recently issued an order of liquidation by the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania. Regis, a writer of small commercial business based in Paoli,...
Pennsylvania Compensation Rating Bureau Seeks 0.9% Loss Cost Decrease
Dec 17 2015 // The Pennsylvania Compensation Rating Bureau (PCRB) has submitted a filing of Pennsylvania loss costs and related rating values with a proposed effective date of April 1, 2016. The filing proposes an overall average loss...
Penn. Counselor Allegedly Billed Insurance $600K for Fake Office Visits
Dec 16 2015 // Pennsylvania’s attorney general says a western Pennsylvania family counselor billed an insurance company more than $600,000 for sessions that never occurred. Investigators announced insurance fraud and theft charges...
Penn. Encourages Older Drivers to Assess Their Skills Behind the Wheel
Dec 10 2015 // With the number of older Pennsylvanians steadily increasing, the Pennsylvania Departments of Transportation, Aging, and Insurance remind citizens that striking the right balance between safety on roadways and the mobility...
BB&T Insurance Services Promotes Pollock to Regional Leadership Position
Dec 1 2015 // John Pollock, BB&T Insurance Services Florida regional insurance president, has been promoted to a multi-state regional leadership position. According to the company, BB&T Insurance Services is experiencing...
People – East
Nov 16 2015 // The Hilb Group, a middle market insurance agency based in Richmond, Virginia, hired David Hobbs as president and chief operating officer. The title of president was previously held by Chief Executive Officer Robert Hilb...
Business Moves
Nov 2 2015 // Kelso, Risk Strategies Risk Strategies Co., a Boston-Based insurance and benefits brokerage, and Kelso & Co., a New York-based private equity firm, have signed a definitive agreement whereby Kelso will acquire a...
Insurance Agents & Brokers in Penn. Announces Newly Elected Directors
Oct 29 2015 // The fall marks a new administrative year for Insurance Agents & Brokers Service Group in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, and its partnership of agents’ associations in Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania. The...
Trial Ordered for Penn. Homeowner Accused of Arson, Brother’s Death
Oct 26 2015 // A Pennsylvania man has been ordered to stand trial on charges that he paid his brother to set fire to his northeastern Pennsylvania home as part of an insurance scam, a blaze that claimed his brother’s life. A...
Erie Indemnity CEO Cavanaugh to Retire at End of 2016
Oct 26 2015 // Erie Indemnity Co. announced that Terrence W. Cavanaugh, president and chief executive officer, will retire at the close of 2016. Erie Indemnity Company provides management services to the member companies of the Erie...
HM Insurance Group Announces 2 New Hires in Pennsylvania
Oct 23 2015 // HM Insurance Group in Pittsburgh announced the hiring of Alex Fickes as marketing underwriter, Workers’ Compensation, for HM Insurance’s central and eastern Pennsylvania territories. Fickes previously worked as...
