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Penn. Advises Homeowners to Reduce Property Hazards, Avoid Coverage Loss
Sep 1 2015 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller is advising consumers that the Pennsylvania Insurance Department is available to help homeowners adhere to reasonable requests by insurers to make their properties safer...
Pennsylvania Says Insurers Are Prohibited From Using Price Optimization
Aug 24 2015 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller has issued an official notice warning the state’s insurers that they are prohibited from using the price optimization techniques in property/casualty insurance...
Beneficial Insurance Services Acquires Pye Karr Ambler & Co. in Pennsylvania
Aug 13 2015 // Beneficial Insurance Services, a subsidiary of Beneficial Bank in Philadelphia, announced that it has acquired Pye Karr Ambler & Co. Inc. (PKA), an independent insurance agency in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania. Terms of...
Pennsylvania’s Mill Creek Flood of 1915 Re-Examined
Aug 11 2015 // Erie, Pennsylvania, has had some tragic days, but Aug. 3, 1915, ranks at the top. At 8:45 p.m. that Tuesday, a wall of water tore through the city at 25 mph, lifting houses from their foundations, ripping pavement from...
GEICO Expands Ridesharing Coverage to Pennsylvania
Aug 4 2015 // After launching a new ridesharing product in Georgia, Virginia, Maryland and Texas earlier this year, GEICO is now expanding its ridesharing offering to drivers in Pennsylvania. New and existing drivers that have been...
AmWINS Group Acquires The III Group in Pennsylvania
Aug 3 2015 // Wholesale broker AmWINS Group Inc. announced today its acquisition of The III Group, a managing general agent and wholesale broker based in Glenside, Pennsylvania. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in...
Pennsylvania’s Donegal Group Appoints Burke as President & CEO
Jul 20 2015 // Donegal Group Inc. in Marietta, Pennsylvania, announced on July 17 that its Board of Directors has appointed Kevin G. Burke as Donegal Group’s president and chief executive officer. Burke succeeds Donald H. Nikolaus,...
Penn. Insurance Commissioner Congratulates Mature Driver Safety Class
Jul 15 2015 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller on July 13 presented certificates to approximately 25 Pennsylvanians who successfully completed a mature driver safety class in Dauphin County. Miller also reminded...
FBI: Global Criminal Hacker Forum Darkode Shut Down
Jul 15 2015 // The U.S. Department of Justice and FBI said today that they along with an international coalition of law enforcers have shut down the underground computer hacking forum known as Darkode and filed criminal charges against...
World Insurance Associates Acquires Bux-Mont Agency in Pennsylvania
Jul 9 2015 // World Insurance Associates LLC, an independent insurance agency based in Tinton Falls, New Jersey, announced its acquisition of Bux-Mont Agency Ltd. in Southampton, Pennsylvania. Terms of the transaction were not...
Hub International Acquires The HDH Group in Pittsburgh
Jul 2 2015 // Insurance brokerage Hub International Limited announced today its acquisition of Pittsburgh-based The HDH Group (HDH). Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. HDH will establish a new regional operation for Hub that...
Penn. Withdraws Its Healthcare Marketplace Plan After Supreme Court Ruling
Jun 26 2015 // Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration said Thursday that it will withdraw its application to take over some functions of the insurance marketplace created under the 2010 federal health care law now that the...
Penn. Advises Rideshare Drivers to Carefully Examine Insurance Coverage
Jun 25 2015 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller is urging potential drivers for rideshare services like Uber and Lyft to consult with their insurance companies to ensure adequate coverage for themselves and...
Storm Cleanup Gets Underway in Pennsylvania, New Jersey
Jun 25 2015 // Powerful storms that thundered through eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Connecticut downed trees and power lines, leaving nearly 400,000 customers without electricity and disrupting mass transit service Wednesday. In...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Monument LLC in Pennsylvania
Jun 22 2015 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced today that it has acquired Monument LLC, a program administrator headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania, with an additional office in Newport Beach, California. Terms of the...
Penn. Healthcare Marketplace Plan Strictly a Contingency: Gov.’s Office
Jun 18 2015 // Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration will pull the plug on its effort to start running the insurance marketplace created by the 2010 health care law if the U.S. Supreme Court allows federal health insurance...
AssuredPartners Acquires StoudtAdvisors in Pennsylvania
Jun 18 2015 // AssuredPartners Inc. announced its acquisition of StoudtAdvisors in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. StoudtAdvisors is an independent insurance broker specializing in employee benefits...
PMA Cos. in Pennsylvania Promotes Romeu to Claims Client Service VP
Jun 18 2015 // Lisa K. Romeu PMA Companies in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, promoted Lisa K. Romeu to vice president, Claims Client Service. Romeu reports to John Santulli, executive vice president, Risk Services and Sales. In this newly...
UPCIC Enters Penn. Homeowners Market
Jun 15 2015 // Universal Insurance Holdings Inc. in Florida announced on June 1 that the Pennsylvania Insurance Department has approved the homeowners insurance rates and forms of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Universal Property &...
Health Insurers Ask Pennsylvania Regulators for Big Rate Hikes
Jun 10 2015 // A national upswing of health insurance rates is coming to Pennsylvania, and that could mean bigger-than-expected cost increases next year for at least a couple hundred thousand Pennsylvanians who bought insurance in the...
