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Penn. Insurance Dept.: 2014 Was a Banner Year for Consumer Protection
Jan 21 2015 // The Pennsylvania Insurance Department said 2014 was a banner year for consumer protection. The department said its Office of Market Regulation concluded 2014 by collecting more than $4 million in penalties and fines and...
Northwest Savings Bank Acquires B.J. Petruso Agency in Penn.
Jan 13 2015 // Northwest Savings Bank in Warren, Pennsylvania, announced the acquisition of B.J. Petruso Agency, a property/casualty and life insurance agency located in Meadville, Pennsylvania. Terms of the transaction were not...
Pennsylvania Store Manager Robbed at Gunpoint Wins Workers’ Comp
Jan 8 2015 // Is being robbed at gunpoint in a Pennsylvania state liquor store an “abnormal working condition” or not? Since 2008, Gregory Kochanowicz has claimed it is, and now that the Commonwealth Court agrees, he’s...
AssuredPartners Acquires A.J. Lupas Insurance Agency in Pennsylvania
Jan 7 2015 // AssuredPartners Inc. has acquired A.J. Lupas Insurance Agency Inc. in Plains, Pennsylvania. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. A.J. Lupas provides coverage for individuals, businesses, and life and health...
Police: Fewer Pennsylvania Crashes, Injuries Over Christmas Weekend
Dec 31 2014 // Happy holidays meant safer driving this year in Pennsylvania. State police say they investigated 728 crashes during the five-day Christmas holiday driving period, Dec. 24 through Dec. 28. That’s 172 fewer crashes...
Lyft Gets Pennsylvania Regulatory Nod, Except in Philadelphia
Dec 22 2014 // Ride-sharing service Lyft received regulatory approval on Dec. 18 to operate for two years everywhere in Pennsylvania except for Philadelphia, giving it 30 days to accept conditions required by the Pennsylvania Public...
PCRB Proposes 5.99% Average Workers’ Comp Loss Cost Decrease in Penn.
Dec 19 2014 // 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, 2015. PCRB said in its Circular No. 1636 on Dec. 15...
Northwest Insurance Services in Pennsylvania Joins The Iroquois Group
Dec 9 2014 // Erie, Pennsylvania-based Northwest Insurance Services, a division of Northwest Savings Bank, has joined agency network The Iroquois Group, according to Douglas Bert, president of Northwest Insurance Services. Northwest...
2014 State Specialist P/C Insurers Revealed
Dec 1 2014 // The Demotech Company Classification System categorizes insurers into one of 11 categories based on an analysis of data reported by the companies to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). The 11...
2 AIG Carriers File for Redomestication
Dec 1 2014 // Two subsidiaries of the American International Group – Granite State Insurance Co. and New Hampshire Insurance Co. — recently filed for approval a plan of redomestication that would change their state of domicile...
2 AIG Subsidiaries File to Redomesticate From Pennsylvania to Illinois
Nov 24 2014 // Two subsidiaries of the American International Group — Granite State Insurance Company and New Hampshire Insurance Company — recently filed for approval a plan of redomestication that would change their state...
Montana’s Lindeen Elected NAIC President
Nov 20 2014 // Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) have elected 2015 officers who will assume their duties on Jan. 1, 2015. President: Montana State Auditor and Commissioner of Securities and Insurance...
People – East
Nov 17 2014 // Robert L. Nash, president of the New Hampshire Association of Insurance Agents (NHAIA), has announced his retirement effective Dec. 31, 2014. Nash, president of NHAIA since 2001, has spent 43 years in association...
C&R Insurance Services in Pennsylvania Announces 2 Acquisitions
Nov 12 2014 // C&R Insurance Services Inc. in Wayne, Pennsylvania, has acquired Garden State Professional Insurance Agency, a professional liability agency based in Freehold, New Jersey, and its affiliate FLAG Insurance Services....
Imprisoned Pennsylvania Doctor Faces Health Care Fraud Plea
Nov 5 2014 // A western Pennsylvania doctor serving more than 11 years in federal prison for writing phony painkiller prescriptions has been scheduled to plead guilty to health care fraud charges. Forty-three-year-old Oliver Herndon was...
IA&B in Pennsylvania Hires Foster as CFO/COO
Nov 3 2014 // Keith E. Foster Insurance Agents & Brokers (IA&B), a tri-state trade organization based in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, has hired Keith E. Foster, CPA, as chief financial officer/chief operating officer. Foster...
Penn. Agrees to $200M Settlement in Med Mal Fund Case
Nov 3 2014 // Health care providers will be getting $200 million from the state of Pennsylvania in a settlement announced on Oct. 16 over litigation about a massive fund set up to help doctors pay malpractice insurance...
Pennsylvania’s Mcare Fund Assessment Down 48% for 2015 Coverage
Oct 31 2014 // Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett announced the assessment for the state’s Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error (Mcare) Fund — a medical liability coverage fund run by the state — will decrease 48...
Horse and Buggy Crashes Decline but Still Deadly in Lancaster County, Penn.
Oct 22 2014 // Nothing says “Lancaster County” in Pennsylvania like the sight and sound of a lathered horse pulling a square, black buggy down the road. The county undoubtedly has more of the horse-powered vehicles than any...
Pennsylvania Agrees to $200M Settlement in Medical Malpractice Fund Case
Oct 17 2014 // Health care providers will be getting $200 million from the state of Pennsylvania in a settlement announced Thursday over litigation about a massive fund set up to help doctors pay malpractice insurance premiums. Gov. Tom...
