Latest Pennsylvania Headlines
All the headlines from our Pennsylvania Topic Page, ordered by recency.
CarInsurance.com Adds Insurance Carriers for 2008
Jan 3 2008 // CarInsurance.com, which sells auto insurance over the Internet, has added more carriers to its current 28 state agency product offering. In November and December 2007, the firm expanded and now offers Encompass Insurance...
Pa. High Court: Murder Spree is Single Event under Home Insurance Policy
Dec 31 2007 // An insurance company can be required to defend policyholders accused of negligence in the aftermath of a deadly shooting spree conducted by their son, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled. However, the shooting spree...
Pa. Man Accused of Pushing Car off Mountain to Make Theft Claim
Dec 31 2007 // A Pennsylvania man pushed his Ford Mustang down a mountain as part of a scheme to claim it was stolen, authorities said. Richard Way Jr., 28, pushed the car down an embankment along Wopsy Mountain in Blair County last...
Flying Ice Injures Pa. Ambulance Driver
Dec 21 2007 // An ambulance driver in Bethlehem, Pa. says ice blew off a tractor trailer, smashed her windshield, struck her on the head and showered the inside of the ambulance with ice and broken glass. Jessica Strivelli says if the...
Neighbor With Fire Extinguishers Helps Save Pa. Amish School
Dec 19 2007 // A neighbor rushed to a Belleville, Pa. Amish schoolhouse that was on fire and emptied three fire extinguishers to help contain the blaze. The fire broke out late Monday morning while the White Hall Amish School was in...
Pa. Gov. May Delay Malpractice-Fund Payments
Dec 17 2007 // Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell said he is probably going to allow doctors to put off payments to the state’s medical-malpractice insurance fund as lawmakers work on legislation to extend a state subsidy that lowers...
Curzi Agency of Easton, Pa. Now Owned by Brown & Brown
Dec 14 2007 // The large Fla.-based insurance agency Brown & Brown, Inc. has made an asset acquisition of of Curzi Insurance Agency, Inc. of Easton, Pa. Thomas E. Riley, Northeast regional president of Brown & Brown, Inc., and...
Pa. Senate Votes to Extend Doctors’ Malpractice Insurance Subsidy
Dec 13 2007 // The Pennsylvania Senate voted Tuesday to extend a malpractice insurance subsidy for doctors and hospitals through next year but rejected an effort by Democrats to divert a surplus from a malpractice reserve fund to pay for...
Pa. Judge Overturns $3 Million Award in Wyeth Prempro Drug Case
Dec 10 2007 // A woman who claimed that Wyeth’s hormone-replacement drug caused her breast cancer did not have sufficient evidence to show that the company acted negligently, said a judge in Pennsylvania who overturned a $3 million...
Pa. Gov. Vows to Hold Up Medical-Malpractice Aid
Dec 5 2007 // Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell is threatening to withhold state aid to help doctors and other health care providers pay for their medical malpractice insurance unless lawmakers also act on his proposal to expand state health...
Pa. Gov. Rendell Kills Gas Tax for Underground Tank Insurance Fund
Nov 29 2007 // Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell this week said his administration would withdraw a request that could have added a penny onto the cost of a gallon of gas in Pennsylvania to help clean up damage from leaking underground fuel...
Arthur J. Gallagher to Acquire Pa.-Based Yanni Partners
Nov 16 2007 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Yanni Partners Inc. of Pittsburgh, Pa. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The transaction is expected to close before Jan. 31,...
New Information Could Aid Pa. Nuclear Workers’ Claims
Nov 14 2007 // Cold War-era nuclear weapons workers hope new documentation about their exposure to radiation at Bethlehem Steel will bolster their efforts to receive compensation from the government. Former steel worker Edwin Walker said...
Community Spirit and Insurance Money Rebuilding Pa. Church into Jewel
Nov 5 2007 // Surrounded by gold leaf, the brightly painted image of Christ on a donkey glowed through scaffolding under an artist’s lamp. The almost complete religious icon is a victory for the 105-year-old All Saints Orthodox...
News Currents
Nov 4 2007 // Pennsylvania’s medical malpractice costs keep dropping The amount of money paid by a state medical malpractice insurance fund will decline for a fourth straight year, a sign that the state’s malpractice problem...
Pennsylvania’s Medical Malpractice Costs Dropping, Says Gov. Rendell
Oct 26 2007 // The amount of money paid by a state medical malpractice insurance fund will decline for a fourth straight year, a sign that the state’s malpractice problem is improving, Gov. Ed Rendell said. The Medical Care...
Md.-Pa.-Del. Agents Group Highlights Delaware Merger, Elects Officers
Oct 26 2007 // The Insurance Agents & Brokers Service Group held its annual meeting Oct. 17, marking a year that included the inception of the Delaware Association of Insurance Agents & Brokers Inc. into its organization. The...
Pa. Agency Honored for Real-Time Capabilities
Oct 23 2007 // Pennsylvania’s Strickler Agency Inc. last week received the inaugural “Interface Agency of the Year Award” presented by the Applied Systems Client Network (ASCnet), the user group for Applied Systems...
Pa. Really Hasn’t Banned Cell Phones While Driving…Yet
Oct 16 2007 // It’s still legal for drivers to use hand-held cellular telephones on Pennsylvania highways, although that may be news to some people. Someone — the source has not been identified — recently circulated a...
From the Big Apple to the Corn State
Oct 8 2007 // From the executive office of the Greater New York Mutual Insurance Companies on Madison Avenue in the heart of New York City, Warren Heck, chairman and chief executive officer, can see Illinois. “It’s...
