Latest Pennsylvania Headlines
All the headlines from our Pennsylvania Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Arrowhead General Expands Motorcycle Program in Pennsylvania
Mar 2 2007 // Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Inc.’s Personal Lines Division has expanded its motorcycle program to Pennsylvania. Coverage is being provided by a carrier rated “A-” by A.M. Best. Coverages range from...
Pa. Town Ends Emergency Fees to Motorists
Feb 28 2007 // Commissioners in Radnor Townshp, Pa. have voted unanimously to end a plan to bill out-of-town motorists involved in traffic accidents for police services. “It’s time to give people their money back and kiss and...
Hughes Joins Ames & Gough to Focus on Pa.-N.J.-Del.
Feb 27 2007 // Ames & Gough, an insurance broker specializing in serving architects, engineers and law firms, has hired Robert G. Hughes as a vice president with responsibility for business in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and...
Koken resigns after 10 years as Pa. regulator
Feb 26 2007 // Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell accepted the resignation of Insurance Commissioner Diane Koken, effective Feb. 19. Rendell appointed Randolph Rohrbaugh, currently a deputy commissioner, to serve as acting insurance...
Koken resigns after 10 years as Pa. regulator
Feb 25 2007 // Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell accepted the resignation of Insurance Commissioner Diane Koken, effective Feb. 19. Rendell appointed Randolph Rohrbaugh, currently a deputy commissioner, to serve as acting insurance...
Pennsylvania Looks to Control Costs of ‘Cover All’ Health Program
Feb 22 2007 // Uninsured adults could find themselves on a waiting list if the demand for a proposed program to expand government-subsidized health coverage outstrips the state’s ability to pay for it, a Rendell administration...
Koken Resigns as Pa. Commissioner After Serving 10 Years
Feb 14 2007 // Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell today accepted the resignation of Insurance Commissioner Diane Koken, effective Feb. 19. Rendell appointed Randolph Rohrbaugh, currently a deputy commissioner, to serve as acting...
HARLEYSVILLE WORCESTER REDOMESTICATES TO PA.
Feb 12 2007 // Massachusetts officials have given the green light to the redomestication of Harleysville Worcester Insurance Co. to Pennsylvania. The company is a subsidiary of Pennsylvania-based Harleysville Insurance Group, whose...
2007 Super Regional Property/Casualty Insurers™ Alphabetical listing
Feb 11 2007 // Acuity a Mutual Insurance Co. AIG Centennial Insurance Co. AIG Premier Insurance Co. AIU Insurance Alaska National Insurance Alfa Insurance Corp. American Automobile Insurance Co. American Commerce Insurance Co. American...
2007 Super Regional Property Casualty Insurers™
Feb 11 2007 // Acuity a Mutual Insurance Co. AIG Centennial Insurance Co. AIG Premier Insurance Co. AIU Insurance Alaska National Insurance Alfa Insurance Corp. American Automobile Insurance Co. American Commerce Insurance Co. American...
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Mass. Approves Harleysville Worcester Switch to Pa. Regulation
Feb 5 2007 // Massachusetts officials have given the green light to the redomestication of Harleysville Worcester Insurance Co. to Pennsylvania. The company is a subsidiary of Pennsylvania-based Harleysville Insurance Group, whose...
St. Paul Travelers Settles Stun-Gun Suit Against Pa. Suburb
Feb 2 2007 // A Pittsburgh suburb’s former insurance carrier paid $100,000 to an ex-pizzeria owner who sued the municipality after being subdued by police with a stun gun in 2005. Mount Lebanon police used a 50,000-volt Taser on...
Pa. Insurance Mandate Violates Free Speech, White Supremacists Tell Court
Feb 2 2007 // A white supremacist group asked a panel of federal judges Tuesday to throw out the city of York, Pennsylvania’s public-assembly ordinance, saying it violates the right to free-speech by putting an unfair burden on...
Pa. Couple Awarded $1.5 Million Against Hormone Drug Maker Wyeth
Jan 31 2007 // A couple who contended that a hormone-replacement drug caused the woman’s breast cancer was awarded $1.5 million (euro1.16 million) this week in a jury verdict in Philadelphia against drug maker Wyeth. The jury also...
State Alleges Cover-Up in Pa. Coal Mine Worker’s Death
Jan 30 2007 // Pennsylvania coal industry regulators have revoked the operating permit of a coal mine where a worker died in an explosion three months ago, alleging that a cover-up of a similar 2004 blast might have contributed to the...
Great American, Lindsay Group Target Education Risks in Pa.
Jan 22 2007 // Great American Insurance Group has a new insurance program that features property and liability coverages for education organizations that its Specialty Human Services Division will market in Pennsylvania exclusively...
Pa. Maternity Clothier Settles Suit Alleging Bias Against Pregnant Workers
Jan 17 2007 // A Pennsylvania maternity-clothing retailer has agreed to pay $375,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging it refused to hire qualified applicants because they were pregnant — and then fired an assistant manager who complained...
New Hope Pa. Hopes New Hydrants Lower Insurance Rates
Jan 12 2007 // Fifty-five new hydrants will help fight fires faster and may lower insurance rates for New Hope, Pa. residents, officials said. Fifteen of the 55 hydrants are already operating and 40 more are expected to be turned on by...
New fire science could overturn arson convictions across the nation
Jan 8 2007 // The clues were everywhere. A young woman lay dead in a burned church camp cabin in East Stroudsburg, Pa., while her father survived. Most of the lessons taught to budding fire investigators stood out at the scene. The...
