Latest Pennsylvania Headlines
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Businessman Wins $3.5 Million in Defamation Suit Against Pa. Newspaper
Nov 1 2006 // A judge awarded $3.5 million in damages to a businessman and one of his companies in a defamation lawsuit against The Citizens’ Voice, a newspaper in Wilkes-Barre. Thomas A. Joseph alleged he and his business...
Pa. Renews Insurance Subsidies for Doctors for Fifth Year
Oct 30 2006 // Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell has signed a bill to continue state subsidies for a fifth straight year to help tens of thousands of physicians and other health care specialists pay their medical malpractice insurance...
Pennsylvania pursues backup role as ‘Wall Street West’
Oct 23 2006 // Pennsylvania is trying to convince the nation’s top financial services and insurance companies to establish backup operations in the state so that markets can recover quickly in the event of another terror strike on...
6 Pennsylvania: Wall Street West?
Oct 23 2006 // State makes pitch to be Wall Street’s backup location 6 Making Hartford shine again Conn. sees talent pool giving it edge in competition for insurance jobs 8 Mass. weighs jail time for workplace safety...
Pa., Del., Md. Agents Name Board Members
Oct 19 2006 // The Insurance Agents and Brokers of Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland announced its new board members for the upcoming 2006-07 term at its annual board meeting in Baltimore. In addition to appointing board members to...
ProLawyer Insurance, LLC Announces MGA Appointment for an Admitted Lawyers Professional Liability Product in DE, MD & PA
Oct 16 2006 // Newtown, PA – ProLawyer Insurance, LLC is pleased to announce their Managing General Agent appointment with an A.M. Best “A” (Excellent) rated carrier for Lawyers Professional Liability in Delaware,...
States go global for new ideas to improve transportation safety
Oct 9 2006 // Searching for ways to improve road safety without breaking the bank, state transportation officials in the U.S. have found inspiration in ideas being implemneted abroad. Low-cost devices increasingly popping up on...
8 Pa. court rebuffs Republicans on
Oct 9 2006 // liability award law Law will not be reinstated as they hoped 8 Bad buying habits in N.H. Audit blasts state insurance purchasing and risk management 10 Oh, deer it’s that season One insurer is bucking trend of deer...
States go global for new ideas to improve transportation safety
Oct 9 2006 // Searching for ways to improve road safety without breaking the bank, state transportation officials in the U.S. have found inspiration in ideas being implemneted abroad. Low-cost devices increasingly popping up on...
Delaware River States Agree to Joint Flood Control Study
Oct 5 2006 // Pennsylvania, New York, Delaware and New Jersey have agreed to share the costs of a $500,000 study to examine the effects of operational changes at major reservoirs throughout the entire Delaware River basin. The state...
Officials Explore Asbestos Clean-Up at Historic Valley Forge in Pa.
Oct 3 2006 // Valley Forge National Historical Park officials are exploring ways to clean up asbestos from beneath the ground where George Washington and his troops camped and trained during the winter of 1777-1778. The chemicals,...
OSHA Seeking $84K Fine in Pa. Workplace Elevator Death
Oct 3 2006 // A contractor faces $63,000 in federal workplace safety fines for an accident in which a subcontractor’s employee was decapitated by an elevator. The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration proposed the...
Pa. High Court Denies Reinstatement of Liability Award Law
Oct 2 2006 // The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has rejected an effort by two high-ranking Republican lawmakers to revive a business-friendly law that would have altered how civil lawsuit awards are paid. In a one-sentence order released...
N.Y. City to Adjust Reservoirs to Lessen Delaware River Flooding
Sep 27 2006 // New York City has agreed to periodically lower the water level in three of its upstate reservoirs in an attempt to ease flooding along the Delaware River, according to environmental officials. By leaving the reservoirs...
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Sep 25 2006 // $18 to $106 The premium range that lower income single adults will pay a month for health care under a plan approved by the Massachusetts board drafting regulations for the state’s new health care law. Under the...
Pa. Roofing Firm Fined $100K in Worker’s Electrocution Death
Sep 10 2006 // A Pennsylvania roofing company faces federal workplace safety fines of $102,000 following the death of an employee who was electrocuted when his scaffold came into contact with a power line. Zeke & Son Roofing and...
Pa. Cites 46 High-Risk Dam Owners for Weak Emergency Plans
Sep 8 2006 // The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has issued notices of violation to the owners of 46 high-hazard dams that are operating without emergency action plans. Dams classified as high-hazard — meaning...
Flooded Pa. Homeowners Blame Spillover from N.Y. City Reservoirs
Sep 7 2006 // New York City’s thirst for drinking water is clashing with Anthony Harlacher’s desire not to be flooded. Harlacher, who has endured three major floods in two years, is spending tens of thousands of dollars to...
Pa. High Court Dismisses Insurer Appeal of $3.07M Award
Sep 5 2006 // The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by Erie Insurance Exchange of a judge’s order to pay $3.07 million to a customer who alleged that her claim was mishandled. In a January 2002 case, Luzerne...
Court: Pennsylvania agents have no duty to inspect flood risks
Sep 4 2006 // Insurance agents and insurers in Pennsylvania were breathing a sigh of relief following a court ruling that says agents do not have a duty to inspect all properties before binding or renewing flood insurance coverage. Had...
