Latest Pennsylvania Headlines
All the headlines from our Pennsylvania Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Pa.-based Ad Firm Sues Over Plan to Tax Billboards
Apr 11 2006 // Luzerne County in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., plans to become the first county in the state to tax billboards as real estate, but the strategy is being challenged in a suit filed by an advertising firm. The county hopes to raise...
Truckers Take Fatigue Monitoring Device for Test Drive
Apr 11 2006 // Paul Chapman remembers an accident he saw one night a few years ago while driving through the Allegheny Mountains. A truck, without braking, crashed as it missed the entrance to a tunnel on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The...
Insurance Clouds Future of Pa. Health System, Study Claims
Apr 9 2006 // Health care plays a significant role in Pennsylvania’s economy; however, the future of patient care is uncertain as problems with insurance and supply of services as well as increased demand for care combine to...
10 Pa. Gov. Rendell not shy with veto pen
Apr 3 2006 // Nixes joint and several fix; also homebuilder damages cap 10 Northeast warned of ‘historic’ storm this year Meteorologists say patterns mimic 1938 Long Island Express 12 Insurers unlikely to alter credit...
Pa. Court Upholds $7.9M Bad Faith Award Against Medical Insurer
Mar 31 2006 // A Pennsylvania federal court has upheld a $7.9 million award against an insurer for its bad faith in failing to offer plaintiffs the full limits of the policy and for assigning one lawyer to represent two of its insureds...
American Hobbyist Expands Staff with Tim, Maurer; Relocates to Pa.
Mar 30 2006 // American Hobbyist Insurance, a national provider of collector-vehicle coverage, recently appointed Karen Tim as its new agency manager. Tim serves in American Hobbyist’s new headquarters in Jenkintown, Pa. Formerly...
Pa. Gov. Rendell Vetoes Bill Limiting Civil Damages as ‘Unbalanced’
Mar 27 2006 // Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell has vetoed legislation designed to scale back the obligation of defendants to pay damage awards in some civil lawsuits. Rendell explained his veto of Senate Bill 435 by maintaining...
Tort Reform Measures Advance in Florida, Pennsylvania
Mar 23 2006 // Hard fought victories have been achieved as tort reform legislation in Florida and Pennsylvania took significant steps forward, according to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America. The Florida House sent to...
Hub, Citizens Bank on ‘Not Your Typical’ Insurance Agency Deal
Mar 21 2006 // “Not Your Typical Bank,” the slogan used by Citizens Financial Group in its popular consumer-friendly ads, seems to apply to the bank’s latest move, the selling off of its respected insurance agencies. It...
PENN. HALTS ROLE IN AGENTS’ FINGERPRINT AGENCY
Mar 20 2006 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Diane Koken announced she will stop sending insurance agents’ fingerprints to a national repository, just days after a bill backed by the state’s independent agents that...
Citizens Financial banks on ‘not your typical’ insurance agency sale
Mar 20 2006 // Not Your Typical Bank,” the slogan used by Citizens Financial Group in its consumer ads, seems to apply to the bank’s latest move, the selling off of its respected insurance agencies. It is not a typical sale....
Pa. Gov. Rendell Vetoes Homebuilder Damages Cap Deemed Unconstitutional
Mar 19 2006 // Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell has vetoed legislation that would have capped the damage award homebuilders must pay for faulty work and regulated the ability of property owners to sue. The legislation had been deemed...
Dozens of Firetrucks to be Sold at Pennsylvania Auction
Mar 14 2006 // Dozens of firetrucks collected over more than three decades by a local businessman will be auctioned this week in Denbo, Pa., a sale that has attracted national and international interest. “This will be the...
Pa. Pair Try to Dig Out of Fraud Charges Involving Snowmobile
Mar 3 2006 // Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett reported that criminal charges were filed against two Solanco High School teachers accused of deceiving State Farm in a fraudulent insurance claim for less than $800 to repair a...
Citizens Bank Selling Insurance Agencies to Hub International
Mar 1 2006 // Citizens Financial Group is selling its considerable insurance agency businesses to Hub International Limited in a deal that includes a strategic alliance between the two for future sales and marketing. Hub will purchase...
Pa. Shuts Down Pro-Tel Prescription Drug Plan Sale to Seniors
Feb 28 2006 // Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett announced that a Pennsylvania business will refund consumers, pay fines and get out of the health care business following claims that it used deceptive marketing tactics to lure...
Pennsylvania Court Rules Parents’ Homeowners Policy Covers Shootings by Son
Feb 23 2006 // An insurance company might have to pay $1.8 million if the lone survivor and relatives of five other victims of a shooting spree win lawsuits against the attacker’s parents, the Pennsylvania Superior Court...
Insurance Fraud Prevention Authority Notes Top 10 Pa. Fraud Cases of 2005
Feb 22 2006 // An antiques dealer, an auto mechanic and even a couple of insurance agents are among the dishonored on 2005’s Top Ten Pennsylvania Insurance Fraud cases list, released this week by the Insurance Fraud Prevention...
Pa. AG Charges Former Prison Guard and SEPTA Worker with Fraud
Feb 16 2006 // A former SCI Chester Corrections Officer and former SEPTA employee waived his preliminary hearing Monday on charges that he repeatedly forged the signatures of his doctor and a SEPTA Employer Records Clerk, to illegally...
Unhappy Valentine: Wedding’s Off, Pa. Law Says Ring to be Returned
Feb 15 2006 // If the wedding is off, the engagement ring must be returned, state law says, but a broken engagement and ensuing legal battle over a $35,000 ring may change that. Mario Mele, a former Montgomery County commissioner who...
