Latest Pennsylvania Headlines
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Pa. Measure Would Grant Premium Break for Reducing Medical Errors
Sep 23 2005 // Pennsylvania State Rep. Phyllis Mundy this week explained to fellow lawmakers why they should approve a bill she has introduced to cut down on medical errors and rein in health-care inflation. Mundy’s legislation...
Pa. Man Accused of Stealing $400,000 from Universal Underwriter’s
Sep 22 2005 // A man in McKees Rocks, Pa., was indicted by a federal grand jury this week on charges of embezzling $400,000 from an insurance company and using the money to buy sports cards, sports memorabilia and vehicles. Richard...
Pa. Court Nixes Suit Against Doctor by Blackout Driver
Sep 21 2005 // A neurologist can’t be sued over a car crash in which his patient, who had a seizure disorder, blacked out and caused a car crash that killed a woman and her pregnant daughter, an appeals court ruled. The...
Pa. Officials Accept Waddell & Reed $11M Restitution for Annuity ‘Switching’
Sep 15 2005 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Diane Koken has reached a settlement that requires the brokerage firm Waddell & Reed to pay $11 million in restitution to consumers nationwide whose variable annuities were switched...
Pa. Planners Turn Focus to How to Handle Potential Katrina-like Crisis
Sep 14 2005 // The size and complexity of the Hurricane Katrina disaster are forcing Pennsylvania’s emergency planners to confront new questions about how well the state might handle a civil emergency of similar magnitude. Floods...
Pa. Rep. Seeks Emergency Aid Law with Flood Subsidies
Sep 7 2005 // Pennsylvania State Rep. Peter J. Daley, D-Washington/ Fayette, is planning on introducing a bill to provide flood insurance premium subsidies and other small disaster relief to homeowners, small businesses and...
Brown & Brown Acquires Nichols Agency in Philadelphia, Pa.
Sep 1 2005 // Nichols & Assoc., of Philadelphia, Pa., has been acquired by Brown & Brown of Tampa and Daytona Beach, Fla., according a joint announcement by Thomas E. Riley, regional president of Brown & Brown Inc. and...
Four Pa. Employers Charged in Workers’ Comp Scam
Aug 26 2005 // Pennsylvania’s Department of Labor & Industry’s (L&I) Bureau of Workers’ Compensation compliance unit announced the prosecution of four employers for reportedly failing to maintain...
Brain Injury Assoc. of Pa. Takes Issue with Helmet Law
Aug 25 2005 // The following is an op-ed or “Letters” statement from The Brain Injury Association of Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania passed a law to allow motorcyclists to drive without wearing a helmet. But who pays the medical...
Pa. Gov. Rendell Urges State Pick Up National Guard Life Insurance Tab
Aug 22 2005 // Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell has urged state legislators to pass a law to have the state pay for the life insurance premiums for National Guard soldiers and airmen on active duty, and a leading Republican senator said he...
Homeowners Insurance Agent Directory
Aug 22 2005 // InsureMyHouse.com, an informational Web site about homeowners insurance, recently started an online directory of homeowners insurance agents. The directory started in Pennsylvania and is now open to all 50 states....
Pa. Supreme Court OKs Roving Drunk Driving Road Stops by Police
Aug 17 2005 // The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that roving checks for drivers under the influence of alcohol are legal. The ruling upheld the 2003 conviction of Greg Beaman, of Pittsburgh, who was stopped by Pittsburgh police in...
Mutual Benefit Group Expanding in Pa. with Help of Development Funds
Aug 9 2005 // Mutual Benefit Group, a regional insurance company, is making a $4.9 million investment to expand its headquarters in Huntingdon, Pa., creating eight new jobs and retaining 199 current employees. The company is adding a...
Pa. Court Strikes Down 2002 Tort Reform Aimed at ‘Deep Pocket’ Rule
Aug 8 2005 // A Pennsylvania court has ruled unconstitutional a key component of tort reforms enacted in 2002. Commonwealth Court ruled that a measure that abolished joint and several liability is invalid because it was not germane to...
Pa. Court Strikes Down 2002 Tort Reform Aimed at ‘Deep Pocket’ Rule
Aug 8 2005 // A Pennsylvania court has ruled unconstitutional a key component of tort reforms enacted in 2002. Commonwealth Court ruled that a measure that abolished joint and several liability is invalid because it was not germane to...
CNA Financial Corp. Appoints Smith, Fenwick in Pa. Offices
Aug 2 2005 // CNA Financial Corporation announced that Michael Smith has joined CNA insurance companies as vice president of its Reading, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Pa. branches; and Katherine Fenwick has been appointed underwriting...
Pa. Court Strikes Down ‘Deep Pockets’ Tort Reform
Jul 27 2005 // A Pennsylvania court has ruled unconstitutional a key component of tort reforms enacted in 2002. Commonwealth Court ruled that a measure that abolished joint and several liability is invalid because it was not germane to...
Pa. Supreme Court Holds Building Collapse Coverage Ambiguous
Jul 26 2005 // The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has held that property insurance coverage for the “collapse” of a building is ambiguous and should be construed in favor of policyholders. The court granted coverage in instances...
Pa. Court Upholds Legion Insureds’ Direct Access to Reinsurers’ Funds
Jul 24 2005 // Without hearing arguments, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling that permits four corporations to bypass the state regulator’s liquidation procedures involving failed carrier Legion...
Pa. Names DiMemmo, Hoover as Deputy Insurance Commissioners
Jul 22 2005 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Diane Koken has announced the appointments of Joe DiMemmo as deputy insurance commissioner for the Office of Liquidations, Rehabilitations and Special Funds, and George Hoover as deputy...
