Latest Pennsylvania Headlines
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Pa. Hospitals React to Medical Liability Proposals
Mar 26 2004 // The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) has responded positively to Governor Ed Rendell’s recently announced medical liability reform proposals (See IJ Web site Mar.25). “We are...
Pa. Gov. Rendell Offers Med-Mal Package
Mar 25 2004 // Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell yesterday offered new proposals to address Pennsylvania’s medical malpractice situation. The proposals supplement those he offered in June 2003. “Court statistics...
Pa. State Senators Reintroduce Lawsuit Reform Measure: ‘Joint and Several Liability’ Legal Doctrine
Mar 24 2004 // Pennsylvania State Senators Hal Mowery (R-31) and Jeff Piccola (R-15) reacted on Wednesday to recent challenges in the courts by introducing for the second time a major lawsuit reform measure that replaces “joint and...
Workers in Mass., Pa. Fare Better After Injuries Than In Other States
Mar 22 2004 // Injured workers located in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania report more satisfactory outcomes than their counter parts in Texas, according to a study by the Workers’ Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). The study,...
Pennsylvania: Home to Gene Kelly, Liberty Bell and Hershey Chocolate
Mar 22 2004 // The states boasts a good homeowners loss ratio and a diversified economy The United States Census Bureau’s Census 2000 estimated the population of the Pennsylvania at 12,281,054. Approximately 82 percent of the adult...
Report Backs Government Role in Malpractice Insurance
Mar 19 2004 // A convincing case can be made for government involvement in providing medical malpractice insurance for high-cost claims and shortcomings in some such arrangements, such as Pennsylvania’s Mcare fund, are due to...
Pa. Brokers Arrested in New Jersey, Charged with Stealing More than $100,000 in Client Premium Monies
Mar 19 2004 // New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced the arrest of two Pennsylvania insurance brokers on charges they stole more than $100,000 in client insurance premium monies which were supposed to be used to purchase...
Conn., Pa. Receive NAIC Accreditation Awards
Mar 15 2004 // The insurance regulatory organizations from Connecticut, Montana and Pennsylvania have received Accreditation awards under the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ Financial Regulation Standards and...
Pa. Gov. Informs Med Students on Reform Plan
Mar 11 2004 // Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell, recently met with student representatives from the state’s eight medical schools and assured them that he shares their concerns about rising medical malpractice insurance...
Panel Discussion Slated on Pa. Med-Mal Crisis
Mar 10 2004 // Representatives of the medical profession and insurance industry will participate in a panel discussion on March 11 between 8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m., moderated by Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Diane Koken, on...
PEMA Warns on Spring Floods
Mar 9 2004 // Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency Director David M. Sanko has issued a bulletin urging renters and property owners to purchase flood insurance policies now to provide financial protection from potential spring and...
Tort Reformers Look to Score in States after Washington Strikes Out
Mar 8 2004 // Last fall at a University of Virginia Law School forum on tort reform, some of the nation’s top tort experts agreed there were no easy answers on how to solve the nation’s longstanding love-hate relationship...
Jennifer M. McHugh Appointed Pa. Deputy Insurance Commissioner for Mcare
Mar 3 2004 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Diane Koken announced that Jennifer M. McHugh of Delaware County has been appointed by Governor Edward Rendell as Deputy Insurance Commissioner for the Medical Care Availability and...
Best Announces Rating Actions on Highmark
Mar 2 2004 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has affirmed the majority of the financial strength ratings and a senior debt rating of Pittsburgh-based Highmark Inc.; however, Best said it had revised the rating outlooks to negative from...
Auto, HO Rate Changes in the Works in Pennsylvania
Mar 1 2004 // The industry’s Insurance Services Office, Inc. has asked the Pennsylvania Insurance Department to permit a loss cost decrease of 1.8% on all policies written on or after Dec. 1, 2004 for private passenger automobile...
Pa. Supreme Court Ruling Reportedly Prolongs Extreme Asbestos Litigation System
Feb 26 2004 // A Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling last week regarding asbestos liability limits will only exacerbate the out-of-control asbestos litigation system in the state and can potentially delay or prohibit a truly sick claimant...
PENN. COURT SEEKS CLAIMS DATA:
Feb 23 2004 // The Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s chief justice wants local court officials across the state to report the number of medical malpractice claims filed in the past four years and monitor new cases as they come in. The...
PCI Sees Potential for Pa. Medical Liability Cure
Feb 12 2004 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America noted that members of the Pennsylvania Senate’s Judiciary Committee passed two bills on Tuesday that will allow the full Senate to debate reforms to the...
PENN. WORKERS’ COMP CLAIMS COSTS:
Feb 9 2004 // Workers’ compensation costs per claim in Pennsylvania continue to grow, according to the Workers’ Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). A study by the Cambridge, Mass-based WCRI found that costs per claim...
California Workers’ Comp Costs Per Claim Continue Rapid Growth
Feb 9 2004 // California workers’ compensation costs per claim in California continue to grow rapidly, increasing 15 percent from 2000 through 2001 (as of 2002) and are accelerating, according to a new study from the Cambridge,...
