All the headlines from our Pennsylvania Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 10 2019 // W.N. Tuscano Agency Inc. has signed an agreement to acquire Clarks Summit, Penn.-based Insurance Markets Inc.Founded in 1960, Insurance Markets Inc. is a managing general agency (MGA) and surplus lines broker serving...
Apr 26 2019 // A small fire has been extinguished at a Pennsylvania church that was severely damaged earlier this week by another blaze that authorities say was deliberately set. The latest fire at Iglesia Pentecostal de Bethlehem was...
Apr 17 2019 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Jessica Altman has announced that her department, along with a working group of stakeholders, will this summer hold the Pennsylvania NextGen Insurance Academy to provide college students...
Apr 11 2019 // Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner has announced charges against Hooked Inc. and owner Joseph Moreno for corrupt organization, deceptive or fraudulent business practices, four counts of insurance fraud, four...
Apr 9 2019 // Criminal charges have been filed against 25 individuals in Western Pennsylvania following investigations by the Attorney General’s Insurance Fraud Section.The charges are the result of a sweep conducted by the...
Apr 5 2019 // Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Companies has launched a new commercial package product in Pennsylvania.The new offering includes: commercial property with limits up to $120 million per location with an enhanced causes...
Apr 5 2019 // The heavily fined owner of natural gas liquids pipelines across southern Pennsylvania is agreeing to another $200,000 fine and a study on risks to the Mariner East 1 pipeline. Lawyers for a subsidiary of Texas-based Energy...
Apr 2 2019 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Jessica Altman has approved a loss-cost filing, including a 12.95% reduction in loss-costs – a component in determining workers’ comp insurance rates paid by businesses. This...
Mar 28 2019 // Lockton Affinity will be the new program administrator for the Westport/Swiss RE’s Lawyer Professional Liability insurance in Pennsylvania, effective June 1, 2019.This program offers a comprehensive professional...
Mar 27 2019 // The Pennsylvania attorney general’s office charged the co-founder and former executives of an addiction treatment firm and accused them of profiting off addicts by fraudulently billing insurance companies for tens of...
Mar 14 2019 // Pennsylvania’s attorney general said Tuesday that his office has opened an investigation into construction on a 350-mile natural gas liquids pipeline project across southern Pennsylvania that has been blamed for...
Mar 5 2019 // Everest Insurance has hired Kathleen Boland to its Marketing & Distribution team as director, focusing on the Mid-Atlantic region.In this role, Boland will be based out of the Everest Insurance Philadelphia office and...
Mar 1 2019 // PMA Companies has named Kara Thompson as vice president and chief segment officer in its Specialty Markets Underwriting division. As segment leader, Thompson is responsible for growing PMA’s captive, program and...
Mar 1 2019 // Wintry precipitation has caused icy roads that are being blamed for numerous crashes on a major eastern Pennsylvania highway. Route 309 was shut down in both directions for a few hours early Thursday in Montgomery County,...
Feb 28 2019 // After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has entered a consent judgment ordering...
Feb 27 2019 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Jessica Altman said the number of private market flood insurance policies in Pennsylvania jumped 72 percent from February 2018, as she continued urging homeowners, business owners and...
Feb 27 2019 // Utility crews are working to restore power to thousands of Pennsylvania customers following high winds that roared through the commonwealth, knocking down trees and power lines. PPL Electric reported more than 20,000...
Feb 26 2019 // High winds have been bringing down trees and power lines in western Pennsylvania, leaving tens of thousands of utility customers without power.The National Weather Service issued a high wind warning covering many areas of...
Feb 19 2019 // The son of a suburban Philadelphia woman convicted in a multi-million-dollar insurance fraud case following fires at her Bucks County property has been sentenced to four years’ probation. Forty-seven-year-old Carl...
Feb 14 2019 // Ascinsure Specialty Risk LLC has promoted Steve Keinard as its assistant vice president and underwriting manager.Within this new role, Keinard will provide leadership, support and guidance to Ascinsure’s underwriting...