All the headlines from our Pennsylvania Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 6 2018 // Two men have been killed and a third was critically injured in an accident at a Pennsylvania crane manufacturer.State police say the accident happened Friday morning at Manitowoc Cranes in Shady Grove, about 65 miles...
Feb 5 2018 // Acting Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Jessica Altman will serve as vice chair of the Health Insurance and Managed Care Committee of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), the organization reported...
Feb 5 2018 // Acting Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Jessica Altman has advised property owners in southwestern Pennsylvania experiencing flooding from heavy rains on important actions to take when preparing and filing flood...
Feb 1 2018 // Normandy Insurance Company, a Deerfield Beach, Fla.-headquartered workers’ compensation carrier, has hired Kelly Morton as its Pennsylvania field manager. The multi-state workers’ compensation carrier recently...
Jan 30 2018 // According to National Safety Council (NSC) analysis of federal data, 1,086 more Pennsylvanians died accidentally in 2016, an increase of 15 percent over 2015. Opioid overdose led to 78 percent of those deaths.This comes on...
Jan 22 2018 // Acting Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Jessica Altman will serve as vice chair of the Health Insurance and Managed Care Committee of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), the organization reported...
Jan 22 2018 // A national study by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has indicated Pennsylvania auto insurance consumers continue to benefit from the state’s competitive market, with average premiums...
Jan 8 2018 // A.M. Best has upgraded the Financial Strength Rating of Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Marble, Penn., to A (Excellent) from A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to “a” from...
Jan 8 2018 // A subsidiary of European steel giant ArcelorMittal has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle a lawsuit over allegations its western Pennsylvania coke plant violated emissions requirements over soot and other pollutants...
Jan 8 2018 // The fight to reinstate criminal charges against the engineer in a deadly 2015 Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia will carry over into 2018.A judge told prosecutors she will review Brandon Bostian’s case, and she set a...
Dec 27 2017 // A subsidiary of European steel giant ArcelorMittal has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle a lawsuit over allegations that its western Pennsylvania coke plant had violated emissions requirements over soot and other...
Dec 22 2017 // The fight to reinstate criminal charges against the engineer in a deadly 2015 Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia will carry over into next year.A judge on Wednesday told prosecutors she will review Brandon Bostian’s...
Dec 21 2017 // NSM Insurance Group, a Conshohocken, Penn.-based administrator of industry-specific programs, has hired Richard Meuret as program director of Care Providers Insurance Services, the social service and nonprofit division of...
Dec 20 2017 // A.M. Best has upgraded the Financial Strength Rating of Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Marble, Penn., to A (Excellent) from A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to “a” from...
Dec 11 2017 // Erie Insurance has promoted Dionne Wallace Oakley to executive vice president of Human Resources and Strategy. The appointment is effective Jan. 1, 2018.In this role, she will expand her oversight to include several...
Dec 4 2017 // A man has filed a lawsuit against a Pittsburgh amusement park claiming he contracted an eye-eating parasite after getting splashed on a water ride.Robert and Krystsina Trostle claim in their lawsuit filed Tuesday that he...
Nov 22 2017 // Four people are missing and presumed dead following last week’s fire at a Pennsylvania senior living community.The massive blaze tore through Barclay Friends Senior Living Community in West Chester late Thursday,...
Nov 21 2017 // One of the first messages that appears on KMRD Partners Inc.’s website is a slogan that says, “We never stop improving for you.”The Warrington, Penn.-headquartered, boutique risk management and human...
Oct 24 2017 // Officials suspect a hoverboard may be to blame for a fire that damaged six townhomes in Pennsylvania. Firefighters found one home engulfed in flames when they arrived on the scene on Royal Drive in Manchester, Penn.,...
Oct 20 2017 // Authorities say a Pennsylvania volunteer fire company that was sued over sexual abuse by a firefighter and its alleged cover-up by fire officials has closed its fire station.Lancaster Emergency Management Agency director...