All the headlines from our Pennsylvania Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 19 2017 // NSM Insurance Group, a Conshohocken, Penn.-based program administrator of industry-specific insurance programs, has hired Jennifer Johnston as the Northeast regional underwriting manager for social services.In this role,...
Jul 17 2017 // Police say one employee has been injured after a gas tank explosion caused a massive fire at a Pennsylvania salvage yard.York Area Regional Police Detective Don Hopple Jr. says an employee was using a grinder to remove the...
Jul 11 2017 // The Pennsylvania Supreme Court last month found a section of the state Workers’ Compensation Act (the Act) unconstitutional in a move that challenges the way Pennsylvania has assessed workplace injuries for the past...
Jul 10 2017 // A Pennsylvania doctor has surrendered to federal authorities to spend up to seven years in prison for his part in an insurance fraud scheme involving a defunct drug laboratory.Fifty-five-year-old John Johnson, of...
Jul 10 2017 // Cross Insurance, a Bangor, Maine-based subsidiary of Cross Financial Corp., has acquired Appleby & Wyman Insurance Agency, making it the 16th Massachusetts insurance agency to be purchased by Cross.Founded in 1903,...
Jul 10 2017 // Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro is working with a bipartisan coalition of a majority of attorneys general from across the country in an ongoing investigation to evaluate whether manufacturers have engaged in...
Jul 10 2017 // Pennsylvania House Health and Insurance Committee Chairs Matt Baker and Tina Pickett have introduced legislation to protect health care consumers from surprise balance bills in a move Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner...
Jul 7 2017 // A coroner says a utility worker was killed by flying debris when a Pennsylvania house exploded while he was responding to a reported natural gas leak. The National Transportation Safety Board continues to lead the...
Jul 6 2017 // Alliant has hired Martin Hill as it continues to expand the presence of its Employee Benefits Group throughout the eastern U.S.As vice president, Hill, who is based in Pennsylvania, will leverage his background in...
Jul 5 2017 // The National Transportation Safety Board is leading the investigation into an apparent natural gas explosion that destroyed a Pennsylvania home and killed a utility worker.The UGI Utilities worker was checking out a...
Jun 29 2017 // Burns & Wilcox, a wholesale insurance broker and underwriting manager, has increased its footprint in Pennsylvania with an office move and expansion for its Pittsburgh office to accommodate its growing team and...
Jun 28 2017 // Penn Community Bank, a Bucks County, Penn.-based independent, mutual financial organization, has hired three professionals to its administrative, lending, and insurance teams.Peter R. Palumbo joins Penn Community Bank as a...
Jun 22 2017 // Pennsylvania House Health and Insurance Committee Chairs Matt Baker and Tina Pickett have introduced legislation to protect health care consumers from surprise balance bills in a move Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner...
Jun 19 2017 // Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf said that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency’s (DEA) statistics on fatal overdoses that showed an incerease in Pennsylvania again last year are a call for the state and federal government...
Jun 19 2017 // Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has announced his intention to nominate current Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller to serve as the inaugural secretary of the prospective unified Department of Health and Human...
Jun 14 2017 // Venture Programs, a West Chester, Penn.-based insurance program administrator, has promoted Robert Mulhern to executive vice president of sales for the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions.In this new role, Mulhern is...
Jun 2 2017 // West Chester, Penn.-based Element Risk Management has finalized the acquisition of Rhodes Insurance Agency Inc., also located in West Chester. The acquisition is expected to strengthen Element Risk’s footprint in...
May 31 2017 // Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf said last week that he would nominate his insurance commissioner, Teresa Miller, to lead a new agency he is proposing to oversee the public health and social and human services programs...
May 30 2017 // USI Insurance Services (USI) has acquired Hartman Employee Benefits Inc. (Hartman Employee Benefits) from The Hartman Group.Hartman Employee Benefits and its employees will remain at the current Williamsport and State...
May 23 2017 // Lacher & Associates of Souderton, Penn., has acquired Brunner Insurance of Richlandtown, Penn.Founded by Gus Brunner in 1960, Brunner Insurance specializes in providing for the insurance needs of families and...