All the headlines from our Pennsylvania Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 25 2016 // Erie Insurance, an Erie, Penn., based insurer, has announced several new executive leadership promotions. This move follows the company’s June 2016 announcement that Timothy G. NeCastro was named the firm’s...
Oct 21 2016 // Henderson Brothers Inc., an independent insurance broker headquartered in Pittsburgh, Penn., has hired Eric Brown as a consultative associate. As a member of the consultative department, Brown will provide compliance...
Oct 20 2016 // State regulators say the cost of health insurance premiums will be going up sharply next year for residents who buy individual plans.The state Department of Insurance said Monday that insurance company rates, based on...
Oct 19 2016 // Massachusetts federal judge Mark Mastroianni has rejected a bold attempt to pin liability on Bill Cosby over what his spokespersons told the press in reaction to women who accused the entertainer of sexual assault.Cosby is...
Oct 17 2016 // Northwest Insurance Services, a Warren, Penn., headquartered subsidiary of Northwest Bank, has signed a definitive agreement effective November 1 to acquire Winans Insurance & Employee Benefits, a property and casualty...
Oct 11 2016 // Fire officials say flames swept through an eastern Pennsylvania apartment complex, causing extensive damage to a unit of about a dozen homes. More than a dozen firetrucks and ambulances responded to the blaze at the...
Oct 10 2016 // The medical malpractice insurance industry’s premiums remain essentially flat, having dropped only very slightly (0.1 percent) from last year across the industry, according to the 2016 Medical Liability Monitor...
Oct 10 2016 // A contractor didn’t obtain a key safety permit before welding caused plastic pipe and a construction tarp to burn on the Liberty Bridge last month, resulting in a 24-day shutdown of a primary artery into downtown...
Oct 10 2016 // New regulations governing the extraction of natural gas through fracking went into effect on Saturday in Pennsylvania, the first overhaul since the industry took off in the state more than 10 years ago.The new rules allow...
Oct 7 2016 // Officials at a Pennsylvania hospital say a July air conditioning malfunction that pumped humid air into operating rooms cost the hospital an estimated $13.5 million in damages.LNP newspaper reports that figure...
Oct 7 2016 // The operator of the popular Philadelphia duck boat tours has suspended operations in the city “indefinitely,” the company said.Branson, Missouri-based Ride the Ducks announced on its website Wednesday that it...
Oct 6 2016 // A Pennsylvania chain of nursing homes has agreed to pay $2 million to settle claims of failing to provide basic services to their customers.Attorney General Bruce Beemer announced the settlement with Reliant Senior Care...
Oct 5 2016 // Pennsylvania education secretary Pedro Rivera and Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller are focusing on helping high school students better understand car insurance.An interactive lesson titled “Insurance 101”...
Sep 28 2016 // Federal authorities are suing a Pennsylvania hospital, alleging religious discrimination in the firing of six employees who refused to get flu shots.The lawsuit was filed in federal court in Erie, Penn., by the Equal...
Sep 28 2016 // Henderson Brothers Inc., an independent insurance agency based in Pittsburgh, Penn., has hired Christine Murphy as a client consultant in its employee benefits division. In her new role, Murphy will use her six years of...
Sep 27 2016 // Authorities say a suspicious package was removed from outside a Bethlehem hotel while a Celtic festival was being held in the city. The Morning Call reports that police and the fire department’s bomb squad were...
Sep 21 2016 // A woman who formerly headed a suburban Pittsburgh hospice faces sentencing on a health care fraud charge accusing her of using patients who weren’t terminally ill to collect millions of dollars in false Medicare and...
Sep 19 2016 // A former city fleet supervisor in Philadelphia has admitted to theft and conspiracy charges in a scheme that prosecutors say steered work to an auto body shop that overcharged the city more than $400,000. The Philadelphia...
Sep 19 2016 // Arthur J. Gallagher, Blue HorizonArthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Blue Horizon Insurance Services in San Diego. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.Ronald Zappelli and his team will continue to operate in...
Sep 16 2016 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller announced a change in guidance allowing greater flexibility in federally required inflation protection for long term care partnership policies. This flexibility means more...