All the headlines from our Pennsylvania Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 15 2016 // A man who spent several years as the lighting manager for online and TV shopping network QVC has pleaded guilty to stealing about $1.8 million from the company.Douglas Rae pleaded guilty to stealing from the West...
Sep 15 2016 // Uber riders in Pittsburgh can get a glimpse of the future by summoning a car capable of handling most of the tasks of driving on its own.Starting Wednesday morning, a fleet of self-driving Ford Fusions will pick up Uber...
Sep 12 2016 // Speaking at Foxdale Village Retirement Community in State College, Penn., Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller urged consumers, particularly seniors, to take time to understand annuities in order to protect their...
Sep 7 2016 // A Pennsylvania regulator on Thursday reinstated a record $11.4 million fine against the popular ride-sharing service Uber Technologies Inc. for operating illegally in the state in 2014.By a 4-1 vote, the Pennsylvania...
Sep 6 2016 // School Boards Insurance Company of Pennsylvania Inc., which in June was acquired by Church Mutual Insurance Company of Merrill, Wis., has rebranded to CM Regent Insurance Company to better reflect the company’s...
Sep 6 2016 // Motorists in Pennsylvania must now make sure car seats face backward for all children until they’re two years old.The requirement is part of a new state law. It directs police to issue warnings for the first year,...
Sep 2 2016 // A federal judge has dismissed three lawsuits filed against township officials in connection with a 2013 shooting at a municipal building in Pennsylvania that left three people dead and several others injured. The...
Sep 2 2016 // Keystone Insurers Group, a property and casualty insurance partnership headquartered in Northumberland, Penn., has named Linda Neff as its director of school transportation, the firm’s largest specialty insurance...
Aug 31 2016 // Henderson Brothers Inc., a Pittsburgh, Penn., based insurance broker, has hired Daniel W. Grealish as a consultant in its commercial lines division and an LPL registered representative in its retirement division. In his...
Aug 22 2016 // A man federal prosecutors say was victimized in an overseas, online romance scam has pleaded guilty to wire fraud for stealing more than $1.4 million from two Pittsburgh, Penn., area companies whose funds he controlled,...
Aug 19 2016 // A city councilman is resigning following charges he filed a false accident report and repeatedly changed his explanation for what happened.Lebanon, Penn., councilman Tony Matula, 59, faces charges including insurance...
Aug 15 2016 // Motorists in Pennsylvania must now make sure car seats face backward for all children until they’re two years old.The requirement is part of a new state law that went into effect Friday. It directs police to issue...
Aug 12 2016 // Prosecutors in Philadelphia, Penn., say they’ve charged 32 people and three corporations for their participation in what’s being described as a theft and insurance fraud ring that stole and resold 45...
Aug 2 2016 // West Chester, Pennsylvania-based insurance agency Element Risk Management has finalized the acquisition of Singleton Insurance in Ickesburg, Pennsylvania. Terms were not disclosed. The acquisition expands Element...
Jul 25 2016 // Risk Strategies Company, McLaughlin Brunson Insurance AgencyNational insurance brokerage and risk management firm Risk Strategies Co. has acquired Dallas-based McLaughlin Brunson Insurance Agency. McLaughlin Brunson...
Jul 22 2016 // A federal agency has ordered a natural gas pipeline company to conduct additional assessments on three lines buried in western Pennsylvania, including one that has corrosion similar to a fourth line that blew up in April,...
Jul 20 2016 // A jury has ruled that a Pennsylvania racetrack didn’t cause harm to a man killed by lightning minutes after an August 2012 NASCAR race was stopped.The Pocono Record reported that the jury ruled in favor of Pocono...
Jul 18 2016 // Telling Tesla drivers its Autopilot feature doesn’t mean their cars can drive themselves may not be enough to keep Elon Musk off the hot seat if the technology comes up short.This month, two Teslas equipped with...
Jul 15 2016 // The “Pokemon Go” craze across the U.S. has people wandering into yards, driveways, cemeteries and even an off-limits police parking lot in search of cartoon monsters, prompting warnings that trespassers could...
Jul 11 2016 // BrickStreet Mutual Insurance said it finalized an agreement to acquire the workers’ compensation block of business from Pittsburgh-based HM Insurance Group (HM), a Highmark company.The purchase involves...