All the headlines from our Pennsylvania Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 10 2015 // A judge has ordered members of a Pennsylvania family whose mansion had three fires in five years to stand trial in a $20 million insurance fraud case.Political fundraiser and hostess Claire Risoldi and her family are...
Apr 9 2015 // Bryn Mawr Bank Corp. in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, announced its acquisition of Robert J. McAllister Agency Inc., an independent insurance agency in Rosemont, Pennsylvania. Terms of the transaction were not...
Apr 9 2015 // When Heather Kittrell sits on the porch in front of her Scranton, Pennsylvania, home, she sometimes watches as many as five drivers speed through the intersection of Pine Street and Wheeler Avenue.None notices the stop...
Apr 9 2015 // Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based workers’ compensation services provider Patriot National Inc. announced that it has acquired the assets of Hospitality Supportive Systems (HSS), a Springfield, Pennsylvania-based...
Apr 9 2015 // Traffic deaths in Pennsylvania hit an all-time low last year.State transportation officials say car crashes killed 1,195 people in 2014. That’s the lowest number since recordkeeping began 87 years ago. PennDOT...
Apr 1 2015 // A local GOP fundraiser in Pennsylvania charged in a $20 million insurance scheme after three mansion fires in five years cursed and discussed the Mafia while meeting with a jewelry appraiser about her claims, the appraiser...
Apr 1 2015 // The heart-attack death of a Somerset, Pennsylvania, volunteer firefighter in February served as a grim reminder of the hidden hazards of an already dangerous job.Forty-eight-year-old Edward Roddy collapsed while fighting...
Mar 28 2015 // The cost of workers’ compensation insurance is declining for the fourth consecutive year in Pennsylvania.The state departments of Insurance and Labor & Industry said on Friday, March 27, that overall rates will...
Mar 19 2015 // New Jersey’s state Senate on March 16 passed a bill (A-3905) that would allow motorists to display proof of auto insurance in either physical or electronic format. The bill was previously approved by the state...
Mar 18 2015 // AmTrust Financial Services Inc. announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement, pending regulatory and policyholder approval, to acquire ARI Mutual Insurance Company in Newtown, Pennsylvania, following the...
Mar 11 2015 // Slowly but surely, more of the major U.S. auto insurers are rolling out custom products designed to cover the unique risks presented by the emerging market of transportation network companies like Uber and Lyft. Latest to...
Mar 4 2015 // CBIZ Inc. in Cleveland, Ohio, announced that it has acquired Model Consulting Inc. in Trevose, Pennsylvania. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1990, Model Consulting provides employee benefit...
Feb 23 2015 // Edmund Williams Glatfelter Insurance Group in York, Pennsylvania, has promoted Edmund Williams from vice president and program manager to senior vice president and program manager for VFIS, a Glatfelter division that...
Feb 23 2015 // For years, we’ve listened to those who beat the drum to maintain minimum liability insurance limits that have been in place for decades. They frame their viewpoint as pro-consumer, and on its surface, their message...
Feb 23 2015 // Majesco, AgileInsurance technology firm Majesco has completed the acquisition of the insurance business of Agile Technologies, a technology consulting firm with revenues of more than $9 million. Terms of the deal were not...
Feb 13 2015 // Pennsylvania’s regulators say they’re satisfied with the plan by the ridesharing service Lyft to comply with conditions for a two-year license for experimental service to operate everywhere in the state except...
Feb 12 2015 // The Obama administration won a reversal of a court ruling that would have shielded a Christian college in Pennsylvania from a provision of the Affordable Care Act requiring religious nonprofits to indirectly facilitate...
Feb 10 2015 // Predicting winter weather is a slippery slope. People depend on weather forecasters to tell them when to stock up on milk and bread, but if a predicted blizzard doesn’t materialize, a flurry of complaints surface on...
Feb 9 2015 // Brown & Brown Inc. announced that its subsidiary Brown & Brown of Pennsylvania LP has acquired certain assets of Liberty Insurance Brokers Inc. and its related affiliate companies in Philadelphia. Terms of the...
Feb 4 2015 // A single word of testimony at a medical-malpractice trial has cost a Pennsylvania lawyer a nearly $1 million fine she says threatens her home, her family and her small law firm.Insurance defense attorney Nancy Raynor says...