All the headlines from our Pennsylvania Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 3 2011 // A Pennsylvania court has ruled that an exclusion in underinsured motorist coverage for injuries incurred while on a motorcycle applies to motorcyclists injured after being thrown off their bikes.An underinsured motorist...
Sep 30 2011 // A woman who broke her skull and collarbone when a member of the band Fishbone dived from a Philadelphia stage will soon have her day in court.A federal judge has upheld a negligence lawsuit filed by Kimberly Myers. The...
Sep 29 2011 // The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry announced relief measures for State Workers’ Insurance Fund (SWIF) policyholders affected by flooding caused by Tropical Storm Lee.“Helping employers rebuild...
Sep 28 2011 // Northeastern independent agents with Harleysville appointments said they are leery about the reported Nationwide/Harleysville deal and have lots of questions.According to a report by Bloomberg last Friday, giant Nationwide...
Sep 27 2011 // A western Pennsylvania lawmaker is proposing to divert some of the money from the “Johnstown Flood Tax” on alcohol back to its original purpose — flood and other disaster relief.Sen. John Wozniak, D-Cambria,...
Sep 21 2011 // A former northeastern Pennsylvania insurance executive has been sentenced to 5 1/2 to 16 1/2 years in state prison in what prosecutors said was a pyramid scheme worth at least $7 million. Brian Murray, 68, former head of...
Sep 20 2011 // Lloyd’s London’s Syndicate 3500 filed a notice on Monday, Sept. 19, to voluntarily dismiss its federal lawsuit against Saudi Arabia over 9/11 claims.The lawsuit, first filed on Sept. 8, had asserted that Saudi...
Sep 19 2011 // An eastern Pennsylvania jury has awarded more than $23 million to a woman who lost portions of both legs to infection almost three years ago.Attorneys for the 55-year-old Lehighton woman argued that a home care nurse...
Sep 16 2011 // A Pennsylvania court has ruled that an exclusion in underinsured motorist coverage for injuries incurred while on a motorcycle applies to motorcyclists injured after being thrown off their bikes.An underinsured motorist...
Sep 15 2011 // Lloyd’s of London’s Syndicate 3500 filed a federal lawsuit against Saudi Arabia, several Saudi charity and financial organizations and prominent Saudi individuals over 9/11 terror attacks. The insurer said...
Sep 14 2011 // A federal judge in Pennsylvania said the insurance-buying mandate in President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul is unconstitutional, the latest ruling over an issue likely to be taken up by the U.S. Supreme...
Sep 11 2011 // Tens of thousands of evacuated Pennsylvania residents were allowed to return home starting Saturday as rivers swollen by the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee receded across Pennsylvania after flooding that was the worst in...
Aug 29 2011 // A judge has dismissed insurance fraud charges against a southwestern Pennsylvania fire chief and his wife accused of stealing about $20,000 in unemployment compensation but says authorities can proceed on conspiracy and...
Aug 26 2011 // A western Pennsylvania family has settled its lawsuit over claims its drinking water was polluted and home value wiped out by natural gas drilling on neighboring properties. Stephanie and Chris Hallowich settled their...
Aug 16 2011 // Vito Gaeta has joined NSM Insurance Group as director of Construction Programs. Gaeta previously held the position of senior underwriter for ACE USA. Conshohocken, Pa.-based NSM is a national commercial P/C insurance...
Aug 15 2011 // An administrative judge has ordered a small Pennsylvania mining company to pay $900,000 in fines related to the 2006 explosion that killed a miner and resulted in criminal charges against three others, a newspaper reported...
Aug 15 2011 // A St. Louis-bound Greyhound bus that overturned on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, sending 14 people to the hospital, was the latest in a series of bus accidents in the Northeast this year.The bus from New York City stopped in...
Aug 11 2011 // A federal judge has dismissed a police widow’s lawsuit against a suburban Philadelphia township over its insurance coverage.Middletown Township Officer Chris Jones was killed by an intoxicated driver during a 2009...
Jul 27 2011 // A proposal to stiffen sentences for arson in Pennsylvania has run afoul of a debate over the use of mandatory minimum sentences in the commonwealth.State Sen. John Rafferty Jr., R-Chester, introduced the measure in March...
Jul 18 2011 // Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett has signed a change to the state’s worker’s compensation insurance laws that will allow insurers to write coverage for owners and partners of small businesses. Agents in state have...