All the headlines from our Pennsylvania Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 18 2008 // Harrisburg, Pennsylvania police say a woman recently noticed that her car had been tagged as abandoned and rushed down to the state transportation building to clear up the problem.When she got back, the tag was gone...
Mar 18 2008 // American International Group Inc. will pay $13.5 million – including a record $9.1 million in penalties and investigative costs – to settle allegations of bid-rigging and financial misreporting brought by the...
Mar 14 2008 // Federal agents are investigating a fire that caused more than $6 million in damage at an auto parts warehouse in Pennsylvania.Nearly 20 fire companies battled the blaze at the Pennsylvania Collision Parts warehouse in...
Mar 14 2008 // Florida ranks the worst in terms of tort costs and litigation risks, while North Dakota ranks the best. In a separate ranking, Colorado has the best tort laws on its books, while Rhode Island has the worst.The free-market...
Mar 12 2008 // Gorton’s Inc. said Monday that the pills a Pennsylvania family reported finding in their fish fillets were harmless over-the-counter herbal supplements.The incident remains an isolated case and the U.S. Food and Drug...
Mar 11 2008 // All members of the insurance community are invited to attend the Pennsylvania Surplus Lines Association’s 26th Annual Membership Meeting on April 9-10, 2008 at the Pittsburgh Marriott City Center Hotel in Pittsburgh,...
Mar 10 2008 // Former Pa. Superior Court Judge Michael Joyce wants his federal insurance fraud trial moved out of Erie to U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh. Joyce’s attorney says news coverage of the case has generated enormous...
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Mar 10 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com.Blanket Accident Insurance Nuts &...
Mar 10 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com.Blanket Accident Insurance Nuts &...
Mar 5 2008 // The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is investigating the fire that destroyed a historic building at Conneaut Lake Park in PennsylvaniaThe 99-year-old Dreamland Ballroom was destroyed Feb. 1. A...
Mar 4 2008 // Cricket Lighters will pay $200,000 to a settle a lawsuit regarding the death of three people in a 1993 fire in Pennsylvania.The Stockholm-based company agreed to pay the settlement to end litigation that began in 1995....
Feb 27 2008 // Former Pa. Superior Court Judge Michael Joyce wants his federal insurance fraud trial moved out of Erie to U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh. Joyce’s attorney says news coverage of the case has generated enormous...
Feb 24 2008 // Top 100 Agency Profile RANKING: No. 4 Keystone Insurers Group Headquarters: Northumberland, Pa. Year Founded: 1983 Additional Locations: 204 locations 2006 Premium Volume: Total: $912.5 million % Commercial: 60 percent %...
Feb 19 2008 // A Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to three years’ probation for defrauding an insurance company with the help of a chiropractor.A federal judge in Pittsburgh also ordered 31-year-old Brandon Burns of Murrysville...
Feb 13 2008 // The first major rewrite of Pennsylvania’s 1961 mine safety law received unanimous approval from the state Senate this week, but the mine workers union wants the House to make additions to it.Under the current draft,...
Feb 13 2008 // Pa. Gov. Edward G. Rendell announced a 10.22 percent average decrease in workers compensation insurance costs, a move that he said will result in $250 million in savings for employers in the state.The move follows December...
Feb 11 2008 // A Pennsylvania jury awarded $10.2 million to a teenager who was paralyzed in a drunken driving crash while wearing a lap belt in the backseat.The belt tore into Chelsea Pursell’s abdomen, fracturing her spinal cord...
Jan 29 2008 // A new decision by a Pennsylvania court could have far-ranging implications on what happens to an insurance agency’s book of business if a carrier terminates its contract.The decision, rendered last week by Judge...
Jan 27 2008 // Lighthouse Underwriters, Cooley and DarlingCooley and Darling Insurance Agency Inc., a new retail agency based in Haymarket, Va., has acquired the retail book of non-profit business from Lighthouse Underwriters LLC, a...