All the headlines from our Pennsylvania Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 18 2006 // 21st Century Insurance Group, which sells auto insurance directly to consumers, is now selling in Florida, Georgia and Pennsylvania, the latest wave of the California-based company’s national expansion in the...
May 17 2006 // DCAP Group, Inc., a large chain of independent storefront insurance agencies in the Northeast, reported that first quarter 2006 total revenues were $2,867,690, a decline from the prior year amount of $3,208,073. Net income...
May 12 2006 // Farmers in Pennsylvania will receive $1 million in state aid for their 2006 crop insurance premiums, said Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff.“Crop insurance is an important tool for protecting Pennsylvania’s...
May 7 2006 // Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. has settled four wrongful-death or injury lawsuits involving the deadly 2002 listeria outbreak that was linked to one of its plants, the meat company announced.The second food company tied to...
Apr 18 2006 // In search of a new tool to weed out problem truckers, a Pennsylvania trucking association is pushing for a statewide database that would compile employer records on drivers’ drug test results.Traffic violations and...
Apr 13 2006 // A Pennsylvania judge was asked to determine whether a $4 million verdict in a birth malpractice case is too large because a hospital said it could go bankrupt if it is forced to pay the damages.Attorneys for Trudy and...
Apr 11 2006 // Luzerne County in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., plans to become the first county in the state to tax billboards as real estate, but the strategy is being challenged in a suit filed by an advertising firm.The county hopes to raise...
Apr 11 2006 // Paul Chapman remembers an accident he saw one night a few years ago while driving through the Allegheny Mountains. A truck, without braking, crashed as it missed the entrance to a tunnel on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The...
Apr 9 2006 // Health care plays a significant role in Pennsylvania’s economy; however, the future of patient care is uncertain as problems with insurance and supply of services as well as increased demand for care combine to...
Apr 3 2006 // Nixes joint and several fix; also homebuilder damages cap10 Northeast warned of ‘historic’ storm this year Meteorologists say patterns mimic 1938 Long Island Express12 Insurers unlikely to alter credit...
Mar 31 2006 // A Pennsylvania federal court has upheld a $7.9 million award against an insurer for its bad faith in failing to offer plaintiffs the full limits of the policy and for assigning one lawyer to represent two of its insureds...
Mar 30 2006 // American Hobbyist Insurance, a national provider of collector-vehicle coverage, recently appointed Karen Tim as its new agency manager. Tim serves in American Hobbyist’s new headquarters in Jenkintown, Pa. Formerly...
Mar 27 2006 // Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell has vetoed legislation designed to scale back the obligation of defendants to pay damage awards in some civil lawsuits.Rendell explained his veto of Senate Bill 435 by maintaining...
Mar 23 2006 // Hard fought victories have been achieved as tort reform legislation in Florida and Pennsylvania took significant steps forward, according to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America.The Florida House sent to...
Mar 21 2006 // “Not Your Typical Bank,” the slogan used by Citizens Financial Group in its popular consumer-friendly ads, seems to apply to the bank’s latest move, the selling off of its respected insurance agencies.It...
Mar 20 2006 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Diane Koken announced she will stop sending insurance agents’ fingerprints to a national repository, just days after a bill backed by the state’s independent agents that...
Mar 20 2006 // Not Your Typical Bank,” the slogan used by Citizens Financial Group in its consumer ads, seems to apply to the bank’s latest move, the selling off of its respected insurance agencies.It is not a typical sale....
Mar 19 2006 // Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell has vetoed legislation that would have capped the damage award homebuilders must pay for faulty work and regulated the ability of property owners to sue.The legislation had been deemed...
Mar 14 2006 // Dozens of firetrucks collected over more than three decades by a local businessman will be auctioned this week in Denbo, Pa., a sale that has attracted national and international interest.“This will be the granddaddy...
Mar 3 2006 // Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett reported that criminal charges were filed against two Solanco High School teachers accused of deceiving State Farm in a fraudulent insurance claim for less than $800 to repair a...