All the headlines from our Pennsylvania Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 11 2005 // The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. and Aetna announced a strategic workers’ compensation relationship to help manage the rising costs of workplace injuries and illnesses. The Hartford has contracted with...
May 9 2005 // Pennsylvania’s 182 general acute care hospitals reported a total of $636 million in medical malpractice expenses in fiscal year 2004, according to a research report from the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment...
May 5 2005 // Responding to the announcement from American International Group that it was restating its financial statements for the years 2000 to present, and that the filing of its 2004 annual report would again be delayed,...
May 3 2005 // Pennsylvania’s 182 general acute care hospitals reported a total of $636 million in medical malpractice expenses in fiscal year 2004, according to a research report from the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment...
May 3 2005 // Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA) Director Adrian King, Jr. recently announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved PEMA’s request to add Susquehanna County for federal...
Apr 29 2005 // A doctoral student says his examination of two small streams in eastern Pennsylvania appears to back up what inundated residents have long suspected: flooding along small creeks and streams is worsened when land is paved...
Apr 28 2005 // The PMA Insurance Group, a property and casualty insurer in Blue Bell, Pa., specializing in workers’ compensation, has promoted Mario Spina vice president of direct sales. Spina is responsible for managing PMA...
Apr 26 2005 // A state legislator wants to add Pennsylvania to the list of states that protect the food industry from lawsuits in which people blame restaurants and other food vendors for making them fat.Rep. Douglas Reichley, R-Lehigh,...
Apr 11 2005 // The grim task of damage assessment continued last week as officials in nine Pennsylvania counties took note of houses, businesses, roads and bridges stricken by flooding from rains last weekend.Thousands of structures up...
Apr 11 2005 // Two months before the study is expected to be done, the property casualty insurance industry is getting nervous about a study on terrorism insurance being conducted by the Treasury Department, a study some in Congress are...
Apr 7 2005 // Pennsylvania Gov. Edward Rendell has sent a letter to President George W. Bush regarding last weekend’s flooding along the Delaware and Susquehanna Rivers. Because many of the flood-impacted areas suffered extensive,...
Apr 6 2005 // Cindy Fillman, the Pennsylvania Insurance Department’s consumer liaison, is inviting consumers to regional consumer advisory meetings to talk, ask questions and bring items of interest to the direct attention of the...
Apr 6 2005 // Even after investment income is considered, underwriting private passenger automobile insurance in Delaware has been unprofitable for the past five years, according to a study done by the Property Casualty Insurers...
Apr 6 2005 // After Hurricane Ivan filled their little ranch house in Easton, Pa. with several feet of water, Dale and Charlotte Barr spent $40,000 to get it back in shape, doing most of the work themselves. They were just about to...
Mar 30 2005 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Diane Koken on Wednesday announced that the Insurance Department has recently approved a 2.89 percent average rate reduction for workers’ compensation premiums, which will save...
Mar 25 2005 // A man who pleaded guilty to hiring a hit man to kill a used car dealer for insurance money was sentenced to 20 years in prison.Lawrence A. Skiba of White Oak sobbed after a federal judge sentenced him for his role in a...
Mar 23 2005 // Insurance companies and other underwriters in Pennsylvania reported a steep jump last year in payments for malpractice claims against physicians, according to a federal agency.In 2004, insurers reported paying out $448...
Mar 21 2005 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Diane Koken, in her role as statutory liquidator for Reliance Insurance Company, finalized the negotiation of an $85 million settlement with the former directors and officers of the...
Mar 21 2005 // Costs per workers’ compensation claim in Pennsylvania rose 6 percent between 2001 and 2002, according to a new report by the Cambridge, Mass.-based Workers Compensation Research Institute. This contrasts with more...
Mar 21 2005 // New York is one of the worst; New Jersey is also poor; Virginia remains among the best; Massachusetts and Maryland are looking better and better; Connecticut is holding steady, while Pennsylvania has some catching up to...