All the headlines from our Pennsylvania Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 19 2004 // The Pennsylvania Legislature declined to advance a measure that would allow limits on the dollar amount juries can award for pain and suffering in medical malpractice claims. The House voted 107-93 against an attempt to...
Jul 19 2004 // With about two-thirds of the United States facing what some experts describe as a medical malpractice crisis, a pair of studies show how liability concerns could be hurting patient care and also limiting patients’...
Jul 15 2004 // A group of private investors led by William Kronenberg, III, has completed its acquisition of designated assets of Professional Underwriters which include name, renewal rights and other undisclosed assets.Professional...
Jul 14 2004 // The average medical payment for workers’ compensation claims in Pennsylvania rose nearly 14 percent during the most recent period studied, according to a new study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute...
Jul 13 2004 // Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell signed the following bill into law during a day of numerous bill signings: House Bill 2527, sponsored by Rep. David Argall (R Berks/Schuylkill), makes an appropriation from the Workmen’s...
Jul 8 2004 // Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff reminded Pennsylvania farmers to report their acreage for spring-planted crops enrolled in the 2004 Crop Insurance Program before the July 15 deadline.“The...
Jul 6 2004 // The Pennsylvania Legislature declined to advance a measure that would allow limits on the dollar amount juries can award for pain and suffering in medical malpractice claims.The House voted 107-93 last Friday against an...
Jul 6 2004 // A new law signed last week by Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell marks the successful conclusion of a multi-year effort to fix problems arising from the Reliance Insurance Company insolvency, according to the American...
Jul 5 2004 // In Lancaster, Pa., Franklin & Marshall College President John Fry recently announced the addition of Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges to the Shared Services Consortium (SSC). The SSC, which includes charter members...
Jul 1 2004 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Diane Koken announced the appointment of Sarah H. Lawhorne as Deputy Insurance Commissioner for the Office of Policy, Planning and Administration. Lawhorne will oversee the...
Jun 24 2004 // A federal appeals court in Philadelpia has upheld a ruling that GTE Corp., now a part of Verizon, wasn’t entitled to millions of dollars in insurance payments over the Y2K computer bug.The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of...
Jun 21 2004 // Three years after taking over Reliance Insurance Co., the Pennsylvania Insurance Department is attempting to raise cash by selling properties of the failed company. Reliance Insurance faces a $3 billion shortfall between...
Jun 21 2004 // Former Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill once famously said, “All politics is local.” The same could be said for the insurance industry—insurance coverage is definitely local. In addition, there...
Jun 3 2004 // The federal government has offered $3 million to purchase and demolish 26 homes near Abington, Pennsylvania that were inundated by Tropical Storm Allison.The Federal Emergency Management Agency made the funding available...
Jun 2 2004 // Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell released workplace injury data showing an increase in accidents, injuries and deaths in the state in 2002, and launched a targeted “Call Before You Dig” awareness...
Jun 2 2004 // Three years after taking over Reliance Insurance Co., the Pennsylvania Insurance Department is attempting to raise cash by selling far-flung properties of the failed company.Reliance Insurance faces a $3 billion shortfall...
May 26 2004 // A bill that would reportedly assure that policyholders of insolvent insurance companies would have their claims paid according to the agreed-upon deductible amounts under their policies passed the Pennsylvania House...
May 19 2004 // About 33,000 physicians who want help paying for medical malpractice insurance have applied for a piece of a $220 million state subsidy in Pennsylvania that will be largely funded by cigarette taxes increased in...
May 3 2004 // The Pennsylvania Supreme Court last week upheld the prison sentence of former state Rep. Thomas Druce, who pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a 1999 hit-and-run accident that killed a Harrisburg man.Druce pleaded...
Apr 29 2004 // Pennsylvania Attorney General Jerry Pappert announced that a former Lancaster County insurance agent was sentenced to 5 to 12 years in state prison for reportedly bilking 71 elderly victims out of nearly $3 million in...