All the headlines from our Pennsylvania Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Apr 26 2004 // Insurance companies and other underwriters in Pennsylvania reported paying less for malpractice claims against medical professionals last year, according to a federal agency, even though doctors complain that rising...
Apr 22 2004 // Penn National Insurance of Harrisburg, Pa. is issuing $50 million in surplus notes of Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance Company. Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. will serve as the sole bookrunning manager for...
Apr 21 2004 // A civil lawsuit filed against a South Williamsport gun shop could be the first to go to court that would hold gun dealers accountable when criminals get their hands on guns, lawyers say.In April 1999, 7-year-old Nafis...
Apr 5 2004 // Citing data released from the state Supreme Court as “proof that our reforms are making a difference,” Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell has proposed a series of new bills to address the state’s...
Apr 2 2004 // The current medical malpractice crisis did not happen overnight and is not going to resolve itself without bringing predictability and stability into the system. This was the message delivered by a panel of experts at the...
Mar 30 2004 // ISU International President, T.J. Ryan III, announced the addition of the newest member to ISU’s national network of agencies – The Holdren Group of Plymouth Meeting, Pa.With more than 90 branch offices, ISU...
Mar 26 2004 // The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) has responded positively to Governor Ed Rendell’s recently announced medical liability reform proposals (See IJ Web site Mar.25).“We are...
Mar 25 2004 // Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell yesterday offered new proposals to address Pennsylvania’s medical malpractice situation. The proposals supplement those he offered in June 2003.“Court statistics released...
Mar 24 2004 // Pennsylvania State Senators Hal Mowery (R-31) and Jeff Piccola (R-15) reacted on Wednesday to recent challenges in the courts by introducing for the second time a major lawsuit reform measure that replaces “joint and...
Mar 22 2004 // Injured workers located in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania report more satisfactory outcomes than their counter parts in Texas, according to a study by the Workers’ Compensation Research Institute (WCRI).The study,...
Mar 22 2004 // The states boasts a good homeowners loss ratio and a diversified economyThe United States Census Bureau’s Census 2000 estimated the population of the Pennsylvania at 12,281,054. Approximately 82 percent of the adult...
Mar 19 2004 // A convincing case can be made for government involvement in providing medical malpractice insurance for high-cost claims and shortcomings in some such arrangements, such as Pennsylvania’s Mcare fund, are due to...
Mar 19 2004 // New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced the arrest of two Pennsylvania insurance brokers on charges they stole more than $100,000 in client insurance premium monies which were supposed to be used to purchase...
Mar 15 2004 // The insurance regulatory organizations from Connecticut, Montana and Pennsylvania have received Accreditation awards under the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ Financial Regulation Standards and...
Mar 11 2004 // Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell, recently met with student representatives from the state’s eight medical schools and assured them that he shares their concerns about rising medical malpractice insurance...