All the headlines from our Pennsylvania Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 11 2003 // Thursday, at the request of Congressman Tim Holden, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture’s (PDA) Deputy Secretary for Administration, Russell Redding testified before the U.S. House Subcommittee on General Farm...
Jul 9 2003 // Community Banks, Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Your Insurance Partner, an agency with offices in Mechanicsburg and Dillsburg, PA.The transaction is subject to regulatory...
Jul 2 2003 // A bill sent to the governor on Tuesday repealing Pennsylvania’s 35-year-old mandatory motorcycle helmet law is ill-advised and should be vetoed, according to a long-time advocate of vehicular safety.The bill (SB...
Jul 2 2003 // An announcement by the law firm Buchanan Ingersoll gives details of the formation of a new medical malpractice insurer — the Professional Casualty Association, which “has closed on a deal in which it assumed...
Jun 24 2003 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Diane Koken has reportedly filed a petition in Commonwealth Court seeking to recover around $3.6 million paid to Robert M. Steinberg, the former Chairman and CEO of the bankrupt Reliance...
Jun 23 2003 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Diane Koken, in her capacity as the state regulator for the industry, has released results from the Private Passenger Automobile Underwriting Guidelines review conducted by the...
Jun 19 2003 // Pennsylvania Governor Edward Rendell on Wednesday commended the Pennsylvania Senate for confirming M. Diane Koken as Commissioner of the Insurance Department. The confirmation marks the third consecutive confirmation of...
Jun 19 2003 // The American Insurance Association joined Western Pennsylvania’s Hospital Council in opposing the repeal of the state’s 35-year old motorcycle helmet safety law (See IJ Website June 18), calling it...
Jun 13 2003 // The American Insurance Association joined other national organizations in commending the members of Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives for passing a bill (HB 1326) which would amend the commonwealth’s...
Jun 12 2003 // If enacted, a bill passed Tuesday night by the Pennsylvania House would reportedly lead to sweeping changes to the state’s civil justice system, according to the Alliance of American Insurers (AAI).The bill (HB...
Jun 12 2003 // Pennsylvania Senate Majority Whip Jeffrey Piccola (R-15) issued a statement applauding the State’s House of Representatives “for their recent and much-needed passage of legislation to amend Pennsylvania’s...
Jun 10 2003 // Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell has released details for a proposed series of immediate and long-term measures to reform Pennsylvania’s medical malpractice liability system.The press bulletin called the...
Jun 9 2003 // The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) released the following statement by President and CEO Carolyn F. Scanlan in response to the release of a report, prepared by the The Project on Medical...
May 13 2003 // A report, which first appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer, and was subsequently republished by Dow Jones, indicates that Pennsylvania regulators have reached an agreement with the other creditors over the division of the...
May 7 2003 // Senate Majority Whip Jeffrey Piccola (R-15) unveiled new legislation Tuesday to several thousand members of the Politically Active Physicians Association (PAPA) during a rally held on the steps of the State Capitol....
May 6 2003 // The League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania announced that its 45th Biennial Convention, to be held May 30-June 1 at the Lantern Lodge Conference Center in Myerstown, PA, will feature a balanced panel discussion on Medical...
Apr 29 2003 // Senate Majority Whip Jeffrey Piccola (R-15) emphasized Monday the need for enacting caps on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases to members of the Politically Active Physicians Association (PAPA) at rallies in...
Apr 28 2003 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi sought and received an order of liquidation for the California business of Legion and Villanova Insurance Companies April 26.The order, issued in California Superior Court...
Apr 28 2003 // The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) has issued a statement by president and CEO Carolyn Scanlan in anticipation of this week’s “Code Blue” physician protests, expressing...
Apr 23 2003 // Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell announced at a news conference in Harrisburg that the state’s present Insurance Commissioner, Diane Koken, would be his nominee to continue to head the department in his...