All the headlines from our Pennsylvania Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 19 2002 // Pennsylvania Healthcare Providers Insurance Exchange has filed an application with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Insurance Department to begin offering medical malpractice insurance coverage to physicians and hospitals...
Aug 15 2002 // Pennsylvania Attorney General Mike Fisher has sent a letter to Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Diane Koken urging her to suspend the imposition of the latest increase by the Professional Liability Joint Underwriting...
Aug 7 2002 // In an unusual move, Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner M. Diane Koken has sued two of her predecessors for private-sector work they reportedly did after leaving office for two insurance companies that later failed,...
Jul 16 2002 // Pennsylvania Gov. Mark Schweiker has signed House Bill 599, enabling surplus lines insurers to change or adopt new commercial policy forms without first getting approval from the state insurance department. “Surplus...
Jul 11 2002 // An announcement by Pennsylvania’s PMSCO Healthcare Consulting, a subsidiary of the Pennsylvania Medical Society, highlights the new safety provisions contained in the Medical Malpractice Reform Bill enacted earlier...
Jun 28 2002 // Pennsylvania seeks to recover damages from Saul P. Steinberg and other former executives who allegedly are at fault for Reliance Global Holding’s bankruptcy, as well as the failure of its subsidiary, Reliance...
Jun 14 2002 // The Pennsylvania Senate has passed an inclusive measure (SB 1089) abolishing the hoary legal principle of joint and several liability, and replacing it with a recovery system based on establishing a proportional figure of...
Jun 3 2002 // Thunderstorms, accompanied by torrential rain and high winds caused widespread destruction in and around Pittsburgh Friday night leading Allegheny County manager Bob Webb to declare a state of emergency.According to...
May 29 2002 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Diane Koken announced that the Commonwealth Court has approved the Plan of Rehabilitation for the Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Company.Koken characterized the reorganization of...
May 29 2002 // Michael G. Koziol, senior counsel and a director of the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII), recently addressed a letter to the Pennsylvania Senate’s Banking and Insurance Committee, urging members to...
May 13 2002 // According to a report from the Associated Press, police have arrested 37-year old Michael Boltz of Lebanon Pa. on charges of deliberately setting fire to his house, and falsely blaming it on his dog, in order to obtain a...
May 7 2002 // Hospitals in Pennsylvania are estimated to be paying more than $180 million in additional premiums for medical liability insurance compared to a year ago, according to a statewide survey of medical professional liability...
Apr 24 2002 // A new study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) found that lower than average prices for medical services in Pennsylvania’s workers’ compensation system offset the higher utilization of...
Apr 15 2002 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner M. Diane Koken announced that the Commonwealth Court has approved her petitions for Orders of Rehabilitation for Legion Insurance Company and Villanova Insurance Company, both located in...
Apr 10 2002 // The Pennsylvania Insurance Department has set Thursday, May 23, 2002, as the date for a public informational hearing on Provident Mutual’s proposed sponsored demutualization. “Under the proposed sponsored...
Apr 9 2002 // Illinois Insurance Director Nathaniel S. Shapo has obtained a conservation order against Legion Indemnity Company. The conservation of Legion was precipitated by rehabilitation orders entered in the state of Pennsylvania...
Apr 8 2002 // The Colorado Division of Insurance has suspended Legion Insurance Company and Villanova Insurance Company.The suspensions are the result of both companies being placed into rehabilitation by the Commonwealth Court of...
Apr 1 2002 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner M. Diane Koken announced that the Commonwealth Court has approved her petitions for Orders of Rehabilitation for Legion Insurance Company and Villanova Insurance Company, both located in...
Mar 21 2002 // As expected, Pennsylvania Governor Mark Schweiker signed medical malpractice reform legislation that proponents estimate will save doctors as much as 20 percent on insurance premiums while providing additional patient...
Mar 18 2002 // The Pennsylvania Medical Society responded in no uncertain terms to the accusations of impropriety made by the state’s trial lawyers association involving the relationship between the Society and the Pennsylvania...