Pennsylvania Claims Investigators See Increase In Auto Insurance Fraud
Its often a crime of panic, not prudence, of chaos, not design, and Tom Donahue, a former insurance claims investigator, could see the pattern in the automobile crashes he scrutinized.
February 12, 2018
Auto
Fraud
Pennsylvania
Two Workers Killed In Crane Accident At Manufacturing Plant
Two men are dead, another man is in critical condition and two others suffered minor injuries after an outdoor crane accident at the Manitowoc Crane Manufacturing Plant Friday morning.
February 7, 2018
Excess & Surplus Lines
Workers' Compensation
Pennsylvania
Elated Eagles Fans Trash Philadelphia Streets After Super Bowl Win
They streamed from the bars and the house parties at 10:18 p.m., a teeming mass of raucous revelers ready to seize the streets.
February 5, 2018
Property
Pennsylvania
9 Homes Damaged After Fire Spreads Through Pennsylvania Duplexes
At least nine homes went up in flames late Thursday night in Mount Carmel. Officials believe the first flames sparked at 317 North Hickory Street just after 11 p.m. It wasnt long before the fire ripped through seven homes on that street.
February 2, 2018
Property
Pennsylvania
Four High-End Vehicles Stolen From Dodge Dealership
Northern Lancaster County Regional Police are investigating the theft of multiple vehicles from Keller Brothers Dodge. Authorities say four "high-end" vehicles were stolen from the dealership between midnight and 3 a.m. Sunday.
January 30, 2018
Excess & Surplus Lines
Pennsylvania
Ice Jam Floods Homes, Businesses Along Pennsylvania Creek
Wednesday was another difficult day for crews in Nicholson as they worked to break up an ice jam on Martins Creek. An excavator scooped up huge chunks of ice, helping the water to flow.
January 25, 2018
Property
Pennsylvania
Cop Claims His Vehicle Was Stolen After Fleeing Scene Of Accident
An off-duty Bern Township police officer who fled the scene of a three-vehicle crash last month and concocted a story that a thief was driving the hit-and-run vehicle faces insurance fraud and other criminal charges, Berks County detectives announced Thursday.
January 22, 2018
Auto
Fraud
Pennsylvania
Argo AI Self-Driving Test Car Hit In Pittsburgh
One of the test cars Argo AI operates in its Pittsburgh fleet was involved in an accident on Wednesday, with two people sent to hospital (in stable condition) with injuries as a result of the accident.
January 12, 2018
Auto
Liability
Pennsylvania
Home Depot Sued After Product Causes Port Matilda House Fire
Home Depot has been sued for more than $123,000 by an insurance company after one of its products allegedly caused a fire that damaged a Port Matilda familys home.
January 11, 2018
Property
Subrogation
Pennsylvania
Auto Shop Owner Guilty Of Arson, Insurance Fraud
A DuBois man pleaded guilty Monday to torching his Jefferson County auto repair shop in 2016 with the hopes of cashing in on the insurance payment.
January 11, 2018
Fraud
Property
Pennsylvania
Growing Length Of U.S Freight Trains In Federal Crosshairs After Crashes
The investigative arm of the U.S. Congress is launching a probe into the safety of increasingly long freight trains being operated by CSX Corp (CSX.O), Union Pacific Corp (UNP.N) and other major U.S. railroads to boost profitability, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) said.
December 6, 2017
Excess & Surplus Lines
Florida
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Florida Tops Tort Reform Groups List Of Judicial Hellholes, While California No. 2
Florida, thanks to a string of liability-expanding decisions, has earned itself the top spot in the newest Judicial Hellhole” rankings, according to an annual report issued by the American Tort Reform Association Tuesday.
December 5, 2017
Litigation
California
Florida
Missouri
New York
Pennsylvania
Elderly Couple Arrested At Gunpoint After Insurance Agent Reports Them For Drugs
A Pennsylvania couple is suing the local police department and their insurer after being arrested at gunpoint, handcuffed and stuck in the back of a police cruiser for hours — all because their insurance agent couldnt tell the difference between landscaping and pot farming.
November 21, 2017
Liability
Litigation
Property
Pennsylvania
5-Alarm Fire Rips Through Pennsylvania Nursing Home
At least 20 people were injured in a massive fire that engulfed a senior living community in Pennsylvania. Firefighters received reports of a blaze at around 11 p.m. Thursday at Barclay Friends Senior Living Community in West Chester, about 35 miles west of Philadelphia.
November 17, 2017
Property
Pennsylvania
Fire Levels Greenville, Pennsylvania Area Restaurant For Second Time
A Greenville-area restaurant was destroyed by fire early Monday morning, on the same site of a fatal arson more than a decade earlier.
November 14, 2017
Property
Pennsylvania



