Ario v. Reliance Insurance

980 A.2d 588 (2009)

Joel S. ARIO, Acting Insurance Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Appellant

v.

RELIANCE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.

No. 3 MAP 2008

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued March 3, 2009.

Decided October 5, 2009.

Ann B. Laupheimer, Sheila Coombs Branyan, Stephanie C. Chomentowski, Blank Rome, L.L.P.; Eric Jonathan Rothschild, Deborah Fuchs Cohen, Pepper Hamilton, L.L.P., Philadelphia, for Joel S. Ario, Acting Ins. Com'r of the Com. of PA, appellant.

Gerald E. Arth, Beth Lisa Throne Fox Rothschild, Philadelphia, for Nat. Ass'n of Ins. Com'rs, appellant amicus curiae.

Deird…