Commonwealth v. Safeguard Mutual Insurance

Opinion by

President Judge Bowman,

The prolonged and bitter conflict between the Pennsylvania Department of Insurance (Department) and Safeguard Mutual Insurance Company (Safeguard) has reached its Armageddon. While the appropriateness of such a characterization may be quéstioned, particularly where the field of battle is a courtroom, the postures of the respective parties must be perceived in terms of a “life or death” confrontation. At stake here is whether Safeguard may continue to exist as a privately owned and operated business or whether it is destined to become a “ward of the state.”

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