State shuts down insurance company

HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANNIA - The state Insurance Department has ordered the shutdown of a company that sold medical and hospitalization coverage to independent truckers and others in the transportation field. <br> <br> The O.T.R. Truckers Association Inc., a Pennsylvania domestic company, and Over the Road Truckers Healthcare Fund of Georgia collectively known as OTR were never licensed or authorized to transact business in Pennsylvania, the state said. <br> <br> ``We&#39;ve closed down their operations in Pennsylvania because we believe they could do irreparable harm to consumers,&#39;&#39; said Insurance Commissioner M. Diane Koken. <br> <br> At least 53 state residents participated in the OTR plan, which had offices in East Norriton and Plymouth Meeting, outside Philadelphia.