Latest Virginia Headlines
All the headlines from our Virginia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Harrisonburg, Va. Bartenders to Test Drive Anti-DWI Program
Mar 27 2007 // The men and women who usually have a sympathetic ear for customers will be on extra alert for drinkers who drive. Harrisonburg, Virginia has been selected by the nonprofit Foundation For Alcohol Responsibility as the first...
Jane Cline, West Virginia, Office of Insurance Commissioner
Mar 26 2007 // Jane L. Cline was first appointed West Virginia Insurance Commissioner in January 2001 and reappointed by current Gov. Joe Manchin. In addition to her responsibilities as Insurance Commissioner, Cline serves as...
The Commissioners: Jane Cline
Mar 26 2007 // Jane L. Cline was first appointed West Virginia Insurance Commissioner in January 2001 and reappointed by current Gov. Joe Manchin. In addition to her responsibilities as Insurance Commissioner, Cline serves as...
Companies Protest W. Va. Public Health Contract Award to Md. Firm
Mar 23 2007 // West Virginia’s selection of a Maryland company to manage a new health insurance program for retired public workers is being challenged by two other companies that sought the work. The Public Employees Insurance...
W. Va. Hosting Workers Comp Training Sessions
Mar 17 2007 // The Offices of the Insurance Commissioner of West Virginia in cooperation with the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI), will hold training sessions around the state on development of workers’...
W.Va. Expected to Approve First Coal Mine Shelters
Mar 12 2007 // Emergency shelters are about to become a reality in West Virginia coal mines. The state Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training is expected to approve the first underground shelter designs this week, Randy...
W. Va. court says doctors may self-insure
Mar 12 2007 // The West Virginia Supreme Court voted 5-0 to refuse to hear Charleston Area Medical Center’s appeal of a 2005 circuit court ruling that upheld a physician’s right to provide his own medical malpractice...
W.Va. Bill Could Extend Health Insurance to Thousands
Mar 9 2007 // Thousands of West Virginians could be newly eligible for health insurance through their parents’ plans under a measure advanced Wednesday by the Senate Finance Committee. The bill already passed the House of...
W. Va. Court Rebukes Hospital, Upholds Doctor’s Right to Self-Insure
Mar 1 2007 // The West Virginia Supreme Court refused this week to hear Charleston Area Medical Center’s appeal of a 2005 circuit court ruling that upheld a physician’s right to provide his own medical malpractice...
Va. Court Recognizes Same-Sex Relationship in Private Contract
Mar 1 2007 // Even though same-sex couples can’t get married in Virginia, they can live together in a situation that’s comparable to marriage in the eyes of the law, the state Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday. A three-judge...
W.Va. Man Indicted on Felony Count of Insurance Fraud
Feb 13 2007 // West Virginbia’s Marion County Prosecutor’s Office and the Office of the Insurance Commissioner’s Fraud Unit indicted Foster Glen Carnes of Marion County earlier this month on one felony count of filing a...
One-on-one interviews with 15 insurance regulators
Feb 12 2007 // One-on-one interviews with 15 insurance regulators At a recent meeting of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, Insurance Journal sat down with 15 insurance regulators to talk about issues affecting their...
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West Virginia – Jane Cline
Feb 11 2007 // During a period when insurers in West Virginia limited the amount of homeowner and auto policies they were writing – or stopped writing altogether – Insurance Commissioner Jane L. Cline worked with the governor...
Business Moves
Jan 28 2007 // Goldman Sachs, USI Holdings Big insurance broker USI Holdings Corp. agreed to be acquired by GS Capital Partners, a private equity affiliate of Goldman, Sachs and Co., in a transaction valued at approximately $1.4 billion,...
Business Moves
Jan 28 2007 // Goldman Sachs, USI Holdings Big insurance broker USI Holdings Corp. agreed to be acquired by GS Capital Partners, a private equity affiliate of Goldman, Sachs and Co., in a transaction valued at approximately $1.4 billion,...
West Virginia Exposes Workers’ Comp Fraud
Jan 26 2007 // William E. Keir pleaded guilty earlier this month to one felony count of wrongfully seeking workers’ compensation insurance, according to the West Virginia Insurance Commission. Keir, 29, of Morgantown was indicted...
W. Va. Judge Dismisses 400 Flood Claims Against Coal Firms
Jan 26 2007 // A circuit judge has dismissed the claims of about 400 victims of a devastating flood in southern West Virginia in 2001. Ohio County Circuit Judge Arthur M. Recht said in last week’s ruling that the plaintiffs who...
W. Va. Tackles Mine Safety Rules to Address Sago Tragedy
Jan 19 2007 // Members of the state Board of Coal Mine Health and Safety say the panel may have a tough time crafting regulations to address the cause of the Sago Mine accident. The process of writing those rules officially began...
W.Va. Building Where Fire Killed 7 Lacked Sprinklers
Jan 17 2007 // There was no sprinkler system in the five-story apartment building where fire killed at least seven people, including a child, fire officials said. “I think they would have made a huge difference,” Fire Chief...
