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W.Va. Big ‘I’ Members Learn About Policy ‘Glitches,’ Coverage ‘Fixes’

Nov 7 2005 // Glitches” in policies agents select for insureds and possible coverage “fixes” to close these gaps or lapses in coverage were discussed by Fred Macy, president of Gray Wolf Insurance Seminars, during the...

W. Va. Legislation Effectively Reduced Homeowners, Auto Rates

Nov 7 2005 // Automobile and homeowners rates have been dramatically reduced as a result of legislative changes made by the West Virginia Legisla-ture, Insurance Commissioner Jane L. Cline, told Professional Independent Insurance Agents...

W. Va. Legislation Effectively Reduced Homeowners, Auto Rates

Nov 6 2005 // Automobile and homeowners rates have been dramatically reduced as a result of legislative changes made by the West Virginia Legisla-ture, Insurance Commissioner Jane L. Cline, told Professional Independent Insurance Agents...

W.Va. Big ‘I’ Members Learn About Policy ‘Glitches,’ Coverage Fixes

Nov 6 2005 // Glitches” in policies agents select for insureds and possible coverage “fixes” to close these gaps or lapses in coverage were discussed by Fred Macy, president of Gray Wolf Insurance Seminars, during the...

Rate Decrease Granted for W. Va. Mutual Insurance Co.

Nov 1 2005 // The West Virginia Mutual Insurance Company has been granted a 5 percent rate increase according to Insurance Commissioner Jane L. Cline. The new rates take effect Jan. 1, 2006. West Virginia Mutual filed for the rate...

CPCU Society Names 2005-06 Officers and Governors

Oct 31 2005 // The CPCU Society has announced its new officers and governors, effective immediately. The following officers have been officially elected: The CPCU Society’s incoming president, Millicent W. Workman, CPCU, CPIW, is...

Employer Guilty of Providing False Information to W.V. Workers Compensation Commission

Oct 25 2005 // West Virginia Insurance Commissioner, Jane L. Cline, announced Tuesday that Richard Custer Jr., was sentenced Oct. 12 on one felony charge of making a false statement to the Workers’ Compensation Commission. Custer,...

W. Va. Woman Charged With Fraud, Sold Fake Insurance Cards for $400

Oct 20 2005 // Martinsburg, W. Va. police have charged Barbara Lynn Gonzalez with making fake insurance cards and selling them to Hispanic residents, according to court records. Gonzalez has been charged with two felony counts of false...

W.Va. School Bus Driver Pleads Guilty to Two Counts of Workers’ Comp Fraud

Oct 13 2005 // Terry Lee Villers of Wirt County, W.Va. has pleaded guilty in Kanawha County Circuit Court of two felony counts of workers’ compensation fraud. According to Insurance Commissioner Janet L. Cline, Villers knowingly...

Northern Va. Police Bust Staged Accident Ringleaders

Oct 12 2005 // Authorities are taking aim at ‘swoop and squat’ accident scams They call it the “swoop and squat’.’ A driver pulls in front of another vehicle and slams on the brakes, deliberately causing an...

W.Va. Indicts Employer, Employee for Workers’ Compensation Fraud

Oct 12 2005 // West Virginia Insurance Commissioner, Jane L. Cline, announced one employer, Brett A. Starr was indicted last month by a Kanawha County Grand Jury on the felony offense of Workers’ Compensation Fraud. At the same...

Alliance Bankshares Acquires Virginia’s Danaher Agency

Oct 8 2005 // Alliance Bankshares Corp. announced the execution of a definitive agreement for its subsidiary, Alliance Bank Corporation, to acquire the Danaher Insurance Agency of Annandale, Virginia in an all cash transaction. Danaher...

Educational Seminar Kicks Off Big ‘I’ of W.Va.’s Annual Conference

Oct 7 2005 // An educational seminar on “Glitches, Hitches and Fixes,” by Fred Macy of Gray Wolf Insurance Seminars kicks off the Friday afternoon opening of the Professional Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of...

Horace Mann Corp. Decreases Auto Rates for W. Va. Educators

Oct 4 2005 // Horace Mann Educators Corp. has lowered auto insurance rates for West Virginia consumers an average of 4.4 percent effective Nov. 1, 2005. “We are pleased to reduce rates for educators in West Virginia,” said...

IIABA of W.Va. Conference and Expo in Shepherdstown

Oct 3 2005 // West Virginia Insurance Commissioner Jane L. Cline and leading West Virginia insurance instructors, experts and officials will address the Oct. 7 to 10 annual Professional Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of...

W.V. Big ‘I’ Convention: Commissioner Cline, Experts to Discuss Workers’ Comp Issues

Sep 27 2005 // West Virginia Insurance Commissioner Jane L. Cline, and leading West Virginia insurance instructors, experts and officials will address the Oct. 7 to 10 annual Professional Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of...

Virginia GOP Figures Could Face Depositions in Suit Against Insurer

Sep 26 2005 // If the Republican Party of Virginia’s lawsuit against its former insurer for refusing to cover a legal battle over the GOP eavesdropping scandal goes to trial, key GOP figures could again be subpoenaed and...

W.V. Homeowner, Tenant, Indicted for Arson, Fraud

Sep 21 2005 // West Virginia Insurance Commissioner Jane L. Cline announced Wednesday that Deborah K. Wildberger and Michael T. Hovermale were indicted by a Morgan County grand jury Sept. 6 on charges of insurance fraud. Wildberger...

West Virginia Circuit Court Convicts Employer for Workers’ Comp Fraud

Sep 15 2005 // Richard J. Custer Jr. has been convicted in Marshall County Circuit Court on felony a felony charge of making a false statement to the West Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission for providing false information...

Hurricane Ophelia Lashes Cape Lookout, N.C.; Serious Flooding, 11-foot Storm Surge Predicted

Sep 15 2005 // Hurricane warnings are up over a 220 mile stretch of North Carolina’s coast, from Surf City, north of Wilmington to the Virginia line as officials fear serious flooding and a possible 11-foot storm surge. Early...