Latest Virginia Headlines
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West Virginia Cities Sue Health Care Accreditors for Downplaying Opioid Risk
Nov 7 2017 // Several West Virginia municipalities are suing The Joint Commission, claiming the Chicago-based health care accreditation group downplayed the dangers of prescription painkillers and helped fuel addictions. The Charleston...
Virginia Woman Pleads Guilty to Fraud Scheme Involving Faked Death
Nov 2 2017 // A Virginia woman who faked her own death in connection with an elaborate fraud scheme has pleaded guilty to federal conspiracy and fraud charges. Forty-nine-year-old Alexandra Hatcher entered the guilty plea on Tuesday and...
Large Warehouse Fire in West Virginia Finally Extinguished After 8 Days
Oct 31 2017 // West Virginia emergency officials say a large warehouse fire is fully extinguished more than a week after it broke out. The state Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety says it was informed by Lubeck Fire Chief...
Investigators Probe Death of Miner at West Virginia Coal Processing Plant
Oct 25 2017 // State and federal investigators are trying to determine what killed a 48-year-old miner found Monday at a coal mining operation in Raleigh County. James Ray Adkins of Colcord, West Virginia, was discovered missing at...
3 Arrested For Stealing $13K in Equipment From West Virginia Coal Company
Oct 23 2017 // Authorities have arrested three people after a burglary at a southern West Virginia coal company. Wyoming County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Jimmy White tells The Register-Herald the department heard two masked people...
Virginia Police Say Car Fire Caused by Improvised Explosive Device
Oct 23 2017 // Police in Virginia are investigating after an explosive device was detonated in Williamsburg. News outlets report the device was found Thursday night in a parking lot. Firefighters and police were called to the scene near...
Trump Nominee for Mine Safety Post Is Retired Coal Executive
Oct 23 2017 // The retired coal company executive from West Virginia chosen by Republican President Trump to oversee U.S. mining safety says his first priority is preventing people from getting hurt and that he replaced the managers of a...
Residents Begin Filing Claims for West Virginia Chemical Spill
Oct 17 2017 // Residents and businesses in nine West Virginia counties left without tap water during a 2014 chemical spill can start filing claims. According to a website set up to handle claims, forms were being accepted both online and...
Girl Hurt in Fall from Ferris Wheel at Virginia Carnival
Oct 11 2017 // A fire official says a young girl was taken to a hospital with injuries not considered life-threatening after she fell from a Ferris wheel at a carnival in Virginia. Fire Department Battalion Chief Bailey Martin tells the...
West Virginia Men Sentenced for Claims in Staged Car Accidents
Oct 11 2017 // Two West Virginia men have been sentenced for their roles in filing false insurance claims for vehicle accidents. Federal prosecutors say the accidents were staged from 2012 to 2014 in Taylor, Harrison and Marion...
More Work Still Needed to Rebuild West Virginia Town
Oct 10 2017 // It has been two months since heavy rain swelled the waters of Fish Creek and drenched the town of Hundred, West Virginia, and its residents under several feet of water. The night it happened is stuck in the minds of first...
Report: West Virginia Workers’ Comp Costs Drop, But Still Highest in U.S.
Oct 9 2017 // Workers’ compensation benefits and employer costs in West Virginia have dropped sharply compared to the rest of the U.S., but remain nearly twice as high as the national average, according to a report released...
West Virginia Tops State Farm List of Deer-Car Crashes, Again
Oct 6 2017 // For the 11th consecutive year, West Virginia has topped State Farm’s list for the likelihood of vehicles crashes involving deer. Using claims data, the Bloomington, Illinois-based insurer released its annual deer...
Workers’ Comp Costs and Benefits Decline as a Share of Payroll: Study
Oct 4 2017 // Workers’ compensation employer costs as a share of payroll declined in 2015, reversing a four-year trend, and benefits as a share of payroll fell for the fourth straight year, according to a new report from the...
People
Oct 2 2017 // Global insurance broker Hub International Limited (HUB) named Marc Cohen, currently president, as president and chief executive officer, effective Jan. 1, 2018. He also will be a member of the board of directors. Cohen...
States Should Implement Stronger Safeguards for Consumers in Natural Disasters: Rutgers Report
Oct 2 2017 // As homeowners file insurance claims in the wake of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, many could find their level of protection depends on the state where their damaged home is located, according to a research report released by...
SCC Names White as New Virginia Commissioner of Insurance
Sep 29 2017 // The State Corporation Commission (SCC) in Virginia has appointed Scott A. White to serve as Virginia’s 14th Commissioner of Insurance in the 111-year history of the SCC’s regulation of the insurance...
Boston Insurance Brokerage Opens Virginia Office, Promotes Driscoll
Sep 29 2017 // Boston Insurance Brokerage (BIB), a Boston, Mass.-based provider of commercial and high value personal insurance solutions, has announced the firm’s sales and support expansion by opening a regional office in...
Federal Judge Tentatively Approves West Virginia Chemical Spill Settlement
Sep 25 2017 // A federal judge has tentatively approved a revised settlement to a class-action lawsuit over a West Virginia chemical spill that left up to 300,000 people without tap water for up to nine days. U.S. District Judge John...
States Need Better Protections for Insurance Consumers in Natural Disasters: Rutgers Report
Sep 21 2017 // As homeowners continue to file insurance claims in the wake of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, a research report released by the Rutgers Center for Risk and Responsibility at the Rutgers Law School in Camden, N.J., suggests...
